Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has given the country's leading pulp and paper company PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) a slap on the wrist even though it has violated President J

Jakarta – In a move that may curtail the rights of the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the government says it is considering banning applications widely used by t

Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Coalition (KPI) faced off with the Association of Islamic Wives at a Constitutional Court (MK) hearing on Thursday, presenting opposing arguments about whether crim

Thomas Wright – "For thrill seekers and chill seekers" – that's the phrase the Today Tonight television program used to show areas in Bali as a freshly rebranded holiday destination, in its recent

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Giff Johnson, Majuro – A West Papua leader is the most optimistic he has been in years about gaining support from this week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Pohnpei, Federated States of M

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – The Bali Police have named two activists of the Balinese Forum Against Reclamation (ForBali) suspects for allegedly lowering the Indonesian flag at the Bali Legislativ

Jakarta – A controversial poet who criticized a book on influential literary figures in Indonesia was sentenced to five months in jail on Thursday after a Jakarta district court found him guilty of

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The involvement of police and military personnel in protecting plantations has come under scrutiny as their role may have become a stumbling block in efforts to curb f

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Education has conducted Portuguese language testing for pre-school, secondary and vocational school teachers to assess their ability.

Wang Hui – The disputes between Australia and its smaller neighbor East Timor over maritime boundaries could serve as a useful lens for others to see through the double standard of some Western cou

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – As the end of the first phase of the tax amnesty approaches, with little so far to show from the much-vaunted policy, the noose has begun to tighten around the state budge

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto can breathe a sigh of relief after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a recorded conversation he had with a politically wired tycoon and

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially approved Comr. Gen.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Marzuki has been sitting in his parked light blue angkot (public minivan) at the Lebak Bulus bus terminal, South Jakarta, for the last hour.

Agnes Anya and Indra Budiari, Jakarta/Depok – Opposition to Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's move to run for election in the 2017 gubernatorial race have continued to mount, even in

Indonesia's anti-drugs chief has supported implementing a bloody crackdown on traffickers like the war on crime in the Philippines that has left almost 3,000 dead.

Jakarta – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would be an uneven playing field for Indonesian businesses, given the country's low ratings in various fields compared to 12 members of the trade bloc

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has flagged he will visit Australia in November in a powerful indication of the warmth between the leaders of the two countries.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Recent controversy over dual citizenship and the growing role of the Indonesian diaspora have brought up the country's long-time plan to revise the 2006 Citizenshi

Pandaya, Jakarta – "When lawmakers are mulling a legislative plan, be very, very afraid." So goes a classic adage warning of anxieties about an impending law tailor-made to defend politicians' inte

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Many Indonesians know Vina Panduwinata's song "September Ceria", which tells of happiness and new hope in the month of September.

Beijing – The fledgling Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste has taken its big neighbor Australia to a UN conciliation commission at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague in a bid

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hoped that his flagship tax amnesty policy would be the dawn of a new day for the country's economy, with billions of dollars of Indonesian funds stashed ov

Arif Gunawan Sulistiyono, Jakarta – Leuser ecosystem, a UNESCO world heritage site that covers thousands of hectares of protected forest in Aceh and North Sumatra, must be included in the Aceh spat

Wu Qiang, Beijing – The still fledgling Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste has taken Australia to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague over their maritime boundary dispute.

Indonesia is impeding Pacific regional efforts to pursue justice for human rights abuses against Papuans the United Liberation Movement for West Papua says.

Jakarta – Millions of people could lose their voting rights in the upcoming regional elections in February as the government and the House of Representatives insist that they have electronic identi

Nic Maclellan (Islands Business magazine) in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia – The issue of West Papua will be on the agenda at this week's Pacific Islands Forum, in Pohnpei, Federated Stat

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – An Australian expert who testified that Indonesian woman Wayan Mirna Salihin was unlikely to have died from cyanide poisoning after drinking a Vietnamese iced c

The international playoff match in the Central Java city of Solo on September 6 didn't just result in a 3-0 victory by Indonesia over Malaysia.

Jakarta – The Forum of Legal and Constitutional Studies (FKHK) has filed for a judicial review against the 2014 Regional Administration Law at the Constitutional Court in its bid to curtail the gov

Arya Dipa, Bandung – In West Java, a religiously conservative province that implements sharia-inspired bylaws, curfews are the norm and gender equality is a thing of fantasy.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) plans to procure weapons and intelligence tools to eradicate illicit drug trafficking in Indonesia, an official has said.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's target of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 29 percent by 2030 appears ever-more unrealistic as the government continues to push the use of coal fo

Jakarta – The discovery of an online prostitution ring involving nearly 150 boys in Bogor, West Java, has raised concerns over the growing threat facing Indonesian children in the age of social med

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) head Comr. Gen.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Christian Donny Putranto – The Indonesian Military (TNI) recently promoted four officials to the rank of brigadier general, at the same time as they were granted senior positions in the Ministry of

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The future of Indonesia's oil and gas sector continues to look bleak with latest estimates showing oil lifting rates plunging by almost half from current levels by 2020, wit

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Colombo – The World Health Organization (WHO) has demanded Indonesia renew its commitment to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates by campaigning for young married c

Su Hao and Wang Zheng – The South China Sea disputes should be resolved between China and other claimants, but countries from outside have intervened, making the regional situation more sophisticat

Callum Smith – Commenting on a certain international maritime dispute, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said, "this is an important decision, it is one that has been made in accordance wi

A petition has been tabled in New Zealand's parliament calling on the government to make a number of representations on the plight of West Papuans.

Biak, Jubi – The human rights group Kontras has urged Papua Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw to complete the investigation into the death of civilian Simoan Warikar allegedly at the

Hans Nicholas Jong and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Pekanbaru – Following an incident in Riau where officials from the Environment and Forestry Ministry were taken hostage and threatened with death while

Oliver Holmes, Bangkok and agencies – Up to 100 Indonesian men, believed to have been hired by a palm oil firm, took a team of official environmental investigators hostage on Friday and threatened

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – The practice of breast-feeding exclusively is hindered by myths among lower and middle income people in West Kalimantan.

Tanjung Balai – The Tanjungbalai municipal administration on Monday asked the Tri Ratna Temple Foundation board to immediately take down the Buddha statue that stands 6 meters tall on top of the te

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has lashed out against a palm oil firm's attempt to stop a forest fire investigation by taking hostage seven ministry officials in Rokan Hulu, Riau.