Dili – The 7th Timorese constitutional government, a minority government, will face the first great test in Parliament next week, with the debate…

Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs will accelerate resolution of land acquisition and environmental impact assessment…

Erin Cook, Jakarta – A long-running territorial dispute between Australia and Timor-Leste is a step closer to resolution with last month's…

Brigida dos Santos – Public toilets in Dili are damaged and have no water, in particular toilets in Largo Lecidere and those in front of the…

Celestina Soares – The representative Mria Dadi Magno from the Timor-Leste National Youth Council (CNJTL) said this is a proud moment for young…

Jakarta – The National Police will collect expert opinions and hold internal discussions to review the House of Representatives request for…

Jakarta – The government has revoked the authority of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to certify halal products, following the inauguration of…

Jakarta – A quarrel reportedly involving an Indonesian Military (TNI) member occurred on Jl. Pemuda in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, on Friday…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Banyuwangi, East Java – An anti-gold mine protester has become the latest person to be tried under draconian anti…

Zara Amelia and Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Six people were injured with several windows damaged following a violent riot that attacked the Home…

Jakarta – Three officers with the National Police's Mobile Brigade, or Brimob, were found shot dead at their post guarding an oil exploration site…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has recruited two "outsiders" as new members of its executive board: former…

Prima Wirayani and Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has extended the deadline for United States-based mining giant Freeport-McMoRan (…

Andreas Harsono – In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Supreme Court this week ordered the government to restore public water services to residents…

Safrin La Batu and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A recent survey has shown that the public views the House of Representatives' ongoing…

Jakarta – The country's antigraft agency on Wednesday (11/10) said that it will continue investigating all parties related to the illegal…

Jakarta – A civil society group on Wednesday (11/10) urged the government to revoke a presidential decree on the resettlement schemes in forest…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) has revealed on Monday that aspirations had been growing among party cadres to…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to more Indonesian workers – such as nurses and…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has claimed that the projectiles procured by the National Police's Mobile Brigade…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement in a protest that turned violent initiated by the Tolikara Red-…

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's government on Tuesday marked World Day Against the Death Penalty by issuing a self-serving and contradictory statement…

Jakarta – Flower boards with appreciative messages dedicated to former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and incumbent Governor…

Jakarta – Landless local farmers and natural disasters victims who live in the operations areas of state-owned forestry firm Perhutani have been…

Jakarta – Motorcycle sales in Indonesia dropped 1.6 percent in September compared to the same month a year ago, ending a two-month run of sale…

Sirisha Veera – 2017 has been a positive year for Timor-Leste politics. Despite initial fears, both the May presidential election and the July…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Activists and journalists have urged the government and the House of Representatives to scrap articles in the…

Winda A. Charmila, Jakarta – The Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a cassation appeal filed by the Coalition of Jakarta Residents Opposing Water…

Jakarta – Maritime Affairs Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan has said Jakarta Governor-elect Anies Baswedan and his deputy, Sandiaga…

In the coming days it is likely we will get more information about the "boundary breakthrough" announced on the 1st of September.

According…

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk – Anyone who wants to live a healthy life may have to consider moving out of Jakarta, as the city continues to climb…

With its longstanding dispute with Australia over the Timor Sea resolved, neighbouring Timor-Leste looks set to expand its petroleum and mineral…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government is to retain the death penalty, but intends to seek a "middle way" to accommodate those critics…

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Earlier this week, 58 men, including some foreigners, were arrested after police raided the gym and sauna in the…

Jakarta – Following an investigation into an alleged gay spa raided in Harmoni, Central Jakarta, last Friday, the Jakarta Police have said that…

Jakarta – The government has launched a farmer insurance program to help farmers avoid losses from their agricultural activities, Agriculture…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Two days after holding a high-profile party for its 72nd anniversary, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is back in the…

John McBeth, Jakarta – During former president Suharto's New Order reign, political analysts were breathless followers of the Indonesian military'…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has failed to fulfill a summons to testify as…

Tom Clarke – Many Australians wouldn't think twice about putting their name to a petition to support a cause close to their hearts, but in…

Hendri Yulius, Jakarta – Since 2016, minorities of gender and sexuality – "LGBT" (lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people) – have become…

Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday (09/10) began the country visit phase of the second round of an implementation review by the United Nations…

Andre Vltchek, from Jakarta and Yogyakarta – It was once again a hot, muggy day in Jakarta. The air was full of pollutants, epic traffic jams…

Activists say police targeting of consensual gay sex has shone a light on discrimination and harassment in the world's third-largest democracy.…

Garry Maddox – More than two years after the execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, artist and filmmaker Matthew…

Zely Ariane, Jayapura – A petition claimed to represent the wishes of Papuan people on a referendum on West Papua's future has been debated since…

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said that the negotiations between the government and gold and copper mining company PT Freeport…

Jakarta – Indonesian police detained 51 men including several foreigners in a raid on what authorities described as a "gay spa" in Jakarta late on…

Khoo Ying Hooi – After 15 years of its restoration of independence, Timor Leste is a country that remains unknown to many of us in the Southeast…

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian police in Jakarta raided a sauna popular with gay men on Friday night, arresting 51 people. It's the latest in a slew…