Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will visit Indonesia next week, in a surprise move that underscores the success of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's weekend trip to Aust

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – The American mining company Freeport-McMoRan has brought the world's biggest gold mine, in the Indonesian province of West Papua, to a standstill.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is now preparing state-owned aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) to manage a gold and copper mining site in Papua if the government can fina

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Panca Nugraha, Mataram – A migrant worker from North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, is suspected of having fallen victim to organ trafficking while working in Doha, Qatar.

Stephen de Tarczynski, Melbourne – Juvinal Dias has first-hand experience of mistreatment at the hands of a foreign power.

Paulina Quintao – Eight candidates have confirmed that they will be contesting this year's presidential election after fulfilling the criteria, including the required number of supporters.

East Timor Prime Minister Dr Rui Araujo is visiting this week to mark what Prime Minister Bill English said was the "evolving relationship" between the two countries.

Paulina Quintao – Budget delays are impeding preparations by the Secretariat for Technical and Electoral Administration (STAE) for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for March 20 so that

Primrose Riordan – Indonesia and Australia have patched up their defence relationship after a dramatic public spat on Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo long awaited visit to Sydney as the c

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has so far received 11 lawsuits regarding the results of the simultaneous local elections on Feb. 15, a spokesman said on Saturday (26/02).

Sometimes communities can decide to support a project that can really make a difference to the lives of others.

Jakarta – High school students from 30 schools in Bekasi, South Tangerang and Bogor, held a rally on Jl.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – For President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, attending and opening a national meeting of Muhammadiyah is not usually included in his presidential commitments.

Fachrul Sidiq – The constantly under fire followers of the Ahmadiyah religious sect are facing yet another round of persecution.

Jakarta – Gufron Sakaril, chairman of the Indonesian People with Disabilities Association (PPDI), has said he hopes revisions to the nation's electoral laws will include the right of representation

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said on Friday (24/02) he would sack ministry officials who get themselves involved with meat import cartels.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will carry out another round of executions but it has not yet decided on the timing, Attorney General Muhaammad Prasetyo has said.

Ina Parlina, Sydney – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo kicked off his two-day trip to Sydney on Saturday noon by meeting with CEOs of Australian multinational companies, during which he assured them

The Indonesian president Joko Widodo has arrived in Sydney on his first visit to Australia as his nation's leader.

Jakarta – Arteria Dahlan, a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's recent comment that democracy in Indonesia "has gone over th

James Robertson – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has used his first state visit to Australia to plump for greater connections between businesses in Australia and its northern neighbour.

Catriona Croft-Cusworth – President Jokowi is finally making an official visit to Australia this weekend.

Jakarta – Cigarette companies in Indonesia are targeting schoolchildren by spending massively on advertising in and around school areas, non-profit child advocacy organization Lentera Anak Indonesi

David Hutt – Politicians must sometime feel as though they can never win.

Jakarta – Preparation for a run-off gubernatorial election in Jakarta has focused mainly on improving the voters' list, poll officials said, after the Feb.

Jakarta – Corruption remains a threat to multinational companies seeking to tap into Indonesia's lucrative market in spite of improving ease of doing business in the country, a recent report by int

Jewel Topsfield and David Wroe – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's ambitious program to develop "10 new Balis" across the archipelago will be among the issues discussed with Malcolm Turnbull this

The lead-up to the first round of the Jakarta election saw mass rallies organised by hardline Islamist groups and an atmosphere highly charged with racial and religious sentiment.

Kieran Gair – Human Rights Watch (HRW) have said Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's comments this week on religious fundamentalism is evidence the leader has a "democracy problem".

Winny Tang, Jakarta – As inequality widens, the government is pushing for tax reforms to reduce the gap through coordination with other countries.

Amanda Hodge, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has opened the door to joint Indonesian-Australian patrols of the South China Sea, telling The Australian in an exclusive interview ahead of

Timika, Papua – The Mimika Resort Police and other security officers are taking necessary steps to anticipate possible unrest as a result of massive layoffs of workers at PT Freeport and its affili

Jakarta – Private companies taking part in infrastructure development is highly important because of the state's limited funds for infrastructure projects, a government official has stressed.

Rupert Neate – The four richest men in Indonesia own as much wealth as the country's poorest 100 million citizens, despite the nation's president repeatedly pledging to fighting "dangerous" levels

In its struggle to confront LGBT identities, the Indonesian state is now making its citizens more open to them.

Jakarta – Indonesia is the sixth worst country in the world in terms of economic inequality, says a report from Oxfam Indonesia and the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (lNFlD).

The rise of political parties with challenging views on Islam such as Australia's One Nation are a "concern", the Indonesian foreign ministry says.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government kicked off the distribution of non-cash food subsidies in the form of cards on Thursday in Cibubur, East Jakarta.

Andrea Booth – Islamic Association of South Australia president Imam Shaikh Tawhidi has initiated contact with President Joko Widodo's office to ask if he could defend incumbent Jakarta Governor Ba

I Wayan Juniarta, Nusa Dua, Bali – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Thursday that the government had put together a joint team of scholars to carry out another study

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Australian government is being sued for $103 million for allegedly jailing Indonesian juveniles for people smuggling in adult prisons or holding th

A West Papuan English teacher, who escaped persecution to an Australian island in the Torres Strait, claims he was deported to Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has an unlikely scapegoat for the country's rise in religious intolerance and sectarianism: democracy.

Jakarta – Rising concerns over religious intolerance have decreased the consumers' confidence in the fourth quarter last year, Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions r

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The recent verdict by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) that the two largest motorcycle manufacturers colluded to fix prices will have a limited imp

Artika Rachmi Farmita, Surabaya – Hundreds of students of graduate and doctorate programs at the Airlangga University in Surabaya declared their supports for the government in addressing the issue

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah has slammed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo over the latter's recent statement that Indonesia's democracy had go

Vincent Lingga Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – "PT Freeport Indonesia [FI] reserves of all its rights [...] including the right to commence arbitration to enforce all provisions of the contract," Freepor

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – During the New Order regime, Indonesia enjoyed robust economic growth, which many believe came largely at the expense of civil liberties.