Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Rumors of a possible Cabinet reshuffle intensified on Tuesday after the Gerindra Party, the largest opposition party, claimed to have been offered C

Jakarta – Top cop Gen.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed his ministers to further reduce economic disparity by stepping up the implementation of the government's poverty eradication program.

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) says it is satisfied with its performance in 2016, during which it, among other things, contributed Rp 1.8 trillion (US$133.65 million)

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian confirmed the fledgling National Cyber Agency, under the watch of the Chief Security Ministry, will not overlap with police authority.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Alliance of Indonesian Journalists (AJI) chairman Suwarjono expressed disapproval of the police action that hindered journalists in reporting the blasphemy tria

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has said it may execute more drug convicts this year, explaining that it largely depended on funding.

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Jakarta chapter secretary Novel Bamukmin has acknowledged that he once worked at a Pizza Hut restaurant and claimed it was the police that wrote "Fitsa Hats" i

Jakarta – The government has expressed optimism that it will be able to cut dwell times to two days in 2017 from about 2.9 days in November last year.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama slammed the testimonies of witnesses presented by prosecutors in the fourth hearing of his blasphemy case on Tues

Jakarta – The fourth session of the ongoing blasphemy hearing against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Tuesday (03/01) may have been closed to the public, but this didn't stop neti

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla highlighted on Tuesday the importance of the real economy in ordinary markets, pledging more government support to have businesses in these tr

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded the inflation throughout 2016 reached 3.02 percent, lower than a year earlier at 3.35 percent, as government's controlled prices relatively stable, ac

Sarina Locke – An Australian agricultural aid worker motivated to assist East Timorese people has helped farmers double crop yields and find useful time saving devices.

Jakarta – Consumer confidence rebounded to its highest point in two years, in December, as a result of more positive assessments on the current state of the economy and also its prospects, accordin

Winda A. Charmila, Jakarta – Despite Indonesia's efforts to climb up the value chain, the country's exports will remain dependent on primary commodities in the long term, a trade report says.

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The government collected only 86.9 percent of the revenue targeted in the 2016 state budget as a result of a weak economy.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) still remains hopeful that a redenomination bill will be deliberated by the House of Representatives this year, even if the chance of that happening se

Corry Elyda, Agnes Anya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The fatal Zahro Express ferry accident in the Jakarta Bay has forced the government to revisit safety standards of sea transportation as

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – All segments of society should more actively participate in the assessment process of General Elections Commission (KPU) and Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) commissi

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A rival of the embattled Jakarta governor in next month's gubernatorial elections has met an Islamic hardliner group notorious for attacks on minority groups, raising cri

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Prosecutors will present six witnesses to testify against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama in the fourth hearing of his blasphemy trial at the Nor

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Jakarta branch secretary Novel Bamukmin testified against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama in the fourth hearing of Ah

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The legal team of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama criticized the background of Gus Joy Setiawan, a witness presented by prosecutors in Tuesday's

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Operation Tinombala in fighting the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terror group will extend its operation by three months from the original ending date of

Palu – An alleged terrorist, identified as Irwanto, or Abu Muhammad, was nabbed for reportedly planning an attack on a church in Palu in Central Sulawesi on New Year's Eve, police said on Monday (0

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Supporters of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama pledged on Monday to hold demonstrations at the court complex on all remaining days of Ahok's blasphemy trial

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Members of the Women Care for Jakarta (PPKJ) movement have called on the North Jakarta District Court to give Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama a fair trial on

Oliver Holmes, Bangkok – Donald Trump's Indonesian business partner, a billionaire developer and media mogul, has announced he might run for president in Indonesia's 2019 elections.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Twenty-three people have been killed and at least 17 have been injured after a fire on board a ferry on the way to one of Indonesia's Thousand Islands, a

Fadli and Jon Afrizal, Batam – A Russian national was accosted by a group of locals while on holiday in Batam, Riau Islands, on Saturday, for wearing a t-shirt displaying communist symbols.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan has called for the acceleration of an expansion of Bali's Benoa Harbor, saying that it was in the state's interest.

Jakarta – Incumbent Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has apologized to residents of Jatipadang subdistrict, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, who are still affected by the recent flooding due to t

Jakarta – An interreligious youth organization known as Rumah Pelita reported Rizieq Shihab for alleged hate speech on Friday (30/12), adding to a long list of allegations against the leader of the

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has urged the public to be cautious with news from social media because some information circulating on the int

Jakarta – Following an incident involving an allegedly drunk on-duty pilot, the Transportation Ministry says it will enhance its supervision over airlines to ensure passenger safety.

An Indonesian budget airline has fired a pilot suspected of trying to fly a plane while he was drunk, and two of its executives are resigning.

Jakarta – Police have arrested Bambang Tri Mulyono, the author of a book titled "Jokowi Undercover". Bambang has been accused of spreading hatred against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) has called on the government to be fair and transparent when attempting to combat the spread of false news.

Len Garae – The Chairman of Vanuatu Free West Papua Organisation, Pastor Allan Nafuki, has expressed utter disappointment at leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group for not fulfilling their promi

Jakarta – Police arrested a man named Jamil Adil, 47, on Thursday morning for allegedly defacing a wall under the Kebon Baru toll road in North Jakarta with profane words directed at President Joko

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The government says the free-visa policy will remain in place to boost tourism despite growing concern that some foreign tourists have ex

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia expects to see its aquaculture production fall below its annual target this year, mainly due to the impact of the La Nina weather phenomenon on sea water condi

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A survey by the Jakarta-based Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) has found that only 0.8 percent of the public admit to disliking the Chinese ethnic grou

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's lawyers are preparing an appeal against an interlocutory decision made by the North Jakarta District Court on T

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp.

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) declared that religious tolerance weakened in 2016, marred by discriminatory acts against followers of differen

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The number of adolescents giving birth following premarital sex in Yogyakarta has remained high, reaching at least 720 from January to November this year, data from a

Safrin La Batu and Marguarite Afra, Jakarta – Terrorism, which is thought to have been one of the biggest threats confronting national security in 2016, will continue to threaten the country next y