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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Despite having the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia, unlike neighboring Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, has never made Islam its official religion so as to

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The first stage of the tax amnesty program may have ended in success, but the government's bigger purpose of widening the country's tax base still seems far from reach.

Jakarta – Police have arrested an information technology expert who allegedly hacked the system of a jumbotron on Jl.

Paulina Quintao – Every year almost 10,000 out of one million people in Timor-Leste will suffer from hepatitis, according to estimates from the Health Ministry based on data from the National Blood

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is celebrating its 71st anniversary on Wednesday in a modest but solemn manner. TNI commander Gen.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A discussion titled "Indonesian Political Economy after Oct.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Most urbanites in Jakarta are familiar with labor rallies.

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) has suggested an amendment to the 1945 Constitution and the reintroduction of the stipulation that requires both the President and Vice President of Ind

Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Sydney – For the past two months the Indonesian Military (TNI) has promoted a number of officers who were involved in past crimes to key positions in strategic state institutions

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Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has issued a statement condemning the Indonesian government's "denial of reports of human rights violations in Papua" during the United Natio

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A condemned Pakistani man has spoken of his suffering as his life remains in limbo more than two months after he was mysteriously spared from an Indonesia

Godwin Ligo – The Melanesian Wantok Summit organized by Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA) and supported by the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Association (PIANGO) to coinci

Yogya – An event organised by the MAP Corner-Klub MKP in the lobby of the Public Administration Master's Program at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta proceeded in

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The use of the internet is becoming ever more omnipresent and unavoidable in the country.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – In less than a year, the country has taken a step back in plastic waste management, as retailers have stopped charging for plastic shopping bags.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Darman Gerfasius Purba, a follower of indigenous faith Ugomo Bangsa Batak (UBB) in Medan, North Sumatra, once had a dream of joining the Army.

Ian Wilson – Sri rummaged through shopping bags stuffed with kitchen utensils. "Where's that clothes line?" she sighed. The sky was overcast and beginning to darken.

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Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – A benign consumer price index (CPI) in September indicates that consumer spending remains weak, economists say.

Mungo MacCallum – It may sound unpatriotic, but I could not help cheering when the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague brought down its decision last week against Australia.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – In what is seen as a pro-family policy, the Aceh administration recently issued a regulation that grants career women six months paid maternity leave to give them mo

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) employees, who have been on a six-day strike since Sept.

A former prime minister of Vanuatu says the Melanesian Spearhead Group is becoming ineffective because of games being played by Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

Dio Herdiawan Tobing – In the past few days, Indonesia's first Right of Reply in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has attracted nation-wide Indonesia medias.

Nick Brown – Key stakeholders throughout the Timor-Leste have come together to form the first professional coffee trade organization in the origin's long history, the Timor-Leste Coffee Association

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Two policemen from Rote Ndao regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), were reported to the provincial police headquarters for allegedly beating to death a key witness in a mutilati

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Air Force has denied claims that it sent personnel to intimidate residents of Sari Rejo in Medan, North Sumatra, so that they would leave their houses on a disputed plo

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Residents of Sari Rejo in Medan, North Sumatra, claim that a number of Air Force personnel have started to come into their areas, calling on them to immediately leave their

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Golkar Party may fall into another crisis if supporters of chairman Setya Novanto press ahead with their plan to unseat his rival, Ade Komarudin, as House of Re

More than 1,000 workers have gone on strike at an Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan in a row over bonus payments, the company and a union said on Monday.

Jakarta – The South Jakarta municipality has closed down the Batak Karo Protestant Church (GBKP) in Tanjung Barat, Pasar Minggu, as a result of protests from neighboring residents for the church re

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government's decision to raise cigarette duties will not deter tobacco consumption in the country, public health experts and activists say, as the new price will kee

Jakarta – Sony Misdananto, a journalist at television broadcaster NET TV, was allegedly assaulted and intimidated by soldiers while reporting on Islamic new year celebrations in Madiun district, Ea

Jakarta – Police have questioned at least 10 people in an investigation of displayed pornographic material on a videotron, or outdoor video advertising screen, in South Jakarta on Friday (30/09).

Jakarta – Police seized copies of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at a book fair held at the Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday and questioned four people involved in t

Roshni Kapur – After years of pushing for membership, Timor-Leste is now ready to become the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Prima Wirayani and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government concluded the first phase of its roller coaster tax amnesty ride with flying colors despite gloomy repatriation realization.

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led a ceremony to commemorate Pancasila Sanctity Day in Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta, on Saturday (01/10).

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of former president Soekarno, urges the government to push for reconciliation between survivors of the 1965 tragedy and non-v

Hanni Sofia Soepardi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has set up a joint team to settle alleged cases of human rights connected with the G30S/PKI (the September 30 Movement by Indonesian Commun

Jakarta, Jubi – The Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI) condemned the statement by Pacific countries' leaders for what it called their meddling in Indonesia's affairs over West Pa

Jakarta – A researcher has proposed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo establishes an independent committee tasked with finding facts about the 1965 anticommunist purge, a move he says is imperati

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The country may have more legislators in 2019 as the government plans to increase the number of seats at the House of Representatives from the current 560, which so

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Since its establishment in 2005, the Judicial Commission has had most of its recommendations ignored by the Supreme Court, in what could be seen as an attempt by the latter t

Indonesia has been urged to open up access to West Papua, following a surge of concern about rights abuses in Papua at the United Nations.

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday brushed off concerns that Indonesia had insulted no fewer than six Pacific Island heads of state, following a viral video of a junior diplomat trashing their allega