Ina Parlina and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura – In an effort to further establish peace after last week's Tolikara incident in Papua, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hosted religious leaders

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Tens of thousands of hectares (ha) of farmland across the archipelago are on the verge of harvest failure due to the prolonged dry season, hampering President Joko "Jokowi"

Susan Taylor, Bernadette Christina & Fergus Jensen, Toronto/Jakarta – Shares of diversified miner and energy producer Freeport-McMoRan sank for a second session on Friday, as uncertainty around

Suherdjoko, Rembang, Central Java – Hundreds of residents of the Kendeng mountainous area of Central Java carried mounds of ketupat (rice cooked in coconut leaf casings) as part of a ritual on Wedn

Marking the anniversary of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Wednesday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo warned state prosecutors against extorting individuals under investigation, a practice th

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Persatuan Islam (Persis) Muslim group, which has a stronghold in West Java, has assured the safety of churches in the province following the Tolikara tragedy in Papua.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – The Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter has rejected the plan by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) to hold a halal bihalal (Idul Fitri friendship me

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As of today, import duties on alcoholic drinks are set at 150 percent of their market price, higher than under previous arrangements.

Dili – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo is calling for foreign investment in tourism to boost its contributions to the economy alongside agriculture and oil and gas industries, report

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is considering a plan to broaden the authority of the Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) and provide its executives with legal indemni

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police have named two suspects related to the recent fatal clash in Tolikara, Papua.

Bambang Muryanto and Suherdjoko – The Bantul regency administration in Yogyakarta has requested members of an Indonesian Baptist Church (GBI) congregation in Saman hamlet, Sewon district, to tempor

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ina Parlina, Jayapura/Jakarta – Muslim and Christian communities in Tolikara, Papua, reached a peace agreement on Wednesday following last week's riot in which angered masses

Bayu Marhaenjati & Mikael Niman, Bekasi/Jakarta – The death toll from an explosion at a cosmetics factory on the outskirts of Jakarta has reached 17, with 12 victims dying in hospital as a resu

Bernadette Christina & Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Indonesians are smoking less than before, and that poses a dilemma for a government that faces a budget shortfall as well as rising unemployment and

Jakarta – The government plans to start providing meals at certain state and private elementary schools around the archipelago to fight malnutrition and stunted growth.

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Home Ministry is planning to curb discriminatory bylaws that have become the source of conflict in regions throughout the archipelago.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Consumer prices may not greatly increase in July despite the Ramadhan and Idul Fitri festivities, as consumers hold back spending amid domestic economic slowdown, pol

East Timor's former president, Jose Ramos Horta, says that he does not think an independence campaign for the Indonesian province of West Papua will be successful.

Mark Colvin: One of our nearest neighbours, East Timor, is still so poor that many people lack even the most basic access to health care.

State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutiyoso says that the riot in Tolikara, Papua was aimed at attacking President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Jakarta – As the General Elections Commission (KPU) has revised regional election regulations to accommodate parties with dual leadership, camps within the Golkar Party have agreed to jointly nomin

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Dili – Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo thanked the Cuban government and health collaborators for the support offered for over a decade.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the government expects more and more people to register for its National Health Insurance (JKN) program, a recent study has predicted a disastrous future for the he

One death was too many.

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – Members of the Ahmadiyah community in Indonesia continue to be discriminated against and religious leaders say a comprehensive, multi-pronged approach is needed to ad

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – In the early morning of Monday, local residents in Bantul, Yogyakarta, and Purworejo, Central Java, managed to foil attempts by unidentified persons to burn down two

Teropong Senayan – The razing of an Islamic prayer room in the Tolikara district of Papua was carried out by a group pursuing the agenda of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to re-implant its id

As a nation, Indonesia has one major piece of unfinished business: providing a solid, unshaken and irreversible foundation for pluralism to flourish across the archipelago.

Jakarta – Indonesia's newly inaugurated intelligence chief, Sutiyoso, has dismissed criticism that his agency failed to prevent a small-scale sectarian incident in Tolikara district, Papua last wee

Jakarta – Police on Wednesday were set to charge several suspects linked to the torching of a mosque in Papua's Tolikara district last week as officials rushed to contain the fallout of the inciden

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Felix Utama Kosasih, Jayapura – Amid the festivities surrounding the Eid al-Fitr celebration in Indonesia, the peace and happiness characteristic of the holiday was broken by an attack in Tolikara,

Jakarta – Indonesia's legal frameworks fail to enforce transparency in the use of public funding for electoral campaigns by political parties, while abuses are rampant and remain unaddressed due to

Adi Marsiela, Cipaku Village, West Java – The Cipaku village square is located, fittingly enough for this agrarian heart of West Java, in the middle of rice fields ringed by thickly forested hills.

One of the main foundations of modern Indonesia was the awareness that the nation could only survive if it would accept, respect and accommodate differences.

Security across the country has been raised as provocative messages spread online in the aftermath of the burning down of a small mosque in Karubaga, in Papua's Tolikara district last week.

Johannes Nugroho – Ditching initial plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Indonesian government has instead opted for a mere Reconciliation Committee to deal with past state-sponsore

Melanie Burton & Michael Taylor, Melbourne/Jakarta – Indonesian tin smelters are finding it harder to get credit from banks and trading houses after a Singapore-based firm failed to deliver som

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian Fellowship of Churches and Evangelical institutions (PGLII) has condemned the destruction and arson attack on an Islamic house of prayer (mushola) on Friday, along w

Putri Adityowati, Cunding Levi, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is currently investigating the perpetrators behind letters from the Gereja Injili di Indonesia (GIDI)

Oktovianus Pogau, Tolikara – The president of the Indonesian Evangelical Church (Gereja Injili di Indonesia, GIDI), Reverend Dorman Wandikmbo insists that the letter issued by the regional GIDI in

Eveline Danubrata and Cindy Silviana, Jakarta – Investors hoping for President Joko Widodo to speed up work on Indonesia's infrastructure projects have been disappointed, with a plan for a $2-billi

Dini Pramita, Jakarta – President of the Evangelical Church in Inonesia (GIDI), Rev.

Jakarta – The burning down of a small mosque in Karubaga, in Papua's Tolikara district on Friday, just as local Muslims prepared for Idul Fitri prayers, was an accident – with perpetrators merely t

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday grilled Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto amid revelations that