Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned about the dangers of "radical" sermons in mosques at gove

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution has registered with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to run in the 2020 Meda

Jakarta – The Central Java administration is requiring regents and mayors across the province to ban the consumption of dog meat throughout the region.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appeared to be speaking the language of the youth as he ordered the streamlining of the values of the state ideology, P

Jakarta – The Tana Toraja Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) in South Sulawesi has issued a fatwa declaring a local organization led by a man named Paruru Daeng Tau, who claims to be the fi

Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported 1,306 earthquakes rocked Indonesia throughout November this year, with 1,263 non-damaging ea

Norman Harsono, Banten – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry launched on Monday three new applications for mineral miners in improving government oversight of the industry.

Imam Muzakir, Jakarta – Property company Lippo Karawaci has introduced its first Muslim cemetery project to be built in Karawang, West Java.

Heru Andriyanto, Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Golkar top executives were all smiles as the party kicked off its national congress on Tuesday night, with the bitter rivalry between chairma

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Since entering service on March 24, the MRT in Jakarta has transported nearly 20 million commuters, proving once again that residents of the capital and

Sally White and Edward Aspinall – At first glance, Indonesia's 2019 legislative elections yielded at least one unequivocal good news story: the proportion of seats won by women in the

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Students at all levels of education in Indonesia should start mining their cultural heritage and combine it with digital technology for their own future econom

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of volunteers fighting forest fires in Indonesia will receive a boost in funding that could help stem air pollutio

Halida Bunga Fisandra and Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) considered President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to tap anti-corruption

Jakarta – The police raided an illegal cell phone manufacturer in a shop house in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Monday.

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry will transfer 112 echelon III and IV officials holding "structural" jobs at the ministry's Fiscal Policy Agency (BKF) as part of a program to improve eff

Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge – About 50 activists flew the Morning Star flag at New Zealand's Parliament on Monday to mark the 58th anniversary of the declaration of West Papuan indepe

Jakarta – The government plans to revise a regulation and issue a ministerial decree to improve the performances of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to a minister.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – An animal rights organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is lambasting the Bandung administration in West Java for handing out chick

Yoga Rusmana, Jakarta – Coffee production in Indonesia will probably shrink to the smallest in almost a decade after a drought withered flowering, damping prospects for next year's har

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Sokoria geothermal power plant on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara province is slated to begin the first phase of operations in February next year.

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Police have confirmed that a smoke grenade was the cause of the minor explosion that occurred on Tuesday morning at National Monument Park in Central Jakarta.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has ordered that a lawsuit against the government's decision to enforce an internet blackout during unrest in P

Karlis Salna – Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has warned of the risks of doing business with Chinese firms, while also raising concerns over Beijing's efforts to exert economic inf

Jakarta – The number of blue collar workers seeking employment through job search apps has increased sharply, overtaking white collar applicants, according to the observations of human

Kharishar Kahfi and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has assigned 14 of his closest aides and members of his presidential expert staff to three working

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is set to allocate Rp 10 billion (US$712,000) to Rp 20 billion per year starting next year to support expl

News Desk, Jakarta – Customs and excise officials have reported the discovery of high-end contraband, consisting of several Harley Davidson spare parts and a Brompton folding bicycle,

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Two dog attacks in North Sumatra in the past week have killed a man and injured an 8-year-old boy.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono announced that the government will have five new functionally operational toll road

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asserted that the presence of police personnel in mosques will not be the government's surveillance tool but rather an attempt to pre

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Democrat Party secretary-general Didi Irawadi said that the party will maintain the two presidential terms mandated by the country's Constitution (Undang Undang/

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto pledged that he would strive to increase the budget for the country's primary defense weapon systems or alutsista.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The latest electoral system used in Indonesia in April, in which presidential and legislative elections were held simultaneously, resulted in more downsides an

Beritasatu, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly speaker Bambang Soesatyo made the surprise decision to drop his bid for the chairmanship of the Golkar Party on Tuesday, only hours

Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta – Fires in Indonesia that spread a smoky haze over South-east Asia this year burned at least 1.6 million hectares of mostly degraded land and carbon-rich peatlands

Bayu Marhaenjati, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A gathering of Indonesian Muslims to commemorate the third anniversary of the "212 Movement," a massive street rally on Dec.

Jakarta – Indonesia is reviewing rules that require coal miners to sell a portion of their coal to local buyers, a government official said on Monday, as suppliers struggle to meet the

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan attended the Great 212 Reunion at the National Monument in Central Jakarta on the morning of Monday December 2.

Indonesian police in Jayapura have arrested dozens of people for planning to celebrate a key West Papuan nationalist anniversary.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said he will not back proposals to the amend the 1945 Constitution, particularly a proposal to increase the preside

Dili – Timor-Leste is experiencing climate change, says Demetrio de Amaral de Carvalho, secretary of state for the environment. The weather is more extreme.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan attended on Monday morning an event marking the anniversary of a 2016 anti-Ahok rally, which saw thousands of participants flocking to the Nat

Jakarta – Indonesia will experience a sizable increase in growth of the digital and technology sectors next year, particularly in financial technology, potentially raising professional

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The prolonged drought this dry season has affected the productivity of poultry farmers in East Java, with a decline recorded in the quality and quantit

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Juli Hantoro, Jakarta – Leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab openly accuses the Indonesian government of dishonesty about his current condition that has left him cl

Antara, Jakarta – New State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has said he would drop a plan by his predecessor Rini Soemarno to establish a super holding company for state-contro

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says Indonesia's lawmakers should stop attempting to amend the 1945 Constitution and focus instead on fighting "external pressu

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian, Indian and Australian navies held the three-day Trilateral Indian Ocean Maritime Security workshop in Fremantle in Western Australia last week