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Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An oil palm plantation land conversion case in Langkat, North Sumatra, has dragged into the mix a family involved in politics and business in the province.

Jakarta – To reduce plastic consumption in Jakarta, the administration has called on residents to start carrying their own tumblers instead of buying bottled water.

Jakarta – A bill proposed by media organizations aims to tighten control over negative content proliferated via social media, a growing problem that threatens social harmony in Indones

David Lipson – It was meant to be a friendly match between Bali United and Jakarta's team Persija.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Routine police traffic stops are nothing but uneventful in Indonesia.

Jakarta (DPA) – Indonesia on Friday (Feb 22) said action would be taken against officers who used a snake to extract a confession from a suspected thief in the restive province of Papu

Jakarta – The Gerindra Party has said it was still doubtful about the capacity of two Jakarta deputy governor nominees endorsed by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), despite having ap

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – The organizers of the 212 Munajat prayer have denied that journalists covering the event were assaulted by event participants, claiming the incidents were i

Jakarta – Children in Jayawijaya regency, Papua, who have been traumatized after fleeing a recent armed conflict between the Indonesian Army and a rebel group in Nduga regency, are rec

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Riau Governor Syamsuar declared support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's reelection bid at his recent inauguration at the State Palace.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The discovery of a large gas reserve in South Sumatra has provided Indonesia with a much-needed boost as the country tries to revive its oil and gas industry.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Directorate-general of public health at the Health Ministry has set a rehabilitation facility for perpetrators of sexual violence.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council has ruled that daily newspaper Indopos violated the Code of Ethics by spreading misinformation in an article about incumbent President Joko "Joko

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of members of the Chinese-Indonesian community gathered in Medan on Friday night to listen to Prabowo Subianto, who visited the North Sumatra capital

Andar Nubowo – The 2019 presidential election is a face-off between two old rivals – incumbent president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his challenger Prabowo Subianto.

Pacific Media Watch – The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation's human rights experts for "Prompt and impartial investigations...

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – A group of journalists claim to have been intimidated and assaulted by members of an Islamist group while covering the 212 Munajat prayer event at the Natio

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The association of provincial governments has lodged a request for a pay raise for governors with Vice President Jusuf Kalla during a national meeting on Thursd

A group of UN human rights experts is calling for urgent investigations into alleged killings and other abuses of Papuans by Indonesian police and military.

Tom Miles, Geneva – United Nations rights experts have urged Indonesia to investigate accusations of violence by police and military in Papua after a video showed officers using a live

Jakarta – The government is working to achieve its target of ranking 40th on the World Bank's ease of doing business (EODB) index to attract more investors to the country.

Jakarta – Papua Regional Police Public Information Head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big issue out of the use of a snake durin

Jakarta – The Supreme Court acquitted on Tuesday Wisni Yetti, a housewife who was sued by her ex-husband for defamation, of all charges in a case related to her Facebook chat.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung City Population and Civil Registry Agency in West Java has for the first time issued identity cards (KTPs) with a column for faith rather than religion

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Eating fish and mussels from Jakarta Bay is dangerous because of toxic and hazardous compounds (B3) that damage fish organs and paralyze mussels, an expert has s

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) denied on Thursday reports about the company's plan to lay off more workers as the end nears of open-pit operations at the

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Vice presidential hopeful number 01 Ma'ruf Amin asserted that the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was an independent institution that should not set up any event

Suci Sekarwati, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi will use the United Nation's Human Rights Council's annual assembly as a platform to campaign for Indonesia's entrance

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Munajat 212 event held at Jakarta's National Monument (Monas) last night showed a video of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab leading a pr

Jakarta – After years of exasperating stop-start development, Indonesia's first mass rapid transit network is finally set to be open for public next month.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The government has been criticized for issuing a regulation on photovoltaic solar panels, which has discouraged homeowners and businesses from inst

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesia was hit by a record 12.9 million cyberattacks last year, according to official data, and experts agree that such attacks will increase in 2019 as bu

Mulia Ramdhan Fauzani – The word golput or white group – to abstain from voting – has been heard more frequently in concert with the approach of the 2019 legislative and presidential e

Jakarta – After joining 120 countries in the Automatic Exchange of Information in 2018, the tax office has obtained information about the wealth of Indonesian nationals that is deposit

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has announced a downward revision of its electricity procurement target because of an unexpected slowdown in the growth of electrici

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The controversy surrounding presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's land ownership took a new turn on Wednesday, with Gerindra Party figures insinua

Jakarta – Indonesia ranks third among the most optimistic countries globally, after India and the Philippines, according to the Conference Board Global Consumer Confidence Survey, whic

Makassar – The campaign team of presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno has reported 15 district heads in Makassar, South Sulawesi, to the Elections Supervisory A

Being a religious minority in Indonesia can not only lead to struggles in life, but also after death, as illustrated in this latest story of yet another burial dispute based on religio

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The fate of the government's ambitious program to clean up the Citarum River – the longest and dirtiest river in West Java – has been mired by the late disbursemen

The Free West Papua Movement, or OPM, has called on the international community to mediate negotiations with Indonesia's government to end conflict in Papua region.

The implementation of a government-mandated prepaid SIM registration effort in Indonesia had a heavy impact on the two largest operators in the country, as they shed a collective 69 mi

Gita Irawan, Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General Andika Perkasa and Australian Defense Force chief General Angus John Campbell have agreed to further increase military cooper

There have been a few moments in recent Indonesian history that embarrassingly revealed to the world how little many Indonesians knew about the history of Nazi Germany, to the point th

Jakarta – The future of professional football in Indonesia is hanging by a thread.

On February 20 the International Women's Day Joint Committee alliance held an action at the Gajah Mada University (UGM) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The continuous decline in oil prices that has led to a lower contribution to national revenue should become a wake-up call for the government to im

Indonesia's presidential election – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo versus Prabowo Subianto II – is trundling toward its 17 April denouement, an event less exciting for its potential drama and mo

When Joko Widodo (Jokowi) took over the Indonesian presidency in 2014, he faced a stagnating poverty reduction effort and stubbornly high inequality levels.