Jakarta – The Anti-Corruption Court on Thursday sentenced Golkar Party politician Fahd El Fouz alias Fahd A Rafiq to four years in prison and…

Jakarta – Members of Islamist groups are planning to show up in the thousands in Jakarta on Friday (29/09) to demonstrate against what they…

Jakarta – Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy has prohibited elementary and junior high school students from watching Pengkhianatan…

Jakarta – At least 5,000 personnel from the police's Mobile Brigade command (Brimob) will be deployed to guard Friday's anti-communist rally in…

Phelim Kine – Those are the marching orders from the commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces, General Gatot Nurmantyo, about how to observe the…

Jakarta – Golkar Party has said its chairman, Setya Novanto, is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Jakarta and that a picture of him…

N. Adri, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – Environmental activists said a lack of concrete action may hinder the success of agreements made by the…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Bali – Mount Agung looks enormous from the Bhale Dana sand mine in Muntig, a Balinese village inside the volcano…

Jakarta – Finance Sri Mulyani has sent a letter to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan to inform him about the financial risk if…

Jon Afrizal, Jakarta – The export value of textiles and their related products reached US$7.12 billion in the first half of 2017, a 2.71 percent…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Wednesday that he met Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo downplayed the uproar caused by his recent controversial…

Johnny Blades – It's become an annual stoush in New York. Pacific leaders call for an investigation into killings and various alleged human rights…

A petition with the signatures of 1.8 million West Papuans in Indonesia has been presented to the United Nations in New York demanding an…

Timothy Fernandez – A secret petition demanding a new independence referendum for West Papua is presented to the United Nations after being signed…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Dozens of members of the Kupang branch of the Indonesian Catholic Students Association (PMKRI) rallied in front of the East…

Boni Jehadin, Kupang and Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Neglected for almost two decades, pro-Jakarta Catholic Timor-Leste militias who relocated to…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Feisty fisheries and maritime minister Susi Pudjiastuti may have earned a reputation for blowing up hundreds of foreign…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives plans to summon Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo to give clarification regarding his…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Thirty eight residents in Semenage district, Yahukimo, Papua, were reported to have died during the May-…

Jakarta – Rights activists are calling for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the House of Representatives to reprimand Indonesian Military Chief…

Indonesia has denied allegations regarding West Papua made by Pacific leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York.

It has lashed out at…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu offered clarification over the reported plan of a non-military institution to…

Beijing – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday extended congratulations to Mari Alkatiri on his election as Timor-Leste's prime minister, China's…

Jakarta – Speaking before representatives of universities from across the country who had gathered in Bali on Tuesday, President Joko "Jokowi"…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency has imposed sanctions on the management of Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Kalideres, West Jakarta, after it was…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Ronald Sajensolar, a driver of a patrol car, sustained injuries to his cheek and shoulders from shards of a broken…

Jakarta – Activities at the headquarters of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) in Menteng, Central Jakarta, returned to normal…

Singapore – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri To congratulate him on his appointment, the…

Andreas Harsono – The Indonesian government has just made it clear that the country's dangerously ambiguous blasphemy law is here to stay – which…

Kupang – A total of 13,000 ex-East Timorese residents proposed eight demands to the Indonesian government through the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)…

Jakarta – The son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, defended the Indonesian Military's (TNI) move to screen the…

Jakarta – Secretary-general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Hasto Kristiyanto said that Indonesian Military (TNI) commander…

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Security and Legal Affairs Minister Wiranto issued a statement Sunday to give…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested on Sunday Aris Wahyudi for allegedly establishing a prostitution site under the guise of a matchmaking…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The number of cases of violence against women and children has increased every year in Jambi, an official has said.

The…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) and the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) will hold joint screenings…

Estu Suryowati, Jakarta – The film "Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI" has again become the subject of public discussion after TNI (Indonesian military)…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Judge Cepi Iskandar at the South Jakarta District Court rejected on Friday an objection raised by the Corruption…

The prime minister of Vanuatu has accused world leaders at the UN of turning a deaf ear to more than half a century of atrocities committed by…

Pacific Media Watch – On the eve of New Zealand's 2017 general election, Pacific Media Watch reports on whether West Papua features in the human…

Shannon Power – Indonesia has backtracked on its decision to reject 75 human rights United Nations' recommendations and will accept two regarding…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the attacks against the right to freedom of expression, opinion and peaceful assembly that have…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has defended its decision to name House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto a suspect…

Aditya Budiman, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said that the Indonesian Military (TNI) still…

Muhammad Genantan Saputra – Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Gatot Nurmantyo has ordered all TNI members to watch the film "Pengkhianatan…

Phelim Kine – This week at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Indonesia accepted two recommendations from UN member countries to…

Jewel Topsfield – Heru Kurnia, an Indonesian who joined Islamic State in Syria, is describing watching children kick around the head of someone…

Aman Rochman and Apriadi Gunawan, Malang, East Java and Medan, North Sumatra – Indonesians across the country celebrated on Thursday the Islamic…

Dedy Priatmojo, Reza Fajri – House of Representatives (DPR) Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction member Eva Sundari says that…