Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stepped up its investigation into alleged irregularities surrounding the disbursement of…

Jakarta – Steep increases in cigarette excise taxes, instead of incremental ones, will do a better job in reducing poverty and improving health,…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Bitter rivalry during this year's simultaneous elections, including in Papua, have forced the Papua Police…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested an Indonesian Military (TNI) member, identified only as Second Sgt. S, for allegedly distributing shabu…

Aisyah Llewellyn – When tourists in Indonesia change money for the first time, they often get quite a shock.

Even changing a small amount of…

Danny Chivers – Could you swim for 30 hours? Right now, a six-person swimming team is preparing to do exactly that, relay-style, across the 69…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Thousands of members of mass organizations affiliated with Indonesia's largest Islamic organization…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – In an attempt to net trillions of rupiah, the Jakarta Tax and Levy Board has called on associations and dealers of luxury…

Jakarta – Three people have been arrested over allegations that they jointly administered Facebook groups that incited hatred based on race and…

Gary Kleiman – Indonesia stocks, which have lagged the region and the broader MSCI Emerging Markets Index with a 12% advance through July, revved…

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested on Wednesday evening the Transportation Ministry's sea…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Prioritizing only infrastructure will not be enough in developing Papua and must be balanced with the…

Deiyai, Jubi – In a parliamentary plenary session, Wednesday (August 23) the Regent and Deiyai Parliament had agreed to expel PT Dewa Putra Paniai…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) have criticized a plan by the Kuningan District Court to confiscate customary land belonging…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have foiled attempts to distribute drugs inside its own headquarters, according to Jakarta Police Narcotics Unit head…

Jakarta – A recent barter agreement between Indonesia and Russia is projected to reach Rp 15 trillion (US1.14 billion), according to Trade…

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso has stated that he is ready to execute any agency officers caught accepting…

Jakarta – Fingerprints were not found on a mug allegedly used in an acid attack on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) lead investigator Novel…

Jakarta – The chief of the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said on Wednesday (23/08) in Jakarta that Malaysia is…

Stephen Wright and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – In a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian company and its Chinese partner are pushing ahead with an…

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian authorities wielding the country's dangerously ambiguous blasphemy law have claimed another victim: Siti Aisyah, the…

On Tuesday August 22 scores of protesters from the Anti-Militarism-Seize Democracy Student Front (FAMRED) launched an action in front of the…

Ben Henry – Under previous presidencies, Christian Indonesian immigrants living illegally in the US were required to check in with immigration…

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Every Thursday afternoon for 10 years, Bedjo Untung has stood for an hour across from the Presidential Palace in Jakarta…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will carry out a trial run of a ban on motorcycles from Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat to the Senayan traffic circle…

Phelim Kine – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous "war on drugs" may now be claiming victims beyond his country's borders: suspected…

Jakarta – Some residents of Kalibata City apartment complex in South Jakarta have reported the management of the apartments to the National Human…

Jakarta – Last week, Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the government had agreed to extend PT Freeport Indonesia…

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the government would likely prefer to import liquefied natural gas (…

Jakarta – Dita Wahyunita does not like walking the streets of the Indonesian capital.

And why would she? The sidewalk alone outside her high…

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said the government will continue to reduce its dependency on foreign debt, which is still needed to…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has warned of an increasing risk of land and forest fires from…

Police fired tear gas at hundreds of students protesting against allegedly corrupt government officials at East Timor on Monday, forcing members…

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura – Thousands of people rallied in Deiyai, Papua on Monday to demand the perpetrator of a recent fatal shooting in the…

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Police in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua have named six people as suspects out of 17 arrested on…

Ananda Muhammad Firdaus, Bandung – A group of protesters calling themselves the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held…

Ade Surya, Makassar – Scores of students from the Democracy Concern Coalition (Kopidemo) held a rally at the Jl. Urip Sumoharjo flyover in the…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) needs to improve its performance in handling judicial review requests to curb potential misconduct, human…

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Siti Aisyah, the owner of an Islamic learning center, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for…

Jakarta – Culture director general at the Culture and Education Ministry Hilmar Farid said of 400 museums operating in the country, only 15…

Dili – Hundreds of students in East Timor clashed on Monday with police who fired tear gas to disperse the crowds protesting against alleged…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the unlawful deprivation of liberty of Papuans which has occurred frequently of late. The AHRC…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – The hero of East Timor's independence, Xanana Gusmao, will continue to lead his country's sensitive negotiations over…

Jakarta – Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan has called on the hardline Muslim group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to join efforts to promote…

Jakarta – Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi on Saturday (19/08) expressed his disappointment over a misprint in the Indonesian flag in the promotional…

Hundreds of former workers of Freeport Indonesia clashed with security forces near the company's mines in the eastern province of Papua on…

Resty Woro Yuniar – It's been nearly two decades since Indonesian dictator Suharto was toppled in a people-led revolution that was supposed to put…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Four lecturers and students at the state-run Nusa Cendana University (Undana) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have been…

Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – Jakarta governor elect Anies Baswedan hopes that the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) can shed its negative image which is so…

Jakarta – A controversial election bill has been passed after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed it into law on Wednesday, presidential…