Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) lambasted the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday for failing to step up its investigations into several high-prof

Fitri Wulandari, Eko Listiyorini & Sharon Chen, Jakarta – Indonesia will cap the diesel subsidy and scrap aid for gasoline beginning tomorrow, the biggest changes to a decades-old s

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A total of 119 police officers have been fired in the past year, but Indonesia's most infamous cop – Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo – is still on the payroll.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The government will revise the government's newly issued regulation on the protection and management of peatland amid growing protests from the business community,

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The first half of 2015 is forecasted to be a period of political uncertainties in Indonesia, with the administration of President Joko Widodo reeling from decli

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo set a target on Tuesday to improve the capacity of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and defense industry not only to meet the Minimum

Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – The Christmas gift came three days late for Papuans this year, but many in the easternmost territory did not seem to mind.

Laila Ramdhini, Hari Gunarto & Tabita Diela, Jakarta – The disappearance on Sunday of an Indonesian passenger jet with 162 people on board has put the country's aviation safety reco

Jakarta – A total of 53 people are being questioned over the fatal shootings of at least five young civilians by security forces in Papua earlier this month, police say, but there are d

Jakarta – In another landmark reform for the country's educational system, Culture and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan announced on Monday that the ministry woul

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Events surrounding Indonesia's third direct presidential election in July have fueled internal conflicts within some parties, culminating in a schism now afflic

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Slash-and-burn clearing of forests to make way for plantations topped Indonesia's list of environmental problems in 2014, with several major forest and

An American woman arrested in East Timor and released from prison on Christmas Day is staying at the home of former president Jose Ramos-Horta until her passport is returned.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The year 2014 was a milestone in Indonesia's young democracy, the country successfully holding one of the largest elections in the world.

Jakarta – Senior Golkar Party politician Muladi expressed pessimism on the possibility of ending the dispute between the two Golkar factions through the party's internal dispute committ

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The disappearance of Air Asia Flight QZ8501 carrying 162 people en route to Singapore from Surabaya remains a mystery, with aviation experts on Sunday saying tha

Terrence McCoy – For so many years, it came easy to Tony Fernandes, a man who now finds himself at the center of Southeast Asia's latest aviation saga.

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The National Development Planning Ministry has claimed Indonesia will be "slum-free" by 2019 as the government plans to improve the living conditions of some of

Hans Nicholas Jong – Violence against journalists is on the rise thanks to the way the police handle journalists in the country, a year-end report from the Alliance of Independent Journ

Jayapura – The government announced Sunday that it would halt the establishment of new administrative regions in Papua as the current ones had yet to improve people's welfare.

Human Rights Watch says the Indonesian President's condemnation of the killing of Papuan civilians by the military has come too late.

Nani Afrida, Kupang – In an effort to curb rampant fuel and narcotics smuggling, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu plans to add more posts to the border of Indonesia and Timor Leste.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The absence of major cases of violence stemming from religious intolerance in Indonesia this year by no means indicates that the issue has been resolved

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – President Joko Widodo has told a crowd in Papua that the shooting of five young civilians in the province earlier this month is unacceptable, and that the go

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo attended the national Christmas celebration in Papua on Saturday, marking the first time the country's easternmost province

Prashanth Parameswaran – Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is now on a weekend visit to the restive eastern region of the province of Papua to begin to address a half-century lo

Joko Widodo was always going to be the president that his predecessors were not, from his man-of-the-people ways to his love of heavy metal.

Gayatri Suroyo & Charlotte Greenfield, Banda Aceh – Overwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquar

Sidoarjo – Dozens of houses of the victims of the Lapindo mudflow in Gempolsari subdistrict, Tanggulangin district, Sidoarjo, East Java, have been inundated with mud following damage to

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry's director general of penitentiaries, Handoyo Sudrajat, said that Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna was aware of the policy to give sente

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has made an overture to the country's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, asking them to join his administr

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has highlighted weak labor protection in the country as it revealed that labor disputes were the cases most freque

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reiterated on Friday his target for achieving rice self-sufficiency for the country in the next three years and said that his gover

Nani Afrida, Denpasar – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has hinted that the government would allocate a fraction of the budget for procurement of weapons for the Indonesian Military

Associated Press in Portland, Oregon – A US traveler detained for months in Timor Leste has been released from prison.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Voters who anticipated casting ballots in local elections in seven provinces and 181 regencies and municipalities in 2015 will likely have to wait longer b

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Only hours before leaving Jakarta for Papua to attend national Christmas celebrations, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo summoned the leaders of the Indonesian Commu

Hotli Simanjuntak and Hasyim Widhiarto, Banda Aceh – Exactly 10 years ago, modern history's biggest natural disaster struck the Indian Ocean and nowhere was the devastation and loss of

Michael Bachelard, Banda Aceh – On a stone in the middle of a grassy field, a woman sits alone, remembering the boy she'll never see again.

Makassar – A civil servant, identified as Fadhli Rahim, 33, has been detained and brought on trial for criticizing Gowa regent Ichsan Yasin through social media Line.

Bambang Muryanto and Suherjoko, Yogyakarta/Semarang – Christians across Indonesia celebrated Christmas on Thursday in different ways, although some could not conduct celebrations in the

Washington – A veterinarian from Oregon who was arrested while traveling in East Timor in September was released from jail on Thursday after nearly two months of detention, the US State

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A meeting held between the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has shed light on potential graft that may ham

Suherdjoko, Demak, Central Java – Fishermen in Demak, Central Java warmly welcomed the government's move to intercept and sink illegal fishing vessels, but have voiced their complaints

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have given their support to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call for the s

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Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has declared Indonesia the most tolerant Muslim-majority country in the world, in a Christmas Day message that came as authorities in Bogor, south o

Nearly two years ago, Stacey Addison of Portland, Oregon, began a trip around the world starting in Antarctica.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Recent research conducted by the Jakarta Residents Forum (Fakta) has revealed that 19 out of 26 evictions undertaken in 2014 in Jakarta by the city administrati

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