Ivan Pereira – Scientists who explored high altitude locations in the Indonesian archipelago discovered a group of new bird species.

Luke Hunt – The recent floods in Jakarta took a deadly toll, creating widespread chaos, landslides, and putting millions at risk from disease, forcing officials to spray the city with

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad, East Lampung, Indonesia – The government of the Indonesian province of Aceh, notorious for public canings carried out under sharia law, plans to put t

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia and Japan have agreed to pave a way for cooperation in counter-terrorism and deradicalization, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Securit

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Japan-based Softbank Group has hinted at partnering with the government to fund Indonesia's new capital city.

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said that over 6,000 Indonesian citizens have been identified as foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs).

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) says that there are some 94 open pits on former mining sites which have yet to be restored or rehabilitated in East Kalimantan

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – A Jakarta labor alliance went on strike on Thursday to protest the government's omnibus bill on job creation, fearing it would deprive workers of their ri

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Forest rangers in Indonesia's Aceh province will be equipped with guns in the battle against illegal logging, an environmental agency official said Thursday (Ja

Eko Listiyorini – Indonesia ordered coal miners to slash output after record production and exports from the world's largest shipper last year weighed on prices and state revenue.

Jakarta – Indonesia's military said on Thursday that Chinese coast guard vessels and fishing boats had left disputed waters in the western reaches of the South China Sea following a vi

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Bantul administration in Yogyakarta and the congregation of the Indonesia Pentecostal Church (GPdI) Immanuel Sedayu in the regency have agreed to mov

Jakarta – A coalition of trade unions will mobilize thousands of people next week to block the Indonesian government's plan to relax restrictive labor rules, as President Joko Widodo's

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's diplomatic missions overseas should focus heavily on economic diplomacy, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo instructed on Thursday, with the p

Jakarta – The government welcomes Chinese investment despite concerns that the country could fall into a debt trap.

Zunita Putri, Jakarta – The country's peak religious body, the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI), supports a program by Demak Regent Muhammad Natsir who issued a circular banning socialisi

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – In an effort to bolster the economy, President Joko Widodo on Thursday (Jan 9) said that the performance of Indonesian envoys overseas must be measured

Muhammad Ridwan – Amnesty International Indonesia has responded to a case involving an interfaith activist from West Sumatra, Sudarto, who has been charged with hate speech.

Rizki Febianto – Cross-Factory Labour Federation (FBLP) Chairperson Jumisih says that workers from various different sectors will continue to hold demonstrations if the government is t

At least 100 workers from the Jakarta Labour Movement (GBJ) held a rally in front of Post 9 in the North Jakarta port of Tanjung Priok on Thursday January 9.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry projects that domestic coal consumption will rise by 12 percent this year, thanks to additional demand from up to eig

Jakarta – Demak regent H.M.

Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has deplored the criminal case involving Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga who was found guilty this week of raping more than 130 men while s

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) claims to have found procedural violations by the National Police in the detention of demonstrators foll

Sg Wibisono, Balikpapan – An observer of sea transportation Bambang Haryo Soekartono responded to rampant China's coast guard vessels and fishing boats trespassing Indonesian territori

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has revealed that a number of alleged violations of standard operating procedures or protap by police took place during the

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government plans to no longer provide cash injections to cover the Healthcare and Social Security Agency's (BPJS Kesehatan) deficit this year followin

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The extreme rains that affected many parts of the country including Blitar, East Java in recent months have worried poultry farmers in the regency as t

News Desk, Jakarta – The Pademangan Police in North Jakarta announced they arrested a 19-year-old man on Friday for allegedly molesting at least six boys.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post foreign affairs journalist Dian Septiari was conferred the Foreign Ministry's prestigious 2020 Adam Malik Award for Best Print Journalist, a seco

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta and Sidoarjo, East Java – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested East Java's Sidoarjo regent, Saiful Ilah, on Tuesday night.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose to US$129.2 billion in December, the highest level in 22 months, driven by inflows from the oil and gas

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Natuna regency in Riau Islands serves as a signal that Indonesia sees its territorial integrity as a matter of great importance, a m

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – Timor-Leste's Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, commonly referred to as the SDP, aims to make Timor-Leste an upper middle-income country by 2030.

Marcel Thee – Slapping their bodies and running in chaotic circles flailing their limbs, members of Jakarta's controversial 69 Performance Club create confrontational shows that aren't

Tom Allard and Jack Stubbs, Jakarta/London – As Indonesia celebrated its National Heroes' Day last year, official military social media accounts lavished praise on Corporal Yunanto Nug

Fransiska Nangoy, Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Indonesia has approved environmental impact studies for factories to produce battery-grade nickel chemicals in Morowali, Coordinating Minist

Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea late on Tuesday in a stand-off with Beijing after Jakarta

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – When Bagia Arif Saputra was growing up in a university town near Jakarta, becoming a jihadist seemed a natural choice for young men like him, who were steep

An Indonesian university is facing scrutiny online for what appears to be a discriminatory smoking ban that only applies to female students.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court rejected on Monday a petition for a judicial review of several articles of Law No.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – A 29-year-old resident of North Sumatra, Febi Nur Amelia, has been charged with defamation for attempting to ask for her money back from Fitrian

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – State-owned life insurer Asuransi Jiwasraya's recent financial strife has been years in the making, fed by deceits, recklessness and greed, according to audit

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The head of East Java's Sidoarjo district was arrested for alleged corruption on Tuesday in the first operation conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission

Heru Andriyanto, Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Wednesday the Indonesian international relations will put a greater emphasis on economic agenda amid the g

Jakarta – It feels like an insult to common sense if the public is expected to simply lap up the confessions of the two suspects arrested by police last week, in the attack case agains

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – An interfaith activist defending the rights of Christians in Dharmasraya regency, West Sumatra, to hold Christmas Mass was arrested on Tuesday for alleged

Jakarta – A commissioner of the General Election Commission, of KPU, was arrested on Wednesday on bribery charges.

Jakarta – 212 Alumni Brotherhood legal division head Damai Hari Lubis says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should immediately sack Defense Minister (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The North Sumatra Police have arrested a woman, her lover and a hired hitman for the murder of her husband in Medan, North Sumatra, last year.