Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has responded to the explosive allegation that two of his Cabinet ministers took bribes in relation to the e-ID graft ca

Hikmawan Saefullah – The punk movement is notable for its anti-establishment stance and distinct music and fashion style.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Environmental group Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (Walhi) revealed that 82 percent of Indonesia's land spaces are controlled by big corporations.

Wahyu Amuk, Padang – If Indonesia does not properly address the era of globalisation and modernisation there will be negative impacts with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)

Tom Allard, Agustinus Beo Da Costa & Kanupriya Kapoor, Bandung – A spate of mysterious attacks on Islamic clerics, schools and mosques in Indonesia in recent weeks has ramped up ten

Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto, the man widely expected to challenge President Joko Widodo again in 2019, has been haunted by Ghost Fleet this week after it was revealed that the fo

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – A mass media researcher Eriyanto said incident threatening the freedom of press continues to take place with a tendency to increase each year.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – "Most of them were convicted because they had jimat (traditional amulets) with them," said the Foreign Ministry's Indonesian citizen protection director, Lalu Muha

Yesterday, an internal memo from Jakarta's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) to the Jakarta Provincial Government detailing their plan to deploy 325 personnel to shut down Alexis Hotel –

Fiji's Opposition Social Democratic Liberal Party said it is deeply disturbed about allegations that the Fiji First Government acted forcibly to have Indonesia admitted as an associate

Jakarta – An entertainment entrepreneurs association has slammed a gubernatorial regulation that simplifies the process of shutting down entertainment establishments, as it claims the r

Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency has said that the majority of construction projects in the capital city are unsafe.

Helen Davidson and Christopher Knaus – The Australian government should return the passport of a former secret service agent who blew the whistle on an operation to spy on Timor-Leste,

Hundreds of students and local residents in Sukoharjo, Central Java, held a protest action in front of the Sukoharjo regional police headquarters (Mapolres) on Thursday March 22.

Around 80 students from the Alliance of Student Executive Councils (ABEM) in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang held an action at the Jl.

Sheany, Jakarta – The government sent a protest note to Saudi Arabia on Monday (19/03), after an Indonesian national was beheaded in Mecca.

The Timber and Forestry Trade Union (SPKahut) is demonstrating at the House of Representatives (DPR) demanding the payment of back wages and severance pay from a pulp and paper company

Jakarta – The recent misuse of data belonging to tens of millions of Facebook users has shown that Indonesian netizens must improve their awareness on data privacy, a digital rights gro

Victor Mambor Jayapura – High school student Riko Ayomi was already dying when police brought him home in Sorong, a city on the western tip of West Papua province, an eyewitness said.

Jakarta (Antara) – Prabowo Subianto's younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, does not deny that there are attempts by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to entice Prabowo as Jokowi's vice

Jakarta – A senior economist has said Indonesia's increasing foreign debt in the last three years had trapped the country's economy in being dependent on the global market.

Bagus Prihantoro Nugroho, Jakarta – The author of the novel "Ghost Fleet", Peter Warren Singer, has uploaded a photo of Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) chairperson Prabowo S

Jakarta – Standard & Poor Global Ratings has said the debt to earnings before interest depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) ratios of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been wors

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police Inspector General Setyo Wasisto initially suspects that the motive behind the recent fake egg hoax is to spread fear and merely scare

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Joining the wave of what the industry has described as a "negative campaign" against palm oil, three documentaries on oil palm plantations have been released

Ivany Atina Arbi – Dozens of people took showers together in front of Jakarta's City Hall on Thursday in protest of the involvement of private companies in supplying pipe water to house

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has testified during Thursday's court hearing that illicit money gained from the e-ID graft case was als

Shannon Power – Australia and other Asian leaders may have missed a golden opportunity to confront Indonesia on the increasing persecution of LGBTI people there.

The on-oil economy of Timor-Leste (East Timor) contracted by 1.8% in 2017, mainly the country's economy, according to a World Bank report.

Ryan Dagur – Indonesian weekly magazine Tempo has defied radical Muslims' demand for an apology over a cartoon which they said insulted a Muslim cleric.

Indonesia says it is not in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to undermine a push for self-determination in its Papua region.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government is courting foreign investors in a bid to lure investment to fuel its infrastructure development program, given the state budget's limit

Jakarta – Cases of violence against women and children in Jakarta remain unchecked, with teenagers and school students comprising the majority of perpetrators, a governmental center has

Datuk Haris Maulana, Aceh – Since the armed conflict broke out up until a peace agreement was reached, to this day Aceh still does not have any cinemas.

Clips from a speech by Gerindra Party chairman and former general Prabowo Subianto, which were posted to Gerindra's official Facebook page on Sunday, caused a stir in Indonesia with its

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – In the Jakarta headquarters of the Indonesian Solidarity Party, or PSI, workers call each other "bro" and "sis," and their leader sets the sartorial standard

Alfan Hilmi, Jakarta – A political observer of Charta Politika Yunarto Wijaya said the speech of Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto who declared Indonesia to be dissolved in 2030

John McBeth, Jakarta – Nearly one year until Indonesia's parliamentary and presidential polls, speculation is already rife over who President Joko Widodo will tap as his running mate.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri visited the National Police headquarters on Wednesday t

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – While recent arrests of alleged Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) members has shed light on the group's network and online operations, several questions remain: what is

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia requested the police to perform assertiveness upon the intimidation shown by members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in the

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has said that ecological damage resulting from PT Freeport Indonesia's (PTFI) mining operations in Papua had caused Rp 185 trillion (US$12.95 bi

Jakarta – A crowd of activists protested in front of the Energy Building in the Sudirman Central Business District in Senayan, South Jakarta, on Monday to demand that garment company PT

Jakarta – Child sexual abuse targets more to boys than girls, the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said on Monday.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A joint statement supported by 39 individuals and institutions has called on Yogyakarta Governor Hamengkubuwono to revoke a Yogyakarta regional head instr

Jakarta (Antara) – A protest action against the execution of migrant worker Muhammad Zaini Misrin was held at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday March 20.

Niniek Karmini and Stephen Wright, Jakarta, Indonesia – A spokesman for the family of an indigenous Papuan teenager who died after 24 hours in Indonesian police custody said that the 17

A group calling themselves the Revolutionary Islamic Forum (FUIR) held a small demonstration in front of Jakarta City Hall yesterday afternoon demanding that Jakarta Governor Anies Basw

Prabowo Subianto, the former general and current Gerindra Party chairman, seems set to challenge President Joko Widodo once again in 2019 after losing to the one-time mayor of Solo in t

Damar Juniarto – On 1 March, the Indonesian National Police announced the arrest of 14 members of the so-called Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) network for defamation, spreading hoax news and h