Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – To celebrate this year's International Women's Day, female rights advocacy groups joined with the Yogyakarta Women's Struggle Committee (KPP) to stage a r

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has lauded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to reduce the annual income tax rate for small and medium enterprises

Jakarta – The Indonesian economy faces tough global challenges with the rupiah exchange rate weakening, says an economic team from publicly listed private lender Bank Danamon.

Jakarta – Foreign investors have been withdrawing capital from the Indonesian market since early this year in anticipation of an increase in the Federal Reserve fund rate, analysts have

Jakarta – A district head in Tangerang regency, Banten, identified only as AK, 48, has been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a foundation that aims to build a church.

Jakarta – Hendardi, the chairman of the SETARA Institute, an NGO focused on advocacy and research on democracy and human rights, has condemned an attack on St.

Ryan Griffiths – West Papuans have it much harder than Scots or Catalans. In West Papua it is illegal to fly the independence flag.

The Indonesian Government doesn't put a lot of energy into protecting animal welfare, with constant reports about the horrific conditions at local zoos or the cruel slaughter of dogs fo

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi District Court sentenced Trisna Utami, an obstetric gynecology specialist, to one year in jail for performing an abortion.

Michael Leach – When Timor-Leste terminated the CMATS treaty with Australia early last year, it overturned its fifty-year moratorium on boundary negotiations.

Mike Bruce – In 2005, Australian businessman Ian Melrose spent $3.5 million of his own money to support Timor-Leste's fight with Australia over lucrative oil and gas fields in the Timor

Indonesia's government collected US$756 million in revenue from the Freeport gold and copper mine in Papua province last year.

Though traffic police officers soliciting bribes is hardly a new thing in Indonesia, public outrage over the practice spiked recently after a video showing a cop calling a motorist a "d

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted Bimanesh Sutarjo, a doctor working at private hospital Medika Permata Hijau, for allegedly h

Jakarta – The Jakarta Social Agency has classified waria, or transgender women, as people with social dysfunctional traits, which has led to many waria being rounded up and sent to reha

James Massola, Jakarta – The Turnbull government has pushed back at Indonesia, saying it was unnecessary to renegotiate the maritime boundary between the two countries, a day after a se

Qadri Prartiwi, Jayapura – Commemorating International Women's Day (IWD), women activists and organisations in West Papua took to the streets in the Abepura area of Jayapura city and su

Elise Dwi Ratnasari, Jakarta – There were still traces left over from the rain earlier in the morning. Although it was cloudy, it still felt hot under the intense heat of the sun.

Almost one thousand women workers from the IndustriALL Indonesia Council Women's Committee commemorated International Women's Day (IWD) on the road in front of the House of Representati

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Dozens of women and several men marched in Jayapura, Papua, to show their support for the fight against gender-based violence on International Women's Day

The first few years of President Joko Widodo's administration saw the government pass sweeping new laws that made it much more difficult for Indonesian companies to hire foreign workers

Peter Milne – Woodside's Sunrise LNG project remains stalled as East Timor slams negotiations to agree on a development concept and dismisses incentives to send the gas to Darwin that i

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – Drivers working for Go-Car, a service under PT Gojek Indonesia, have been on strike since Wednesday, with the intention to continue it until Sunday.

Sheany, Jakarta – The number of reported cases of violence against women increased by 25 percent last year, according to an annual report by the National Commission on Violence against

At long last Australia has done something like the right thing by East Timor in the dispute over the maritime boundary the countries share.

Eva Safitri, Jakarta – Women activists from a number of different organisations commemorated International Women's Day (IWD) with demands for equality and opposing discrimination, viole

Anom Prihantoro, Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD), which was commemorated in Jakarta on Thursday, demanded equality for women in all spheres of life, including the workplace.

Today, Thursday March 8, is commemorated as International Women's Day (IWD).

Hanif Mustafa, Bandar Lampung – International Women's Day (IWD) in the North Sumatra city of Bandar Lampung was commemorated in a number of different ways.

"The Commission instead opted for the easiest way out, which is a shame as in my perception it reveals a lack of impartiality on your behalf!" – Chief East Timorese negotiator, Xanana G

Lia Wanadriani Santosa, Jakarta – Women from the Social Coalition for Disabled People (KMPD) are calling on the public to stop the practice of forced contraception for people with disab

Rizki Halim, Yogya – Dozens of women held a rally at the Zero Kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD) on Thursday March 8.

Jakarta – Five Indonesians made the list of 2,208 billionaires from 72 countries and territories worldwide released by Forbes on Tuesday.

Priska Sari Pratiwi, Jakarta – The issue of the alleged revival of the Indonesian Communism Party (PKI) has again reared its head with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo yet again being hit

Jakarta – An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism from Muslim groups and activists on Wednesday after it banned female students from wearing full-face veils citing fears

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Members of several Muslim organizations descended on Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN) in Yogyakarta to seek clarification over the campus' de

The existence of the long banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) still remains a highly controversial political topic more than 50 years after the country's bloody anti-communist purge

Yesterday, a video showing a traffic cop soliciting a bribe from a motorcyclist who was about to get ticketed for carrying excessive baggage went viral on social media in Indonesia.

Shannon Power – A group of vigilantes raided the home of two men who they alleged were gay. They then turned them over to police in Indonesia.

Jakarta – A West Jakarta official has admitted to ignoring the requests of a mother who sought the release of her arrested transgender daughter from a social house.

Peter Job – As announced by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on February 25, there appears to be hope at last for a settlement of the prolonged legal battle between Australia and Timo

Jakarta – Indonesia has blocked microblogging site Tumblr after complaints about pornographic content on hundreds of accounts, the communications ministry said on Tuesday.

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, convicted of the murder of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, has joined Tommy Suharto's new Working Party.

Muhyiddin, Jakarta – Activist and writer Taufik Ismail says that although the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) no longer exists in Indonesia it is currently starting to be revived in or

Clive Schofield – The signing of a treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste marking maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea represents a huge step forward in resolving the two states' long

Damon Evans – Findings from UN-backed Conciliation Commission show development of Greater Sunrise oil and gas in East Timor is unviable, contrary to what East Timor's government claims.

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that there is no under-five year old child who is a communist.

As the only province in Indonesia that is allowed to enact explicitly sharia-based laws, Aceh criminalizes everything from selling alcohol to homosexuality to adultery and even the simp

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Bagus Saragih, Jakarta – A string of fatal accidents is threatening to derail Indonesia's relentless infrastructure drive ahead of the Asian Games, a push seen as a key to revving up gr