Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) commander, Maj. Gen.

Vanuatu's foreign minister has dismissed criticism from the Indonesian government for including the United Liberation Movement (ULMWP) for West Papua in its meeting with the UN High Co

Almost everybody has to spend a huge chunk of their lives on the internet nowadays to do everything from work to socializing to shopping.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Speaking to investors at a seminar in Jakarta recently, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati felt compelled to mention each of the business sectors

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Panturas Band member Surya Fikri Asshidiq said the draft bill on music, otherwise known as RUU Permusikan, would make musicians shared the same fate

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto said that his institution would establish psychological and territorial operations in Papu

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno pledged to revise Law of Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE Law) should he and Prabowo Subianto winni

Friski Riana, Jakarta – A commissioner of the National Commission of Human Rights for Women (Komnas Perempuan), Masruchah, said that the draft bill concerning the elimination of sexual

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Legal and Human Rights Ministry is currently reviewing the remission granted to I Nyoman Susrama, a murderer of the daily Radar Bali journalist AA Gde Bagu

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno has said the government does not expect big revenue from gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) in the next three y

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has said that under the current exchange rate, the rupiah was still undervalued and could, therefore, further strengthen against th

Lin Evlin – Indonesia's Ambassador to the UN, Hasan Kleib, has strongly condemned Vanuatu for helping exiled West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda to meet with UN officials durin

Jakarta – Retailers are strongly protesting Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's decision to increase the minimum wage for retail workers to Rp 4.29 million (US$306.28) per month, higher

Gayatri Suroyo, Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia intends to challenge an EU directive on renewable energy at the World Trade Organization, arguing the plan to curb the use of crop

Cindy Silviana, Jakarta – Indonesia will finalize in May a plan to put four state banks under a holding company, marking the sector's biggest shake-up since the Asian financial crisis

Wilda Asmarini, Bernadette Munthe, Jakarta – Indonesian insurance rules that come into effect on Feb.

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has renewed a pledge to cut corporate tax rates in South-east Asia's biggest economy if he is re-elected in April, an economic advi

Indonesia has agreed in principle to allow the office of the United Nations human rights commissioner into Papua region, or West Papua.

Indonesian drivers must continue to rely on their memory and intuition (or dedicated GPS devices) to get around after the country's courts upheld a law making the use of GPS apps on sm

It's common knowledge that corruption is so rife in Indonesian politics that many politicians who have already been convicted of graft go on to run as candidates again after serving ou

Banda Aceh (AFP) – Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday (Jan 31) after they were caught cuddling in public – a crime under the conservative region's Isla

Max Lane and Hui Yew-Foong – On April 17, 2019, Indonesians will go to the polls and choose their next president, or maybe not, if they choose to Golput – the act of casting a blank vo

Jakarta – Police have arrested a suspect, identified as I, 23, in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, for allegedly spreading false information on social media.

Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) chief Air Martial Hadi Tjahjanto says that the TNI is revising Law Number 34/2004 on the TNI (UU TNI) so that middle- and high-ranking military offi

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Indonesia has strongly criticized the tiny Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu for including an exiled Papuan separatist leader as a member of its delegation dur

Yashinta DP, Fardah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has sent a note of protest to the Government of Vanuatu for smuggling Papuan separatist Benny Wenda into the South Pacific nati

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The deputy chairman of Gerindra party, Fadli Zon, planned to bring up the court verdict on Ahmad Dhani, which he deemed bizarre, in the hearing with

Yuli Savitri, Palembang – The government has started research into developing peatlands as agricultural lands and conservation areas, following years of plantation companies and farmer

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner Alexander Marwata lauded the General Election Commission (KPU) for releasing the list of former corrup

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Alexander Marwata said that sexual bribery should be listed as a criminal act, moreover, if the cas

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) recently released the list of ex-corruption convict taking part in the 2019 legislative election.

Jakarta – Although the government has disbursed Rp 10.5 trillion (US$743 million) to cover the deficit of the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan), the Pharmaceutica

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled that checking the GPS on a mobile phone while driving is punishable by up to three months' imprisonment, as stipulated in the 2009 Traffic

Helen Davidson – Indonesia has agreed in principle to allow the UN office of the human rights commissioner into West Papua amid continuing violence in the region.

A lot of us were feeling a certain sense of schadenfreude after musician Ahmad Dhani was found guilty of spreading hate speech and sentenced to 1.5 years in jail on Monday.

Tasha Wibawa – Earlier this week, a petition signed by more than 1.8 million people calling for an independence referendum in Indonesia's West Papua province was delivered to United Na

It's a sad commentary on the high levels of opposition towards LGBT rights in Indonesia that certain groups would create fake banners saying a political party supported the rights of t

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has recorded Rp 721.3 trillion (US$51.1 billion) in foreign and domestic investment throughout 2018, up 4.1 percent

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Central Sulawesi Governor Longki Djanggola on Wednesday revealed the result of the administration's final count of victims in recent deadly disasters in the pro

Indonesia's military has evacuated the body of a soldier killed at an airport in Papua's Highlands on Monday.

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry is planning to issue 1,000 wood legality certificates this year to support the revival of the country's wood industry.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police will question philosophy lecturer and government critic Rocky Gerung on Thursday over a remark he made last year, in which he referr

Jakarta – The owners of a satay restaurant in Padang, West Sumatra, are under investigation following reports that they have been secretly serving Muslim customers pork satay.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The rampant destruction of forests in the Leuser ecosystem, a major water source for Aceh, has led to frequent flooding in the province.

South Tangerang – In an attempt to promote environmentalism, South Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany has recommended reviving the "one couple, one tree" program for all future brides

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – As voting day draws near, the presidential candidates, incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto, have stepped up their campaigns

Jakarta – In an apparent case of identity theft, a family in Tamansari, West Jakarta, have just learned they are recorded as the owners of several luxury cars and that substantial taxe

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Musician turned political activist Ahmad Dhani will still be considered as a member of the Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Uno campaign team (BPN) despi

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Transparency International Indonesia announced that the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of Indonesia climbs seven ranks to 89th position out of 180 cou

Astari Pinasthika Sarosa, Jakarta – Ahead of the Presidential Election and Legislative Election slated to take place on April 17, 2019, a mass organization 'We The Youth' held a campai