Indonesian Green Institute chairman Chalid Muhammad has said that large parts of Indonesia's forests have been converted into plantation businesses, mostly for oil palm, including many owned by for

Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon surrendered a hat and ties he received from US presidential candidate Donald Trump to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Frid

Dylan Amirio, Dili, Timor Leste – Low-cost carrier Citilink Indonesia has opened a new route connecting Denpasar in Bali to Dili in Timor Leste in cooperation with Air Timor as part of efforts to b

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has said that the uncontrollable spread of air pollution from forest fires in Sumatra could be categorized as a human rights violation by the st

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Scholars are calling on Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to review the city's policy on evicting residents from riverbanks, arguing that negative social, econ

Jakarta – Top officials from Indonesian and Thai security forces gathered in Thailand on Thursday for the ninth Thailand-Indonesia High Level Committee to discuss bilateral, military ties between t

Jakarta – In following up on the issuance of the government's economic policy package last week, the Trade Ministry will ease export and import regulations to improve the business climate and ensur

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesia is expected to allocate permits for another 200,000 to 300,000 live cattle from Australia this year but warns it plans to import beef from other countries to end the vir

Jakarta – The Great Indonesian Movement, better known as Gerindra, has dropped a recent decision to bar its lawmakers from going on official overseas trips, now allowing them to make only "benefici

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has aired its confidence that no lawmaker will dare return the higher allowances they will receive despite several parties saying they reject the hike, set to

Jakarta – Hundreds of supporters of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Muslim organization staged a rally in front of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 2 state Islamic senior high school in Purwokerto, Central Ja

Jakarta – The government's new economic policy package will not resolve the real problems currently being faced by Indonesian companies because it is mainly designed to mend structural problems in

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – National Police chief Gen.

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office is ready to confiscate the assets of graft and money laundering convict Labora Sitorus, a law-ranking but surprisingly well-off police-office

Denpasar – Police are investigating a recent gay wedding celebration in a hotel in Ubud, Bali, although the couple has already left the island for the US.

Yogyakarta, Jubi – Papua councilor Lauzensus Kadepa accused the national media in Jakarta of fuelling the conflict in Papua.

Jakarta – More than 140 million women worldwide have experienced female genital mutilation, but not everybody knows that many of them live in Indonesia, where over half of girls under 11 are subjec

Jakarta – Environmental activists have demanded the government revise a draft document on the country's emissions targets before submitting it for a UN climate conference in Paris.

Jakarta – The government's successful efforts in ensuring the freedom of two Indonesian loggers kidnapped and brought to Papua New Guinea last week have drawn mixed reactions from officials and exp

Yogyakarta, Jubi – Two activists of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Hariel Luluk and Arpius Magayong, were arrested by the local police in Yahukimo while distributing flyers announcing th

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja for the Straits Times – Indonesian police arrested seven corporate executives on Wednesday in connection with illegal forest fires across Sumatra and Kalimantan, as part of a

Nani Afrida, Natuna, Riau Islands – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu revealed on Wednesday a government plan to hold military training for civilians living in border areas.

Victor Mambor – The night began as a celebration of academic achievement but ended in the latest shooting of civilians by security forces in Papua, Indonesia's remote easternmost province.

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Governor and Sultan Hamengkubuwono X has again insisted that Law No.

Jakarta – The case dossiers of suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto, will be submitted to provincial and national prosecutors on Friday.

Rizal Harahap, Apriadi Gunawan and Jon Afrizal, Pekanbaru/Medan/Jambi – After spending weeks battling with the impact of the thick haze that has blanketed their home city, many Pekanbaru residents

Jakarta – A Malaysian company is among more than 20 firms under investigation by Indonesian authorities in connection with forest fires that have caused a haze to engulf large parts of Southeast As

Slamet Susanto and Ruslan Sangadji, Yogyakarta/Palu – The current extreme weather has aborted harvests on hundreds of destroyed of farmland in Yogyakarta and Central Sulawesi, causing farmers in th

Tama Salim, Jakarta – To ensure the success of future elections, a coalition of civil society groups advocating for better electoral standards has urged the House of Representatives to simplify exi

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said that his administration is ready to use existing city regulations on liquor distribution as soon as the Trade Ministry issues a new

Jakarta – A parliamentary watchdog has lashed out at Indonesian legislators for demanding a hefty increase to their various allowances that already amount to 13 times the minimum wage.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Security forces in Jayapura have launched a manhunt for an unknown assailant who stabbed to death a soldier outside the main military base in the Papuan capital in the e

Robert Isidorus, Banjir Ambarita & Ezra Sihite, Jayapura/Jakarta – The rebel leader accused of kidnapping two Indonesian loggers and fleeing with them across the border to Papua New Guinea has

Jakarta – At least 10 companies believed to be behind several land fire incidents across Sumatra and Kalimantan have been charged by the National Police with violating the Law on the Environment.

Jakarta – The process of evicting hundreds of street vendors from Jl.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will meet the government of East Timor in Dili to discuss issues related to several border points located between the two cou

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Evicted residents and people facing eviction have come together to fight against what they call unjust evictions by the city administration.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has dismissed 120 civil servants and demoted 2,500 others, citing various reasons.

Jakarta – The declining rupiah exchange rate, which currently stands at Rp 14,300 per US dollar, must be used to create momentum to consolidate Indonesia's business potential, according to one expe

Jakarta – Indonesia's chief welfare minister plans to spend another Rp 200 million ($13,900) revising a website that her office took down last month amid criticism of its Rp 140 billion price tag a

Jakarta – Indonesia had a US$433.8 million trade surplus in August, which was triggered by a $1.01 billion surplus in the non-oil and gas sector, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said in a relea

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Jakarta – Women are poorly represented in the upcoming regional elections in December, with less than 10 percent of all the candidates being female.

Hans Nicholas Jong – Activists have urged the government to revise its Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC), saying the emissions target is flawed and indicative of the government's lac

Arya Dipa, Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Suherdjoko, Bandung/Surabaya/Semarang – With many rice fields on the brink of harvest failure as a result of this year's extended dry season, rice prices across

Nusa Dua – Army forces from countries across the Asia-Pacific region are striving to increase cooperation for the creation of stronger solidarity among institutions, a senior military official has

Jakarta – A group of activists calling themselves the Indonesian People's Movement (GDRI) has criticized the government for sidelining the poor in its development projects.

Jakarta – The company behind the popular but controversial ride-hailing mobile app Uber is campaigning for support among its Indonesian users to ensure it has "a permanent home" in the country.

Jessica Longbottom – It is almost 40 years since a group of Australian journalists known as the Balibo Five were gunned down by Indonesian forces in East Timor on October 16, 1975.