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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has finally grown tired of accusations that his administration's plan to disburse funds to subdistricts across the count

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The government's plan to disburse funds to subdistricts across the country has been met with criticism from the opposition, which says such funds are politica

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Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said that from six oil and gas blocks that had been auctioned since August, only two

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has held a commemoration of National Santri Day at an event which also celebrated the anniversary of the Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Students Fr

Cooking pork with dates is probably nothing more than a form of culinary expression in most parts of the world, but here in Indonesia it has sparked debates about blasphemy because of a

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Heading toward the 2019 presidential election, Jokowi's camp seems to have learned from the 2014 election where they lost the voters' concentration area of West J

Rina Ayu, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko says that law enforcement and human rights have progressed in the four years of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice Presiden

Indonesia's leading human rights organisation says president Joko Widodo has failed to honour human rights commitments including in Papua.

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Since the 2019 presidential campaign period officially opened on September 22, both presidential and vice presidential tickets have waged "guerrilla warfare" th

Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has arrested two Indonesian Army (TNI) personnel who were allegedly involved in drug trafficking.

Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti relished in the improved performance of Indonesia's fishing industry ever since the administration began cracking down

Resty Woro Yuniar – Infrastructure projects Indonesia signed up to as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative are likely to be reviewed if former general Prabowo Subianto wins next yea

Some people really wanna dance.

Jakarta – State-owned logistics company Bulog has attributed the decline of its rice absorption to the ending of the harvest season and the damage to facilities caused by the Central Su

Presidential candidate Number 2, Prabowo Subianto, has received a boost in support from the Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Students Front (Front Santri Indonesia, FSI) which was est

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has held a commemoration of National Santri Day at an event which also celebrated the anniversary of the Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Students Fr

Tsubasa Yoda, Singapore – Indonesia's foreign reserves have fallen to a level not seen for two years after the central bank's repeated interventions in the currency market to defend the

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi is ranked 16th in the list of the world's 500 most influential Muslims for 2019 edition.

Jakarta – The death toll from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province last month has reached 2113 and there's still more than 1300 people missing.

A billion-dollar hydroelectric dam development in Indonesia that threatens the habitat of the world's rarest great ape has sparked fresh concerns about the impact of China's globe-spann

Calum Stuart – The vice president of a popular Indonesia-based ride-sharing app has been received a 'sanction and a strict warning' after posting a pro-LGBTI message on Facebook.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Stigma and discrimination continue to hinder people with leprosy from having a normal life, according to World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassa

Jakarta – Teachers of early childhood education school Tunas Bina in Tamansari, West Jakarta, have deplored the sudden demolition of the school building by Public Order Agency personnel

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – After President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared that Indonesia would accept foreign aid to reconstruct Central Sulawesi following a strong earthquake with

James Massola, Jakarta – It's the slogan that helped propel Donald Trump to the White House, emblazoned on hats, bumper stickers and t-shirts across the USA and which has resonated arou

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Voxpol Center Research and Consulting executive director, Pangi Syarwi Chaniago, responded to the red note written by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in terms of

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Four years after his election, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has yet to fulfill many of his promises on the issues of human rights and graft eradication

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) revealed the reasons that made the Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (JK) administration fail to

Jakarta – The West Java Police have arrested a man and his partner for allegedly running a Facebook page for the gay community in Bandung, West Java, in Indonesia's first case of crimin

Max Walden, Jakarta – Majority-Hindu Bali has long been considered more tolerant of different sexual identities compared with other parts of Indonesia, especially amid recent anti-LGBT

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Dita Oepriarto, the suspected mastermind behind the Surabaya church bombings in May, believed the world would end in 2018 and was driven by his apocalyptic b

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) deemed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had failed to accomplish the first point of his promis

Jakarta – The families of some national heroes have threatened to remove the bodies of their relatives buried in Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, following an attempt by the Indonesian Militar

Jakarta – The Agrarian Spatial Planning Ministry has as of October distributed 6.2 million land certificates, nearly reaching its target of handing out 7 million throughout the year.

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) commissioner Mochammad Afifuddin said the fundraising advertisement of presidential and vice presidential pair Jokowi-Ma'ruf

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – As it turns out, several retired Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Generals have not gone entirely into retirement heading toward the 2019 Presidential Election.

Following an attack by masked assailants that led to cancellation of the traditional Javanese sedekah laut ceremony in Cental Java's Bantul regency on Saturday, another cultural festiva

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police have claimed that two suspected terrorists killed in a raid in Tanjung Balai on Thursday had planned to attack Buddhist temples and pol

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry has said it was still trying to find some 56,000 missing state assets under its control.

Ahmad Syamsudin (Benar News) – LGBT people in Indonesia are facing renewed pressure after a ride-sharing company's message of support triggered an anti-gay response in the world's large

Jakarta – The Cianjur regency government in West Java is planning to issue an appeal to the principles of all primary and senior high schools along with equivalent educational instituti

Jakarta – The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) advocacy group Arus Pelangi (Rainbow Current) has slammed the Cianjur regency government's call for mosques to present sermon

Rik Glauert – A local government in Indonesia on Wednesday (17 October) sent a circular to the region's mosques asking them to preach on the dangers of the LGBTI community and HIV at pr

Jakarta – A Gerindra Party Jakarta councillor running for reelection is being investigated for reportedly campaigning at a state junior high school in West Jakarta.

Jakarta – The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) has launched a program called the Protecting Voting Rights Movement (GMHP) to verify the city's electoral roll ahead of

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party has accused two of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ministers of publicly demonstrating politic

Bandung, CNN Indonesia – West Java Governor Uu Ruzhanul Ulum says that his office will not make an issue over the appeal by the Cianjur regency government calling on all mosques to pres

Sheany, Jakarta – Most Muslim teachers in Indonesia are intolerant of other religions and highly prone to radicalization, a recent survey showed.