Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon has accused PT Freeport Indonesia president director Maroef Sjamsoeddin of intentionally causing conflict between the legisla

Jakarta – An accident involving a commuter train and a Metro Mini bus that killed 18 of the bus' passengers in Tambora, West Jakarta, on Sunday and the skidding of a Kopaja bus that kil

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Legal activists on Sunday slammed a contempt of court draft bill for limiting reports on court proceedings and judges.

Jakarta – Tumiso Lukas still remembers the morning of Dec.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Djemi Amnifu and Apriadi Gunawan, Surakarta/Kupang/Medan – As election day nears, candidate pairs are worrying about the possibility of cheating and vote-buying by th

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – As world prices continue to plunge, oil-and-gas companies operating in Indonesia are expected to further lower spending next year amid a slowdown in explorat

Jakarta – Legal experts and activists have slammed a bill that proposes penalizing anyone criticizing court proceedings, including journalists, with contempt of court.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently updated its outlook on Indonesia, forecasting moderate gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.8 percent in 20

Jakarta – Indonesian Women Against Corruption (PIA) activists have called on House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto to remember the promises he made as a people's representative

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – Should the sanctity of an investment contract always be honored and should business contracts be held sacred? Not always, assert Louis T.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The popularity of several local leaders set the stage for election campaigning ahead of this year's local elections.

Pekanbaru – Police in Pekanbaru, Riau, have come under fire for clashing with university students and beating a journalist at a congress for the Islamic Students Association.

Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited Papua in December 2014, he led a ground-breaking ceremony to kick of the development of a market named Pasar Mama Mama Papua (Papua

Jakarta – More than 32,000 Indonesian women experienced unwanted pregnancies between 2010 and 2014, one of the highest figures among ASEAN countries, according to data from the World He

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Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has accused certain parties of politicizing fishermen to oppose a reclamation project in Jakarta Bay and has stressed that no Ja

Jakarta – Indonesia is home to the most wildlife crime involving illegally traded endangered species in Southeast Asia, in both the domestic and export markets, according to the Nationa

Jakarta – Dozens of environmental activists grouped under the Alliance of Earth Our Home held a street rally on Saturday

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up for the simultaneous regional elections, slated for Dec. 9 in 269 regions throughout Indonesia.

East Timor says it's acting on an audit of its agriculture ministry that found irregularities in millions of dollars worth of contracts intended to help East Timor's farmers.

Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said has been advised to revoke a letter to Freeport McMoRan Inc. board chairman James R.

Janis Hooper – Over four days in November, the voices of survivors of the 1965 Indonesian massacres were heard by a hushed crowd of several hundred people, mainly Indonesian exiles, gat

Thanks to the House of Representatives ethics council members who voted for an open hearing of a misconduct case implicating House Speaker Setya Novanto, the people have seen for themse

Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has proposed income tax cuts to support the labor-intensive footwear and textile industry.

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Amid growing concerns over safety standards in the country's aviation industry, the government will tighten regulations on aircraft maintenance and flight

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Freeport McMoRan must propose a price for a 10.64 percent stake it is required to divest from its Indonesian subsidiary on or by January 12, a mining ministry

Jakarta – Indonesia is expected to master military technology and produce military equipment to meet its own needs, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu stated.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesian rights activists said the brutal response of police toward protesting Papuan students has incited hatred and could further strengthen the resolve among

Pekanbaru – About 1,000 workers of PT Beasco Housing Maintenance, a subcontractor of PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), rallied on Thursday at the entrance of CPI's Minas Field in Siak

Fergus Jensen & Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – The operator of one of the world's biggest copper and gold mines was at the center of a major political scandal in Indonesia after confirmi

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Investment to the country's easternmost province is increasing at a rapid pace, as Papua's provincial government expects both domestic and foreign direct inves

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Three witnesses from Tolikara presented by the Public Prosecutor in the trial over the Tolikara incident held at Jayapura District Court were praised by

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has claimed that owners of rice mills and large-scale traders in rice production provinces are resp

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Human rights and judicial watchdogs have claimed that a child abuse case that led to the imprisonment of teachers and janitors at the Jakarta Intercultural Scho

Shane Rosenthal – The impending launch of the Asean Economic Community was marked last month at a summit in Kuala Lumpur.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI-Indonesia) in strongly criticizing the actions of

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise has urged lawmakers to include articles mandating access to public facilities for disabled people as th

Jakarta – Balinese customary law does not recognize same-sex marriage as it is against Hindu beliefs, an expert said recently.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi/Asia New Zealand Foundation – Assisted by an Asia New Zealand Foundation media travel grant, Mauri Television's Native Affairs producer and cameraman Adria

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has criticized ministries for a lack of cooperation in implementing development in the easternmost region, accusing them of only focusing on the

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up to revitalize its family planning (KB) program after being dormant for more than a decade, starting with the launch of KB vill

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – For years, forest fires and the ensuing haze have been reoccurring problems in Indonesia.

The captain of an asylum-seeker boat allegedly intercepted by the Australian navy has told a court how he negotiated a hefty payment to take the migrants back to Indonesia to avoid goin

Jakarta – The Association of Journalists for Diversity (Sejuk) has criticized a recent National Police circular on hate speech, warning that it could pose a threat to minority groups an

Kai Thaler – Fifty years ago today, the US Embassy in Indonesia sent a cable to the State Department asking for funding to help civilian groups that the United States knew were engaged

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia president director Maroef Sjamsoeddin decided to record a conversation with House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto and oil and gas businessman Mu

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta – The pilots of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed off Indonesia last year appear to have reset the circuit breaker of a computer system that regulated the airc

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Water and Sanitation Services (NDWS) Gustavo da Cruz said currently there some 2000 households connected to the public water grid in the capital Dili are