Hans Nicholas Jong, Banjarmasin – Indonesia will declare its commitment to combat plastic debris in marines on Feb. 23.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Flooding has struck several areas in Central Java over recent days, displacing thousands of local residents and cutting off access via main roads.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration aims to provide affordable apartments for low-income residents in the capital that are integrated with markets or bus terminals.

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia announced on Saturday the immediate resignation of Chappy Hakim as its president director, only three months after his appointment as the mining giant's top executiv

Jakarta – Election watchdog Aceh Elections Observer Coalition (KPPA) says it found 19 alleged violations during the election of regional heads in 16 areas across Aceh from Feb. 14 to Feb. 15.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Land acquisition issues still seem to make up the bulk of problems that hinder strategic project development across the nation.

Jakarta – After 9 hours of interrogation, the leader of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema Council's Fatwa (GNPF-MUI), Bachtiar Nasir, said he did not know Islahuddin Akbar, a

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – After successfully boosting support for gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan prior to the first round of the Jakarta election, Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto is s

Nethy Dharma Somba, Dogiyai, Papua – While voters across the archipelago went to polling stations to cast their votes in the simultaneous regional elections on Wednesday, it was a different scene i

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has said Jakarta recorded the highest number of violations during the gubernatorial election on Feb. 15.

Jakarta – All sole candidates running for regional head in the 2017 elections have won a majority in their respective areas, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has reported.

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Jakarta – Black campaigns, hate speech and hoaxes appear to have little influence on Jakarta residents' voting preferences, because most of them are educated and able to think rationally, according

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – It is not over yet for Jakarta, as the gubernatorial race enters a second round, with political analysts predicting a different ball game for contenders Basuki "Ahok" Tjah

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Efforts to resolve the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib once again hit a stumbling block, as a provincial court annulled on Thursday the Public In

The Pacific Freedom Forum says Indonesia is yet to deliver on its promise of full and free access for journalists to West Papua just months out from Jakarta hosting World Press Freedom day.

Jakarta – Polling stations in various parts of Indonesia reported poor voter turnout in the simultaneous regional elections on Wednesday (15/02).

Emma Rumney – Falling health funding in Timor-Leste must be met with better planning and policies to manage rising costs, the World Bank has said.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The State Administrative High Court (PTUN) ruled on Thursday in favor of the Environment and Forestry Ministry, allowing the government to not disclose forest cover ma

Ahok's returns in yesterday's vote for governor show that pluralism and tolerance aren't quite yet sunk in the nation's capital.

Fergus Jensen, Jakarta – All work has stopped at Freeport-McMoRan Inc's giant copper mine in Indonesia, a worker union said on Thursday, just over a month after the country halted exports of copper

Jakarta – The government has ignored a threat from gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia, the country's biggest taxpayer and major employer, to lay off its workers if an agreement wi

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Jakartans are expected to return to the polls on April 19 to vote in a showdown between the polarising incumbent, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, and former education mini

Jakarta – The recent statements of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono significantly contributed to the fall in popularity of Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Yudhoyo

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Jakarta – At least 600 "money politics" cases have been reported ahead of the Feb.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A police officer and another suspect have been arrested over an alleged smear campaign just hours before voting for a new mayor and deputy mayor began in Cimahi, West Java, on

Jakarta – Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono says the government has invested Rp 7.6 trillion (US$371 million) to develop infrastructure and housing in Papua and West Papua

Jakarta – Ethno-religious sentiment appears to have been a factor with swing voters in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Wednesday (15/02), as the most recent exit poll numbers show candidate p

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto has taken a slight jab at Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama who is currently a defendant in a blasphemy trial, saying th

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo remains adamant on his plan to supply electricity to all parts of the country by the end of his term in 2019.

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has admitted that the government-sponsored People's Business Credit (KUR) scheme has not reached farmers, who actually needed such a soft lo

A conservative turn in Indonesian Islam helps explain why issues like religion and blasphemy have shaped Jakarta's election and plagued incumbent governor Ahok.

Paulina Quintao – According to data from the 2015 household census, 40,000 people in Timor-Leste (32%) still defecate in public as they don't have access to a toilet.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for national unity after he and First Lady Iriana Widodo cast their ballots in Jakarta's gubernatorial election on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has been following the quick count tallying in her home in Kebagusan, South Jakarta, since Wednesday a

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo will wait for the prosecutors to announce the sentence they demand in Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's blasphemy trial before deciding

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Paulina Quintao – The Disabilities Association of Timor-Leste (ADTL) has called on the government to create better infrastructure to ensure people with disabilities are able to take part in this ye

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, a contender for the governorship of Jakarta, has lashed out at "extraordinarily cruel" claims that his father, former Indonesian president Susil

Tara Nissl – Eight journalists from eight Indonesian media outlets traveled to West Papua last week to investigate media freedom and the safety of journalists in the region, after an international

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – In 2010 the Japanese magazine Foresight named Indonesian university rector Anies Baswedan among 20 global figures – including Vladimir Putin and David Miliband – to watch

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Tuesday declined to comment on a recent boycott movement from the City Council against his position as governor as he is curr

Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was back ranting on Twitter to lash out at the alleged efforts orchestrated by the government to kill his eldest son's chances in the Jakar

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Millions of Jakarta residents will go to the polls on Wednesday in a vote that is being seen as a "litmus test" of Indonesian Islam.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – With regional elections just around the corner, apathy still lingers in younger voters.

A Pacific Islands Forum team is to join monitors of the Indonesian regional elections which start tomorrow.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has reported Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo to the Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged maladministration because of

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