Because the Rp 255 trillion (US$19 billion) entrusted to regional administrations has hardly been spent, let's, for the sake of the public, including the poor and needy, protect officials who fear

The West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma says his personal preference is that the leader for his people's self-determination movement be based within West Papua.

Jakarta – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that Papua continues to lag behind in maternal health compared to other areas across Indonesia despite significant improvements in the

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Jakarta – Members of an Indonesian minority Islamic sect protested on Thursday against the forced closure of one of their mosques amid concerns over rising religious intolerance in a country which

Andreyka Natalegawa – Indonesia must strengthen its labor institutions and invest in skills development, the International Labor Organization said in a report released on Thursday, with officials w

Hidayat Setiaji & Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Regional Indonesian leaders are withholding nearly $20 billion of government funds, including money for social assistance programs, while they wait f

Rieka Rahadiana, Jakarta – The flip flops have to stop.

Yustinus Paat & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has come under heavy criticism after it revoked a provision in the Regional Elections Law that is meant to prevent the formation

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The House of Representatives wrapped up its fourth sitting period for 2015 on Tuesday with none of its scheduled bills being passed into law over the past six weeks.

Helen Davidson, Darwin – A group of West Papua activists has been evicted from the grounds of the Northern Territory Parliament House in Darwin after they erected a hut as an "embassy" and spent tw

Jakarta – With his retirement less than a month away, Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Land and forest fires have continued to spread in Sumatra and Kalimantan over the past several days in the midst of the dry season, prompting local authorities to go all-out to

Novianti Setuningsih & Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Regional chiefs who break the law when pushing through infrastructure projects will soon be granted immunity from prosecution by Indonesia's anti

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The central government's plan to encourage better regional budget absorption by providing more legal protection to public officials against graft convictions could lik

Tangerang – South Tangerang municipality has begun to crack down on restaurants that have violated the city's regulation regarding opening hours during Ramadhan, in order to "maintain the holiness

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Forestry companies have raised concerns over a new ministerial regulation that requires them to allocate at least 20 percent of their existing concession areas to local peop

Jakarta – A transportation watchdog has bizarrely accused ride-hailing apps such as Go-Jek and GrabBike – which provide gainful employment to motorcycle taxi drivers and are registered tax-paying b

Haeril Halim, National – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday indicted former Papua governor Barnabas Suebu for graft involved in the constr

Dylan Amirio, National – Lawmakers have reaffirmed their position of rejecting the sudden amendment of Government Regulation no. 46/2015 on pension funds.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – To deal with rampant land disputes involving indigenous communities, the government has unveiled a plan to allocate at least 20 percent of current concession areas ope

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has once again faced another terror threat with an unidentified assailant placing a bomb-like package at the house of one of its

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) told President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday that the President needed to replace politically-wired ministers in the next cabine

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Despite its pledge to conduct a transparent selection process, the committee tasked to select Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners hopes the public will not

Haeril Halim, Headlines – Labor unions have rejected the government's plan to revise the new pension scheme regulations and have urged it to protect the basic rights of workers across the country.

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – It is a regular day in Tanah Abang market, the largest wholesale clothing market in Southeast Asia, thousands of customers squeeze into packed 4-square-meter shops sprawled

Business – The government's tax revenues slumped to a four-year low in the January to June period of 2015, falling short of the first-half target of this year's annual tax-collection target due to

Surabaya – Retired TNI (Indonesian military) general Kivlan Zen says that a plan by the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla to apologise to former Indonesian

Transparency Vanuatu has welcomed Prime Minister Sato Kilman's clarification of his government's position on West Papua's recent bid to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Alyssa Betts – The situation in the Indonesian province of West Papua is similar to East Timor just before independence, a West Papuan activist has announced at a protest in Darwin.

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has named his loyalists as new members of his Democratic Party's leadership boards, ousting the outspoken former speaker of the Hou

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An NGO activist has said Papua needs safe houses as it has quite a high incidence of violence against women and children.

Jakarta – A district chief in West Java province has ordered a TV blackout for local children after sunset in favor of more Islamic studies and Koran recitals.

Erwin Sihombing, Jakarta – The Indonesian police are reluctant to crack down on hate speech, including by hard-line Islamic groups, because there are no "rewards" for doing so and they fear a backl

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – Government institutions on all levels still have plenty of work to do if they want to end religious intolerance in Indonesia, observers say in response to a new repor

A researcher from the Indonesia Study and Advocacy Center (PAS Indonesia) Taufik Riyadi has said the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders must prioritize conducting thorough investig

Tama Salim and Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The alcohol prohibition bill is one step closer to being passed into law, with political factions at the House of Representatives agreeing in a plenary sessio

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – The government has backed down on a controversial new regulation on a workers' savings scheme, saying it will now allow policy holders to cash out after five years instead of

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Jakarta – Family members of civilian victims of the C-130 Hercules military aircraft crash in Medan have urged the government to pay them compensation.

Jakarta – Only workers who are dismissed and can no longer work with other employers, will be allowed withdraw their deposits from the old-age risk scheme, says president director of Workers' Socia

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers rallied on Friday along the capital city's main thoroughfares to protest against the government's new pension scheme regulat

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said at City Hall on Friday that he did not mind outsiders moving to Jakarta, as long as they were rich or wanted to become domestic workers

Local human rights law enforcement is not optimal, with law enforcers acting only in the name of security and public order, a report released by the National Commision on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)

Dylan Amirio – Indonesia's alcohol prohibition bill is one step closer to becoming law with the House of Representatives agreeing on Friday to further discussion of the bill.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Islamic Jihad Front (FJI), with police backing, has broken up a camping event of 1,500 Christian elementary and junior high school students at the Wonogondang cam

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government has said that a 15-member committee tasked with investigating past human rights abuses will be ready shortly after the Idul Fitri holiday.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has denied speculations that it is trying to weaken the influence of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) over Papua after the MSG granted a

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – At least 40 Papuans were arrested on Friday in Fakfak district, West Papua, before holding a thanksgiving ceremony in the secretariat of the United Liberation Movement for Wes

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has said that same-sex marriage is unacceptable in Indonesia because of the religiousness of its citizens.