Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A women's rights group has said that the number of cases of violence against women and children in Yogyakarta…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Association for Election and Democracy (Perludem) head Titi Anggraini stated that sectarian politics and identity politics…

Satria Dewi Anjaswari, Jakarta – A politician Fadli Zon views that former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok should not yet be…

Anton Hermansyah, Denpasar – Indonesia is expected to record year-on-year (yoy) economic growth of 5.1 percent this year amid increasing exports…

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – Local administrations across Indonesia have been instructed to tighten their security measures and…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – State electricity firm PLN has said its electricity sales have only grown 3.62 percent annually from January to…

Indonesian Islamist hardliners the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) continue to have us scratching our heads, announcing a blanket boycott of social…

Sapri Maulana, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has provided compensation for the victims of terrorism for the first time. The beneficiaries…

Josie Wong, Hong Kong – An Indonesian maid who won a civil case this week against her former Hong Kong employer for shocking physical abuse said…

In Indonesia, we are told never to underestimate the power of "emak-emak", referring to mothers, or more generally any strong-willed middle-aged…

Balawyn Jones – On December 26, 2004, a tsunami struck Aceh Province in Indonesia, resulting in unprecedented destruction and loss of life.

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Jakarta – Indonesian police appealed on Thursday for tolerance and respect for other people's religious celebrations after an Islamist group…

While modern laws exist in Indonesia, cultural traditions still play a huge part in the lives of people in many parts of the country, including…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government has only acknowledged Indonesia's indigenous cultural diversity through "symbolic" activities while at…

Katharina R. Lestari – Seven transgender women were arrested and temporarily detained by Shariah police in Indonesia's Banda Aceh for having "bad…

Jakarta – Under the leadership of Airlangga Hartarto, the Golkar Party will withdraw its support for the controversial inquiry initiated by the…

Michael Kimmelman, Jakarta – Rasdiono remembers when the sea was a good distance from his doorstep, down a hill. Back then he opened the cramped,…

John Mcbeth – What China Wants These Days, It Usually Gets. But Not, It Seems, In Indonesia And Not When It Involves Buying Land For…

Sheany, Jakarta – Increasing intolerance and politicization of religion in Indonesia can be attributed to the practice of hate spin, which experts…

John McBeth, Jakarta – It took Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, the new Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) commander, just 12 days to impose his…

West Papuan students have demonstrated to reject Indonesia's occupation and were joined by an unprecedented wave of solidarity from people across…

Jakarta – Indonesia's oldest existing political party, Golkar, concluded its extraordinary congress on Wednesday by officially inaugurating…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Papua Military Command Area chief Col. Inf. Muhamad Aidi has denied the rumor that the National Armed Forces (TNI)…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Australia and Indonesia have conceded they will fail to pull off a free-trade deal this year despite repeated…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – An Indonesian administrative court on Thursday (Dec 21) rejected a petition by a major Indonesian pulp and paper…

Sally Round – Timor Leste could face another election next year after the new government suffered a defeat in parliament on Tuesday.

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Phelim Kine – On Monday, he called for Indonesia's beleaguered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population to be, "nurtured, not…

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta, Indonesia – Steven Handoko admits it wasn't his most dignified moment. Naked as the day he was born, the bookish 25-year-…

Jakarta – The Bengkulu Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) is drafting a regional bylaw on child protection and family resilience that…

It looks like Indonesia's most controversial Islamist hardliner group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) will be pretty busy for the foreseeable…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Indigenous communities in Indonesia have faced rampant rights violations throughout 2017, a rights group said on…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno has declared that the administration will take a hard stance in its fight against…

Jakarta – PT Tirta Investana, the producer of Aqua bottled water, has denied any wrongdoing after the Business Competition Supervisory Commission…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – New Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has revoked the rotations of 16 of 85…

Krithika Varagur in Aileu, Timor-Leste – It was 39 years since Kauka had last walked up the steep dirt road to her house in the Timor-Leste…

Sydney (Media Alliance/Pacific Media Watch) – Two journalists from Timor-Leste will benefit from the Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowship in 2018, an…

Raimundos Oki, Dili, East Timor – A political crisis is looming in East Timor after a coalition of opposition parties rejected the new government'…

Papua/Jakarta - The Coalition for Justice, Law and Human Rights in the Central Highlands of Papua, Civil Liberty Defenders and the Commission for…

Wisnu Prasetya Utomo – Almost two decades after the authoritarian regime in Indonesia ended, democratisation in the media has yet to reach an…

Jakarta – With pornographic content flooding the internet, the government is set to use a censorship machine starting next year to surf the net to…

Jakarta – The government says 68 renewable energy plants, mostly constructed in remote areas that are not connected to the electricity network of…

Bastian Tebai, Semarang – On Tuesday December 19, the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held…

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – A demonstration by the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java city of Malang ended in a clash with Pancasila…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Several environmental activists from the Clean Air Movement have urged the government to pay attention to air…

Jakarta – Catholic priest and social observer Benny Susetyo has said that Governor Anies Baswedan's plan to celebrate Christmas at the National…

Hendri Yulius – After almost two years of intense debate, the Constitutional Court last week rejected a challenge to the Criminal Code (KUHP) that…

Shannon Power – A group of trans women attending a birthday province were targeted by vigilantes in Indonesia.

The women were attending the…

Last year, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country's highest Muslim clerical body, released a fatwa saying it was forbidden for any…

Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to lose its first and only female constitutional justice, whose term is up next year,…

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesian women migrant workers in Hong Kong have been targeted by extremist groups to raise funds for acts of terrorism…