Despite the dangers and despite the fact that is not easy being Jewish in Indonesia – the largest Muslim country in the world – two members of the Torat Chaim community in the north of

Indonesia's Information and Electronic Transactions Law (the ITE Law) has all too frequently led to victims being charged, rather than perpetrators.

Rustam Agus, Palu (Bisnis) – The Central Sulawesi branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has declared that pushing for the formation of an alternative political par

Kate Lamb – Activists have warned of an "epidemic" of sexual harassment and violence against women in Indonesia, in the wake of two recent cases of horrific domestic abuse.

The Oxford City Council in Britain has awarded United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) chairperson Benny Wenda the Honorary Freedom of the City accolade for his fight for Wes

Jakarta – National Movement to Safeguard the Ulama Fatwa (GNPF) leader Yusuf Muhammad Martak has said that they plan to hold the 4th Ijtimak Ulama meeting of ulama (Islamic clerics) an

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan has expressed his deep disappointment with the results of a fact-finding team that failed to solve

Jakarta – The Jakarta High Court has increased the prison sentence of Golkar Party politician and former social affairs minister Idrus Marham to five years' imprisonment, months after

Jakarta – The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency's acting head, Subejo, has said the capital needs more fire stations, considering the significant number of fires in the capital.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has revived a discussion about relaxing the negative investment list (DNI) following a recent speech

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Four people died while seven others were injured in a bloody clash in Mesuji, Lampung, the local police said on Thursday.

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says the slow growth of tax revenues in the first half of 2019 was caused by the implementation of a tax refund acce

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent on Thursday in anticipation of expected policy easing by the United States and other develop

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian police last week senselessly detained and charged a woman with a mental health condition with blasphemy after she entered a mosque in Bogor, a Jakarta subu

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Hendardi, a member of the fact-finding team (TGPF) assigned to uncover Novel Baswedan's attacker said the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investi

Jakarta (Antara) – A West Sumatra University fisheries and mainland fisheries academic announced that a number of fish species endemic to Indonesia are swimming to the verge of extinct

Yashinta Difa/Azis Kurmala, Jakarta – Indonesia has strongly condemned the Oxford City Council's decision to award Benny Wenda, a member of the West Papua movement separatist group, th

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially signed Presidential Regulation Number 42/2019 on Two Revisions to Presidential Regulation Number 10/2010 on the Organisational S

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) plans to form a political party, the Indonesian Green Party, and make the issue of the environment its main political agenda.

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia strongly suggests President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo take proactive action and form an independent fact-finding joint team (TGPF).

Fira Prameswari, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Kurnia Ramadhana says that the Corruption Eradication Commission leadership selection committee or Pansel Capim K

Jakarta – On May 16, 2012, the Constitutional Court restored the rights of indigenous peoples over customary forests. This decision has had wide implications.

James Massola, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia's response to a critical video review has turned into an omnishambles. Now, two bloggers could be charged.

Resty Woro Yuniar – An Indonesian woman who received a six-month jail sentence for recording a lewd phone call from her boss has been given a reprieve by President Joko Widodo, in a ca

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the narrative of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's "Vision Indonesia" speech in which he sated he would pursue those

Hui Min Lee Fred Wang, Singapore – The fate of seven major Indonesian thermal coal producers is hanging in the balance amid government regulation uncertainties after a mining contract

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has projected a revenue shortfall of Rp 140 trillion (US$10.02 billion) from the revenue forecast of Rp 1.58 quadrillion in the 2019 state budget, and th

Jakarta – Select Cabinet positions in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's new government will be distributed among ruling coalition parties according to how many seats they gained at the

Jakarta – The administration of West Java's Depok is planning to increase its groundwater tax from the current Rp 500 to Rp 4,000 (2 US cents) per cubic meter to push customers into us

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani says the government has allocated Rp 10.3 trillion (US$737.51 million) for preemployment cards as part of a program desig

Jakarta – The lawyer representing senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan, Arif Maulana, believes that the Joint Fact Finding Team (TPGF) established

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Council's head of Democrat Party faction Taufiqurrahman reminded the Indonesia Solidarity Party (PSI) to avert from spreading disinformation regard

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Harso Kurniawan, Jakarta – Domestic car sales have dropped 13 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period a year ago.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Piyungan River in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, has been polluted with chromium from waste disposed by four nearby leather tanning factories, a study has reveale

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – After six months of work, a fact-finding team formed by National Police chief Gen.

The exiled leader of an Indonesian separatist group has been awarded the freedom of the city of Oxford.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – The Papua administration has requested that the central government assist it in bolstering the trade network with neighboring countries in the Pacific, as the

Jakarta – The wealth disparity between Indonesians living in urban and rural areas remains even as the country's poverty rate decreased to 9.41 percent in March from 9.66 percent in Se

Fikri Arigi, Egi Adyatama and Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The recent speech delivered by president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo entitled "Visi Indonesia" garnered a number of criticism from h

Fikri Arigi and Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) assessed the speech of president-elect Joko Widodo or Jokowi on the vision of Indonesia in Se

Mohammad Baqir Bayani & Tamara Gondo – Last week the plight of refugees in Indonesia came to the forefront in Jakarta, as hundreds of refugees camped outside the United Nations Hig

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has blamed uncertainty in the global economy for the poor performance of Indonesian exports, which declined 20.6 percent in jus

Fadli, Batam – The Riau Islands administration has decided to postpone a reclamation project at Tanjung Piayu in Batam following the recent arrest of the province's governor, Nurdin Ba

Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) has said that crude palm oil (CPO) exports fell significantly in April, as destination countries had started introducing

Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported on Monday that the disparity of poverty levels between urban and rural areas remained very high as the national poverty rate decreased to

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) Deputy Bara Hasibuan said that Amien Rais recent tendency to soften up to president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is a gesture that sho

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The latest trade data suggest economic activity in Indonesia is slowing, in part as a result of the ongoing United States-China trade war.

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has called on Singapore to combat the smuggling of lobster larvae into the city-state.

Jakarta – The Depok Administration has pressed ahead with a plan to revise a 2012 bylaw on transportation that includes a mandatory provision for car owners to have a garage and fine t