Jakarta – A police observer has expressed concern over recent viral videos showing confrontations between police officers and civilians, recommending that the police encourage their fie

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Jakarta – Cracks are beginning to show in the highest levels of President Joko Widodo's cabinet amid the unraveling of what could be the single biggest corruption case in Indonesian his

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto's future is looking increasingly uncertain, as he faces mounting pressure to step down, in light of

Jakarta – The Bekasi payment committee decided on a monthly minimum wage of Rp 3.3 million (US$242.50) at a meeting on Thursday night.

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Manila/Jakarta – In an effort to propel economic growth and boost the business climate in the country, the government's upcoming economic policy packa

It would be an "irreversible national scandal" if Australia allowed Indonesian studies to cease in this country, the federal shadow treasurer warns.The language is on track for extincti

Jakarta – A lawmaker has emphatically opposed an idea put forward by Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan to provide an island to accommoda

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government must take into account certain risks before joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), as the final investment chapter of the agreement contai

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara is set to resume exports following a nearly two-month hiatus after the mining company secured a recommendation for an extension of e

Jakarta – City police on Friday deployed more than 1,000 officers to one of Indonesia's national landmark in an upscale area of Central Jakarta as laborers gather to rally for an increa

Human Rights Watch says Filep Karma is still coming to terms with his release after 11 years in prison in which he became West Papua's most high profile political prisoner.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former Papua governor Barnabas Suebu to four years and six months on Thursday after he was found guilty for inflating prices for a desig

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The panel of judges at the Jayapura Military Court in Papua dismissed First Sgt.

A high-profile West Papuan separatist leader has been released from prison after more than a decade behind bars, in a fresh sign that Indonesia may be easing its tight grip on the resti

Jakarta – Amnesty International on Thursday welcomed the release of Papuan independence activist Filep Karma but stressed that his decade-long detention for peaceful opposition to Indon

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Kate Walton – A friend of mine recently messaged me in shock: "I just read a UNICEF brief that says millions of women in Indonesia have undergone female circumcision.

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Panjaitan has denied allegations that he was involved in the misrepresentation of President Joko "Jokowi" Wid

Jakarta – Junior high school and lower-level graduates dominate the labor market in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world.

Jakarta – House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto says that gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has threatened to bring legal action against the Indonesian government if

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the social communication forum (FKB) Flobamora has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the House of Representatives et

Jakarta – A prominent Papuan separatist leader on Thursday walked out of prison a free man in Indonesia's easternmost province after serving over a decade behind bars for treason.

Jakarta – Authorities in the Central Java capital Semarang have deployed the Army to crack down on sales of alcohol, seizing more than a hundred bottles of liquor and beer and 77 liters

Anton Hermansyah – After enjoying windfall profits during the 2014 elections – the nation's biggest political festival – ad agencies have continued to enjoy a bountiful income from poli

Indonesia's health ministry has apologised after a printing error led to a poster campaign claiming HIV can be transmitted through mosquito bites, swimming and sneezing.

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has taken initial steps to ban all forms of cigarette advertising in the city by taking down billboards and banners in Mampang Prapata

Jakarta – Entering into his second year in office, Jakarta Governor "Basuki" Tjahaja Purnama still faces considerable problems related to traffic congestion.

The divorce rate in East Java is the highest in the country, with the province accounting for 47 percent of all national divorces.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior ministers has denied there will be a formal moratorium on executions in Indonesia.

Stanley Widianto – Following an International People's Tribunal on Indonesia's 1965 massacre, which accused the Indonesian government of murder and torture and which Vice President Jusu

Khoirul Amin, Manila – The country's non-oil and gas manufacturing industry is forecast to remain stagnant in the last quarter of this year as most of the government's economic policy p

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up to restore as many as 2 million hectares of peatlands destroyed through decades of mismanaged oil palm plantations.

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Jakarta – The People's Voter Education Network (JPPR) has found indications that campaign funding regulations are being violated by candidates running in the December regional elections

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) was involved in the purge of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and its supporters in 1965 and the following yea

Phelim Kine and Andreas Harsono – In September, Jakarta-based French journalist Marie Dhumieres decided to test whether Indonesia's decades-long barring of foreign media from Papua had

Jakarta – A middle-ranking official of the local transportation agency in Pasuruan, East Java, died on Tuesday while undergoing physical training held as part of the state defense progr

The country's failure to secure its rice-import target of 1.5 million tons from its traditional suppliers – Thailand and Vietnam – to beef up its stocks shows just how high a politicall

Adi Marsiela/PCN, Bandung – At least 200 workers from the West Java Labour Alliance (Al-Jabar) began marching from the West Java provincial capital of Bandung to Jakarta on Monday Novem

Rodney Joyce, Singapore – East Timor is seeking Australian public support to try to persuade Canberra to settle a longstanding maritime border dispute over the oil and gas rich waters that lie betw

Indonesia's forestry business players have urged the government to withdraw a draft Presidential Decree that would see an end to new licenses for peatland clearing and corporate license

Jakarta – The New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has praised the decision by a military court in Papua last week to convict two soldiers for their role in the deaths o

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Although many have recognized improvements made by the Indonesian government to create a better investment climate, foreign investors remain cautious about inv

Rangga Prakoso & Novi Setuningsih, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia has pledged its full cooperation in an impending inquiry by the House of Representatives into allegations that Speake

Reportage – It is estimated that around 80,000 workers had been laid off as of September this year, according to Manpower Ministry data, as many businesses in the real sector have felt

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – A lawmaker who allegedly cited the names of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla when asking for shares in mining giant PT Fr