Jakarta – Civil society groups have slammed the police's handling of an anti-mining rally in Merigi Kelindang, Central Bengkulu, at the weekend after four local residents were shot and two police o

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The nation waits to see how President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will handle the inevitable political furor over who is to take charge of the National Police.

Arif Gunawan Sulistiyono, Jakarta – Indonesia's social media networks have once again shown their might, as an impromptu donation campaign raised more than Rp 80 million, or around US$6,000, in les

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has only managed to collect 26.8 percent of its total tax revenue target set in the 2016 budget in the first five months of 2016.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A leading human rights activist has cited the 2012 Law on Yogyakarta's special status as the source of agrarian conflict and injustices in Yogyakarta and has called f

Jakarta – Palm oil plantation workers in North Sumatra work under alarming rates of exploitation, a report by environmental NGO Rainforest Action Network report released on Wednesday (08/06) found.

The free expression of identity is one of the new-found freedoms to have emerged since the fall of the New Order regime.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Last week, Environment and Forestry Ministry spokesman Novrizal Tahar headed to a minimarket near his house in Kampung Utan, Ciputat, South Tangerang, to buy four larg

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – An area of forest the size of eight soccer fields is lost every hour in Jambi, Sumatra, leaving forests in the province in a critical condition, according to a conservation org

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights group Imparsial urged lawmakers to remove the role of the Indonesian Military (TNI) from an antiterrorism bill during deliberations on Thursday, sayin

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The regulation obliging female Muslim students in state schools to wear the headscarf has aroused tensions over religious segregation among some members of the public, includi

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has dismissed the Indonesian Doctors Association's refusal to carry out chemical castration, a mooted punishment for sex offenders, an official said on

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) says there is an urgent need to pass a sexual violence bill into law as many crimes cannot be processed due to loophol

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry's plan to establish its own intelligence agency reflects its lack of willingness to coordinate with the country's existing intelligence bodies

Timor-Leste (East Timor) within the next three years will have a modern port in Tibar bay, 12 kilometres from the capital, Dili, according to a contract signed this week with Bollore Ports, accordi

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – On March 19, 2014, 18-year-old Indonesian maid Dewi Sukowati had the temerity to serve her employer a glass of water on a plastic tray instead of a sil

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The government is stepping up its efforts to spare the lives of 208 Indonesians abroad who are facing the death penalty, an official said on Thursday.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has raised Rp 496.6 trillion (US$37.35 billion) in state revenues as of May 31 with Rp 685.8 trillion in spending, pushing the state deficit to Rp 189.1 tri

Fadli, Batam – In the apparent absence of transparency and close media scrutiny, the government has continued with its plan to set up Defense Ministry offices in each of the country's 34 provinces.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Lawmakers on Wednesday slammed the government's proposals to reduce the number of civil servants, insisting there were better ways to cut spending.

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has rejected a recent call from the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) to block search engine giant Google and video hosting si

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Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The mapping out of the political powers involved in the aborted coup of 1965 remains unclear to this day, with historians yet to reach consensus on what forces were behi

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Jakarta and Canberra have agreed to enhance counterterrorism cooperation following a meeting in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.

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Jakarta – The Internet should be an equal world for all of its users, without any discrimination in terms of accessing content or expressing ideas, activists have said.

Hannah Gould – One of the world's largest producers of palm oil has drained and planted on areas of peatland supposed to be protected by Indonesian law, claims a new report from Greenpeace, with le

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Schools should not force girls to wear the hijab, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama reiterated on Wednesday, because the decision to wear the Islam

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Severianus Endi, Fadli, Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Pontianak/Batam/Jayapura – The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry's proposals to reduce the number of civil servants has sparked a f

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is aiming to expand its cooperation with the National Police to promote a human-rights approach among police pers

Jakarta – Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama says many parties have tried to stop him from seeking reelection in the 2017 gubernatorial election.

Pandaya, Jakarta – In March, furious Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians vowed to teach the Jakarta governor a lesson over his abrasive assertion to rerun as an independent

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has revised down this year's economic growth target to 5.1 percent from 5.3 percent year-on-year (yoy).

Jakarta – Indonesians on Monday celebrated 115 years since the birth of the country's first president, Sukarno, best remembered as a national hero who proclaimed independence more than 70 years ago

The office of the United Nations Secretary-General denies that he met with a representative of West Papua at the World Humanitarian Summit.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia still has a long way to go to achieve its carbon emission reduction target as efforts to combat climate change are being hampered at the regional level, a Wo

Stephanie Zillman – The Indonesian Consul to Darwin Andre Siregar has denied he pressured the owner of a wall to paint over a mural which features the West Papuan flag, but said he had reported its

Winarno Zain, Jakarta – The controversy over the Jakarta Bay land reclamation project that has triggered months of national debate seems to center on several critical issues.

Bureaucratic reform has remained an unresolved debate for many years, despite the Civil Service Law, dubbed the panacea for the acute problems plaguing Indonesian bureaucracy, coming into force in

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Three former leaders of the disbanded Gafatar movement face life imprisonment after being arrested for blasphemy and treason in a case raising serious concerns about Indo

A large Burger King conspicuously located in front of a plaza in the East Timor capital drew the attention, at least momentarily, of local and foreign investors arriving in the plaza's lobby to att

Angel L Martinez Cantera in Jambi, Sumatra – "Our main goal is to preserve the forest according to the customary traditions of our people.

Emma Fulu Freelance – A recent study conducted by The Asia Foundation found that 3 in 5 ever-partnered women aged 15 to 49 in Timor-Leste had experienced physical or sexual violence by a husband or

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A recent study has revealed that the number of victims of poisoning from bootleg liquor is higher in regions that have implemented a blanket ban on alcohol, a finding that may

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A recent string of rape cases has yet to shake things up in the country's police forces, which still tend to delay responding to victims' reports, leading to evidence that

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Indonesia's business competition watchdog has signaled that cartels may be behind the sky-high prices of staple foods at markets across the country.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has called on the government to improve its data on food production to help stabilize commodity prices, which are typically volatile during R

Jayapura, Jubi – Third Deputy Chairman of Papua Legislative Council, Yanni suggested that outsiders or foreign countries were behind calls for Papuan independence.

A large anti-independence rally has been held by transmigrants in the capital of Indonesia's Papua province, Jayapura.