Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell to their lowest level in four months at the end of May, after the government serviced its external debt.

Sophie Chao – In West Papua, Indonesia, both conventional and "green" palm oil projects dispossess and exclude Indigenous people from their lands.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police believe they have arrested the prime suspects in the alleged plot to assassinate four senior government officials and the head of a polling agency, off

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the losing candidate in the April 17 presidential election, has repeated a call on his supporters to stand down and practice the utmost rest

Markus Junianto & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Vice president-elect Ma'ruf Amin has signaled the possibility that two parties in the opposition coalition may join the governing coalit

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi' Widodo has met with representatives of Indonesia's most powerful business lobbies this week to convey his intention of helping local in

Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (green berets) chief of staff retired Major General Kivlan Zen and former army Special Forces (Kopassus) commander retired Major General Soenarko

Jakarta (Antara) – Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) is mulling possible regulation to control the permit of a virtual private network (VPN) after the service widely use

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – A former officer in Indonesia's special forces has filed a complaint with the country's press council and police against prominent news magazine Tempo.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police have arrested and detained the United Development Party (PPP) politician, Habil Marati, for allegedly involved in the assassination attempt

Carlos K.Y.

Papua – The elite Indonesian army unit Kopassus will train again with the American military, the Southeast Asian nation's defense chief said Thursday, in the strongest sign that Washin

There is a growing body of research on the correlations between social media use and mental health, and most of that research suggests the relationship between the two is not good.

Yesterday, Indonesia's National Police held a news conference in which they offered a plethora of new information regarding the alleged plot to assassinate several senior government of

Fifteen months after a treaty pledged to usher in a "new chapter" in the relationship between Australia and neighbouring Timor-Leste, the document remains unratified and the country lo

Jakarta – If the definition of civilian supremacy is a democratic system in which the military is under the control of an elected civilian authority, then Indonesia could fit the descr

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Retired Indonesian army general Kivlan Zen was behind the plot to assassinate four senior state officials, as well as a high-profile pollster, during the riots

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian police on Tuesday aired video testimony from three suspects who alleged a retired soldier backing the political opposition had offered them

Jakarta – A resident of South Polongbangkeng district in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, has said that he had to move his relatives' remains to another cemetery on Tuesday at the urgi

Karlis Salna, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Widodo" Widodo has only a narrow window to lock in reforms needed to insulate the economy from escalating trade ructions and slowing

Jakarta – Three subdistrict heads in West Aceh, Aceh province, are at risk of being removed from their positions for not attending Idul Fitri prayers in their areas of jurisdiction, an

Mikael Niman & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The elite antiterrorism squad of the National Police arrested four terror suspects in Bekasi, West Java, on Monday and Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will grant undocumented newcomers civil registration documents during a post-Idul Fitri survey, dubbed the civil training service, starting Friday.

This month, Indonesia's Constitutional Court is set to rule on a lawsuit by losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, which seeks to overturn President Joko Widodo's re-election

Celebrity musician, failed politician and Nazi-apparel aficionado Ahmad Dhani was just sentenced to 1.5 years in prison in January for hate speech and today he was found guilty of hate

Palu, Indonesia – The flags hanging outside Anwar Ragaua's house have drawn warnings from police, but the wiry 50-year-old vows he's not taking them down.

Kate Lyons 00 The people of Timor-Leste have a crocodile problem.

Jakarta – No foreign airline is planning to operate domestic routes in Indonesia, said Air Transportation Director-General Polana Pramesti according to a report by news site Tempo.

Bjorn Dressel, Canberra – The political storm clouds seem to be massing, again, over Indonesia's Constitutional Court.

Eva Fitriani, Jakarta – The government has been put on alert after the latest data revealed foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia are behind target, threatening to undermine the countr

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced Karen Agustiawan, the former president director of state energy company Pertamina, to eight years in prison after fi

Hotman Siregar & Christian Lee, Jakarta – The legal team of losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno went to the Constitutional Court on Monday to submit a revi

The riots in Jakarta from 21 to 23 May have left eight people dead, more than 700 injured, caused millions of dollars of economic losses, and resulted in at least 441 arrests.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Former commander of the "Tim Mawar" (rose team), Maj. Gen.

Halida Bunga Fisandra, Jakarta – Election Commission (KPU) has released the audit result of campaign funds of the 2019 general elections and the presidential election.

Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesia's infamous Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), is currently in self-imposed exile in Saudi Arabia, but that has not stopped the firebrand preacher fro

Police in Indonesia's Papua province are investigating the killing of a local resident by a drunk police officer.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad has arrested a suspected terrorist in Jatiteken village, Mojolaban, Sukoharjo, Centr

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia booked month-to-month (mtm) inflation of 0.68 percent in May, higher than the 0.44 percent registered in April, as an uptick in demand durin

Jakarta – After upgrading Indonesia's sovereign rating to BBB from BBB- with stable outlook, Standard & Poor's (S&P) Global Ratings has also looked into the long-term debt rati

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto asked the police to be transparent in processing the May 22 riot case so as to tackle sp

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo would give a sanction for state apparatus who were absent on the first day of work after 2019 Eid or Lebaran holiday, June 10

Andita Rahma & Rosniawanti Fikri, Jakarta – Southeast Sulawesi Police arrested 82 suspected perpetrators of the clash between villagers of Gunung Jaya and Sampuabalo, Buton, Southe

Inge Klara & Avit Hidayat, Jakarta (Koran Tempo) – National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian said that perpetrators behind Jakarta riot on May 21-22 were called from other regio

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A political observer Adi Prayitno opined that President Joko Widodo or Jokowi on his second term would be more independent in choosing his ministers.

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The elites of National Mandate Party (PAN) shared different views on the future of their coalition with the presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga

Several senior supporters of failed presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto have been investigated for and charged with treason in recent weeks in relation to the violent protests that

Arnold H Sianturi & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Farmers in three sub-districts on the slope of Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatra, are facing harvest failure following a major eru

Yustinus Paat & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, executive Mardani Ali Sera said the party will not leave the Prabowo coalition until the Constitutional C

Ha Noi – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that Viet Nam valued the friendship and co-operation with Timor-Leste during a reception for Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation