Mataram – Hundreds of people seeking jobs at PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) staged a rally on Monday, blocking the main access road to the company's Batu Hijau mining site in Sekongkang, West Sumba

Jakarta – Business licensing processes remain lengthy and complicated in Indonesia's major cities, despite the launch of a one-stop service program to process business permits more speedily.

Jewel Topsfield – Anthony Liem still has memories of the Indonesian war of independence.

Archipelago – Lovebirds in Purwakarta, West Java, may have to use their dating time wisely and efficiently, as their regent has introduced a new regulation that prohibits dating after 9 p.m.

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The team tasked to select the new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) emphasized on Sunday that the recent move by the National Police to name a KPK commi

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Kuta's police chief has denied police received a $25,000 bribe to secure the release of a group of Australian men apprehended after they hired strippers at a buck'

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – Publicly listed PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, the country's largest brewery, has put on hold its US$42 million plant expansion projects in East Java after the ban on alcohol

On Aug. 26, President Joko Widodo revoked a new regulation that would have imposed onerous restrictions on foreign media in Indonesia.

Margareth Aritonang – The relationship between Indonesia and Timor Leste has improved steadily in the last few years.

Kristio Wahyono, Yogyakarta – Timor Leste on Aug. 30 celebrates the anniversary of a historic referendum that resulted in a landslide vote for separation from Indonesia 16 years ago.

Jakarta – A National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) team is scheduled to visit Timika, Papua, in the beginning of September to investigate into a shooting incident allegedly perpetrated by

Jakarta – An environmentalist group in Indonesia expressed its disappoint in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for officiating the groundbreaking of a 2,000 megawatt coal-generated power plant in Bata

Jakarta – A labor rally involving around 50,000 workers in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) is set to be held on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) has praised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to revoke a new regulation that would have reintroduced surveillance of foreign journalist

Jakarta – A group of children staged a demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta on Friday, calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to protect them and their fellow Indon

Jakarta – In a proposed revision of Indonesia's Criminal Code, a stipulation has been introduced to curb the availability of contraceptive devices.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In stark contrast to Indonesia's commitment to reduce rampant deforestation, the government has surprisingly become a vocal opponent of a "zero deforestation" pledge s

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has revived hopes that the government will support its controversial constituency fund mechanism, despite its poor performance in the first 10 mon

Jakarta – On the 70th anniversary of the country's independence on Aug.

Medan, North Sumatra – Local administrations aren't spending as much as the central government has hoped, but that is not because leaders are afraid to be scrutinized, they're just waiting for the

National – Sustainable Development Indonesia director Drajad Wibowo has predicted that Indonesia will have more than 500,000 newly unemployed people this year if the ongoing economic slowdown conti

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Two members of the Military District Command (Kodim) 1710/Timika have been arrested following a shooting in Koperapoka, Mimika regency, Papua, that left two civilians

Bogor – A prolonged spat over the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin in Bogor, West Java, has once more drawn attention from abroad, with a US rights body witnessing in situ the situation fac

Jakarta – Dozens of former residents of Kampung Pulo in East Jakarta demonstrated in front of the house of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Friday to protest against their recent e

Mimika, Papua – Two people were killed and two others seriously injured when two soldiers opened fire in Timika Baru district, Mimika regency, in Papua early on Friday kompas.com reported.

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Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned journalists against twisting her statements on the upcoming simultaneous local elections.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Following protests from foreign media outlets, the Home Ministry on Thursday decided to revoke circulars that obliged all visiting foreign journalists to report themselves t

Back in May both national and international media greeted President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to lift decades-long restrictions on foreign media access in Papua, calling the move a step in th

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has fiercely condemned the Jakarta Corruption Court's decision on Thursday to issue a second postponement of a trial hearing of b

Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor Leste have committed to cooperate on forestry, agriculture, maritime and fisheries issues.

Robert Vanwi Subiyat, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Friday that a shooting that left dead two civilians and injured four in Papua early on Friday indeed involved one of its soldi

Ina Parlina and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – After meetings with businesspeople and key economic policy makers, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has promised to offer many new incentives and to furthe

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Meeting of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Surabaya, East Java on Thursday elected senior cleric Ma'ruf Amin as chairman of the organization for the 2015-

Jakarta – Twenty-one families from Semarang in Central Java have filed a lawsuit against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo over the demolition of their houses by the Indonesian Army.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has apologized for and withdrawn a regulation aimed at increasing government control over foreign journalists operating in In

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Jakarta – A state elementary school in Banyuasin, South Sumatra, has banned its students from wearing veils while at school.

Jakarta – Indonesia's chief welfare minister has come under fire for spending Rp 140 billion ($9.86 million) setting up a website that apparently copies the code from a Barack Obama supporters' sit

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung to immediately draft a circular, containing guidance for regional leaders on how to avoid activity that could lead to t

Jakarta – Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) lawyers have expressed their concern over the role of military and police personnel in a number of evictions, including the one in Kampung Pulo,

Jakarta – East Timor will tap into its $16.6 billion oil fund to build the necessary infrastructure to attract non-energy investment, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as disputes over undevelo

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met visiting Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria De Araujo at the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday, discussing among other things land and sea borders between th

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is aiming to resolve any remaining territorial disputes with Timor Leste by the end of this year, President Joko Widodo said after a bilateral meeting with his c

Wellington – The New Zealand government is investing 14.5 million NZ dollars (9.43 million US dollars) to help develop Timor-Leste's coffee and cocoa industry, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said

Emily Mitchell – It was six years last Friday (21/8/15) since the Montara oil spill began spewing into the Timor Sea.

Djemi Amnifu and Suherdjoko, Kupang/Semarang – After being named official candidates for the country's first ever simultaneous elections for regional heads (Pilkada), to be held on Dec.

Jakarta – The director general for Political Affairs and General Administration at the Home Affairs Ministry, Soedarmo, said on Tuesday that the government issued official documents on procedures f