Indra Budiari and Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – When Dian Septi Trisnati decided to take part in a labor protest demanding a review of the calculation used to set the minimum wage, she never expected s

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has asked instant message apps to remove same-sex emojis?

Jayapura – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Eliminating the production and distribution of bootleg liquor, locally known as oplosan, in Yogyakarta will not be easy with law enforcers even expressing doubts abou

Tassia Sipahutar, Business – Indonesia is predicted to see stable growth in the near future after taking several measures, but the economy remains susceptible to external headwinds, according to a

Dave Majumdar – Indonesia hopes to sign a deal with Russia to purchase ten advanced Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighters next month.

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Representatives of 20 mass organizations signed on Friday an agreement with the Defense Ministry to support a state defense program that will involve Indonesian civilians.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to overhaul the government's spending system will depend on his ministers and whether or not they have a clear and strong will to d

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – More than a year after the passing of the Village Law, village administrations around the country remain in the dark over the legal status of the village-run busine

Bogor – The mayor of Bogor, West Java, Bima Arya Sugiarto, has been severely criticized by a number of civil society organizations after he made a speech at the opening of an office of Hizbut Tahri

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has cracked down on terrorists incarcerated on the notorious penal island of Nusakambangan amid concerns the Jakarta attacks were plotted there behind bars.

Jakarta – Opposition to the planned amendment to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law is strengthening in the House of Representatives as the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has followed

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Indonesia's Government has demanded all instant message apps remove same-sex emojis or face a ban in the Muslim-majority country.

Indonesia's instant messaging providers must remove gay emoji and stickers from their apps, the government has ordered, prompting a human rights outcry.

Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to defend the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in a letter sent to the Presi

Jakarta – International human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch urged President Joko Widodo's administration to lift a ban on the Ahmadiyah religious community placed by local authorities in

Jakarta – Students in Kediri in East Java have been banned from celebrating Valentine's Day in any form as the romantic celebration of love is considered by some in the city to be antithetical to I

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Last year saw more journalists become victims of violence and various other forms of abuse and disruption when doing their jobs, reports the Alliance of Independent Journalis

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – As Abu Tholut sips on his guava juice, his wispy silver beard brushing against the glass, he mulls the state of global jihad and his not insubstantial role in it.

The Democratic Party (PD) has joined Gerindra in opposition to amending the Corruption Eradication (KPK) Law, which has been proposed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and supp

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders have dropped a plan to dislodge investigator Novel Baswedan following an order from President Joko "Jokowi" W

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Tama Salim, Jakarta – Lawmakers have criticized the government for lacking a unified approach in dealing with separatism in Papua, the country's easternmost province.

The alcohol industry has called on the House of Representatives to draft a bill that would become the legal basis to regulate the distribution of alcoholic beverages in society.

The foreign affairs department insists a decision to deny a passport to a former-spy-turned-whistleblower is not aimed at stopping him from giving evidence in arbitration proceedings in a dispute b

Kate Stanton, Dili, East Timor – Cesar Gaio loves cooking in the open air.

The foreign affairs department was not consulted before Labor announced a new policy to reopen good faith maritime boundary talks with East Timor.

Labor shadow foreign minister Tanya Plibersek has committed a future Labor government to negotiations with the Timor Leste government to reach a permanent maritime border between our two countries,

Venidora Oliveira – The Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communication (MOPTC) Gastso de Sousa said the government has allocated $10 million out of the 2016 state budget for rural roads reha

Paulina Quintso, – The Inspector General for Labour (IJT) and Secretary of State for Vocational Training Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) Aniceto Leto Soro said in 2015 some 2,190 foreigners receive

Jakarta – Around 20,000 contract government workers staged a rally in Central Jakarta's main streets demanding full-time civil servant status on Wednesday morning (10/02).

Jakarta – Activists and lawyers suspected that there is a plan to oust one of the country's most prominent anti-graft investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission and reassign him to on

Jakarta – All ten parties at the House of Representatives' Legislative Body agreed to form a working committee for the proposed revisions to the laws governing the powers of the Corruption Eradicat

Indra Budiari, Safrin La Batu and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Police have once again bowed to hardliners at the expense of minority groups and civil society by shutting down an LGBT group's close

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Investors will be allowed to kick off the construction of their factories and other investment facilities without having to wait for the issuance of environmental assessment

Tom Allard – Labor has pledged to submit to international adjudication over the disputed maritime boundary between Australia and East TImor if "good faith" negotiations fail to produce agreement.

Aceh fishermen are nominated to receive the 2016 Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) for rescuing hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – American documentary film director Joshua Oppenheimer is set once again to focus global awareness on Indonesia's past human rights abuses as his critically accl

Brigid Andersen – Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek says Labor wants to repair Australia's relationship with East Timor by renegotiating the maritime border between the two cou

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Most of the cities planning to join a campaign to tax plastic bags have withdrawn from the program, saying that they were not ready to implement it.

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia has received a recommendation from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry for the extension of its export permit although the gold and copper mining giant has yet

Jakarta – The association of pesticide producers, CropLife Indonesia, expects a further increase in pesticide demand in Indonesia thanks to the government's intensified program of improving farming

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta is the repository of Javanese culture, a famed center for intellectuals and students.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – An Indonesian meatball seller who claimed he was lured to join Islamic State in Syria by the promise of a large payment will serve three years behind bars.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives should reject proposed amendments to Law No.

Farida Susanty and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to speed up the development of toll-roads in the country may face further delays as the government is running ou

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – State revenues are estimated to fall between Rp 67 trillion (US$4.91 billion) and Rp 100 trillion this year, as declining global oil prices gnaw away at the state's coff

Jakarta – An Ahmadi group in Srimenanti, Bangka, has reportedly been discriminated against by the local administration, including being evicted.

Jakarta – Former commissioner of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Bambang Widjojanto has criticized the government for its lack of awareness and understanding of the articles of the KPK