The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country's highest clerical body that also long held sole authority in providing halal certifications in Indonesia, is taking legal action to reg

Maire Leadbeater – The Pacific Islands Forum holds its annual meeting this week.

Despite the country still having some of the laxest tobacco regulations in the world, many Indonesian cities have at least made progress in implementing bans on smoking in public place

Indonesians are becoming increasingly concerned about possible erosions to their video streaming liberties after the country's censorship board, the Indonesian Broadcast Commission (KP

Jakarta – Indonesia may require an estimated $15 billion in investment to meet its target of reaching 7.2 gigawatts (GW) of geothermal power capacity by 2025 and is studying ways to re

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Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Motorists and businesses were generally sceptical towards the government's latest attempt to expand the odd-even traffic scheme, saying that the move to curb pr

Petaling Jaya – Nearly 80 per cent of hotspots detected in the Asean region over the past 29 days are located in Indonesia, figures from the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (AS

Jakarta (Beritasatu) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed on Wednesday that he had finalized his cabinet selection and that he would announce the ministers' names soon after the

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The police have confirmed the death of a police investigator in Papua after he was taken hostage by an armed group on Monday.

Eko Wahyudi and Rr Ariyani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has dishonorably discharged 1,906 civil servants (PNS) who were involved in acts of corruption out of 2,357 civil servan

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Kivlan Zen's attorney, Tonin Tachta, said his client is suing Wiranto, demanding the Coordinating Minister for Political, Law, and Legal Affairs to pay h

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission or KPPU suspects that there is potential for unhealthy competition behind the surge in garlic prices in February

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) Jakarta Executive Director Tubagus Soleh Ahmadi says the organization still awaits the governor's decree by Anies Ba

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia are at risk of being used as a front for human trafficking syndicates, the Immigration Office said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is offering discounts for long-distance trips to the elderly, Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel, National Police personnel, I

Jakarta – The United People's Labour Movement (Gebrak) plans to hold a demonstration during the annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) at the parliamentary complex

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – After eight months of the armed conflict between Indonesian security forces and West Papuan pro-independence fighters in Papua's central highlands,

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – In its bid to improve services train operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) has revealed that it has purchased a total of 192 new cars, 64 of which have b

Jakarta – Indonesia's largest business lobby and the country's top public relations association have agreed to strengthen ties and spread a message of optimism to boost the nation's im

Anselmus Bata & Willy Masaharu, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, has ended its fifth congress, reinstating itself as a bastion against moves

Ben Doherty – Human rights violations and political independence in West Papua are set to command debate at this week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), where Papuan independence leader Be

A Polish man jailed for treason in West Papua is to appeal his conviction and sentence in Indonesia's Supreme Court.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Broadcasting enthusiast has criticized the move of Indonesia Broadcasting Commission (KPI) which plans to monitor and supervise contents broadcasted acr

Jakarta (Antara) – West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji and the Environment and Forestry Ministry's directorate general of law enforcement held a meeting on the mitigation of Kalimantan

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The plan to hold a limited government amendment of the 1945 Constitution (UUD) that was initiated by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP)

Jakarta – The creation of NKRI bersyariah – the Unitary Islamic State of the Republic of Indonesia – one of the recommendations of the 4th Ijtimak Ulama or assembly of Islamic clerics

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he wanted to increase the portion of diesel blended with crude palm oil (CPO) from the current 20 percent (B20) to

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Nine toll road routes as long as 406.14 kilometers are set to be inaugurated in stages this year as part of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's infrastructur

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's financial regulator has set a target of 5 million domestic investors in the country's financial market by 2021 to reduce reliance on foreig

Anselmus Bata & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, delivered their latest political manifesto, titled "Moving Solidly for a Great I

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Gerindra Party Deputy Chairperson Rachmawati Soekarnoputri made it clear that the party will remain as an opposition in a statement delivered today at the Hotel

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) insisted on proposing to restore the Outline of State Policy (GBHN) concept for the next period of parliamenta

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have agreed to form a united front in fighting off the European Union's discriminatory policy aga

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Journalists and activists lambasted an Indonesian television network, NET TV, after hearing that the station, which offers free-to-air entertainment pro

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Riau Police on Friday named palm oil company PT Sumber Sawit Sejahtera as the suspect in a forest fire in Pelalawan regency, Riau.

Aman Rochman, Malang – The Kayutangan Hati Kudus Yesus (HKY) church in Malang, East Java, will suspend its morning Mass on Sunday to keep the surrounding roads and area clear for Musli

Timika, Papua – The Indonesian military (TNI) and Papua police will take necessary precautionary measures against security disturbances in the PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) mining area

Jakarta – More than two years have passed, and the acid attack on Novel Baswedan remains unsolved. The joint fact-finding team formed by National Police Chief Gen.

The governor of Papua New Guinea's capital district wants Indonesia to allow West Papua to undertake an independence referendum.

Review by Margaret Scott – Many years ago during Suharto's dictatorship, when the mass killings of 1965-66 were a taboo subject, I interviewed Pramoedya Ananta Toer, one of Indonesia's

Christopher Knaus – Peter Galbraith was playing a high-stakes game.

James Guild and Jonathan Chen – In April 2019, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo cruised to a comfortable re-election victory against his challenger, Prabowo Subianto.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – In a bid to give foreign media access to reporting about Papua, the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) has planned to bring several foreign journalist

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia posted a balance of payments deficit in the second quarter of this year amid heightened demand for foreign exchange as a result of dividend

Jakarta – One of the candidates for leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Insp. Gen.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad took time to drive Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a Proton Persona during the latter's visit to Putrajay

Jakarta – The opening of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) fifth national congress on Thursday was another moment that might have been unthinkable for many Indonesi

Jakarta – Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore Northwest Java, an oil-drilling subsidiary of the state energy company, has started drilling a relief well to plug the oil leak that has been p

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The national antigraft agency has named lawmaker I Nyoman Dhamantra of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, a suspect in a case of bri