Richard C. Paddock, Jakarta, Indonesia – One resort, planned as the largest in Bali, will overlook a spectacular Hindu temple. The other, in the…

Hangga Fathana – Despite its short lifespan, the signing of the Australia-Indonesia Agreement on Maintaining Security in 1995 marked a particular…

Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Bone Bolango regency in the muslim-majority province of Gorontalo has officially banned New Year's…

Adinda Putri – Jakarta. Political parties are still deciding which candidates to support in the 2018 West Java gubernatorial election.

"A…

Damien Kingsbury – A year that started so well for Timor-Leste has ended badly. The country is in a constitutional crisis, its minority government…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A total of 2,341 natural disasters in 2017 killed 377 people and displaced around 3.5 million others, the National…

Tom Iggulden, staff – After almost 20 years, could the battle of lucrative gas fields in the Timor Sea be over?

Australia and Timor-Leste –…

Jakarta – Less than two weeks before the registration for simultaneous regional elections in Indonesia opens, political parties are scrambling to…

Jakarta – A pollster Indonesia Indicator revealed that Fahri Hamzah and Fadli Zon topped the list of the most vocal politicians in 2017, whose…

Yuli Yanna Fauzie, Jakarta – According to the Ministry of Labour (Kemenaker) a total of 9,822 workers were dismissed (PHK) between January and…

Vincent Bevins, Dili – Madalena Vidal Soares joined the armed resistance movement shortly after Indonesia invaded her country in 1975.

She…

Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh City Government prohibits its citizens from celebrating the New Year. Leaflets announcing the ban are posted in public…

Sheany, Jakarta – A plan by Indonesia's National Police to establish a special anticorruption unit has been put on hold indefinitely due to "bad…

Jakarta – Indonesia is beefing up its elite Detachment 88 unit in light of increased threats from local and international terror networks,…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – It is unlikely that Indonesia will set a cap on coal production in the near future due to uncontrollable coal mining…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – It's the monsoon season in Indonesia, which means Bali's iconic surf beach in Kuta is vomiting rubbish again.…

Francis Chan, Jakarta – A recent decision by Indonesia's Constitutional Court to reject a bid by a local conservative group to criminalise sex…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Indonesian seaweed farmers from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have called on the government to revise their…

Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – Thirteen mining companies have invested a combined $5.03 billion in the construction of nickel smelters during the first…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said 2017 has been the gloomiest year for bribery cases in justice institutions. Not only first-…

Jakarta – The cards for Jakarta's one-fare public transportation system called OK Otrip, one of Governor Anies Baswedan's campaign promises, have…

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – Indonesia's coal production may keep increasing next year with new miners set to start operations, undermining the…

Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) recorded an increase in the number of agrarian conflicts in 2017, reaching 659 cases, covering 520,…

Jakarta – A new chapter of disputes between Kendeng farmer Joko Prianto and publicly listed cement manufacturer PT Semen Indonesia (PT SI) has…

Jakarta – The combined wealth of Indonesia's 40 richest people in 2017 reached Rp 1.62 quadrillion (US$119.2 billion), according to Megawati…

Jakarta – At least 14 Freeport Indonesia workers went to the Manpower Ministry's office on December 27.

They submitted a letter rejecting…

Jakarta – Issues regarding SARA (ethnicity, religion, and race) is expected to damage the political atmosphere of the upcoming 2018 simultaneous…

Australia and East Timor will sign a new treaty next year setting maritime boundaries in an effort to settle lingering disputes over lucrative oil…

Jakarta – The Gerindra Party, the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the National Mandate Party (PAN) have agreed to throw their…

The Hague – Australia and East Timor will sign a new treaty next year setting maritime boundaries in an effort to settle lingering disputes over…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Ridwan Kamil, the popular mayor of Bandung in Indonesia's West Java Province, was once touted by Muslim conservatives to…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Commissioner General Budi Waseso revealed that the agency shot dead 79…

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The acid attack against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan is far from being solved.…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The majority of individuals arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in 2017 were high echelon state…

Bec Strating – Timor-Leste ends 2017 with great uncertainty over the future of the Greater Sunrise gas field, over the stability of its government…

Adi Warsidi (Contributor), Banda Aceh – Dozens of journalists in Banda Aceh from numerous organizations and media held a prayer on Monday,…

Ken Ward – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo can look to next year in a far more relaxed way than he faced 2017. At the end of 2016, radical…

Wataru Suzuki, Jakarta – "The Future is Here Today." This slogan is splashed across billboards all over Jakarta, advertising a massive satellite…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) deputy secretary-general Amirsyah Tambunan condemned politicization of religion…

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) is hoping to overcome internal friction as the 2019 presidential and legislative elections draw…

Jakarta – The collaboration between the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and two other opposition parties – the National Mandate Party (…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Indonesia's 2018 Simultaneous Regional Election will have several active generals from the National Armed Forces (TNI…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) and the Indonesian Bishops Conference (KWI) have issued a joint Christmas message that calls…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has announced that the Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has responded to the issue of a Makassar-based bakery's refusal to write a Christmas…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivered on Monday his Christmas message to all Indonesian Christians, emphasizing that…

Kharishar Kahfi and Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The festive season has, once again, passed safely as Christians celebrated Christmas this year…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Members of GKI Yasmin and HKBP Filadelfia held their Christmas services in front of the Presidential Palace…

Jakarta – The annual debate over whether Muslims can say "Merry Christmas" to their Christian fellows took a new turn on Sunday after a Makassar-…

Abu Hanifah, Jakarta – Corruption remains a serious problem in Indonesia with scores of senior officials and parliament members arrested in the…