Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – The recent escape of four foreign inmates who tunneled their way out of Kerobokan Prison, a high-security…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration has set aside more than Rp 67 trillion (US$5.014 billion) from the 2017 draft budget for…

Jakarta – Loans extended by Indonesian banks grew 7.7 percent in June from a year earlier, the slowest pace for any month since October, the…

Jakarta – Next year, the government plans to allocate Rp 404 trillion (US$30.23 billion) for infrastructure development, according to the draft…

Jakarta – The Mimika Police in Papua are investigating a shooting incident, which affected a long-wheel base (LWB) vehicle at gold and copper…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has threatened to cut the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) and Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS)…

John Cheong-Holdaway – In 2016 Indonesia's Ministry of Public Works dramatically underestimated the funds it needed to acquire land for toll road…

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) fireband cleric Rizieq Shihab has been questioned in Saudi Arabia regarding his alleged role in an on-…

Jakarta – The Bogor police have named a man identified as M, 25, as a suspect of allegedly burning red and white umbul-umbul (decorative flags)…

Eve Warburton and Edward Aspinall – For much of the past decade, observers have praised Indonesian democracy. Elections have been competitive, the…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urges the Indonesian Authorities to ensure that cases of human rights violations that occurred in Papua…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received details provided by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (…

Alif Satria – Much existing commentary on supposed conservative trends in Indonesian Islam, either in media or opinion pieces, tends to forget the…

Pacific churches have come out in support of West Papuan self-determination while endorsing the referenda planned for New Caledonia and Papua New…

New Zealand's public broadcaster says a protest in Indonesia won't deter it from covering West Papua.

Last week about twenty people…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the cultural costume dress code for the Independence Day ceremony at the Presidential…

Bec Strating – Amid the celebrations of ASEAN's 50th birthday last week, the question of whether Timor-Leste will soon be granted full membership…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Tenggulun, East Java – The first thing former terrorist Ali Fauzi Manzi does when he meets Fairfax Media is…

Summary execution-style killings between 1982 and 1985, known locally as penembakan misterius (mysterious shootings), or Petrus, were infamous as…

Jakarta – The low-cost apartment management (UPRS) in Tambora in West Jakarta sealed 105 residential units on Monday as the residents had not paid…

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said that the contract of gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has set a target to collect Rp 1.61 quadrillion (US$120.3 billion) in tax revenue next year, according to…

Jakarta – As thousands of low-cost apartment residents have yet to pay rent as of today, Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat has told them that…

The number of police killings of suspected drug dealers has skyrocketed in Indonesia this year, an alarming rise which signals that authorities…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the only living former president not to show up at the House of Representatives on…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave a glowing review on Wednesday of the performance of the House of Representatives for passing key…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In the state of nation address before members of the People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday, President Joko "Jokowi"…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared war on corruption and called on everyone to support the campaign, in his annual…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The war on drugs was one of the focal points of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's state of the nation address on Wednesday…

Siktus Harson, Jakarta – Three weeks after its parliamentary election, Asia's most Catholic nation Timor-Leste remains leaderless and could be…

An Australian miners' union says 10 people have died in Indonesia's Papua province due to a labour dispute at the Grasberg mine.

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Jakarta – A march in support of Papuan independence in Central Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon (15/08) ended with the arrest of several protesters…

Jakarta – Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Rosan P. Roeslani has suggested that the government temporarily relax…

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has admitted the government was late in becoming aware of shifts in spending patterns,…

Jakarta – Indonesia posted its first trade deficit since late 2015 in July, as imports surged more than exports did, the Central Statistics Agency…

Jakarta – Publicly listed property giant PT Agung Podomoro Land (APL) may breathe a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court allowed the company to…

Chanry Andrew Suripatty, Jayapura – A peaceful rally by thousands of protesters from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Waena Abepura,…

David Sobolim, Jayapura – At least 100 people from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP)…

Jakarta – Social media giant Facebook opened its office in Indonesia on Monday, after years of operating in the country.

Facebook Indonesia…

Protests have been held in several cities in Indonesia to mark the anniversary of the agreement which sealed West Papua's incorporation into the…

Bastian Tebai, Semarang – As many as 100 people were arrested by police when the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front…

More than 10,000 people turned out in Indonesia's Aceh Sunday to stage a record-breaking song and dance performance stressing the need to conserve…

Jakarta – A video apparently criticizing Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan over the route his car took during heavy traffic in Jakarta has…

Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata – After blocking Telegram since July 14, the Indonesian government has lifted its ban on the encrypted messaging…

Human Rights Watch in Indonesia is calling for more international scrutiny of the country's Papuan provinces.

The organisation's Jakarta…

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – Reports about the shooting of an indigenous Papuan by police officers early this month in Deiyai district,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' budget committee (Banggar) has claimed ignorance over an alleged plan to increase…

Jakarta – Two weeks after the Jakarta administration announced Bulan Patuh Trotoar (Orderly Sidewalk Month) to discipline vendors and motorists…

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Minutes before Indian truck driver Gurdip Singh was due to be killed by a firing squad the power went out…

Jakarta – Raid, shoot, kill and repeat. Indonesia is replicating the harsh and unprecedented war on drugs launched by Philippine President Rodrigo…