Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – Indonesia has tens of thousands of hectares conservation areas, both maritime as well as land.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The police's decision to throw blasphemy charges against a mentally ill woman who brought a dog to a mosque in Bogor is merely the latest example of the author

Masriadi, Lhokseumawe – The Ulama (Islamic clerics) Communication Forum and other youth organisations have objected to the national-level U-17 Women's Soccer Tournament being held at t

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, whose re-election victory was cemented by the Constitutional Court last week, works hard to maintain his image as a down-to-earth man of the people,

Jakarta's ETLE (Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement) traffic cameras got a software upgrade this week, broadening the scope of traffic violations they can capture to include the likes o

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Terrorist groups have found a cheaper way to recruit militants: through encrypted chat rooms on text-messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, a terrorism ex

Retno Ayuningtyas, Jakarta – The Tax Office has said it does not have enough time to execute a plan to cut the corporate income tax from 25 percent to 20 percent by the end of this yea

Prabowo Subianto's second defeat as a presidential candidate (or third, if you count Megawati Soekarnoputri's defeat in 2009, when Prabowo was her running mate) was cemented last week

Jakarta – The number of domestic tourists in Bali from January to April decreased to 363,161, marking an 11 decrease in tourists from the same period in 2018, according to Colliers Int

Jakarta – The government has decided to increase the salaries of board of directors of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year, based on a regulation issued by the SOEs minister on Ma

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has prohibited ride-hailing transportation companies from offering promotional discounts for its ojek (motorcycle taxi) services that exceeded the

Many who live in Indonesia have to rely on virtual private networks (VPN) to bypass the government's overzealous internet censorship that encompasses websites ranging from the largely

Jakarta – The government is to start fining people who violate a new regulation intended to force exporters to keep their foreign exchange earnings from natural resources in the Indone

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's defeat in the 2019 presidential election has not affected his chances of becoming president, a politician has said.

Jakarta – The number of passengers in the free public trial run of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) has increased tenfold in comparison to 2018's test, an executive has said.

Jakarta – The country's manufacturing sector grew slower in June as indicated by a decline in the purchase manager index (PMI) to 50.6 from 51.06 in the previous month.

Jakarta – Unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno said he wanted to take a break from politics to focus on developing his people's economy programs.

A few days ago, Sandiaga Uno, running mate to defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, was criticized for not congratulating President Joko Widodo on his re-election win and s

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the management of the iconic Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts and culture center in Cikini, Central Jakarta, will be handed over

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian members of Parliament have decided to delay confirmation of a government plan for a levy on plastic bags, but the finance minister said she was optimisti

James Massola, Chris Vedelago and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Australian company Visy Recycling was behind the export of a container of plastic waste that is regarded as toxic in Indonesia,

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Two people have been arrested for posting content on social deemed insulting to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Tempo Timor, Dili – Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people jailed for their opinions on popular

The plight of West Papuans as Melanesian citizens is an important issue that Vanuatu must continue to support.

Jakarta – The Denny JA Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) predicts that the presidential elections (pilpres) in 2024 will be enlivened by a contest between four different ideologies, namely

Papua, Jubi – About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National.

Now that the post-election legal battle with failed candidate Prabowo Subianto is finally finished (despite what some of his most die-hard supporters may think), speculation has now mo

Willy Masaharu & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo are set to have their long-awaited "reconciliation meeting" later this month to heal

A Polish man imprisoned in Indonesia's Papua province for treason says his government has been of little help to him.

Mackenzie Smith – The main organisation advancing West Papuan independence aims abroad has committed to ending the use of child soldiers by armed rebels fighting under its flag.

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The government plans to increase electricity tariffs for 12 non-subsidized groups starting in 2020.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Maritime Affairs Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan defends President Jokowi's English speaking ability while recalling their visit to the G20

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Director of Research at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) Berly Martawadaya says he has analyzed the policies that need to be handle

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Member of Jakarta Legislative Council's D Commission, Yusriah Dzinnun, claims the five-meter tall embankment wall which is part of the National Capital Int

Jordan Fennell and Tracey Shelton – Three armed separatist groups in the Indonesian region of West Papua have announced they have united to form the West Papuan Army, as activists lobb

Haris Prabowo – It will not only be senior students and teachers who will be guiding new students during school orientation programs.

A recent high-profile case of alleged bribery for promotions in the Religious Affairs Ministry is just one small example of the deep-seated corruption still infecting Indonesia's civil

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has showcased Indonesia's numerous infrastructure projects to foreign investors during an investment forum in London that was met with

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Switzerland-based pollution mapping service AirVisual revealed that Jakarta had the world's third-worst air quality on Wednesday, when it was categor

Yustinus Paat & Robertus Wardi & Hotman Siregar & Asni Ovier & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar, one of Indonesia's largest political parties, finds itself at

Philip Cass – West Papuan human rights activist Rosa Moiwend has asked Tonga to continue its support or her people's struggle for independence.

Helen Davidson – A leading West Papuan independence organisation claims to have unified three rebel armies under its control, led by exiled leader Benny Wenda, who says they are now "r

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairman Tulus Abadi considered the decrease in airlines tariff that would be valid starting this week was only

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Bogor Police have detained SM, the woman who entered a mosque in Sentul on Sunday with a dog and her shoes on, and charged her with blasphemy.

Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded that the number of tourists who arrived in Indonesia on airplanes was 713,881 in May, a decline of 11.37 percent year-on-year (yoy).

Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network linked to al-Qaeda, authorities said on Tuesday, on suspicion of recruiting members and se

Jakarta – The contribution of the food and beverage (F&B) industry to gross domestic product (GDP) increased steadily over the past four years in spite of the decrease of its growt

Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) will extend its investigation into the sharp price drop of chicken at the farming level, which according to farmers is

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Tired of breathing in some of the world's filthiest air, a group of activists and environmentalists in Jakarta has decided to sue the Indonesian government to take

A middle aged Indonesian woman, who has been identified by her initials SM, has been charged with blasphemy for bringing her dog into a mosque in Bogor and setting it loose, despite th