Jakarta – Major Muslim and Christian religious organisations have called on the faithful to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections to counter a rising movement in favou

Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, has certified a record amount of land under palm oil cultivation as employing environmentally sustainable methods, the Indon

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has urged all Papuans in Indonesia to boycott the upcoming national elections.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has called for an end to violence in Indonesia's Papua province.

Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) is protesting a statement by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Wiranto who stat

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Wiranto says that people who invite others to golput – to abstain from voting – in the 2019 el

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says there are 1,466 state civil servants (PNS) who have been proven guilty of corruption but have yet to be dismissed.

Indonesia's Provincial Red Cross in Papua is working with local disaster authorities and other agencies to supply shelter, clean water and sanitation to over 11,000 people displaced by

Jakarta – Thousands of children are living in makeshift shelters six months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami pounded the Indonesian city of Palu, aid agencies said on Tuesday

Rik Glauert – University officials in Indonesia this month ordered a student news website shut down its entire operation after it published a fictional same-sex short story.

Medan – The North Sumatra Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says it regrets a decision by the University of North Sumatra's (USU) rector to revoke the Vo

Ian Morse, Maroangin – One day in March last year, Rahim was shocked and furious to find an excavator rolling through his rice field, turning the bright green grains into piles of mud.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's track record of considering gender representation in ministerial appointments is lauded in global circles.

Nick Kuipers – In a recent op-ed, the acclaimed Indonesian novelist Eka Kurniawan announced that, whatever the outcome of the upcoming Indonesian national election, "the Islamists have

A student news website in Indonesia that published a story about a woman expressing her love for another young woman was ordered by university officials to shut down its entire news op

A pair of bare-breasted mermaid statues have been given the family values treatment at an Indonesian amusement park where officials slipped golden tube tops over their chests.

Aditya L. Djono, Jakarta – Indonesia is adopting a tougher stance against the European Union's plan to phase out the use of palm oil in renewable transport fuel.

Jakarta – Representatives of two business associations have called on the government to lower the rate of corporate income tax so they can manufacture products that can compete in the

Karlis Salna and Viriya Singgih, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy, the biggest in Southeast Asia, is getting a boost from an election campaign that's kicking into high gear.

Jakarta – The government has pledged to include motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers working for ride-hailing apps in the insurance schemes of both the Health Care and Social Security Agency

Jakarta – The government has decided to keep discounts on trans-Jakarta toll roads in place until the Idul Fitri holiday season, as the relevant parties are still calculating the tolls

Jakarta – The textile industry is seeking the government's protection from high growth of imports as the sector could not compete in both domestic and international markets.

Muhammad Fida Ul Haq, Jakarta – The country's peak Islamic body the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) has reiterated that the fatwa (edict) declaring that golput – to abstain from voting

Dwi Andayani, Jakarta – The country's peak Islamic body the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) has declared that taking a position of golput – to abstain from voting – in the elections is h

Rezki Alvionitasari, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) said that it intensified coordination with several institutions in handling hoax or false information ahead of t

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – A national political development researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Aisyah Putri Budiarti, pointed out potential voter migration ahea

Riyan Novitra, Jakarta – Thick smog allegedly caused by land and forest fire in Riau province clouded high buildings in Pekanbaru city, Tuesday, March 26.

Jakarta – The government on Monday announced the various fares for app-base ojek (motorcycle taxis) in a bid to end the disputes between the drivers and ride-hailing providers that hav

Some people actually believe that breasts on statues of mermaids can be a turn on and therefore are morally abominable.

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says the death toll from flooding in Papua province has risen to 112.

Papua villagers displaced from their Central Highlands regency have rejected proposals for them to return home.

Paulina Quintao – According to the National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV) Surgeon, Dr.

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto is meeting his supporters in Merauke, Papua, on Monday for the first time as a presidential candidate.

Jakarta – Surabaya's water company PDAM Surya Sembada wants to purify all tap water in East Java's capital city to make it safe for residents to consume without boiling.

Jakarta – The country's peek religious body, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), is calling on the Indonesian public to use their right to vote on voting day in the 2019 presidential a

Jakarta – The total area lost to wildfires in Riau this year has increased to 2,719 hectares.

Ahmad Salman and Markus Junianto & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The public campaign period for the 2019 presidential election kicked off on Sunday with visits to various locations by

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said the government considered boycotting a number of products from European Union countries.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) called on society to maintain unity just less than a month to Indonesia's 2019 Presidential Election.

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta Council approved a minimum Rp 8,500 (60 US cents) fare for Indonesia's first subway service, MRT Jakarta, on Monday.

Jakarta – The National's Police antimatch-fixing task force arrested Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) acting chief Joko Driyono after an interrogation on Monday in Jakarta.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has said the country would not meet the nontax target revenue in the oil and gas sector, which was set at

Jakarta – A legislative candidate from an unidentified political party was arrested along with four suspects for allegedly stealing money to use for his campaign, the Bogor Police repo

Amanda Siddharta, Jakarta, Indonesia – Mugiyanto remembers very well how the event that nearly cost him his life unfolded in March 1998.

On the afternoon of March 23 around 70 people from various different organisations which are part of the People United Front (FPR) and the Anti-Militarism Students Against Military Ope

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia's capital inaugurated its first mass rapid transit (MRT) system on Sunday (March 24), a US$1.1 billion (S$1.5 billion) project seen as crucial to tackling som

Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri's nasi goreng (fried rice) recipe was shared with the public on the fir

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected a petition to revise regulations on apartment management for the purpose of giving tenants more power over issues such as residential fees.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Wisnu Kuncoro, a director at state-owned steel manufacturer PT Krakatau Steel, and three business executives suspects in

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially inaugurated the country's first MRT line in Jakarta on Sunday, calling on citizens to adapt to a new culture