Carlos Ky Paath & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Amid relentless accusations of foul play coming from presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's camp, which have resulted in political ten

Karlis Salna and Harry Suhartono, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to open up more sectors to foreign investors and reboot its stringent labor laws to become a regional manufacturing powerhou

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaeman has threatened to blacklist garlic importers whom he suspected of playing with the prices of the commodity, which caused them to skyr

Jakarta – Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) will close its open-pit mine this year and will soon fully operate an underground mine, which features a 500-kilometer tunnel the co

A video from 2017 featuring comedian and TV host Andre Taulany has triggered outrage that could lead to Indonesia's highest-profile blasphemy case since that of former Jakarta Governor

Supporters of Prabowo Subianto have become increasingly emboldened in echoing their candidate's claims that he won the election on April 17 (despite all of the evidence, from the same-

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Ghina Ghaliya and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The idea of holding digital elections is picking up steam following reports that dozens of election workers died of rep

Jakarta – The Haj Fund Management Agency (BPKH) has announced it has collected Rp 6 trillion (US$422.47 million) in returns from its investments in 2018, a 28 percent increase from its

Another Ramadan is upon us, and with it, another plea from officials regarding "sweeping" during the holy fasting month – the term used in Indonesia to describe hardline Islamic groups

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the first quarter, as exports contracted and investment tapered o

Francisco Rosarians, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government are ensuring that all night-time entertainment venues are complying with their regulation for Ramadan.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto mentioned in a meeting today a public figure overseas that always stirred Indonesian citize

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Denpasar – The owners of the former Sari Club site and the Bali Peace Park association have struck a $4.9 million deal to build a memorial to the people

Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto on Monday (May 6) called for irregularities in data entry from polling stations to be corrected, as his team

Jakarta – The Presidential ticket of Prabowo Subianto and running mate Sandiaga Uno have won decisively against incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin in the 2019 pre

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is to set up a national legal team to study verbal attacks, curses, hate speech and defamation made against the government or the general ele

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is threatening legal actions to stop anyone attempting to delegitimize the results of the official election count by the General Ele

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is threatening legal actions to stop anyone attempting to delegitimize the results of the official election count by the General Ele

Ivany Atina Arbi and Benny Mawel, Jakarta – The National Liberation Army of West Papua (TPNPB) has lambasted the government for demanding the death penalty for a TPNPB member arrested

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A search and rescue team rescued a miner and recovered four dead bodies on Sunday after a landslide hit an unlicensed gold mine in Kotabaru regency, South Ka

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Hasanuddin Military District Command (Kodam) XIV has handed over Army deserter Adrianus Pattyan, 25, for further questioning as a civilian for allegedly

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Passengers observing Ramadan will only be allowed to consume water and dates inside MRT trains to break their fast during the holy month.

From cleaning up relatives' graves and sharing food with the poor to holding colorful torch-lit street parades, millions of Indonesians are getting ready to welcome the holy month of R

Indonesia began sinking dozens of impounded foreign boats Saturday to deter illegal fishing in its waters, a week after a naval vessel clashed with a Vietnamese coastguard near the Sou

Jakarta – Two alleged terrorists were killed in an explosion they had triggered themselves to avoid arrest by antiterror squad Densus 88 in Jatikramat, Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday.

Jakarta – Members of the National Police's elite anti-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, killed two suspected terrorists in an exchange of fire during a raid on a shophouse in Bekasi, West

Jakarta (Antara) – Defense Minister General (ret) Ryamizard Ryacudu has warned those who are disappointed with the result of the election not to conduct street rallies.

Jakarta (Antara) – International Labor Day or May Day is celebrated annually on May 1 by workers across countries to highlight certain causes – better wages, better benefits and improv

Jakarta – The KUHP National Reform Alliance is demanding that the government and the House of Representatives not rush to ratify the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) at the next sitting of

Ubud – At a glimpse, Bintang Supermarket in Ubud looks just like other supermarkets across Bali.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A resident, identified as Tiarma Situmorang, 65, of Buntu Mauli village in Samosir regency, North Sumatra, has been reported missing after a flash flood hit he

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Jakarta – Human rights activists have slammed the correctional officers of Nusakambangan prison island in Central Java after a video of them mistreating inmates went viral on social me

Duncan Graham, Malang, East Java – Visiting outlying islands in this sprawling archipelago reveals an unease felt about Java, "the denominator of Indonesia".

Jakarta – The mayor of the Acehnese provincial capital Banda Aceh, Aminullah Usman, has prohibited coffee shops from serving customers during shalat tarawih (evening prayers) during th

Klojen (Surya Malang) – Journalists in the East Java city of Malang held a peaceful action at the Freedom Square to commemorate International Press Freedom Day on Friday May 3.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung City Police have named two suspects in a May Day riot in Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday. The suspects were identified only as SR, 20, and TR, 18.

Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may need to reshuffle his cabinet sooner before his term ends on October 20 as three of his current ministers are now implicat

Liz Shackleton – Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho's Memories Of My Body has been banned in five provinces in Indonesia and is being attacked on social media by groups claiming that i

It's the only place where we can feel like we belong to a community – but without the pressure of revealing everything about ourselves.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Hundreds of survivors of flash floods in Central Sulawesi's Sigi regency are having a hard time getting basic necessities, including fuel, while their mobility

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway will focus on critical spots, such as tunnels, including the main tunnel in Halim, East Jakarta

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) topped the legislative election league table, according to the Jakarta General Elections Commission's (KPU) latest real co

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – National Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said Indonesia welcomed foreign investors for the development of a long-debated new capital city, a plan re

A Polish tourist in Indonesia sentenced to five years jail for meeting West Papuan rebels is maintaining his innocence ahead of an appeal.

Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies, Denpasar – Horrific video has emerged of a group of shackled Indonesian prisoners crawling, shuffling and being dragged across gravel by prison guards a

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said the meeting of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Democrat party's Joint Task Force (Kogasma) commander Agus Harimurti Yudh

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has asserted it was bereft of any relations with Ijtima Ulama III, thus it had no direct nor indirect responsibilities for the

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi (Contributor), Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) criticized the way police personnel handled members of the anarchy group identified as

Jakarta – A stretch of the Sunter River that passes community unit (RW) 03 in Cipinang Muara, Duren Sawit subdistrict, East Jakarta, turned blue on Thursday, allegedly because of indus