Dili – East Timor's president is expected to decide on a new prime minister by the end of this week after accepting the resignation of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, the government said in a stat

Paulina Quintao – Lack of health posts and housing for doctors is preventing health care from reaching remote rural areas according to Deputy Health Minister Natalia de Araujo.

Paulina Quintao – Child Rights Group Representative from Ermera District, Ivonia Martins, believes the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) is failing to control the implementation of the financial

Paulina Quintao – Member of the National Parliament MP Aurelio Freitas claims services at the National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV) are delivered too slowly because staff spend too much looking

There are signs that Papua New Guinea's government may be backtracking from comments made by the prime minister last week that it is time to speak out about West Papua.

Jakarta – Rights group Indonesian Women's Network (JPI) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to realize promises to provide non-discriminatory legal protection for Indonesian women that he

Another day, another controversial move from President Joko Widodo.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has left Indonesians flabbergasted with his decision to appoint a little-known company led by a political supporter as the local partner for a joint venture to build

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have cleared the chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) from an allegation of illegal gun possession, saying Abraham Samad was found to hav

Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) has called for the removal of the draft tobacco affairs bill from the 2015-2019 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas), which is set to be appr

Jakarta – Experts are warning of the possibility of growing interference by cigarette-industry players at the House of Representatives as a draft of the tobacco affairs bill has been included in th

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Neta S.Pane, urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately inaugurate Comr. Gen.

Michael Bachelard – The people of Lolat in the high mountains of West Papua had their first experience of a white man in 1968, and it was a culinary one.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The public and media have once again given mixed reviews to the Cabinet of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, with some ministers praised for progressive initiatives and

Damien Kingsbury – The resignation from office by East Timor's prime minister, Xanana Gusmao, was not unexpected. He had flagged his intentions over the past year.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The capital's police force has promised to crack down on traffic officers taking bribes from road users.

Hans Nicholas Jong and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – As members of civil society organizations express their concern over the expanding role of the Indonesian Military (TNI), military commander Gen.

Jakarta – Labora Sitorus, the low-ranking police officer in West Papua who was sentenced to 15 years in prison but who is currently at liberty, is maintaining his innocence and claims he is a pawn

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police refrained from taking action that could escalate tensions in their standoff with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), as Pr

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police Commission (Kompolnas), which is tasked by law to advise the President on the appointment of the National Police chief, has begun interviewing high-rankin

Marcelino Pereira, Jakarta – Timor Leste's prime minister and independence hero Xanana Gusmao has resigned, the government said on Friday, but a successor has yet to be chosen.

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Hotman Siregar, Edi Hardum & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A majority of Indonesians believe that there are hidden motives behind the National Police's abrupt investigations into leaders of the natio

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Several lawmakers are continuing to push President Joko Widodo to inaugurate graft suspect Budi Gunawan as the country's next police chief, cl

Jakarta – National Police Detective Corps Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said he would clean the unit from "traitors" that have caused the prosecution of Police Education Institute head Comr. Gen.

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Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Children Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise vowed on Friday to curb domestic violence and trafficking of women, particularly in eastern Indonesia – a promis

Gantry Meliana, Dili, East Timor – East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao resigned as prime minister Friday, stepping down ahead of an expected restructuring of the government next week.

Tom Allard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has offered his resignation to the country's president, paving the way for a new government that will share power among the country's usually

A prominent Australian human rights lawyer has welcomed a statement of support for West Papuans by Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill, saying it has "been a long time coming".

Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers form the Indonesian Metal Workers Trade Union Federation (FSPMI) demonstrated at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building to declare their

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister says the time has come for his government to speak out about oppression of West Papuans in neighbouring Indonesia.

Fransisco Rosarians, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno has issued another controversial statement.

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Jakarta – Across a vast archipelagic country with diverse sets of values and a strongly decentralised political framework – local politicians in Indonesia can be relied on to come out with the occa

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Jakarta – The police general who has pursued a raft of dubious criminal cases against antigraft commissioners who charged his superior with corruption now stands a very real chance of being named I

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday warned President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo that his indecisiveness in solving the current standoff between the antigraft b

Fadli, Batam – The Newspaper Publishers Union (SPS) has admitted that 20 percent of its 500 members, as well as a huge number of media companies not affiliated with the union, pay their journalists

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force plans to increase operations at bases near its borders in an effort to deter threats of incursion.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is vital that West Papuans have full membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

The chairman of the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, says inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group would open up solutions for his people's self-determination struggle.

Jakarta – The Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in Semarang city urged the Indonesian government under the leadership of Joko Widodo to close a number of national and foreign companies that are suspec

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry will set up a special desk or working group to handle the Papua issue and to improve the country's engagement with its easternmost province.

Jemima Garrett – Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua.

At a time when the police are pressing ahead with charges against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, apparently in retaliation for the KPK's move to name National Police chief candida

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Lawmakers have reprimanded the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for making moves that they deemed as biased against the government.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Apparently aware that he could be detained, graft suspect and former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali declined to comply with the Corruption Eradication Commission

Jakarta – Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is failing to stop deforestation and illegal activities in its concession areas by other parties, even in locations already identified by the company as having