Amy Chew – A series of bombs that two Indonesian men were assembling to "burn Chinese shops" in Jakarta were not filled with petrol as previously thought, but were instead explosive de

Alan Weedon – West Papua – an Indonesian region with closer cultural and ethnic ties to Melanesia – has been rocked by protests for more than a month, resulting in the deaths of dozens

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has commended the hard work of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in maintaining public confidence.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and presidential confidant Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan admits that he is confused about the wave of demonstrations by students and civi

Ibnu Hariyanto, Jakarta – the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has released a survey on the public's level of trust in the president, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and t

Jakarta – Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) spokesperson Surya Anta, who has being detained at the Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters (Mako Brimob) in Depok since Sept

Jakarta (Antara) – The West Java Manpower and Transmigration Agency revealed that from January 2018 until September 2019, a total of 188 textile and textile products industries have de

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The Riau Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Riau) continues to carry out efforts to extinguish forest and land fires in a number of regions such as the Pelala

Jakarta (Berita Satu) – The Indonesian Military, or TNI, will have four new bases in the country's eastern region to improve its combat readiness and better coordinate its three forces

Kiki Siregar, Jambi – A man in Muaro Jambi regency wanted to clear his land to plant coffee, and the easiest way was to light a match and fling it into the vegetation.

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The unanimous election of Golkar politician Bambang Soesatyo as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, on Thur

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto, has made an official apology for his heartless remarks on the refugees of the Maluku e

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Golkar Party politician and former House of Representatives speaker Bambang Soesatyo has been elected by acclamation as the new People's Consultative Assembly

Made Anthony Iswara, Batu, East Java – The Trade Ministry will revise 18 ministerial regulations considered to be hampering exports and investments while possibly revoking some of them

Made Anthony Iswara, Batu, East Java – The Trade Ministry is working with a special task force to audit producers' importer identification numbers (API-P) to verify the textile industr

Jakarta – The National Police arrested 1,489 people during a series of student protests in Jakarta and intend to prosecute 380 of them.

Amilia Rosa, Denpasar – Every year, millions of holidaymakers flock to Bali for its white sandy beaches, lush green paddy fields, cultural wonders and friendly people.

The treason trial of several West Papuan pro-independence activists is to be moved to Indonesia's East Kalimantan province.

Jakarta – Poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules in Indonesia's Aceh province, which usually reserves whi

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A senior politician with Indonesia's second-largest party Golkar, Bambang Soesatyo, has been appointed Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (M

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Heru Asprihanto, Tangerang – After 13 years of happily unmarried life that has brought them three children, one middle-aged Indonesian couple is worried.

Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) researcher Pingkan Audrine Kosijungan said the government should take preventive measures to safeguard its national e

Antara and Halida Bunga Fisandra, Jakarta – There are at least a total of 9,078 people taking refuge from Wamena.

Meidyana Aditama Winata, NC, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) head of planning and partnership, Esrom Hamonangan, opined the quality of the country's pollute

Jakarta – A suspicious aroma is starting to emerge around the controversial Supreme Court ruling that quashed the conviction of former chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Age

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta administration under Governor Anies Baswedan reportedly has set a budget ceiling for the procurement of software license and antivirus in 2020 at Rp12 bil

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 arrested a policewoman in Yogyakarta who they say has been radicalized by Islamic State supporters in Yogyakarta.

Jakarta – The Riau administration has lifted the emergency status for haze as hot spots have finally decreased to zero.

Dewey Sim – Indonesia is the "only loser" among Asean countries for failing to attract manufacturers seeking to bypass higher tariffs from the US-China trade war, two private sector ec

Heru Haetami and Resky Novianto, Jakarta – The nine political parties backing the government have agreed that they do not want President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to issue a government regu

Jakarta – A group of senior public figures and scholars have lambasted the political elites for "misleading" the public and "threatening" President Jokowi "Jokowi" Widodo in a bid to b

Jakarta – The Institute for the Study of the 1965-1966 Massacres (YPKP 65) is ready to provide a list of names of people to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) who can be witnesses to

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stated recently that he would consider calls by civil society to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to annul the recently re

Virginia Langeberg, Maani Truu – A pro-Papuan lawyer who has been threatened with an Interpol Red Notice says she receives daily rape and death threats as the uprising in the Indonesia

Jakarta – Trisakti University Student President Dino Ardiansyah is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to annul the recently

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Soft drink giant PepsiCo will pull all of its products from Indonesia on Oct.

Jakarta (Berita Satu) – A lecturer of Bogor Agricultural University, or IPB, in West Java who is currently detained for illegal possession of explosives, had allegedly recruited and pa

Jakarta (Berita Satu) – The National Police announced on Thursday that six policemen in Southeast Sulawesi have been accused of breaching operating procedure during the Sept.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the largest party in the House of Representatives and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's coalition leader, h

Johnny Blades – The West Papuan pro-independence movement is insisting that genuine talks with Indonesia's government must address self-determination.

Indonesia's newly appointed legislators don't seem to be trying to at least pretend that they care about representing the people, even when all eyes are still on them on the first days

Tassia Sipahutar, Viriya Singgih and Arys Aditya – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is unfazed by the biggest student protests to hit the nation in over two decades against his governm

East Timor on Thursday confirmed that hundreds of hogs have died in an outbreak of African swine fever, after the disease has killed pigs from China to Slovakia, pushing up pork prices

Jakarta – Indonesia is far from done in its campaign to squeeze more value from its abundant natural resources, and its next target could be one of the most ubiquitous commodities of a

Marcel Thee – A former school principal in Indonesia, Yudhistira has paid a steep price for his personal beliefs.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he will introduce sweeping changes to labour rules by the end of the year and open up more sectors of the economy to foreign

Eve Warburton – Over the last week, tens of thousands of students and activists have poured on to the streets of Indonesia's major cities.

Norman Harsono, JAKARTA – State-owned energy company Pertamina has added this year 37 new locations for its single fuel price program, bringing the 3-year-old program's total reach to

Adrian Wail, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry is looking to establish a national action plan to promote principles of human rights in businesses activities.