Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Waste management is a challenging and never-ending issue faced by many administrations, including those in Greater Jakarta.

Dyaning Pangestika and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The number of early smokers and obese people, as well as chronic, non-infectious disease sufferers in Indonesia is increasing acco

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The city-owned water company of Surakarta (PDAM Surakarta) has struggled to provide clean water for the Central Java city for the past two weeks as rivers

Jakarta – Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Thomas Lembong says the government has lost its focus in the effort to improve its ranking in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business

Jakarta – The Basic Health Survey (Riskesdas) 2018 released on Friday shows that the trend of weight problems in Indonesian adults has increased from 2007 to 2018.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained House of Representatives deputy speaker and senior National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Taufik Kur

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Novel Baswedan demanded that the terror against KPK officials be legally processed.

Hengky Yeimo and Benny Mawel, Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) just accomplished the Second Congress that held on 23-25 October 2018 in Kampung Vietnam, Waena.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Garut, West Java – Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry geothermal director Ida Nuryatin said on Friday that total non-tax revenue from the geothermal energy

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources extended on Thursday the temporary special mining permit (IUPK) of gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTF

A huge protest march in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday brought thousands of Muslims to the streets waving black flags emblazoned with the shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith ("There

Jakarta – A planned rally to protest the recent burning of a black flag bearing an Islamic creed is a waste of energy and not relevant, a senior government official has said.

Aisyah Llewellyn – Indonesia just can't catch a break.

David Hutt – Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia's newest and poorest nation, is slowly but surely drawing closer to China, a move that is raising antenna among its allies and neighbors and ini

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Erwin Renaldi – Indonesia's peak body for broadcasting has warned local journalists not to sensationalise the reporting of the Lion Air plane crash, in a bid to stop widespread "unethic

Clara Chooi – Why did Lion Air JT610, operating a near-new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, crash just 13 minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Monday?

Jakarta – The government has doubled the allocation of cash assistance distributed through the Family Hope Program.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The government has called for unity and asked the nation not to succumb to provocations by the banned mass organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will hold a discussion today upon commemorating the 500-days of the attack against KPK investigator Nov

Syafiul Hadi, Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) political corruption division coordinator Donal Fariz questioned the government's commitment upon solving the terro

It has been just about 18 months since the acid attack that scarred and partially blinded Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan, and police still sa

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration announced on Thursday the 2019 minimum wage, which has been set at Rp 3.94 million (US$260), as stated in Gubernatorial Regulation No. 114/2018.

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Christopher Knaus and Jessica Bassano – The nation's spy watchdog is carefully considering a complaint alleging Australia broke the law when it bugged Timor-Leste's cabinet during lucra

After electing a new leader, the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, has called for a general strike of all Papuan workers.

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The government has aired its "deep concerns" about the execution of Indonesian migrant worker Tuti Tursilawati, which was carried out on Monday without the prio

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In Indonesia, there's a saying that goes, "It's better to have your hand above than below," meaning it pays to be charitable.

Indonesia holds the unfortunate distinction of being the world's second largest producer of plastic marine waste in the world, behind only China.

Indonesia's currency woes have not tarnished its president, so far.

Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) says its rice stock of 2.4 million tons is adequate to meet domestic demand.

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has recorded Rp 173.8 trillion (US$11.4 billion) in investment in the third quarter, 1.4 percent lower than investme

Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed on Wednesday the 2019 state budget bill into law in a plenary session led by House Deputy Speaker Agus Hermanto, after minor interruptions

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – The Lion Air Boeing 737 Max jet that crashed in Indonesia on Monday flew erratically the previous evening and its air speed readings were unreliable,

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The Migrant CARE advocacy group has called on the Manpower Ministry to cancel a recent agreement with Saudi Arabia to send Indonesian migrant workers to the kin

David Hutt – After more than a year of political uncertainty – which included two general elections in the space of eleven months, one failed minority government, impeachment threats ag

James Elton-Pym, Brett Mason – The "emasculation" in Australian aid and the amount of money flowing to expensive consultants has forced Pacific nations to accept grants and loans from C

James Massola, Karuni Rompies & Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The Lion Air flight that crashed into the ocean on Monday, killing 189 people, had suffered problems on the previous day's fli

Brigid Delaney – The 15th Ubud Writers and Readers festival wrapped up on Sunday, after five days of panels featuring more than 150 speakers.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the presidential candidate number 02, met with a number of religious leaders at Asshodiqiah Islamic Boarding School, Kaliwage, Semarang

Jakarta – Indonesian officials should uphold the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the face of renewed anti-LGBT statements and discriminatory policy pr

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Taufik Kurniawan a suspect in a graft case surrounding the delib

The Bekate Color Run was scheduled for October 21 in the West Sumatra city of Bukittinggi, but no runner crossed the finish line because the race event never happened.

Keith Loveard, Jakarta – The local government in West Java's Cianjur regency told mosques in the region that their Friday sermons on Oct.

One of the (many) reasons why Indonesia has such infamously high smoking rates is that cigarettes are so incredibly visible and available here – it's hard to walk more than 100 meters i

Jakarta – Chairman of the East Java branch of youth organization Pemuda Pancasila (PP), La Nyalla Mattalitti, 59, has apologized to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for spreading rumors t

James Massola, Karuni Rompies, Amilia Rosa & Jenny Noyes, Jakarta 00 Indonesian authorities have predicted there will be no survivors after a passenger plane carrying 189 people, op

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The coordinating spokesperson for the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election campaign team, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, says that God Almighty and militancy ar

Depok – A labor union in Depok, West Java, has demanded an increase of 25 percent to the current minimum wage of Rp 3.58 million (US$241).