National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is renewing his call on the government to review its position on West Papua.

A Polish man who faces a 15-year prison sentence if convicted for alleged links to Papuan separatists is scheduled to appear in court Monday for the start of his trial, an Indonesian of

Yohanes Sulaiman – Four months out from Indonesia's presidential election, recent surveys by various respected pollsters indicate that incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will win.

The Supreme Court's decision to send an Indonesian high school teacher named Baiq Nuril to prison for six months for recording audio of her principal making explicit and inappropriate s

The government is maintaining its security focused approach as it hunts down members of an armed rebel group believed to have been responsible for the killing of dozens of construction

A new app called Smart Pakem was released by the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) late last month.

Paulina Quintao – The President for the Special Olympics, Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves, said people with disabilities, including intellectual, vision, and hearing, and with other phys

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru Police have named two individuals, identified as KS and MW, as suspects of vandalizing campaign material belonging to the Indonesian Democratic

Jakarta – Lion Air announced Monday it was funding a multi-million dollar search effort using a Dutch company for the second black box and missing victims from doomed flight JT-610.

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade deficit reached US$2.05 billion in November, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Monday.

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has reiterated that Indonesia would not interfere in China's handling of Uighur Muslims amid pressure from the nation's ulema council

Zunita Putri, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) has welcomed a suggestion by the Islamic based Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) for next year's

Jakarta – National Police Chief Tito Karnavian demanded all officials of public relations unit settle negative issues related to the police.

Jakarta (Antara) – Cholil Nafis, Chairman of the Da'wah Commission of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said that the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) and the National Commission on V

James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – He's a controversial former army general, multi-millionaire businessman and failed presidential and vice-presidential candidat

Jakarta – At least 300 villagers are hiding in a forest in Indonesia's Papua province on Friday after they fled fighting between soldiers and separatists who killed a group of workers b

Isal Mawardi, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has opened the 2018 National Defense Run in Jakarta, an event which was attended by around 3,000 participants representing var

On December 16 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo attended a gathering of TNI (Indonesian military) village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa) from throughout Sumatra at the Ba

Banda Aceh Mayor Aminullah Usman says he will revoke the business licenses of hotels in Banda Aceh that provide facilities for people to celebrate New Year.

Devina Heriyanto – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) has again ruffled some feathers after announcing its strong stance against polygamy, saying the practice – which is allowed, if

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has asked the public to report any involvement of its members in the ransacking of a house that belonged to the parents of a man accused of assaulting two

Ainur Rohmah – At her age of 51, Yuni Shara has to worry about her safety in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, all because she is transgender.

Reports of children being raped and sexually abused are unfortunately not too rare in Indonesia, but the case of one girl, who was allegedly repeatedly violated by her own uncle over th

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Dozens of Democratic Party (PD) flags and banners were found ripped off and torn in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Saturday, just as chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Pekanbaru – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo handed over about 6,000 land certificates to residents during his working visit to Pekanbaru, Riau, on Saturday, as pa

Jakarta – Setara Institute for Democracy chairperson Hendardi believes that the statement by the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Deputy Secretary General Ahmad Ba

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian groups pushing for an increase in the minimum age for girls to marry, from 16, said it was encouraged by a Constitutional Court order on Thursday (Dec 13)

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – Presidential candidates incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and contender Prabowo Subianto are stepping up their efforts to claim sup

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta chapter has strongly condemned alleged violence and intimidation against two journalists covering a mob at

Indonesia's military will take over construction of a massive infrastructure project in Papua after a massacre of workers earlier this month.

Anne Barker – In a rare move, Lion Air has agreed to foot the bill for a new, more advanced search to find the cockpit voice recorder from its 737 Max-8 plane that crashed in Indonesia

Wamena (Antara) – Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) planned to take over the development project of Trans Papua in Yal and Yigi District, Nduga, following the shooting incident by armed gro

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – In a decision that may pave the way for the elimination of rampant child marriage in Indonesia, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the 16

As Indonesia's current Minister of Finance and a former managing director at the World Bank, Sri Mulyani is no doubt one of the most powerful women in Indonesia (she was even ranked the

The stranger showed up at the girl's door one night with a tantalising job offer: Give up your world, and I will give you a future.

Jakarta – Environmental activist Eva Bande and a local group from Central Java, Sedulur Sikep, have won the prestigious human rights Yap Thiam Hien award for their roles in agrarian con

James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies – Born on September 9, a month after a magnitude 7 earthquake smashed the resort island of Lombok, she has only ever known tents and temp

Jakarta – The practice of open defecation in rivers and other open spaces is still rampant in West Jakarta, an official has said.

Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo from the Golkar Party is asking the government to urge the United Nations to designate the Free Papua Movement (OPM) as

While many Indonesians supported Grace Natalie, the chairperson and founder of the young and progressive Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), when she said in a speech last month that her

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Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspected Cianjur Regent Irvan Rivano Muchtar and several parties cut off some Special Allocation Funds (DAK) for the

Denpasar – Mifta'im An'am Maulana Habiburrohman is not your typical Muslim preacher. Instead of a skull cap, he wears a Javanese headdress over his 1980s-style mullet.

Damien Kingsbury – Timor-Leste started the year in political chaos and ended it with a return to the confrontational politics of the past.

Jakarta – One upset fan said the fashion choice was not vulgar and that anyone could see women dressed in mini-skirts at any shopping mall in Indonesia.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Education will become another focus of the government's development plans in Indonesia's easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua after it mana

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko announced that people within the Cabinet have been delegated to handle unresolved cases of severe Human Rights violations.

Jakarta – A crowd of angry people, allegedly military personnel, ravaged and set fire to the Ciracas Police Station in East Jakarta, on Tuesday night.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission has clamped down on a television advertisement featuring a Korean female pop group "singing and dancing while wearing li

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla firmly stated that the option upon engaging in a dialogue with Papuan separatist groups is off the table since the Indonesian governme