Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti pledged to closely monitor fishing companies operating in Indonesia after a year-long Associated Press investigation reve

Jakarta – A green group has warned that law enforcement in the environmental sector is effective at cracking down on ordinary citizens but leaves big business untouched.

Randy Fabi & Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia's political elite have closed ranks to undermine the country's antigraft commission, which has already been weakened by a bitter dispute over

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is investigating the performance of the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) as the agency has run into financial diffic

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The US, Canada and the UK have voiced concerns over the convictions of Canadian Neil Bantleman, 45, who also holds British nationality, and Indonesian Ferdinant Tjiong, 42,

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, or DPR, has asked election organizers to allow relatives of serving regional leaders to run in this year's elections, amid a move to block such

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has signaled it may soon begin to vet the country's next police chief, indicating a possible compromise in a st

Sally Andrews – As the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) prepares to discuss West Papua's latest bid for membership, the 'Papuan problem' poses a significant challenge to Melanesian states, who trea

Jakarta – A bicycle path is set to be officially inaugurated in The Hague to commemorate the prominent Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who was murdered in 2004 on his way to the

Jewel Topsfield – In a decision that has alarmed the expatriate community and deepened concerns about Indonesia's justice system, two staff members at one of the most prestigious international scho

Indonesians will find it difficult to boast of being from a democratic country as long as their compatriots continue to fall victim to the Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) Law.

Vanuatu's West Papua Unification Committee has dismissed the credentials of a man claiming to be a West Papuan envoy.

Nani Afrida and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Civil society groups have begun voicing objections to a plan by the Indonesian Military (TNI) to leave 700 personnel in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as a Q

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – A state university in South Kalimantan has drawn the ire of one of Indonesia's Islamic political parties for its decision to ban female students from attending class in a ni

Jakarta – The Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono warned the Red-White Coalition (KMP) on Thursday that it was to stay out of the party's spectacular split and allow resolution to be found th

Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri will probably not be facing any opposition at next week's congress for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), but she has to accommodate a growing con

Hotman Siregar & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The State Administrative Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the Justice Ministry's decision to endorse a pro-government faction inside

Jakarta – Eight of the 10 political parties in the House of Representatives have demanded an explanation from President Joko Widodo on his decision to cancel the nomination of Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – The government's move to block several websites believed to promote extremist Islamic teaching has triggered a backlash among some members of Indonesia's Muslim community, who have accuse

Bob Dietz – With more than 50 years of restricted media access, one of the least covered armed conflicts in the world is the long-simmering struggle between Indonesia's military and the secessionis

Alison Moodie – In late February, a young Indonesian farmer named Indra Pelani showed up at a checkpoint manned by security guards for Asia Pulp and Paper, a Chinese-Indonesian company, in central

The government's move to block several websites accused of spreading radicalism and hatred received condemnation from many – not only from those identified as fundamental and militant, but also fro

Haeril Halim and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Responding to public outcry accusing the government of infringing free speech rights, the Communications and Information Ministry reopened on Tuesday

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Jakarta – Human rights activists in West Sulawesi have denounced police for attempting to stop a screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary film "The Look of Silence" in Mamuju.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung/Yogyakarta – Two Indonesian women on Tuesday were sentenced to months in prison for violating Indonesia's notorious 2008 Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) law.

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to continue as chairwoman of the country's biggest political party for a fifth consecutive term despite strong public demand for a new brand

Arthur Neslen – Brazil and Indonesia spent over 100 times more in subsidies to industries that cause deforestation than they received in international conservation aid to prevent it, according to a

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Teachers in Bandung, West Java, have raised concerns over the distribution of thousands of school books, which they say teach religious intolerance and radicalism.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Agustinus Tabuni, a 24-year-old local identified as a member of an armed criminal group led by Militer Murib, was shot dead when a number of Indonesian Military and N

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Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Brisbane (Free West Papua Campaign/Pacific Media Watch) – West Papuan leaders of the newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), including Benny Wenda, Octovianus Mote and Rex R

Hans David Tampubolon – Playwright Faiza Mardzoeki often takes inspiration and ideas from the books she reads to produce high quality plays.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has increased the price of subsidized gasoline again in line with its fixed-subsidy plan, but the price is significantly lower than its actual market price,

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has called on the South Jakarta District Court to rearrange schedules for six pretrial cases that challenge the antigraft body's

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) says it recognizes the Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono. The faction has recently been validated by the government.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Hotman Siregar & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The rift inside the Golkar Party reached a new height on Monday with the party's House of Representatives, or DPR, caucus offi

Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta – Prominent feminist and artist Dewi Candraningrum exhibited her visual artworks "Dokumen Rahim," or "Documents of a Womb," in Yogyakarta's Sangkring Art Project earlier thi

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Former news anchor Grace Natalie is working on the establishment of a new political party run entirely by young people, she announced on Sunday.

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – About 200 laborers staged a protest at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Sunday, but Vice President Jusuf Kalla says the governme

Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O'Neill has called on Indonesia to fulfil the promise of its former president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to reduce troops stationed in West Papua.

Suherdjoko and Ruslan Sangadji, Semarang/Palu – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is insisting that the joint combat exercise in Poso, Central Sulawesi, is not aimed at arresting members of a terrorist

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court guaranteed on Friday that all justices would expedite hearings on case-review petitions filed by several death row, as the international community was obser

Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected the pretrial motion filed by Democratic Party lawmaker Sutan Bhatoegana, who challenged the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) move to

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With the Health Ministry stepping up efforts to reduce tobacco use in the country, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has drawn criticism for her decisio

Jakarta – Conflict between the Golkar Party's two opposing factions has intensified as news of the Agung Laksono camp's plan to seize control of the party's faction office at the House of Represent