Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are set to reopen an investigation into a case of alleged blasphemy involving University of Indonesia (UI) lecturer Ade Armando following a S

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – While the number of hot spots in some areas across Sumatra is declining with the onset of the rainy season, land and forest fires in Jambi continue to break out.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Twelve women have been evicted from their home in the conservative Indonesian province of West Java amid renewed fears of crackdown on sexual diversity.

Jakarta – A rights group is calling on the Indonesian government to immediately investigate a raid by police and village leaders that forced 12 women described as lesbians out of their community.

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has revoked a ban on the construction of islets C and D in the Jakarta Bay by PT Kapuk Naga Indah (KNI), a subsidiary of property giant Agung Sedayu

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Islamic groups behind the mass anti-blasphemy protests that rocked Jakarta last year are planning a "solidarity action" near Borobudur – the world's large

There are signs of a significant peace dialogue opening up between Indonesia's government and West Papuans.

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Indonesia's revisions to new oil and gas production-sharing contracts are positive for investors, the leading energy industry association said, amid waning interest in ene

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has rejected mounting calls for the government to expel Myanmar's ambassador to Indonesia Aung Htoo following the outbr

Bec Strating – Last Friday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced a 'breakthrough' in maritime boundary conciliation proceedings between Timor-Leste and Australia.

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John McBeth, Jakarta – The enigmatic expression on Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's face as she sat between Mines and Energy Minister Ignasius Jonan and US-based Freeport McMoRan Copper &am

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Ika Ningtyas, Banyuwangi – Heri Budiawan alias Budi Pego, an activist opposing a gold mine in Banyuwangi, East Java, has been indicted under the draconian anti-communist articles.

Vincent Bevins, Humbang Hasundutan – It is cold and late on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Huddled around a map, a group of elders are planning their battle strategy.

Damien Kingsbury – Australia's agreement with East Timor to settle a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea appears to bring to an end a long-running and often bitter dispute, which has marre

Jakarta – Business people have enthusiastically welcomed the latest 16th economic package on the acceleration of business implementation, which aims to improve coordination between ministries and p

Jakarta – Leaders of the Indonesian Buddhist Council are calling for unity, repeating the familiar line that terrorism has no religion, and urging Indonesians to resist provocations that may endang

Jakarta – Freeport McMoran (FCX) has stated that it still controls Grasberg mine in Papau, even after the company divested 51 percent of its shares in its subsidiary, PT Freeport Indonesia, as requ

West Papua advocacy groups based in Australia and New Zealand have urged the Pacific Islands Forum to act decisively on Papua.

An investigation into a fatal incident on Papua's south coast last month found an Indonesian military officer used gunfire to respond to a melee in a fishing dispute.

Jakarta – The head of the Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ) has said that widening motorcycle bans in the city would lead people to switch to using private cars, which would worsen traffic cond

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has advised businesspeople to not talk about politics and to instead concentrate on improving the economy through investment.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Klaten, Central Java – Residents of 13 villages in Kemalang district, Klaten, Central Java, are being forced to buy clean water, as the dry season has caused wells and rivers in

Jakarta – Female couples have been expelled from their rented house after local authorities of Tugujaya village, Bogor regency, West Java, accused them of being lesbians.

Local police in Bogor raided a rented home on Saturday night due to reports that the 12 women living there were lesbians. Authorities say the women left the village after the raid.

Jakarta – Former Constitutional Court judge Patrialis Akbar has been sentenced by the Jakarta Anticorruption Court to eight years behind bars and ordered to pay a fine of Rp 300 million ($22,500) o

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Scores of farmers from the North Kendeng mountains held a protest action in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on September 4.

Michael Leach – In a major joint announcement on Saturday, Timor-Leste and Australia declared they had reached an agreement on "central aspects" of a maritime boundary determination.

Jakarta – With a stubbornly low percentage of residents using public transportation, the Jakarta Transportation Agency has set an ambitious target of 60 percent of journeys in the capital being mad

Analysts have cautiously welcomed a new maritime agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste.

Jakarta – A molotov cocktail was thrown at Myanmar embassy in Jakarta in the early hours of Sunday (03/09), the Jakarta Police said.

Jakarta – Indonesian Muslim organizations have condemned the recent deadly bouts of violence that killed hundreds of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and called on the United Nations to stop the violen

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Australia and East Timor have reached agreement on developing billions of dollars of oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea, ending years of bitter disagreement.

Jakarta – In an effort to boost religious tourism in Indonesia, the Tourism Ministry lends its support to a religious event held by Islamic boarding school Pesantren Sirnarasa Foundation dubbed Pes

Libertina Widyamurti Ambari, Bogor, W Java – The Association of Advocacy for Policies and Human Rights (PAK-HAM) of Papua will hold an international conference on human rights on the protection and

Jane Norman – Australia and Timor-Leste have resolved their bitter and long-running dispute over maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea, in what is being described as a "landmark day" in the relation

Jakarta – More than a thousand rusunawa (low-cost apartment building) units are to be rented out to middle-class Jakartans in a cross-subsidy scheme.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a judicial review petition challenging the 2012 law on Yogyakarta's special status, paving way for Sultan Hamengkubu

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are investigating senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan over alleged defamation of the antigraft body's director of investigation,

Jakarta – The Jakarta-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) hopes the upcoming meeting between the Indonesian government and a United Nations committee on migrant workers will provide momentum fo

Phelim Kine – This week, Suciwati Munir, the widow of Indonesian human rights defender Munir Thalib will conduct what has become a grim, annual ritual – a public appeal for justice and accountabili

A West Papuan independence leader says he will petition the United Nations General Assembly later this month with the signatures of his people.

East Timor's new parliament is ready to be sworn in next week but it's still unclear who will be prime minister.

The brutal occupation of West Papua is under-reported – but UK and US corporations are profiting from the violence, write Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson.

Jerome Aning – As a young man, Abdon Nabadan loved nature-tripping – climbing mountains and trekking forests.

Jakarta – Nongovernmental organizations and experts have raised concerns over the undiscussed details in a recent agreement between the Indonesian government and United States mining giant Freeport

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said she will look into the rising losses of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia to find out whether anything was wrong with its investment strategy.

Martahan Sohuturon, Jakarta – Four Indonesian police (Polri) officers have been found guilty in relation to a clash that took place in Bomou village, South Tigi district, Deiyai regency, Papua, in