Singapore/Jakarta – Private banks in Singapore are sharing with local police the names of clients embracing Indonesia's tax amnesty, banking sources revealed, a move that could undermine the amnest

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government is turning to internet giant Google, which it claims owes unpaid taxes from its advertising revenue, as the latest data show that tax collection remains pit

The government, House of Representatives and General Elections Commission (KPU) are testing the conscience of voters who will elect their leaders in the simultaneous regional elections scheduled fo

Jakarta – A plan to reform laws and boost development throughout the regions has seen the government scrap 3,143 regional regulations, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said Wednesday night (14/0

Jakarta – Following findings by the National Police that some applications widely used by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have been used by pedophiles to prey on the nat

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – As the Jakarta gubernatorial election draws near, political coalitions have started to scramble to form alliances to break a deadlock over potential candidates.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has vowed to settle serious historic human rights violation cases as mandated by President Joko

Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – If the government gets its way, voters in the 2019 legislative elections will have little say in deciding who is elected a legislator in the House

The Vanuatu prime minister Charlot Salwai says that Forum leaders at last week's summit in the Federated States of Micronesia reached consensus on reports of alleged human rights violations committ

Corry Elyda and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The reclamation project in Jakarta Bay, the resumption of which has been approved by the government, will continue to cause controversy with critics

Michael McDermott – TeleSUR spoke to Benny Wenda, an exiled West Papuan leader who explained his people's ongoing struggle for independence against Indonesia and their plans for the future.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The economy has recorded a US$293.6 million surplus in its August trade balance, with $12.63 billion in exports and $12.34 billion in imports, according to the latest trad

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Thomas Trikasih Lembong has promised to delist more sectors from the negative investment list (DNI) after holding a discussion

Jakarta – Indonesia's highest Islamic council has issued a fatwa on burning land and forests, a government official said on Wednesday (14/09), in an effort to halt the toxic smog that blankets the

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Repent and you shall be forgiven.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In June, when flooding and landslides devastated cities in Central Java, including Banjarnegara, renowned University of Indonesia sociologist and lecturer Imam B.

Jakarta – In the heat of Jakarta's gubernatorial election in which, for the first time in history, the frontrunner is a Christian and a Chinese-Indonesian, the nation's religious authorities are ca

Jakarta – A political expert has warned a large coalition supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration will weaken the system of checks and balances within the government as political

Paulina Quintao – At the commemoration of popular consultation day on August 30, the President of National Parliament, Aderito Hugo, called on the country's sovereign bodies to be responsible and t

Margareth S.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Haeril Halim and Margareth S.

Jakarta – On Wednesday September 14 the Social Movement for Democracy (GEMA Demokrasi) called on Facebook to take responsibility for revisions to the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (U

Severianus Endi and Novi Abdi, Pontianak/Balikpapan – The number of hot spots across West Kalimantan province has been growing since early this week with some 400 of them detected on Tuesday, incre

Jakarta – The Indonesian Migrant Workers Network (JBMI) has called into a question President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement that Indonesia would proceed with its plan to execute Philippine death

David Roman, Pooja Thakur Mahrotri, and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Singapore –Never mind that Singapore is experiencing one of the worst property slumps in its history, demand for luxury housing is sud

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The fisheries industry has asked the government to review a policy on ships that it claims has crippled business.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Police in Papua have increased security measures by sending two special teams to Puncak Jaya regency following the fatal shooting of a teacher in the regency's Mulia

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Police are stepping up the hunt for the gunman in a mysterious shooting that left a teacher dead in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya, Papua on Monday.

Civil society groups are questioning the independence of island leaders in the Pacific Islands Forum while Australia and New Zealand are at the table.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya and Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has given a green light to the controversial reclamation project of Islet G in Jakarta Bay to resume despite the ruling of the

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – After years of deadlock in prosecuting cases involving corporations, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) now has the confidence to start charging companies for graft

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has accepted that its economic growth target for 2017 was over-optimistic.

Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission II, the General Elections Commission, or KPU, and the government have agreed that persons who were convicted of minor crimes will be allowed to partici

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S.

A meeting of the Timor-Leste (East Timor) cabinet Ministers authorized the Ministry of Finance to start the process of joining the Asian Investment and Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), according to a pr

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – An investigation into the alleged sex abuse of children at a prestigious Jakarta international school warned some of the suspects claimed to have been

Jakarta – 27-year-old teacher Yuni Yesra Patatang was shot dead in Karubate village in the Mulia subdistrict, Puncak Jaya, Papua, on Monday (12/09).

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has announced the strengthening of a partnership with the UK military following a bilateral meeting between the two countries at the 2016 Annual Chiefs of De

Pacific Islands Forum leaders have been accused of hollow talk about listening to the people of the region on important issues like West Papua.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has told National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais not to use mosques to convey political messages to the public.

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – An Indonesian bishop has accused local authorities in Papua of ignoring an alcohol ban they introduced earlier this year, saying their inaction has contributed to a spate of

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesian president Joko Widodo caused a storm of controversy on Monday when he appeared to indicate the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte had given Indonesia the green light

Pacific leaders' lack of expressed commitment to action the case of West Papua at their meeting in Federated States of Micronesia may be due to geo politics says Pacific Islands Association of NGOs

Vanuatu's deputy prime minister says the strong support for West Papuans among the people of Melanesia should eventually translate to a co-ordinated regional response.

Jakarta – The promotion of newly appointed National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Budi Gunawan as a four-star police general is politically driven, an analyst said on Sunday.

Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) conducted a rally in Jakarta on Sunday to protest the resumption of the Jakarta Bay reclamation projects following

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia should initiate a new legal process for Filipino death-row inmate Mary Jane Veloso after the Philippines declared her a victim of human trafficking, the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council has agreed to help the Timor Leste Press Council build up its newly created institution.

Jakarta – The former deputy chief of the National Police, Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, has been inaugurated as the new national spy chief.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – Wildlife trade will not come to an end until Indonesia's legal system imposes heavy sentences with a deterrent effect on people who illegally hunt or trade animals,