Budaya Syirik, Bantul – A Sedekah Laut traditional thanksgiving ritual in the Central Java regency of Bantul, which was to be held on October 13, has been cancelled after a mob wearing

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 21 people, including 11 schoolchildren, left 15 missing, an

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Dutch government has appealed a court decision that holds it liable for abuse and torture against an Indonesian man while he was held captive by the Du

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should follow in Malaysia's footsteps in abolishing the death penalty, a human rights group has said.

John Duerden, Kuala Lumpur – On September 23, Haringga Sirla, a Persija Jakarta fan, did what tens of thousands of Indonesians do every weekend: he went to watch his favorite football t

Ni Komang Erviani and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta and Nusa Dua – Police arrested and later released six activists protesting the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-

Jakarta – Thousands of contract teachers in Bekasi, West Java, have not received their salaries for the past two months on the back of the stalled deliberation of the revision to the ci

Jakarta – Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) Chief of Staff retired Major General Kivlan Zen says that three of the political parties supporting incumbent President J

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) head Abdul Manan said reporters and law enforcers had the same intention to seek the truth.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – The School of Husbandry at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has prohibited a seminar involving two former ministers, who are members of presidential candidate pair

Chaerul Umam, Jakarta – Political observer Boni Hargens says that the current discourse in Indonesia about the revival of communist ideas should stop and be left in the past.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Kharishar Kahfi and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The release of a recent collaborative investigative report accusing a senior police officer of accepting bri

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto exemplifies the action of the United States which declared a trade war with China.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin camp has criticized Prabowo Subianto's "Make Indonesia Great Again" speech, an obvious refe

Dias Prasongko, Nusa Dua – President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo said that the global economy is like the popular TV series, Game of Thrones.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take action and investigate the two former KPK investigators who allegedly

Dili – The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Taur Matan Ruak, received on Thursday the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Marcelino Medina, who is on a wo

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens an

Karina M. Tehusijarana and Nedi Putra AW, Malang – A history seminar scheduled for Oct.

Denpasar – Police arrested and later released five activists from the Community Resistance Movement (Komunitas Gerak Lawan) to prevent them from holding a protest action against the ann

Len Garae – "Let me assure the world that I can see the light at the end of the dark tunnel, that now the whole world knows more about West Papua than ever before so this is sure confid

Clyde Russell, Launceston, Australia – Indonesia wants to export more coal in order to earn U.S.

Rio Apinino – Police have closed down the Peoples' Global Conference Against the IMF-World Bank which should have opened earlier today at the Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI) Auditorium i

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A total of seven people who claimed to have joined 212 Act declared themselves as representatives of Eks 212 Kawal Kiai Ma'ruf Amin (ex-212 alumni guard Kiai Ma'r

Seulki Lee, Jakarta – While the 2018 annual meeting of IMF-World Bank Groups entered its third day in Nusa Dua Bali, the parallel global civil society conference has been hassled by loc

Nusa Dua, Bali – An alternative conference on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meeting this week in Indonesia has been cancelled due to pressure

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Despite criticism of the government for not doing enough in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Sulawesi in late September, President Joko Widodo's p

Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad – Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and conserve biodive

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Hardline Islamists protested in Indonesia's capital on Wednesday over the investigation of an opposition activist who claimed that bruisi

Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina has announced a price increase for several types of non-public service obligation (PSO) fuels, which will take effect at 11 a

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Nusa Dua, Bali – The government canceled on Wednesday its plan to increase the price of subsidized Premium gasoline or the price based on public service oblig

Jakarta (Antara) – National Campaign Team (BPN) of Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno pair has prepared more than 300 lawyers to assist National Mandate Party (PAN) Honorary Cou

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – While the nation is still mourning the victims of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi, a bombshell allegation has emerged that im

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Public pressure amounted on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following the release of the investigative reporting by Indonesialeaks earlier on Monday.

Nusa Dua, Bali – A group of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) has called for a moratorium or a halt in new projects funded with foreign loans and a thorough audit into past and ongoing

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Approximately 6,000 contract-based teachers in Wonogiri, Central Java, have staged a strike, effectively halting daily activities at several

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a regulation to give informants financial rewards for blowing th

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A Facebook group page that claims to be a online hangout place for young gay people from Garut, West Java, has sent the religiously conservative regency in

The commander of the West Papua Liberation Army remains at large in the mountains of Puncak Jaya and is reportedly being pursued by Indonesia's military.

Tom Power – Several insightful analyses of Joko Widodo's approach to the presidency have been advanced since he took office.

Okky Madasari, Singapore – So it's the time of the year again, from the end of September to October.

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo has said involving the private sector in financing the government's infrastructure projects could boost economic growth to 6.5 percent fr

Kate Lyons – Foreign aid workers who rallied to the island of Sulawesi after the devastating earthquake and tsunami more than a week ago have been asked to leave the country by the Indo

Jakarta – The Pekanbaru High Court in Riau has declared an executive of palm oil company PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa (JJP) guilty of burning 1,000 hectares of peatland in Rokan Hilir regency,

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The coordinator spokesman of National Campaign Agency Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said the police summon to Amien Rais and Sa

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again evoked the dangerous and utterly fictitious threat of communism for apparent political purposes.

Paulina Quintao – The government of Timor-Leste together with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agency conducted an in-depth analysis of the main challenges for the country's e

Desy Setyowati – Civil society organisations will hold a People's Summit on Alternative Development on October 8-10 in Sanur, Bali.

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb in Palu – About 5,000 people are still missing, feared death, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi just over a week ago.

Arya Dipa, Bandung, Indonesia – The Bandung District Court postponed on Monday a pretrial hearing on the termination of an investigation into firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab's alleged de