Devina Halim, Jakarta – Amnesty International (AI) Indonesia is urging the government to resolve the Trisakti tragedy through legal channels.

Andreas Harsono – The Indonesian film "Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku" (Memories of My Body) is winning awards and accolades around the world.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested a supporter of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto who threatened to behead President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a video that went viral on

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said vocational schools must be linked to the industry to enable graduates to meet the growing demands of the sector.

Jakarta (Antara) – Former chief of the Army's Strategic Reserve Command Major General (ret) Kivlan Zen who has been banned from travelling abroad on treason charges is now in Batam, Ri

Suara Pembaruan, Jakarta – Bogor in West Java plans to build a tramway that will be integrated with the Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit system.

Farih Maulana S, Jakarta – The Trisakti University has commemorated 21 years since the tragedy which took place on May 12, 1998.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The immigration office issued a travel ban on Kivlan Zein, the former chief of staff of the Indonesian Army Strategic Command, or Kostrad, but revoked it a fe

Alexander R Arifianto – Indonesians went to the polls on 17 April 2019 not just to elect their new president for the next five years.

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Denpasar – Australians taking a holiday in Bali are facing a new $14-per-person tax when they arrive on the holiday island from next year.

In eastern Indonesia there are areas where almost all young mothers have gone to work abroad. Indonesians refer to these communities as the "motherless villages".

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A riot broke out in Siak Sri Indrapura Penitentiary in Riau early on Saturday following a drug raid by the prison authority.

Muhammad Genantan Saputra – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Commissioner Choirul Anam says that the national legal team formed by Coordinating Minister for Politics, Secu

Jakarta – The first Indonesia International Islamic Fair was held on May 9 through May 11 at Balai Kartini, Jakarta, bridging the gap between diverse Islamic cultures from all over the

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has vowed to impose firm sanctions against the Owners and Tenants Association (P3SRS) for ignoring his regulation stipulating for the handover

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has concluded a two-day journey to different cities in Kalimantan on Borneo island in search of options to set up a new capital,

Jakarta (Antara) – Jakarta administration has decided that city water supply company, PT PAM Jaya, will start to supply clean water to its residents after entrusting private companies

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) is looking into a report concerning the alleged abuse of two underage people during a May Day rally at the hands

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has announced that a majority of the more than 100 local poll administrators (KPPS) who died in four provinces

Jakarta – Floods struck several residential areas located on the banks of the Bekasi River in West Java on Saturday after the river overflowed at the headwater streams.

Jakarta – The chairman of Indonesia's opposition National Mandate Party (PAN), Zulkifli Hasan, appears to have broken ranks with his ally, presidential contender Prabowo Subianto.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is accusing Coordinating Minister for the Economy (Menko) Darmin Nasution of breaking the law by using his authority to restrict p

Jakarta – South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr.

Theresia Felisiani, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has joined the debate on the formation of the national legal team by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Lega

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Human Rights, Wiranto, officially established a Legal Aid Team on May 8, through Ministerial Decree No.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The Prabowo – Sandiaga campaign team (BPN) spokesman Andre Rosiade said that his side committed to not joining the people power movement to protest the

Jakarta (Koran Tempo) – The Indonesian Children's Protection Commission (KPAI) said there need to be harsher punishments for child abusers.

Jakarta – The campaign team of presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno will submit any evidence it has of alleged election fraud to the country's election watchdo

British MPs have urged the government to do more to press Indonesia to stop human rights abuses and violence in Papua.

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – Chicken breeders in Blitar regency, East Java, have suggested that the government avoid intervening in the market in response to an egg price hike in J

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Two-minute footage of a number of unidentified people on a rampage inside a room full of voting boxes went viral on Thursday.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Investigators are currently looking for the people responsible for spreading false information claiming that National Police chief Gen.

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed his optimism towards Indonesia becoming a fully-developed nation.

Jakarta – The government plans to develop 4,479.33 kilometers of toll roads by 2030 in addition to the 1,500 km toll road projects that are to be completed in 2024 to support mobility,

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Indonesia is finding it challenging to reach this year's oil and gas lifting target, as the oil depletion rate – or "natural decline" – was higher

Jakarta – Homegrown ride-hailing application Go-Jek has said the number of orders for ojek (motorcycle taxis) has dropped in five cities following the increase in fares on May 1.

Jakarta – The controversy surrounding the movie Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body) continues unabated, as the administration of Padang in West Sumatra has called for an immedi

Jakarta – Lokataru Foundation Human Rights and Law Director Haris Azhar is pessimistic that the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla have the

A Polish tourist in Indonesia jailed for five years after meeting West Papuan rebels has filed an appeal of his sentence.

Whether or not the infamous hardline group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) will continue to exist after their permit as a civil society organization (referred to in Indonesia as "mass or

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The government will form a new team of legal advisors to assist law enforcers in maintaining national security after last month's elections, the Coordinating

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Maj. Gen.

Jakarta (Antara) – The Election Commission (KPU) has completed the process of vote recapitulation of the 2019 general elections in 93 out of 130 regions overseas.

Jakarta – Five out of 34 provinces in Indonesia have wrapped up vote tabulation for the April 17 general election, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has said.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested an alleged terrorist during a raid at a mobile phone store in North Bekasi, Bekasi City, West Java, on Wednesday, following a string of raids last

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that he would be able to give his best for the country during his second term, as he would no longer be burden

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Executives of state-owned enterprises must approach any investment offer from China with extreme caution as Chinese investors tend to use bribes to get project

Indonesia is facing a crisis of "hyper-regulation".

Stories about protests against Christian churches being built and opened have become depressingly common in Muslim-majority Indonesia, but members of the country's other minority relig