West Papua's non-attendance at this week's Pacific leaders' summit in Port Moresby is because of different agreements between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, says Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink P

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The wife of slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, Suciwati, on Sunday called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to establish an independent team to find the mastermi

Pacific leaders gather this week in Papua New Guinea for their annual summit West Papuan leader and freedom campaigner Octo Mote says the support for West Papua has never been stronger.

Lani Pujiastuti, Bogor – Currently there are 10,922 companies holding Mining Business Permits (IUPs) in Indonesia. Of this total, only 29 percent pay tax.

Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) are set to report the House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Setya Novanto and DPR de

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office says it will not consider dropping a criminal case against the suspended chairman of Indonesia's antigraft commission, following the removal from office of t

Paulina Quintao – The President of the Executive Council of the Disability Association Timor Leste (DATL) Joaquim Freitas dos Santos urges the independent establishment of the National Council for

Jakarta – The surprise appearance of Indonesia's House speaker at a Donald Trump campaign event in New York on Thursday has spawned a torrent of questions back at home, but perhaps none as beguilin

Jakarta – The work visit to the United States by leaders of the House of Representatives, during which some of them appeared in public with presidential hopeful Donald Trump, cost the Indonesian ta

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Jakarta – Indonesia's police chief has revealed that the removal of his controversial chief of detectives was being considered since at least mid-July, following a public spat with a highly regarde

Kanupriya Kapoor & Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's 11th-hour decision to scrap plans for the nation's first high-speed railway has sown confusion among top investors from China and Japan,

Regardless of the motives behind the latest major reshuffle within the National Police, there is a pressing need for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to stamp his authority over the law enforcement a

Ian Wilson, Murdoch, Western Australia – The violent evictions in Kampung Pulo have once again drawn attention to the politics of flood alleviation in Jakarta and the tenuous place of the city's po

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – After prolonged discussion, including the comparison of five different types of jet fighters, the Defense Ministry has decided to procure Russian-made Sukhoi SU-35s to replac

Jakarta – Legislators plan to launch an inquiry into the chief of state-owned port operator Pelindo II in connection with the removal from office of the police general who instigated a corruption p

Jakarta – Loyalists of a police general best known for trying to undermine the national antigraft commission have been removed along with their commander.

Jakarta – Antigraft activists have demanded that the new National Police chief of detectives review the many controversial investigations launched by his predecessor after police announced a sweepi

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The governor of Yogyakarta's ban on non-indigenous citizens owning land in the province is not problematic, according to Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Ferry

Pacific civil society groups are adding their weight to a call for a Pacific Islands Forum mission to the Indonesian region of West Papua.

The West Papua independence activist, Benny Wenda, has been denied entry into Papua New Guinea.

Archipelago – Dozens of Papuan students demonstrated on Friday in Malang, East Java, calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to bring an end to violence in the eastern-most Indonesian province of

Jakarta – Most regions of Sumatra are currently blanketed by smoke from land and forest fires and the pollution will potentially reach neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Despite rumors that the National Mandate Party (PAN) will be awarded positions in the Cabinet for joining the government's coalition, its chairman, Zulkifli Hasan, den

Eko Widianto, Malang – Dozens of students from Papua united under the Papuan Students Alliance launched a protest at the Malang City Hall on Friday, September 4, 2015, demanding President Joko "Jok

Siteri Sauvakacolo and Solomone Rabulu – West Papua will apply to be a member of the Pacific Islands Development Forum, even though freedom fighter Octovanius Mote was denied entry into the PIDF me

Rizal Harahap and Apriadi Gunawan, Pekanbaru/Medan – Thick haze caused by ongoing land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan has forced local authorities on the two islands to temporarily shut

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) announced on Wednesday that it would join the ruling coalition of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a move expected to improve the government's

Jakarta – Indonesia's most conservative political party has expressed concern about the government's move to waive visa requirements for visitors from an addition 47 countries – bringing the total

Fadli, Batam – Two British journalists detained by Indonesian authorities since May for making a documentary on piracy in the Malacca Strait without proper papers could face five years' imprisonmen

John McBeth – It took 24 hours – and apparently an angry call from a blindsided President Joko Widodo – for Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo to revoke a raft of new restrictions on visiting fore

More than six months after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration launched the one-stop integrated investment services (PTSP) in Jakarta, business-licensing processes remain lengthy and co

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with East Timor counterpart Taur Matan Ruak, who is in Beijing for activities marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Denpasar – Seven Balinese police officers will go on trial for extortion after an investigation confirmed they received a bribe from a group of Australians apprehended after hiring strippers at a b

Michael Bachelard – Applying for a job as a policeman in Bali is not as simple as filling in a form. You may need to pay $50,000 or more just to be hired.

Jakarta – There has been a flurry of remonstrations, but tellingly no outright denials, over reports that the controversial police general spearheading the campaign to undermine the antigraft commi

Jakarta – The opposition National Mandate Party, or PAN, has officially joined the pro-government Awesome Indonesia Coalition, or KIH, its chairman said on Wednesday.

Jayapura, Jubi – Chairman of the Board of Regional Leadership Student Association Central Mountains of Papua Indonesia (DPW-AMPTPI) East Indonesia, Nathan Naftali Tebai revealed that the military's

Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists criticized the selection process for top posts inside the Corruption Eradication Commission, saying some candidates have visions that are counterproductive to th

Jakarta – Jakarta, the Indonesian capital notorious for gridlocks and bad air pollution, ranks 9th among the world's least friendly cities this year, a recent survey by an international travel maga

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Jakarta – Indonesian Workers Union Association (Aspek) president Mirah Sumirat has called on the government to anticipate massive layoffs that might occur due to the country's economic slowdown and

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – With the economic slump continuing, the government is expecting lay-offs to increase.

Jakarta – Two English journalists arrested in Batam, Riau Islands, will soon face trial for allegedly violating immigration regulations, according to Ronny F.

Jakarta – Thousands of laborers started to flood the streets near the National Monument (Monas) park at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – At least 500 workers who are members of several labor unions in Cilacap regency, Central Java, staged a rally on Tuesday to reject the government's policy to ease requiremen

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Jayapura, Jubi – Political prisoner Filep Karma has refused sentence cuts granted to prisoners by the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights to mark independence day.

Jakarta – The state prosecutor at the Jakarta Corruption Court has accused senior politician Suryadharma Ali of abusing his power during his time as the minister of religious affairs to enrich hims

Haeril Halim and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – The National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) have agreed to cooperate to resolve a case involving the death of a TNI member during a cl