Tatang Guritno and Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The endless delays at the House of Representatives (DPR) in starting discussions on the Draft Law on the Seizure of Criminal Assets is beli

Jakarta – State Administrative Bureaucratic Reform Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas on Thursday launched 14 public service malls across 10 provinces.

Yulida Medistiara, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD is asking the public to actively participate in next year's presidential and legisl

Antara, Jakarta – Immigration Director-General of the Law and Human Rights Ministry, Silmy Karim, rebutted reports of the alleged data breach of 34 million Indonesian passports.

Tika Ayu, Jakarta – The ratification of the health bill into law by the House of Representatives (DPR) at the Plenary Meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, was followed by rejection and th

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono confirmed that the provincial government did not issue any permits for the gathering of the ASEAN lesbian, gay, bise

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin recently said that the new health law did not mean easy entry for foreign doctors as they still had to meet certain requirement

Chris Fitzgerald – Last month, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a reparation program for victims of past human-rights abuses.

Jakarta – The Indonesian resort haven of Bali will impose a Rp 150,000 (US$10) tax on tourists entering the 'Island of Gods' from next year to preserve its culture, officials said Wedne

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party will likely establish a new coalition to pave the way for chairman Airlangga Hartarto to run for the 2024 presidential election, an executive s

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Supreme Court Secretary Hasbi Hasan was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday, two days after a judge turned down his pre-trial

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Bandung – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that there are underground and above ground efforts to free Susi Air pilot Mark Mehrtens who is being held hostage by

Jakarta – An ASEAN Queer Advocacy Week (AAW) meeting of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activists organised by the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus that was to be held in Jakarta has be

Wahyu Setiawan, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition says that the revisions to the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law are undemocratic.

Jakarta – Corruption is never a one-person job. It takes at least two people for bribery to occur. Certainly, many more are required to embezzle state funds on a large scale.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo instructed his ministers not to lose focus on establishing the country's downstream industry in light of a recen

Jakarta – There are many reasons to disagree with the omnibus bill on health currently being debated in the House of Representatives.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government is planning to coax an additional 60,000 tonnes of lithium per year from Australia as it strives to build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) in

Jakarta – Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the com

Tri Meilani, Tegar Nurfitra, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Commander Admiral Yudo Margono has expressed support for the Home Affairs Ministry's efforts to strengthen village

A meeting of Southeast Asian LGBT communities that was supposed to take place in Jakarta from July 17 to 21 has reportedly been canceled by the organizers amid pushback from the public

Susan Price – Indonesian security forces violently cracked down on a peaceful West Papuan National Congress (KNPB) demonstration on July 12, called to show support for West Papua's appl

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have continued to advocate for staggered working hours to alleviate Jakarta's perennial traffic woes, even after failing to convince workers and employers t

Indonesia, home to the largest tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia and over 17,500 islands, is a country packed with biodiversity and endangered species.

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Indonesia will stand firm on its bans on mineral ore exports in order to boost its downstream industry, despite the International Monetary Fund calling on the cou

Lucentezza Napitupulu and Smita Tanaya, Jakarta – The world depends on the ocean to meet increasing demands for food, income, energy and minerals and transportation.

Amy Chew, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – As Indonesia races to become a manufacturing hub for electric vehicle (EV) batteries on the back of its vast nickel reserves, safety issues at the cou

Edna Tarigan and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's top diplomat warned Tuesday of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is "one miscalculation a

Jakarta – Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, who has declared plans to run for president a third time, is gaining momentum seven months away from the vote, according to the

Jakarta – Indonesia's coast guard said on Tuesday it seized an Iranian-flagged supertanker suspected of involvement in the illegal transshipment of crude oil, and vowed to toughen marit

Enarotali, Jubi – Egianus Kogoya, one of the leaders of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has denied that he demanded a ransom of Rp 5 billion (US$329,000) for the release

Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura will once again host the sixth edition of the Papua Film Festival (FFP VI), scheduled to take place from August 7-9, 2023.

Leiden – The Netherlands and Indonesia on Monday hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken – sometimes by force – during colonial times as a major step forward in restit

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – State-owned oil company Pertamina recently unveiled its plan to build a resort area as well as a research and development (R&D) center in Indonesia's n

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – The government inaugurated Jababeka Movieland, a special zone designated for the film and television industry, in Cikarang, West Java, on Saturday.

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati commented on Indonesia's reclaimed upper-middle-income status as assigned by World Ba

M. Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – News portal Tempo.co won KASAD Award 2023 for Gender Mainstreaming and Combating Radicalism categories.

Antara, Jakarta – The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has stated that prohibiting child marriage could help prevent stunting in children.

A Chinese naval hospital ship is to call at Timor-Leste as part of a humanitarian mission in the Pacific.

Wildan Noviansah, Jakarta – Information about a meeting of all-ASEAN Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activists in Jakarta this month has caused a commotion.

Edward Gilbert Munthe, Medan – The Medan Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has slammed a statement by Medan mayor and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's brother-in-law, Bobby Nasution, supportin

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – With the country's youth between 18 and 40 years old making up the majority of eligible voters for the 2024 elections, political parties have begun drawing up the

Church leaders have criticized Indonesian President Joko Widodo after he claimed conditions in Papua are '99 percent safe' despite the Christian-majority region being one of the country

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Nur Janti, Jakarta – Senior minister Mahfud MD will be visiting some European countries to reach out to political exiles who were left stateless after the 1965 tragedy.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The passage of the omnibus health bill into law appears set to take place this month, notwithstanding a recent delay in the House of Representatives plena

Valdya Baraputri – Two men are carrying torches and homemade arrows as they slip into the ocean at night on an Indonesian island.

Julia Lau – Despite earlier misgivings about his overly domestic focus, President Joko Widodo's recent trip to Australia underscores how he has matured as a statesman and improved bilat

Papua New Guinea and Indonesia say the economic and social ties between them are closer than ever.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The 2023 Trade Expo Indonesia, commonly shortened as TEI, is seeking to post transactions worth more than $15.83 billion or higher than what it achieved la