Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's police chief has attributed a sharp rise in the number of alleged terrorists handled by his force to the influence of Islamic State and the defeats it is expe

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The government might enter the private sphere of its citizens when it implements a plan to monitor conversations in instant messaging applications.

Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly said the rumor about the influx of 10 million illegal Chinese workers into Indonesia was a hoax spread by irresponsible groups to provoke p

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday (29/12) denied rumors he is considering another cabinet reshuffle. "No such thing," he told journalists in South Jakarta.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Coalition for Broadcasting Reforms (KNRP) has criticized a broadcasting bill being deliberated by the House of Representatives, saying it has neoliberal

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Riding merely on his father's coattails, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, 38, was once touted as an unlikely rival to challenge the overwhelmingly popular incumbent Jakarta Governor

Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) recorded an increasing number of incidents of violence against journalists in 2016, most of which, allegedly, were committed by police off

Jakarta – The Nasdem Party says it will report the Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno pair to the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) for organizing a public declaration of support from NasDem party mem

Jakarta – The government's plan to establish the Terrorism Risk Index, which aims to detect potential terrorism acts in regions across the country, should underline intra-religious conflict amid gr

Jakarta – Indonesia's security might be threatened as conflicts in the pursuit of the world's dwindling energy sources are likely to shift towards equatorial regions, the military chief said in Jak

Jakarta – The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) expressed appreciation of Indonesia's stance which, along with 31 other countries, has abstained from using the death penalty in response to the UN r

Yohanes Seo, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed his appreciation to the Public Works Ministry for establishing border outpost (PLBN) in the border between Indonesia and Timor Le

An Indonesian court will proceed with a controversial blasphemy trial against Jakarta's Christian governor, who is accused of insulting the Qur'an, a judge said on Tuesday.

Differences in approach between Indonesian and West Papuan representatives reached a head at Melanesian Spearhead Group meetings in Vanuatu last week.

Jakarta – A local NGO fighting for migrant workers has pleaded for the Indonesian government to do more to protect Indonesian domestic workers facing abuse in Malaysia.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – There has been a new twist in the blasphemy saga gripping Indonesia with Islamic hardliner Habib Rizieq reported to police for allegedly insulting Christi

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Police have detonated a bomb found near a food stall in a street in Magelang in Central Java as Indonesia continues to be on tenterhooks over a possible terror att

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After making a surprise move to appoint an outsider to chair its party, Hanura Party elites have reverted to a more typical rationale by appointing a former militar

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian police say that suspected terrorists who were arrested and killed on Christmas Day had been plotting to attack a police post in West Java on Ne

Jakarta – Hundreds of people gathered at a mass grave of tsunami victims in Ulee Lhue, Banda Aceh, on Monday as they prayed for the souls of those buried there.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – East Nusa Tenggara people have asked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to cancel his planned to visit Australia next year in protest at the lack of a Montara

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Jambi Police intensified an investigation over a Christmas tree decorated with the word "Allah [God]" in Arabic script allegedly erected by a four-star hotel in Jambi and quest

Forbes' annual catalog of the country's wealthiest people reads like a who's who of industry tycoons.

Len Garae – The Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting at the Secretariat in Port Vila this week has not dealt with Indonesia's Associate Membership of MSG or West Papua's Ob

Jakarta – The Alliance of Civilian Community for the Constitution, or AMSIK, watchdog group has hit out at the legal proceedings against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, saying the g

Jakarta – Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has found that 35.90 percent of children in urban and rural areas have never attended school or dropped out due to a lack of financing

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Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil attended a Christmas celebration at Sasana Budaya Ganesa on Friday night, asking for forgiveness for the past service that was disrupted by conservat

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Every Christmas the youth wing of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation provides security outside churches to protect them from attacks by radical groups.

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Indonesia is "drier" this festive season as obtaining alcoholic beverages has become more difficult following a recent string of government policies, such as a ban on the sale

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Violence against journalists has escalated to its highest level in a decade, a year-end report from the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – "What does om telolet om" mean? American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, who have 729,000 Twitter followers, tweeted at 1.22am on December 21.

Four more people have been charged with treason after demonstrating for West Papuan self-determination on Monday.

Nauru's government has confirmed that an Indonesian government delegation visited the country this month.

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Jakarta – A rumor that millions of Chinese workers are being allowed into Indonesia has irked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo so much he has asked the National Police to pursue and arrest those spre

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry said Indonesia will evaluate its memberships in 75 international organizations, retaining only those that offer real benefits to the country's interests.

Jakarta – Indonesian scholars are standing up against religious intolerance, which has gained a stronger foothold in the country recently.

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, known as a supporter of pluralism, would have been at the forefront of those condemning recent intolerant acts in the country

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Jakarta – A website has started a campaign to promote Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama as next year's Nobel Peace Prize nominee, claiming the governor – at the moment embroiled in a b

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono said he would provide hang out spots, called 'Kedai Jakarta', for residents in the city if he was elect

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration should increase the number of women holding strategic decision-making positions in the government if the country really applied meritocracy

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Despite a global economic slowdown, Indonesia managed to see investment in the industrial sector increase by 41.6 percent year-on-year (yoy) to US$18.7 billion during th

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The Surakarta administration temporarily closed the operations of Social Kitchen Lounge and Bar in Banjarsari following the alleged raid by the Surakart

Winny Tang – PT Modern Internasional, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores in the country, has reported a shrinking sales figure in the first nine months of this year, mainly due to increasi

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The blasphemy case against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was the most common issue discussed on social media in 2016, including on Facebook and Twitter, a

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Human rights activists uniting under the Civil Society Alliance for the Constitution (Amsik) have criticized the way prosecutors handled Jakarta Governor Basuki

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Not everyone is happy with the design of the new banknotes recently released by Bank Indonesia.

Dan McGarry – Vanuatu Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai, was cheered by approximately 50 leaders of West Papua who are currently in Port Vila, when he assured them his Government's position on West Pa