Jakarta – Loans extended by Indonesian banks grew 7.7 percent in June from a year earlier, the slowest pace for any month since October, the financial services authority said on Friday.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration has set aside more than Rp 67 trillion (US$5.014 billion) from the 2017 draft budget for social assistance through various programs, ahead of

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) fireband cleric Rizieq Shihab has been questioned in Saudi Arabia regarding his alleged role in an on-going pornography case, said National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – The Mimika Police in Papua are investigating a shooting incident, which affected a long-wheel base (LWB) vehicle at gold and copper miner Freeport Indonesia's mining area in Tembagapura d

Jakarta – The Bogor police have named a man identified as M, 25, as a suspect of allegedly burning red and white umbul-umbul (decorative flags) placed by residents around Ibnu Mas'ud pesantren (Isl

Jakarta – Next year, the government plans to allocate Rp 404 trillion (US$30.23 billion) for infrastructure development, according to the draft state budget announced by President Joko "Jokowi" Wid

John Cheong-Holdaway – In 2016 Indonesia's Ministry of Public Works dramatically underestimated the funds it needed to acquire land for toll road development.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has threatened to cut the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) and Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS) facilities of those caught encroaching on sidewalks.

New Zealand's public broadcaster says a protest in Indonesia won't deter it from covering West Papua.

Eve Warburton and Edward Aspinall – For much of the past decade, observers have praised Indonesian democracy.

Pacific churches have come out in support of West Papuan self-determination while endorsing the referenda planned for New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea's Bougainville.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the cultural costume dress code for the Independence Day ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Thursday morning was his own idea.

Bec Strating – Amid the celebrations of ASEAN's 50th birthday last week, the question of whether Timor-Leste will soon be granted full membership lingers.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Tenggulun, East Java – The first thing former terrorist Ali Fauzi Manzi does when he meets Fairfax Media is apologise to Australia and the 88 Australian victims of

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received details provided by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) regarding the flow of Rp 2.3 trillion (US$172 mi

Alif Satria – Much existing commentary on supposed conservative trends in Indonesian Islam, either in media or opinion pieces, tends to forget the distinction between identity and behav

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the only living former president not to show up at the House of Representatives on Wednesday as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo addresse

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave a glowing review on Wednesday of the performance of the House of Representatives for passing key legislation, despite criticism that lawmakers have fai

Jakarta – As thousands of low-cost apartment residents have yet to pay rent as of today, Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat has told them that, if they want to continue living in the apartments

Jakarta – The low-cost apartment management (UPRS) in Tambora in West Jakarta sealed 105 residential units on Monday as the residents had not paid the rent for more than six months.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In the state of nation address before members of the People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday, President Joko "Jokowi" told the audience that the third year of his admini

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said that the contract of gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia will be extended to 2041 as the company agreed to

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared war on corruption and called on everyone to support the campaign, in his annual state address on Wednesday in front hundreds of polit

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The war on drugs was one of the focal points of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's state of the nation address on Wednesday.

Summary execution-style killings between 1982 and 1985, known locally as penembakan misterius (mysterious shootings), or Petrus, were infamous as a means of bringing down crime rates in the country

Siktus Harson, Jakarta – Three weeks after its parliamentary election, Asia's most Catholic nation Timor-Leste remains leaderless and could be heading for a minority government.

Jakarta – A march in support of Papuan independence in Central Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon (15/08) ended with the arrest of several protesters and allegations of police brutality.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has set a target to collect Rp 1.61 quadrillion (US$120.3 billion) in tax revenue next year, according to the proposed 2018 state budget read by President J

An Australian miners' union says 10 people have died in Indonesia's Papua province due to a labour dispute at the Grasberg mine.

Protests have been held in several cities in Indonesia to mark the anniversary of the agreement which sealed West Papua's incorporation into the republic.

Jakarta – Social media giant Facebook opened its office in Indonesia on Monday, after years of operating in the country.

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has admitted the government was late in becoming aware of shifts in spending patterns, particularly among middle-class citizens, who have st

Jakarta – Publicly listed property giant PT Agung Podomoro Land (APL) may breathe a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court allowed the company to continue with construction work on Islet G, one of

David Sobolim, Jayapura – At least 100 people from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) were arrested in Yogyakarta, Semarang and Jakarta duri

Bastian Tebai, Semarang – As many as 100 people were arrested by police when the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held peaceful demonstrations

Jakarta – Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Rosan P. Roeslani has suggested that the government temporarily relax certain taxes to encourage people to spend.

Chanry Andrew Suripatty, Jayapura – A peaceful rally by thousands of protesters from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Waena Abepura, Jayapura, rejecting the August 15, 1962 New York Agre

Jakarta – Indonesia posted its first trade deficit since late 2015 in July, as imports surged more than exports did, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said on Tuesday (15/08).

Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata – After blocking Telegram since July 14, the Indonesian government has lifted its ban on the encrypted messaging service that has become popular as a platform for radical

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – Reports about the shooting of an indigenous Papuan by police officers early this month in Deiyai district, Papua, have renewed focus on how human rights abuses

Human Rights Watch in Indonesia is calling for more international scrutiny of the country's Papuan provinces.

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Minutes before Indian truck driver Gurdip Singh was due to be killed by a firing squad the power went out in his cell on Indonesia's penal island Nusakambang

Jakarta – Raid, shoot, kill and repeat.

More than 10,000 people turned out in Indonesia's Aceh Sunday to stage a record-breaking song and dance performance stressing the need to conserve a threatened national park in the country's wester

Jakarta – Garbage collectors in Depok, West Java, launched a strike on Monday to demand a better payment scheme.

Jakarta – Two weeks after the Jakarta administration announced Bulan Patuh Trotoar (Orderly Sidewalk Month) to discipline vendors and motorists who encroach on sidewalks, the city's Public Order Ag

Jakarta – A video apparently criticizing Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan over the route his car took during heavy traffic in Jakarta has gone viral.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyadi Indrawati has admitted that the Directorate General of Taxation has not been able to optimally collect taxes from rich people because of regulation constraint

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to lower taxes on domestic sedan sales in a bid to promote the country, the biggest car market in Southeast Asia, as a manufacturing hub for sedans, a finance ministry off

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