George Roberts, Indonesia – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has denied claims by Indonesian police that Australian Customs officials paid thousands of dollars to people smugglers to take asylum seeke

President Joko Widodo's appointment of retired Army general Sutiyoso as State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief is against the principle of political neutrality and could even jeopardize our system o

Jakarta – A senior legislator has demanded an explanation from President Joko Widodo for nominating the Army chief of staff, Gen.

In defiance of a 1963 law forbidding foreign journalists entry to West Papua, Dutch journalist Rohan Radheya has over the past years travelled into the region several times, and is one of very few

Banda Aceh – Banda Aceh Mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal has defended her recent decision to impose a partial curfew for local women, saying that the policy would directly benefit female employees in

Banda Aceh – The capital of Aceh province has imposed a partial curfew for women that it says will reduce sexual violence but which critics say is discriminatory, the Associated Press has reported.

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Surabaya, East Java – The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are conducting a joint exercise named "Cassoary Exercise" (Cassuex) 2015.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Armed Forces, or TNI, has launched a new counterterrorism squad, with the head of Indonesia's military saying it is ready to fight terrorism "at any second."

Randy Fabi, Palembang, Indonesia – Indonesia's second-largest Muslim group plans to file a lawsuit challenging a decision by President Joko Widodo to scrap $20 billion worth of government fuel subs

Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank confirmed on Tuesday that a rule taking effect on July 1 means that hotel rooms, airline tickets, property leases and most salaries must be paid i

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The sell-off in the Indonesian financial market deepened on Monday as foreign investors began to move their funds to developed countries amid signs the Federal Reserv

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla is asking the Banda Aceh municipal administration to review the imposition of a curfew on women in the city.

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to beef up its fight against hunger and malnutrition as the government struggles to ensure the availability and affordability of food, after a United

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent study released by the Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ), reveals that the total number of passengers taking Transjakarta buses between January and April this y

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – After failing to obtain state funding for the down payment on their private cars, members of the House of Representatives (DPR) are pushing the government to inc

Vanuatu's new foreign minister says the government will continue to fight for the rights of West Papuans in international fora.

Jayapura, Jubi – Leaflets calling on Papuans to support Indonesia were circulated in Merauke and Jayapura on 4 June 2015.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The legal team of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan has demanded that the Constitutional Court (MK) order the KPK to release recordings of

Jakarta – The Indonesian police force, widely perceived as the most corrupt institution in the country, is nominating its officials to fill the leading posts of the country's top anti-graft watchdo

Jakarta – The drafted bill on the protection of religious communities does not protect minorities that are under increasing persecution; the government is not showing progress in upholding religiou

The Pacific islands sub-regional organisation is considering a membership bid by West Papuans of Indonesia.

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For Kirsty Sword Gusmao, being appointed an officer of the Order of Australia is not just a recognition of her life's work, but of another country.

Jayapura, Jubi – The arrest of about 200 West Papua National Committee activists in May is disconcerting and shows that authorities are increasingly resorting to heavy-handed tactics to discourage

From 30 April to 01 June, police have arrested protesters expressing support for ULMWP and West Papua campaign of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), KNPB said in a statement to Jubi, Monday (8/6

While oil has been the mainstay of East Timor's economy in the past, it's farming that's transforming rural areas and creating a new breed of entrepreneurs.

While oil has been the mainstay of East Timor's economy in the past, it is farming that is transforming rural areas and creating a new breed of entrepreneurs.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The spotlight has turned on the judicial system's lack of an appeal mechanism for pretrial rulings on criminal allegations, with judges exercising a binding say on cases bef

Jakarta – An Indonesian minister has countered President Joko Widodo's declaration that the controversial transmigration program to Papua province will be stopped, saying instead that, if anything,

Ben Hillier – More than 500 activists have been arrested over the past month across West Papua as protests, demonstrations and meetings build in the lead up to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)

Jakarta – Allegations of political motives overshadow prosecutors' recent naming of former State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan as a corruption suspect, many of whose supporters believe him to b

Nobody should be above the law in a democratic country that upholds equality before law.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The different minimum marriage age for men and women in Law No. 1/1974 on marriage has been described as discriminatory.

Jakarta – Indonesia's security chief says there is no need for the country's next military commander to be vetted by the national human rights commission or the government's money-laundering watchd

Jakarta – The Indonesian police force, widely perceived as the most corrupt institution in the republic, says it will be involved in the selection of new commissioners for the country's antigraft a

Daniel Hurst – Timor-Leste is set to resume a formal challenge against an oil and gas treaty that became mired in controversy following claims Australia bugged the cabinet room in Dili to gain the

Jakarta – Australia expressed disappointment Friday that East Timor will resume a legal battle in the UN's highest court over a controversial oil and gas treaty between the two countries, and vowed

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government's expected tax anomaly – in which tax revenues increase despite the weak economy – has yet to be seen almost halfway through the year, with tax takings remai

Jakarta – A representative of Kantar Worldpanel Indonesia, a market research company, says there has been a steep decline in consumer purchasing frequency this year amid the global economic slowdow

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have appointed Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, 50, the National Police chief planning assistant, to lead the Jakarta Police. He will replace Insp.

Melissa Davey – The credibility of government data cited by the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, to support the country's punitive drugs policies has been criticised by a group of leading health

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A group of respected figures has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to stay on course with military reform by reining in the Indonesian Military (TNI), which in recent

Ari Susanto, Solo – The Military Police announced on Friday that they have charged seven members of Army's Special Forces Command for their involvement in a brawl that killed one Air Force officer.

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Tabita Diela & Yosi Winosa, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to let corruptors, tax evaders, and forest and mining illegal poachers to put their money in government bonds, in a move that would repriev

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta/Bogor – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has called on the government to clean up its land certification system, the source of numerous disruptive land disputes and tenure issu

A number of rallies have been held in recent days in Indonesia's Papua region in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua's application to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhea

Vanuatu's new foreign minister, Kalvau Moli, says one of his main focuses in government will be the issue of West Papua.

Dili (Timur Leste) – Vice Minister for Commerce, Industry and Environment, Constancio Pinto, said on Thursday that he appreciated the support from the Vietnamese Government for Timor-Leste's candid