The infamous Alexis Hotel in North Jakarta can no longer operate legally after the government chose not to renew its business license in October 2017.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has declined to respond to a so-called reunion rally of Muslim protestors who staged a demonstration on Dec.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has elected Abdul Manan, a journalist with TEMPO, and CNN Indonesia journalist Revolusi Riza as its new chairman and secretary general, respe

Maya Ayu Puspitasari, Jakarta - The release of sketches of two suspects allegedly involved in the attack against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan did not deter th

Vincent Bevins, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia is placing prohibitive restrictions on the sale of e-cigarette materials, and Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita last week offered an easy solution fo

Vast swathes of rainforest are destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, threatening endangered species and pushing indigenous people off their lands

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta - The latest poll conducted by the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) showed three important findings regarding the level of radicalism in Indonesia.

Members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua are converging on Vanuatu's capital for their first major summit since the body's inception.

Celestina Soares, Est – The President of Timor-Leste National Youth Council (CNJTL), Maria Dadi Magno said unemployment rates in Timor-Leste are high and increasing annually, because now there are

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The national meeting (Munas) and major conference (Konbes) of Indonesia's largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), ended on Saturday with a c

Amirullah, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has called on the government to address radicalism issues by, among others, monitoring the development of religiou

Stephanie Zillman – Thousands of Indonesian seaweed farmers who say Australia's worst oil spill destroyed their livelihoods are to have their class action against a Thai-owned petroleum company hea

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Hanta Yuda, executive director of pollster Poltracking Indonesia said the public satisfaction on President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) leadership is 67.9 percent.

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The Presidium of Alumni 212 Rally announced a plan to held a reunion that will be attended by Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab reportedly will return to Indonesia to attend Maulid Nabi (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad) celebration and the Alumni 212

Jeffrey Hutton – Susi Pudjiastuti shows off a copy of an application for a permit submitted one year before she was named Indonesia's fisheries minister in 2014.

Alin Almanar, Jakarta – Police are close to identifying two men suspected of carrying out an acid attack on a prominent antigraft investigator seven months ago, a police chief said on Friday (24/11

Istman Musaharun Pramadiba, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Functional Group (Golkar) party would continue to support President Joko Widodo or Jokowi in the upcoming 2019 Presidentia

Jakarta – "Dear City Council, the PDIP [Indonesian democratic Party of Struggle], the PPP [United Development Party], the Democratic Party, the Hanura Party, the PKB [National Awakening Party] and

Sheany, Jakarta – As part of the government's effort to increase foreign investments to the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday (24/11) held an event in Jakarta to highlight and prom

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – Indonesia's ongoing effort to arrest the Speaker of the House, Setya Novanto, for corruption has been playing out in headlines with melodramatic turns, from a hospital s

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – Aida Widyawati boards a commuter train each day to travel from her home in South Tangerang, west of Jakarta, to her job as an office manager in the center of Indonesi

Arzia Tivany Wargadiredja – When police fatally shot a Taiwanese national accused of dealing drugs from a low-rent apartment complex in Central Jakarta earlier this week, it was just the latest dea

Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura, calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency.

Len Garae – An expected total of 50 West Papuan Leaders from West Papua and beyond and supporters of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association, are going to take part in a walk from Saralana Park to

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – The Ministry of State Owned-Enterprises, tipped to oversee an acquisition of a majority stake in the local unit of Freeport-McMoRan, has "no clear structure" yet for the d

Makassar, Jubi – A member of Papua Regional Representative Council (DPD-RI) from Papua, Yanes Murib, accused TNI and Police of making public deceived of the situation in Tembagapura, Timika to all

Throughout the epic legal drama between Indonesia's House Speaker Setya Novanto and the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) over the senior politician's role in the massive e-KTP corruption case

Polygamy is legal in Indonesia – each application subject to review by religious courts who have jurisdiction over marriage.

Jayapura, Jubi – People's Union Front (FPR) requested for PT Freeport in Tembagapura, Timika to be closed.

Chaula Anindya – Indonesian lawmakers are currently deliberating revisions to an existing anti-terrorism law which appears insufficient in facing the threat of Islamic State (IS).

Jakarta – Celebrations are moments of joy to commemorate milestones in a person's life, or a nation.

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – Indonesia has a long way to go before the country can fully embrace the so-called "Fourth Industrial Revolution," panel members at the 2017 Indonesia Economic Forum said in

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the government appreciates the role of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as Indonesia's biggest Islamic organization in

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Golkar deputy treasurer Zulhendri Hasan on Thursday visited the party's chairman and graft suspect Setya Novanto, who has been detained at the Corruption Eradication Comm

Pacific Media Watch – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned a brutal attack against journalist Saldi Hermanto in Timika, Papua, and called for a campaign of letter protests.

John McBeth, Jakarta – As Golkar party chairman and speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, Setya Novanto clearly knows where all the skeletons lie.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The city administration has said all religious institutions are welcome to ask for grants following the city administration's plan to grant billions of rupiah t

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and his deputy Sandiaga Uno have been invited to the first anniversary of the 212 rally, a huge gathering of Muslims last year that pushed the prosecution

Recently inaugurated Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has been getting hammered with criticism this week after the reveal of his administration's proposed regional budget for 2018 was found to have

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan invited the Interfaith Communication Forum (FKUB) to City Hall for the second time on Thursday morning to announce that he would support

Indonesian law enforcement officials are constantly going on about the country's "drug emergency" and using shaky statistics about the number of people killed by narcotics each year as a justificat

Jakarta (Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – One might find the notion of a huge pork market in Indonesia laughable.

Jakarta – New York based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to order the chiefs of the National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) to immediately ban v

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) Senior Economist Faisal Basri said that Indonesia's economic growth in the medium and the long-run is tending to s

Jakarta – Thousands of protesters who took to the streets on Dec.

In early November, police reported 1,300 people were "being held as hostages" by a "group of armed criminals" in the villages near Tembagapura, Papua, a district that holds one of the largest gold

Jakarta – Jakarta Tourism and Culture Agency head Tinia Budiati has called on residents to be positive regarding the administration's plan to use the National Monument (Monas) for religious events.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has proposed a working visit budget for next year at Rp 107.7 billion (US$7.9 million) – much higher than a similar allocation last year, which was Rp 28.7 bill

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The West Java administration has set Karawang regency's minimum wage at Rp 3.92 million (US$289.99), the highest in the country.