Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Monday nine members of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres), the establishment of which is mandated by the Constitution.

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Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Environmental activists have blamed annual floods in Langkat regency, North Sumatra, on serious forest damage in the plateau area of Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL).

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) will organize 204 simultaneous local elections this year following the endorsement by the House of Representatives of government

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Indonesian police general who has been among the most vocal supporters of a colleague accused of graft linked to a "fat" bank account has apparently neglected to disclos

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon criticized Indonesia's anti-graft agency on Tuesday, saying they had become untouchable and too caught up in po

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) faced the first challenge in its investigation into graft suspect and National Police chief hopeful Comr. Gen.

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Jakarta – While Comr. Gen.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – As natural disasters continue to hit parts of Indonesia, more regional leaders are asking for an increase in disaster relief funding from the central government.

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – House Commission II for home affairs has approved a presidential regulation in lieu of law that reinstates direct regional elections in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) reported on Sunday that most witnesses that had applied for protection last year were involved in cases of alleged corruption and human rig

Dominic Diongson – President Joko Widodo's administration could fail sooner rather than later if it goes on to make arbitrary and ridiculous decisions.

The international spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua says the group will submit its application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group in February.

The Australia West Papua Association says there was no improvement in the human rights situation in the region in 2014, despite some governments claiming abuses against Papuans are a thing of the p

Bayu Marhaenjati & Priska Sari Pratiwi, Jakarta – Over 600 people identified by police as "thugs" were arrested on Saturday night in a Jakarta-wide operation against street crime.

Jakarta – The execution of six drug traffickers in Indonesia early Sunday, the first since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo took office, is a retrograde step for human rights in the country, Amnesty

Jakarta – The application of the death penalty for inmates convicted on drug trafficking charges is intolerable as international human rights law has limited the use of the death penalty to only "t

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A senior minister says President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will have to inaugurate Comr. Gen.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The smiling woman pictured in a black veil, Rosnida Sari, is the lecturer of gender studies at the center of the latest uproar in Banda Aceh.

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Satria Sambijantoro and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Cuts in fuel prices, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and cement announced by the government on Friday would have limited impact on the economy in t

The supporting poles of the monorail project along Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta and Jl. Asia Afrika in Central Jakarta have stood tall since 2004, tarnishing these prominent roads.

Paulina Quintao – The bodies of many victims shot dead by the Indonesian military during the Santa Cruz massacre 23 years ago remain missing.

Paulina Quintao – CNRT, PD and FRETILIN party benches at the national parliament agree with the Prime Minister's decision to reshuffle the fifth Constitution Government as it has become ineffective

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Narcotics detectives with Jakarta Police swooped on a West Jakarta Police sergeant in a hotel parking lot on Friday and charged him with possession with intent to distri

Jakarta – The Commission of Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) joined forces with human rights NGOs to oppose the execution of six death-row convicts in Boyolali, West Java, and Nusa

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Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The Rp 12 billion Manggarai bus terminal in South Jakarta, hailed by then governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a model for future terminals in the city, has instead proved to be

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHR Committee) has demanded that the Indonesian government fulfill its promise of submitting a long-overdue report on the s

Fiji's opposition parties have rallied behind the Free West Papua Movement in a move they hope will put pressure on authorities to act.

Venidora Oliveira – The recent incident that took place in Sailari in Baucau District resulting in injuries to six police officers won't affect national security according to the Timorese National

Paulina Quintao – Former resistance member Olandina Caeiro has encouraged young women to involve themselves in politics in order to bring about positive changes to their lives.

Jakarta – It probably began in late October, when Indonesia's newly elected seventh president, Joko Widodo, announced his cabinet lineup.

Until the very end, Joko Widodo insisted back in May to make Abraham Samad, chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK, his running mate.

Crowds gathered on Thursday at the offices of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to demand a thorough investigation into suspicious bank accounts belonging to high-ranking police officers,

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Angered by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to nominate graft suspect Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo risks repeating a 2009 standoff between Indonesia's highly regarded antigraft commission and the country's notoriously corrupt police force if he goes ahead in swear

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An exiled West Papuan independence leader says people from a remote village near the Freeport mine have fled into mountains for fear of the Indonesian military.

Bagus BT Saragih Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Irregularities surrounding the naming of Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Bowing to demands from graft suspect Comr. Gen.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The country's airline industry may have grown fast over the past 15 years, but it has scored significantly lower on the effectiveness of its safety oversight system than

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said on Thursday that the media could uphold free speech while still respecting the religious codes, including the Islamic injunction aga

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will doubt President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's anticorruption commitment if he goes ahead with his plan to swear in troubled Comr.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Two recently released studies predict that the government will be unable to achieve universal health coverage by 2019.

Yohanna Ririhena, Jakarta – Indonesia, Timor Leste and Australia are ready to move forward with a trilateral initiative for sub-regional integrated economic development linking eastern Indonesia, T

It is a blunt fact that the public perceives the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to be much more trustworthy than the Natio

The Australia West Papua Association says there was no improvement in the human rights situation in the region in 2014, despite some governments claiming abuses against Papuans are a thing of the p