Jakarta – The government is to intensify its labor programs next year in 100 regencies and cities in its effort to boost job creation, kontan.co.id reported on Monday.

Timor-Leste (East Timor) has other oil deposits with potential for commercial exploration in the Greater Sunrise field, which will guarantee production over the next few decades, the Timorese Prime

Jakarta – Three well-known public figures, including children of the late President Suharto and opposition party leader Prabowo Subianto appear in the Paradise Papers, a global investigation releas

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – As many as 50 pedicab drivers have been prepared to transport the guests of the wedding of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's daughter, Kahiyang Ayu, and

Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said that nuclear energy is the most expensive of all energy.

Last week's big news in Jakarta was the closure of the Alexis Hotel, which recently inaugurated Governor Anies Baswedan said was just the beginning of a moral crusade to eradicate prostitution in t

Wataru Suzuki, Jakarta – Low inflation, interest rates cuts and cheaper fuel have not been enough to excite Indonesian shoppers, as weak household consumption continued to weigh on Indonesia's econ

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Civilians were reportedly on the receiving end of attacks by armed assailants who set kiosks on fire following attacks against security personnel around a mini

Bangkok – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has reached a decision to refrain from admitting East Timor to the regional grouping within the year, it was learned Saturday from ASEAN diploma

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – A young Indonesian couple who believe cigarettes killed their baby son want the country's Government to shut down the nation's powerful tobacco industry.

Manila – How "inclusive" and "pro-people" is ASEAN, as it marks its 50th anniversary this year?

Painan, W Sumatra – The Communication and Information Ministry has blocked some 6 thousand sites containing negative contents, including radicalism, communism, and pornography last year, an officia

Ahmad Bil Wahid, Jakarta – The Alumni 212 held a commemoration of the 411 Action at the Al-Azhar Mosque in South Jakarta.

Nabire, Jubi – International Academics for West Papua (IAWP) is a network that was started in 2016 by a group of academics concerned about the ongoing human rights abuses in West Papua, will launch

Paul Garvey – Timor Leste will start negotiations today with Woodside Petroleum and other members of the stalled Greater Sunrise liquefied natural gas project in an attempt to finally resolve the r

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – In contrast to the transparent bureaucracy that was promised during their gubernatorial campaign, new Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and his deputy Sandiaga Uno have th

Budi Waseso, the head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), is known for his somewhat... unconventional ideas about dealing with Indonesia's supposed drug crisis.

AC Nielsen research shows that the recent decline in consumption is not a result of a shift to online shopping because the digital trade segment accounts for only 1 percent of consumption.

One of the greatest achievements of the previous Jakarta administration was their success in keeping the sidewalks and streets of Tanah Abang free from street vendors selling anything from clothes

Jakarta – A group of activists have reported Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil to the Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged maladministration in the issuance of right to build and rig

Jakarta – Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said although it had no traffic impact analysis, the city would continue with its 10 infrastructure projects for the sake of the public.

Jakarta – The deputy chairman of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), Hidayatullah, questioned the findings of Indonesian ombudsmen revealing that its members allegedly collected unauthoriz

Winny Tang, Nusa Dua, Bali – One of the reasons hampering the acceleration of the oil palm tree replanting program is the fact that many plots still have unclear legal status, Agrarian and Land Spa

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is now preparing "ease of doing business" task forces in both the central government and all regional administrations to help smooth the licensing process for th

News that the Jakarta police had arrested a woman on Tuesday for allegedly spreading "defamatory" memes about House Speaker Setya Novanto, who is infamous for dodging corruption charges throughout

Edward Aspinall & James Scambary – One of the surprises of East Timor's July parliamentary election and the subsequent wrangling over the formation of a new government has been the role played

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has granted around 1,000 farmers in Teluk Jambe, Karawang regency, West Java, permits to use 2,145 hectares of forest areas as part of the government's soci

Jakarta – Labor unions have expressed their disappointment over the city's 2018 provincial minimum wage (UMP) that is even lower than promised.

The photo purporting to show Setya Novanto receiving intensive care at Jatinegara Premier Hospital spawned a meme that has now led to at least one arrest.

Jakarta – Police have arrested a woman suspected of distributing online content deemed defamatory to House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar chairman Setya Novanto.

Jakarta – Nearly 20 percent of high school and university students in Indonesia support the establishment of a caliphate in the world's largest Muslim-majority country over the current secular gove

Matthew Ozug – Below a highway overpass in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, college students eat fried noodles and spicy chicken stew from brightly lit food stalls that fill this gritty space.

Jakarta – The rise of radical narratives across different institutions in Depok, West Java, has been perpetuated by anti-Western concepts, notions of Muslim inferiority and hatred toward "enemies o

Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno promised on Thursday that the city would develop sharia-based hotels to absorb workers who lost their jobs after the closure of the Alexis Hotel in No

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman revealed on Thursday that some Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers had asked for illegal levies from street vendors in six areas in the city in retur

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The increased cost of living during a stagnant business period has forced middle-class consumers to purchase cheaper goods to meet their daily needs, fast-moving consume

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Air Force military police in Medan, North Sumatra, have arrested seven airmen for their roles in an alleged robbery attempt of a couple carrying Rp 70 million (US$5,168

David Hutt – For months, Gatot Nurmantyo, the Indonesian military chief, has been courted self-aggrandizing controversy wherever he may find it, all designed, it seems, to make himself more politic

John McBeth, Jakarta – Locked in protracted negotiations with the Indonesian government over the future of its hugely profitable Grasberg mine, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold now faces an unste

David Oliver Purba, Jakarta – Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) president Said Iqbal says that former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok had far more courage in setting the p

Jakarta – Six months after the acid attack against the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) top investigator Novel Baswedan, the National Police have yet to name any suspect in the case.

Jakarta – The city administration reached a decision on Wednesday to set the provincial minimum wage at Rp 3.6 million (US$265).

Jakarta – Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, the son of former president and Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, continued his trip to meet senior figures in an attempt to gain support and p

Biak, Papua – The Indonesian Air Force plans to deploy a squadron of fighter jets in the Manuhua Airbase in Biak Numfor district, Papua province, next year after its status has been upgraded to typ

Jakarta – The Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) has recorded stable economic conditions up to the third quarter this year, but it has also recorded negative perception of the people's pur

Grace Amianti and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia has progressed significantly in deregulating its economy as its ranking in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index for 2018 has climbed

Jakarta – Jakartans spend a longer time in traffic compared to citizens of other major Asian cities, a study revealed on Wednesday.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The daughter of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Kahiyang Ayu, is counting the days as her wedding to Bobby Afif Nasution is fast approaching.

Authorities in Indonesia's capital have shut a hotel and spa complex which is allegedly known as a hotbed for high-class prostitution in Jakarta.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The newly enacted Transportation Ministry regulation on ride-hailing applications failed to immediately put tensions to rest as protests by both conventional and online