Jun Suzuki, Dili – China is increasing its influence in East Timor as the small Southeast Asian nation's relations with its traditional aid providers weaken.

Jakarta – Steep increases in cigarette excise taxes, instead of incremental ones, will do a better job in reducing poverty and improving health, the director at the University of Indonesia's Center

Aisyah Llewellyn – When tourists in Indonesia change money for the first time, they often get quite a shock.

Danny Chivers – Could you swim for 30 hours? Right now, a six-person swimming team is preparing to do exactly that, relay-style, across the 69 kilometres of Lake Geneva.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Bitter rivalry during this year's simultaneous elections, including in Papua, have forced the Papua Police to partner with the Indonesian Military (TNI) and th

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested an Indonesian Military (TNI) member, identified only as Second Sgt. S, for allegedly distributing shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine).

Gary Kleiman – Indonesia stocks, which have lagged the region and the broader MSCI Emerging Markets Index with a 12% advance through July, revved up briefly after the central bank announced a surpr

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Thousands of members of mass organizations affiliated with Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama and students of madrasah diniyah (Is

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested on Wednesday evening the Transportation Ministry's sea transportation director-general, Antonius Tonny Budiono.

Deiyai, Jubi – In a parliamentary plenary session, Wednesday (August 23) the Regent and Deiyai Parliament had agreed to expel PT Dewa Putra Paniai and Brimob (mobile brigade) troops from the region

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Prioritizing only infrastructure will not be enough in developing Papua and must be balanced with the empowerment of its human resources, a Papuan community le

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – In an attempt to net trillions of rupiah, the Jakarta Tax and Levy Board has called on associations and dealers of luxury cars to help them collect tax arrears from car owners

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have foiled attempts to distribute drugs inside its own headquarters, according to Jakarta Police Narcotics Unit head Sr. Comr. Nico Afinta.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) have criticized a plan by the Kuningan District Court to confiscate customary land belonging to the traditional Adat Karuhan Urang (AKUR) Sunda

Jakarta – Three people have been arrested over allegations that they jointly administered Facebook groups that incited hatred based on race and religion, police said on Wednesday (23/08).

Stephen Wright and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – In a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian company and its Chinese partner are pushing ahead with an industrial wood plantation in a tropical forest an

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Every Thursday afternoon for 10 years, Bedjo Untung has stood for an hour across from the Presidential Palace in Jakarta carrying banners, wearing black clothes and holding

On Tuesday August 22 scores of protesters from the Anti-Militarism-Seize Democracy Student Front (FAMRED) launched an action in front of the Yogyakarta State University (UNY) Sports Building (GOR)

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian authorities wielding the country's dangerously ambiguous blasphemy law have claimed another victim: Siti Aisyah, the owner of an Islamic school in Mataram, Lombok Islan

Ben Henry – Under previous presidencies, Christian Indonesian immigrants living illegally in the US were required to check in with immigration officials every few months, but they were not deported

Jakarta – Fingerprints were not found on a mug allegedly used in an acid attack on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) lead investigator Novel Baswedan.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will carry out a trial run of a ban on motorcycles from Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat to the Senayan traffic circle in South Jakarta, from Sept. 12 to Oct. 10.

Jakarta – The chief of the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, Comr. Gen.

Phelim Kine – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous "war on drugs" may now be claiming victims beyond his country's borders: suspected drug dealers in Indonesia.

Jakarta – A recent barter agreement between Indonesia and Russia is projected to reach Rp 15 trillion (US1.14 billion), according to Trade Minister Eanggartiasto "Enggar" Lukita.

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso has stated that he is ready to execute any agency officers caught accepting bribes from drug suspects.

Jakarta – Last week, Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the government had agreed to extend PT Freeport Indonesia's contract to 2041 in exchange for the company's a

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said the government will continue to reduce its dependency on foreign debt, which is still needed to cover the deficit in the state budget because spendin

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the government would likely prefer to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel power plants in several locations, bec

Jakarta – Dita Wahyunita does not like walking the streets of the Indonesian capital.

Jakarta – Some residents of Kalibata City apartment complex in South Jakarta have reported the management of the apartments to the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas Ham) on suspicion of a ma

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has warned of an increasing risk of land and forest fires from August to September as a result of the prolonged dry s

Police fired tear gas at hundreds of students protesting against allegedly corrupt government officials at East Timor on Monday, forcing members of Parliament to suspend a scheduled auction of gove

Jakarta – Culture director general at the Culture and Education Ministry Hilmar Farid said of 400 museums operating in the country, only 15 percent opened their doors to visitors.

Ade Surya, Makassar – Scores of students from the Democracy Concern Coalition (Kopidemo) held a rally at the Jl.

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Police in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua have named six people as suspects out of 17 arrested on Saturday after a violent demonstration by former mine wo

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura – Thousands of people rallied in Deiyai, Papua on Monday to demand the perpetrator of a recent fatal shooting in the regency be brought to justice.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) needs to improve its performance in handling judicial review requests to curb potential misconduct, human rights watchdog Setara Institute has suggested.

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Siti Aisyah, the owner of an Islamic learning center, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for spreading "misguided" Islamic teachings.

Ananda Muhammad Firdaus, Bandung – A group of protesters calling themselves the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held an action in front of the Independence Building on

Dili – Hundreds of students in East Timor clashed on Monday with police who fired tear gas to disperse the crowds protesting against alleged government corruption.

Resty Woro Yuniar – It's been nearly two decades since Indonesian dictator Suharto was toppled in a people-led revolution that was supposed to put the country on the road to full-fledged democracy.

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – The hero of East Timor's independence, Xanana Gusmao, will continue to lead his country's sensitive negotiations over maritime boundaries with Australia despite his party

Jakarta – Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan has called on the hardline Muslim group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to join efforts to promote national unity and protect the country's ideology of P

Jakarta – Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi on Saturday (19/08) expressed his disappointment over a misprint in the Indonesian flag in the promotional materials distributed at the 2017 Southeast Asian G

Hundreds of former workers of Freeport Indonesia clashed with security forces near the company's mines in the eastern province of Papua on Saturday and three workers were injured, company and union

Jakarta – A controversial election bill has been passed after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed it into law on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson Johan Budi said on Saturday.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Four lecturers and students at the state-run Nusa Cendana University (Undana) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have been identified as being connected with the disbanded Islami

Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – Jakarta governor elect Anies Baswedan hopes that the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) can shed its negative image which is so often associated with the organisation.

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – The recent escape of four foreign inmates who tunneled their way out of Kerobokan Prison, a high-security facility on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, could