Jakarta (Antara) – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Mardani Ali Sera believes Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto should prepare a strategic strategy if he wants to compet

Anne Barker – The isolated western Java village of Ciburuy has possibly one of the highest rates of albinism in Indonesia, and nobody seems to know why.

Jakarta – Amid reports of sexual harassment in public transportation, including the commuter line, PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) says commuters must report sexual harassment when t

Jeffrey Hutton – When Dr Selvy Anggeraini took over as the head of one of Jakarta's busier government health clinics, she had a budget of 1 billion rupiah (US$72,500) to treat the 350 o

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Hundreds of people wearing blue T-shirts walked around the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta during Car Free Day on Sunday to campai

Kathryn Robinson – 21 April – Hari Kartini, or Kartini Day – is a day of civic celebration in Indonesia when the nation commemorates the birth of a young Javanese woman who lived and wr

The People's Movement Conference (Konferensi Gerakan Rakyat) which was held over two days on April 19-20 at the Hotel 678 Cawang in Jakarta, was a historical milestone in carving out a

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto, said that the Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS) has a special relationship with Ger

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – President of the Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS) Sohibul Iman stated that his party has been offered to be the third political axis to run in the 2019 president

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Opposition leader Prabowo Subianto is reportedly still weighing up several options for 2019: challenging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's candidacy, nom

Abeth You, Paniai, Jubi – Students from Kampung Waa, Tembagapura Sub-district, who are currently studying in Australia request the Indonesian Military and Police officers to release the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Association of Synthetic Fiber Producers (APSYFI) has called on the government to revise its plan for a 10-day Idul Fitri holiday, arguing that the extended hol

Heri Juanda, Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Indonesia's deeply conservative Aceh province on Friday caned several unmarried couples for showing affection in public and two women for prostituti

A group of amorous couples and alleged sex workers were publicly whipped for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh Friday, just a week after the province pledged to move the widely c

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has revised its investment target this year by 27 percent to only US$37.2 billion, with the biggest cut of more than 50 percent comin

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – An outspoken opposition politician has lambasted a recent move by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to relax the recruitment process for foreign workers.

John McBeth, Jakarta – Its ambitious quest for beef self-sufficiency apparently stalled, Indonesia's government is now importing substantial quantities of low-quality Indian buffalo mea

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government looks poised to derail a long-awaited bill on the rights of the country's indigenous groups, calling it "not a necessity" and say

Even though prostitution is illegal in Indonesia, there are many "localized" ("lokalisasi" in Indonesian) sites, akin to red light districts, where authorities turn a blind eye to the b

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The deputy secretary general of the Great Indonesia Movement Party [Gerindra], Andre Rosiade, said his party was finalizing political ties and deals with

Jakarta – A number of women traffic police commemorated Kartini Day by wearing kebaya while on duty in East Jakarta on Friday.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The United Indonesia Party (Perindo), founded and led by media mogul-cum-politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, is seen as the richest among the political part

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Gerindra sec-gen Andre Rosiade said the party's chair Prabowo Subianto would soon kick off campaigns to absorb people's aspirations in a bid to jack up the latter'

Some sidewalks in Indonesia feature tactile paving strips designed to guide blind pedestrians, which is great, but it's clear that some designers are painfully oblivious as to their act

Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – The National Police's chief of security maintenance division, Comr. Gen.

Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia's new antinarcotics chief Heru Winarko called for an expansion of rehabilitation centers across the country on Wednesday (18/0

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) says it has discovered many suspicious transactions, both cash and electronic, carried out

Bobby Anderson and Adrian Morel – Last year's "hostage stand-off" in Indonesian Papua had hardly ended before more armed clashes began.

The 2019 presidential election is widely expected to be a rematch of 2014's contest between President Joko Widodo and Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto, as the two rivals are the only

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Results of a survey conducted by Cyrus Network revealed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo would win if the presidential election is held today.

Apriadi Gunawan, Karo, North Sumatra – Thousands of villagers affected by the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatra, staged a rally on Thursday to urge the government to hel

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has warned mining companies over the sluggish progress on the construction of smelters, which is a requirement under the stipulations

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) has identified suspicious transfers of funds from Indonesia to Singapore and the UK in con

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has questioned the Environment and Forestry Minister in the latest development in their investigation of the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation project,

David Hutt – The campaign season is now in its second week in Timor-Leste ahead of another general election on May 12.

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen.

Shannon Power – A man who gave up a lucrative career to seek asylum in Canada, said moving away from Indonesia stopped him 'being gay'.

Ben Bohane – China, China, China. All the talk is of increasing Chinese influence in our region. But this is to wilfully ignore the elephant in the room.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Supporters of regent and deputy regent candidates in Central Mamberamo regency have allegedly protested violently over a Constitutional Court (MK)

Jakarta – Economic data released so far this year shows a pick-up in the growth of Indonesia's economy.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Karawang Police Chief Adjutant Senior Commissioner Hendy F.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Youth Center Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak publically supported the ban against former corruption convicts to run as legislative ca

Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – Gerindra Deputy Chairman Fadli Zon stated that the party is prepared to accept any requirements asked by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the 2019 presidenti

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Golkar politician Agung Laksono said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will not consolidate with opposition party leader Prabowo Subianto for the 2019 Pr

Last month, Governor Anies Baswedan passed a new Gubernatorial Decree (Pergub) that gives his administration the power to summarily revoke the business license of any nightlife venue in

Shannon Power – An Indonesian man has allegedly killed another man for adding him to a LGBTI group on WhatsApp.

The East Java Provincial Police arrested three married couples for alleged swinging in the city of Malang yesterday in yet another case of consensual sex in a private setting being crim

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has announced that Indonesia's foreign debt reached US$356.2 billion in February, up 9.5 percent growth from the preceding month.

Sheany, Jakarta – The religiously charged rally that drew hundreds of thousands to central Jakarta in December 2016, has shown the great impact of religion upon politics and arguably ma

Jakarta – A 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl in Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, have received permission to attend premarital counseling by the regency's Religious Court after they insist