Jakarta – The East Java Police have named a soap opera star, identified as VA, a suspect in a prostitution case after reportedly discovering nude photos and videos of her and tracking

Hal Hill – Indonesia has achieved almost 20 years of continuous economic growth.

Rizal Bomantama, Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) commander Air Martial Hadi Tjahjanto says that the TNI's new Special Operational Command (Koopsus) will be involved in combating te

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Terrorism, human rights, legal affairs and corruption will take centre stage when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his opponent Prabowo

In Indonesia, the act of prostitution, specifically the transaction between sex worker and client, is not a crime, as the law only states that pimping or the facilitation of prostituti

An organization that promotes in HIV/AIDS prevention and sex worker rights may be the latest casualty in Indonesia's ongoing LGBT moral panic after a raid on one of their offices, by a

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The 2019 presidential race appears to have overshadowed the legislative election in the past few months, leaving in the shade the battle among politic

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to hold their policy interest rate amid the positive domestic sentiment, so it still had room to increase the rate sho

Kharisar Kahfi, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) once again leads the nation in the list of the most influential universities in emerging-economy countries, as the university

Jakarta – Indonesian National Air Carrier Association (INACA) chairman Ari Askhara has called on the government to provide protection to national aviation companies from the inflow of

Ruslan Sangadji, Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Karina M.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) must regard the Anti-Soccer Mafia task force set up by the National Police as encouragement for the association to strive to root out

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Rizky Amelia, who reported her former boss Syafri Adnan Baharuddin over alleged sexual harassment, visited the National Commission on Violence Again

Irwan Rismawan, Jakarta – The lawyer representing Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan, Saor Siagian, believes that there are parties which are in

Jakarta – Attacking each other, slander and the use of SARA (sectarian and identity politics) being accentuated by the presidential election candidates is disappointing the millennial

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A string of deadly tsunamis and earthquakes that devastated Indonesia last year has served as a wake-up call for the government to go the extra mile i

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Indonesia's full-year trade balance hit a deep deficit of US$8.57 billion in 2018.

Jakarta – The growing trade in cattle and crops following trade agreements with several economies has increased the risk of diseases spreading across country borders.

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has urged the Health Ministry to issue a regulation to exempt Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel from needing a referral to be treated at military hospi

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the General Elections Commission (KPU) are set to coordinate with the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to evaluate pote

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Indonesia has maintained a single-digit poverty rate as it posted a 9.66 percent rate as of September 2018, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported on Tuesday,

Alexander R Arifianto – Prabowo Subianto enters the 2019 Indonesian presidential election with lukewarm elite support as well as lack of financial resources to fund his campaign.

Febriana Firdaus – A Polish man accused of plotting a coup with a pro-independence Papuan armed group has become the first foreigner to be charged with treason in Indonesia.

Ahmad Novindri Aji Sukma – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has revealed that after several years of delay, Indonesia and Switzerland will soon ratify a Mutual Legal Assistance agreeme

Contrary to what his campaign chairman hinted, Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto did not announce his withdrawal from the presidential race during a televised address yesterday evenin

While neither of the two presidential tickets in Indonesia have yet to do anything substantial to highlight women's issues in their campaigns, a new survey has shown that the majority

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will monitor a joint fact-finding team (TGPF) in investigating the case of Novel Baswedan, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sen

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Smoking has long been a habit in Indonesia that does not only involve adults but also affects minors, including elementary school students, and has led to s

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The presidential election debate can influence undecided voters, but it is unlikely to change the minds of those who have thrown support behind Joko "

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Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Central Leadership Board Chairperson Desmond J Mahesa is convinced that presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto will not shy away fr

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police force is to deploy up to 2,000 officers to secure the first presidential debate at the Bidakara Hotel in South Jakarta, which is scheduled for Thursday.

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has lowered its investment target in the downstream oil and gas business – pipeline projects, manufacturing facilities and fuel-stor

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – When the Indonesian government took a controlling stake in the operator of one of the world's richest gold mines at the end of 2018, proponents hailed the move

Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo ordered suspended Bekasi regent and graft suspect Neneng Hasanah Yasin to facilitate the issuance of the necessary permits for the Meikarta mega-d

Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has called on the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to revoke a regulation on a 0 percent down payment loan for purchasing cars an

Jakarta – The National Transportation Safety Committee announced on Monday that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from last year's Lion Air crash had been found.

Jakarta – The Aceh Clerics Council, which groups Muslim clerics in Aceh, said that it has postponed indefinitely the Quran reading test it proposed for presidential candidates Joko "Jo

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was met with criticism when he picked Ma'ruf Amin, a senior Muslim cleric who leads the Indone

David Finnerty, Jakarta – Global funds are piling back into Asia's bellwether for emerging markets, buying $795 million of debt so far this year and sending yields down about 90 basis

Jakarta – About 200 Bekasi public servants in West Java wore neon-green and orange vests during morning roll call on Monday as a form of punishment for committing various violations.

M Guruh Nuary, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that the four year administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice Presiden

It appears that the Aceh-based Council of Preachers Association (IDA) is quite insistent that Indonesia's presidential and VP candidates take a Quran reading test in order to prove the

Jakarta – The Air Force has ordered eight Airbus H225M helicopters and aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) will have a role in the construction of the double-engine military

Jakarta – Indonesia's health ministry has sought to reassure HIV patients that sufficient antiretroviral (ARV) drugs will be available for their treatment after some hospitals had run

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto was questioned on Friday for allegedly violating the Election Law after raising his index figure during a meeting with vice-presid

Jakarta (Antara) – Gallup's Law and Order Report data in 2018 has showed that Indonesia ranked 9th as a country with the highest level of law and orderliness.

Jakarta (Antara) – Director General of Manpower Placement Development and Expansion of Employment Opportunities of the Ministry of Manpower Maruli Apul Hasoloan said the number of Fore

Wisnoe Moerti – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has returned nine case dossiers on past gross human rights violations to the National Human rights Commission (Komnas HAM).