The woodcarvings of the Asmat people of Papua are world famous.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo called on banks to diversify their loan disbursement to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to help them expand their

Caretakers of a mosque in the city of Meulaboh, Aceh cut down 10 pine trees that were planted just outside the house of worship's front fence.

Zulkifli Muhammad Ali is a famous firebrand preacher in Indonesia who often gives sermons on TV programs such as Islam Itu Indah (Islam is Beautiful).

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry said on Thursday (18/01) activists should stop provoking fishermen to protest against government po

Michael Sainsbury, Dili – Timor-Leste's constitutional crisis, due to come to a head on Jan.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has slammed the approval of the new EU bill on clean energy by the European Parliament on Wednesday, which, among other things, wil

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday (17/01), picking among others Golkar secretary general Idrus Marham

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, will soon issue a reference standard for law enforcers and members of the public to exercise authority

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has doubled its budget for a program to develop irrigation systems in country areas which is also intended to create more jobs for gras

Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said Indonesia plans to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to two South Asian countries – Pakistan and Banglade

Dozens of pre-school children in a region of Indonesia's Papua province have died from malnutrition and measles in the past few months.

In Indonesia, bird-singing competitions have become a major obsession among many.

The Indonesian government continues to maintain its hardline rhetoric about the country undergoing a deadly "drug emergency" that has been used to justify their use of the death penalty

Bandung, West Java – A number of chicken traders in Bandung, West Java announced a plan to go on strike for three days starting on Friday on account of a lack of supply and price increa

Padang – Refusing to be evicted from their land, on Wednesday January 18 hundreds of local residents from Kapalo Koto in Limau Manis village, Pauh regency, Padang City, blockaded the ma

Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ) has stated that the city administration never consulted them on the new transportation policies that have recently been in the media

Jakarta – Indonesia is deploying military paramedics to carry food and vaccines to a remote part of its easternmost province of Papua, where reports say at least 61 infants died from ma

Jakarta – The former chairman of the East Java Chamber of Commerce and Industry La Nyalla Mattalitti denies saying that the Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto had extorted him.

Francis Chan, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (Jan 17) appointed another senior member of Golkar Party to his Cabinet by replacing Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Pa

Wataru Suzuki and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, his third such change since taking office in October 2014, roping in sen

Jakarta – The East Java police have reportedly taken down hundreds of social media accounts that mainly focus on spreading hoax.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Regency Administrations Association (APKASI) has called on the central government to review its plan to import rice, as it will cause farm-level prices for unhu

Eliza Handayani – Jakarta can be a stressful place to live in, with heavy pollution and few green spaces, street artist Marishka Soekarna says.

Lion Air is one of the fastest growing airlines in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, but it has also been the subject of numerous articles regarding passenger complaints about the airline,

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti received fishermen, mostly from Central Java, at the Presidential

Edzan Raharjo, Yogyakarta – Protesters opposing the New Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA) at Kulon Progo held a demonstration this afternoon at the Yogyakarta Regional House of Re

Jakarta – The government's decision to import 500,000 tons of rice to ease the increasing price of the commodity received criticism as critics said it would affect the income of farmers

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's (MK) ethics council has handed down a sanction and issued a verbal warning to Chief Justice Arief Hidayat in relation to all

Jakarta – A young couple in Belapunranga village in Gowa regency, South Sulawesi, has been forced to marry in a traditional ceremony after being caught alone at a rambutan farm by local

Fadli, Batam – Personnel from Batam Immigration Office in Riau Islands province are looking for two foreign nationals who allegedly joined a protest by ride-hailing application drivers

Jakarta – Violations of religious freedom declined in Indonesia last year, indicating that the country's efforts to promote tolerance are starting to pay off, the Setara Institute said

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia posted an $11.84 billion trade surplus in 2017 – a five-year high – thanks to improving exports to key trading partners and as the global economy conti

So far, the rise of Islamist politics has not hurt his popularity.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt stood at US$347.3 billion in November last year, growing by 9.1 percent year-on-year (yoy), according to Bank Indonesia's (BI)

Concerns that the Indonesian government will keep using the country's draconian Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) to silence critics seem unlikely to be addressed thi

Deasy Simandjuntak, Singapore – As Indonesia faces its election years of 2018 and 2019, experts have begun speculating whether the rift between the government and the forces riding on c

Ariel Heryanto – Many Indonesians are worried about the damage that hoaxes and disinformation are causing to social cohesion in the country.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Fishermen Association (KNTI) has recorded that Indonesia has failed to achieve both its production and export targets in the fisheries sector in las

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Jakarta branch of Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists, or AJI, urged the country's press council on Sunday (14/01) to raise the minimum wage of

Last Friday's protest by Islamic hardliner groups under the coalition name "Alliance Against Facebook's Wickedness" came to a rather awkward and anti-climactic conclusion as the social

Jakarta – Jakartans can expect to see the long-banned becak (three-wheeled pedicabs) return to the city's streets with Governor Anies Baswedan signalling plans to bring back the human-p

Jakarta – The head of research at the Centre of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia has questioned the validity of the government's rice data.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army Chief of Staff General Mulyono said that the army has formed a supervisory team consisting of an internal intelligence agency to face the political year of

While LGBT and human rights defenders in Indonesia celebrate a small victory in December, when the Constitutional Court rejected a petition that would've made homosexual acts (and all f

When you really want to skip work today but you're annoyingly healthy, who you gonna call?

Jakarta – Setya Novanto's former lawyer Fredrich Yunadi said that his arrest made by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was a form of criminalization against lawyers.

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has said a peak rice harvest would occur in February, hoping that the country would see a substantial increase in rice stocks next month.

Jakarta – Several farmers have said they have not gained from the current high rice prices, claiming an increase in prices was caused by speculation by traders who have stockpiled the c

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has teamed up with the National Police to prevent transactions using cryptocurrency bitcoin in Bali after the central bank declared it an illegal form of p