Jakarta – The government's decision to import 500,000 tons of rice to ease the increasing price of the commodity received criticism as critics…

Deasy Simandjuntak, Singapore – As Indonesia faces its election years of 2018 and 2019, experts have begun speculating whether the rift between…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt stood at US$347.3 billion in November last year, growing by 9.1 percent year-on-year (…

Concerns that the Indonesian government will keep using the country's draconian Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) to silence…

Ariel Heryanto – Many Indonesians are worried about the damage that hoaxes and disinformation are causing to social cohesion in the country.

So far, the rise of Islamist politics has not hurt his popularity. Despite disappointing third-quarter gross domestic product growth and slowing…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's (MK) ethics council has handed down a sanction and issued a verbal warning to Chief…

Fadli, Batam – Personnel from Batam Immigration Office in Riau Islands province are looking for two foreign nationals who allegedly joined a…

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia posted an $11.84 billion trade surplus in 2017 – a five-year high – thanks to improving exports to key trading…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army Chief of Staff General Mulyono said that the army has formed a supervisory team consisting of an…

Jakarta – Setya Novanto's former lawyer Fredrich Yunadi said that his arrest made by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was a form of…

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has teamed up with the National Police to prevent transactions using cryptocurrency bitcoin in Bali after the…

When you really want to skip work today but you're annoyingly healthy, who you gonna call? While many businesses and government offices in…

Last Friday's protest by Islamic hardliner groups under the coalition name "Alliance Against Facebook's Wickedness" came to a rather awkward and…

While LGBT and human rights defenders in Indonesia celebrate a small victory in December, when the Constitutional Court rejected a petition that…

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has said a peak rice harvest would occur in February, hoping that the country would see a…

Jakarta – Several farmers have said they have not gained from the current high rice prices, claiming an increase in prices was caused by…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Jakarta branch of Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists, or AJI, urged the country's press council on…

Jakarta – The head of research at the Centre of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia has questioned the validity of the government's rice data.…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Fishermen Association (KNTI) has recorded that Indonesia has failed to achieve both its production and export…

Jakarta – Jakartans can expect to see the long-banned becak (three-wheeled pedicabs) return to the city's streets with Governor Anies Baswedan…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) stated that 2018 is a crucial momentum for the democracy in Indonesia since threats of…

Lindsay Murdoch – Only four months after taking office East Timor's minority government is set to fall, possibly within days, amid tense political…

Jakarta – The number of independent candidates in 2018 General Election jumped significantly compared to that of 2017. General Election Commission…

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, urged the government to revive its now defunct transmigration program…

Aryo Bhawono, Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) General Chairperson Prabowo Subianto claims that he feels saddened by the…

Yudith Ho – Bank Indonesia is taking a firm stance against cryptocurrencies as it urges all parties to refrain from owning, selling or trading the…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested Fredrich Yunadi, a lawyer and suspect of obstruction of…

Jakarta (Antara) – Former Deputy Police Chief Budi Gunawan appointed as the Chairman of Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) for the 2017-2022 period.…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram/Jakarta – Dynastic politics may haunt the 2018 regional elections with a considerable number of candidates related to…

Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno clarified that Anies Baswedan's candidacy during the 2017 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election did not…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi issued government regulation No. 1/2018 on financial assistance for political parties. "[The decree] was…

Jakarta – Golkar party appointed lawmaker Bambang Soesatyo on Thursday (Jan 11) to replace disgraced Setya Novanto as Speaker of Indonesia's House…

Some people really thought that the movement to persecute former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama for his alleged blasphemy was just…

Jakarta – His failure to be endorsed as a candidate in the 2018 East Timor gubernatorial election has not left La Nyalla Mattalitti powerless.…

Jack Britton – Human rights activists in Indonesia have gained a brief respite after the Constitutional Court on December 14 narrowly rejected a…

Ary Hermawan – In hindsight, it may appear that Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has become the Kim Kardashian of Indonesian politics. Nearly a year…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The central government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Papua provincial administration and…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru District Court in Riau has sentenced M. Abdullah Harsono, a member and administrator of…

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Several hundred Indonesian Islamists held a protest rally outside Facebook's headquarters in Jakarta on Friday,…

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian miners will dig out 485 million metric tons of coal at the most in 2018, up 5 percent from last year, according…

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison sentence for an environmental activist for allegedly raising pro-…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has said the government will import 500,000 tons of medium-grade rice from Thailand…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has launched on Friday the Kartu Pekerja (Workers Card) to fulfil its promise to lower'…

Jakarta – Former Chairman of the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) La Nyalla Mattalitti claims that he was asked by Gerindra Party Chairman…

How the mighty have fallen. Once infamous as one of Indonesia's most "invincible" politicians for his ability to dodge corruption charge after…

Herman and Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology launched a web crawler, operated by a…

In his infamous speech in the Thousand Islands, former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama criticized those who misused Islam to attack…

A mass protest against Facebook by hardline Islamic groups is set to take place tomorrow, with their newly formed umbrella organization featuring…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has rejected a petition to scrap the presidential threshold, which is stipulated in…