Despite Indonesia's stable economic growth over the last few years, unemployment and concerns about job prospects remain a major issue, especially amongst young people.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Whether or not Setya Novanto is guilty of colluding with businessmen, government officials and fellow lawmakers to rig the multi-million dollar

Indonesia's anti-graft commission said on Thursday it will declare the speaker of parliament a fugitive if he does not turn himself in after being accused of involvement in the theft of US$170 mill

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has said it would provide legal assistance for chairman Setya Novanto after the nation's antigraft body issued a warrant for his arrest for his all

Sheany, Jakarta – The National Democratic Party, or Nasdem, on Wednesday (15/11) nominated President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as its candidate in the 2019 presidential election.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has condemned an assault of a couple accused of having premarital sex in Tangerang, saying the act was inhumane and de

After arresting four moral vigilantes suspected of parading a young couple naked through the streets of a village in Tangerang Regency on Saturday, authorities have captured two more responsible fo

Heyder Affan – A number of locations in the vicinity of Purwodadi, Central Java, have been confirmed as sites of mass grave, places where bodies were disposed of and sites where people accused of b

Andreas Harsono – An Indonesian organization representing victims of the mass killings of 1965-66 has located 16 suspected mass graves in central Java that may contain the remains of up to 5,000 vi

Since his appeals to mainstream (and hardline) Muslim voters was such a major factor in his election win, some were concerned that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan would appeal to his base by enacti

Jakarta – The Jakarta Small and Medium Enterprises Agency is investigating reports about the "rental" of Tanah Abang sidewalks to street vendors, and the alleged involvement of civil servants in th

The West Papua National Liberation Army, or TPN, has told villagers in Mimika regency their conflict is not with them but with Indonesian security forces.

Jakarta – The lawyers of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama have said that Buni Yani's 18-month prison sentence for hate speech is too lenient.

Herlambang P Wiratraman – Every International Labour Day, workers across Indonesia conduct major protests against outsourcing, low wages, and workforce liberalisation policies.

Jakarta – The government has collected Rp 991.2 trillion (US$73.20 billion) in taxes and excise duties from January to October, or 67.3 percent of the Rp 1.47 quadrillion targeted in the 2017 revis

Jakarta – A visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has projected that the Indonesian economy will grow 5.1 percent this year, slightly lower than the Fund's official projection of 5.2 perc

Michael Rose – Laying bare the greed for petroleum resources that has steered five decades of Australian policy regarding East Timor, Kim McGrath's "Crossing the Line" is a masterfully written and

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – The head of an Indonesian group representing victims of the mass killings of alleged communists in the mid-1960s said he had pinpointed 16 suspected mass grave sit

Driver discipline and road safety is obviously a big problem in Indonesia, but just how bad is it?

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Unidentified gunmen fired at a patrol car owned by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) in Tembagapura, Mimika regency, Papua, on Tuesday morning, injuring one employee.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – A member of the Papua Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob), Brig. Firman, was shot and killed by unidentified assailants in Tembagapura, Papua, on Wednesday.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A recent Jakarta Health Agency report on leprosy prevalence has recorded a relatively high number of new cases this year through the implementation of early det

Besides the politicized accusation of blasphemy against former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, many said the capital's previous leader was deeply unpopular amongst the capital's poo

Buni Yani, the university lecturer who played a crucial part in Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's imprisonment for blasphemy and his defeat in the Jakarta election, is also heading to jail after bein

Jakarta – The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) has called on the government to stop issuing licenses for hotel construction because currently the country has a surplus of hotel ro

Erin Cook, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has managed once again to dodge liability in one of the country's biggest ever corruption c

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration invited ulema and other religious leaders to City Hall on Tuesday to express its commitment to reduce social inequality in the city.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan plans to revise the prevailing governor regulation that bans people from holding religious ceremonies at the National Monument (Monas) park in Central Jaka

Jakarta – Bukit Duri residents who won a class-action lawsuit against the Jakarta administration for evicting them from their homes in early 2016, have called on Governor Anies Baswedan to fulfill

Lalu Rahadian, Jakarta – Vertical and horizontal conflicts in Papua province will not be resolved until the Indonesian government provides the Papuan people with an opportunity to determine their f

Royson Willie – A West Papuan leader in Vanuatu, Mr Andy Ayamiseba, has publicly on his facebook called for armed resistance in West Papua with pictures of armed West Papuans.

Sam Wanda, Timika – The Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Inc closed the main access road to its giant copper mine in the eastern province of Papua on Tuesday for the second time in three days af

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta municipal government today demolished illegal dwellings in the vicinity of the Western Flood Canal, Jl.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Monday that the antigraft body did not need written permission from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to summons House of Representatives

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Jakarta Corruption Court judges sentenced former House of Representatives lawmaker Miryam S.

An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz death camp has removed the exhibit after protests.

Jayapura – The Papua provincial government has explicitly refuted a statement by the Papua regional police chief that residents have been taken hostage by an Armed Criminal Group (KKB) in the villa

Bambang Hari, Jakarta – An employee at the PT Freeport Indonesia gold-and-copper mine in West Papua, Aser Gobai has refuted information that a PT Freeport worker has been taken hostage by an armed

An Indonesian human rights lawyer says there is no hostage crisis in the Mimika regency of Papua province as claimed by police and government officials.

Fergus Jensen, Jakarta – The Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Inc has reopened the main supply route to its huge copper mine in Papua, the company said on Monday, after the road was closed on Su

Kyodo News – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will convene a meeting of senior officials next month to discuss admitting East Timor as a member, Asean officials said Sunday.

Free Papua Organisation (OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambon denies that his group has acted in a criminal manner by taking hundreds of local people hostage and raping them.

Jakarta – Authorities in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua are delivering food and aid to villages where security forces say an armed rebel group has blocked residents' movement, as police and

Amilia Rosa and Jewel Topsfield, Timika, Papua – A community leader from one of the villages caught up in a conflict inside Papua's giant mining area has insisted that all villagers are safe.

Jakarta – Two suspected militants were shot dead on Sunday morning after allegedly setting fire to the main building of the Dharmasraya Police headquarters in West Sumatra.

An Indonesian museum that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size wax sculpture of Hitler against a backdrop of the Auschwitz concentration camp has removed the exhibit following internat

Jakarta – Indonesian security forces in the eastern province of Papua are preparing to storm five villages that they say are being held by an armed rebel group, police officials said on Saturday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's plan to revoke a regulation that prohibits motorcycles from entering Jl.

Antara, Jakarta – State Administrative Law Lecturers Association (APHTN) chairman Mahfud MD stated that regulations in Indonesia are not well-structured and it causes inefficiency.

Joseph Patrick McCormick – Indonesia has blocked GIFs on WhatsApp in an attempt to stop "obscene" images from being shared, including "gay photos".