Jakarta – The 2019 presidential election is still three years away, but the Golkar Party has already launched an aggressive campaign in the regions for its presidential nominee: President Joko "Jok

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Jakarta – The House of Munir museum, or Omah Munir, and Sahabat Munir (Friends of Munir) activists will commemorate the 12-year anniversary of the death of the slain human rights campaigner with a

Surya Anta – Increasingly broad mobilisations by the Papuan people in recent years shows that there must be a new assessment of West Papuan as an entity.

The Pacific Coalition on West Papua (PCWP) is gaining momentum with the addition of two new members and the confirmation of the membership of two other parties who indicated their profound support

Two more countries have joined the Pacific Coalition on West Papua, voicing their concerns over human rights abuses in the Indonesian province and asking that the United Nations intervene.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government has changed its approach in developing Papua from administration-based development to anthropological-based development.

A West Papua leader says he is the most optimistic he has been in years about gaining support from this week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A challenge to gain the trust of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo awaits Comr. Gen.

Stephen Grenville – Senator Wong urges the Australian government to commit to an international process of dispute resolution to settle the maritime border between Australia and Timor Leste.

Australia and East Timor are at loggerheads over drawing a maritime boundary to finally and permanently resolve the division of undersea oil and gas resources.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government should improve the dissemination of information on the country's important infrastructure projects in order to attract more private investors to infrastruct

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is set to pass the revision of the controversial 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law by the end of this month despite mounting criticism fr

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has questioned Comr. Gen.

Victoria Fanggidae, Jakarta – Improving productivity and competitiveness is at the heart of Nawacita, the nine-point development agenda of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo government.

Jakarta – Apparently under pressure following trouble in the distribution of the Indonesian Smart Cards (KIP), a key point on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's agenda, the Education and Culture Mini

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Since its passing in late June, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's signature policy, the overly hyped tax amnesty program is projected to be a letdown.

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Farida Susanty, Jakarta – July has set a new record in the number of foreigners visiting Indonesia, with Chinese tourists topping the list.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has sent a letter to the House of Representatives nominating National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Masinton Pasaribu, a member of the House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs, has backed the National Anti-Narcotics Agency, or BNN, in its fight against drug abuse among

Jakarta – Indonesia will become the largest business jet market in Southeast Asia by 2019 overtaking neighboring Singapore, due to Indonesia's robust economic growth, vibrant business climate and r

Ayunda Nurvitasari – A recent survey shows that not all Indonesian women aspire to get married for a variety of reasons.

Jakarta – An environmental group has blamed the conversion of forests into oil palm plantations for the loss of biodiversity in Papua, adding that it had also failed to improve the welfare of local

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Association of Journalists for Diversity (Sejuk) declared on Wednesday four reporters winners of the 2016 Diversity Awards for their efforts in campaigning for peace and plu

Jayapura, Jubi – Chairman of the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association Jayapura Municipality, Agus Fauzi, said the number of LGBT in Papua is continuously growing each year.

East Timor has reflected on the goodwill of its former invader as it seeks to settle sea borders with both Indonesia and Australia.

Daniel Flitton – A ruling could be delivered within the month on Australia's claim that a special international commission has no jurisdiction to hear a complaint by East Timor.

Jayapura – Papua Police are investigating the fatal shooting of 15-year-old student Otianus Sondegau in Sugapa, Intan Jaya Papua, on Saturday by questioning 32 witnesses of the incident.

Australia needs to play by the rules in the East Timor boundary dispute or risk losing credibility when it weighs into the South China Sea saga, federal Labor warns.

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Jakarta – Dozens of workers recently staged a rally in front of the Constitutional Court demanding the annulment of the Tax Amnesty Law, during the first hearing of their judicial review against th

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Arthur Neslen – A Korean palm oil company has been dropped by buyers after footage emerged that allegedly shows the illegal burning of vast tracts of tropical forest on lands it holds concessions f

Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Rawajati, Pancoran, South Jakarta, tried to defend their houses from demolition on Thursday, but hundreds of Public Order Agency officers were reportedly adamant ab

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The government has been fighting a losing battle against polluters of the Citarum River in West Java, which is considered one of the world's most polluted rivers.

Ryan Dagur and Siktus Harson, Jakarta – Rights groups have said the governments of Indonesia and Timor-Leste have failed to find, document and reunite Timorese separated from their families when th

Penny Wong – The Turnbull's government rejection of an international commission's jurisdiction over the maritime boundary dispute with Timor-Leste is a deeply disappointing development.

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A priest in Indonesia's Papua regoin has appealed to President Joko Widodo to halt the destruction of pristine forests by a palm oil developer.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In the latest hearing pertaining to a judicial review petition to outlaw sex outside of marriage at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, a heated debate ensued between

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has expressed its opposition to a judicial review filed by a civil organization that would criminalize extramarital se

Jakarta – Sumatra's watersheds – ridges of land that separate waters flowing to different rivers and keep those waters pristine – have lost the largest amount of forest cover in the world over the

Jakarta – "I had mixed feelings of sadness and anger when I learned that I already had my own grave in Timor Leste," Victor da Costa, 41, said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration may need to buckle down once more to find traffic congestion solutions as severe bottlenecks were seen on Tuesday along several recommended alternative routes f

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has finalized a revision on a regulation which, if approved by the President, will strip the country's antigraft body of the authority to g

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Defying his parents' admonition that he should simply accept his position as a member of a minority community, a young Chinese-Indonesian man has bravely reported to the polic