Haeril Halim, Purwokerto, Central Java – A land certification program that forms a key part of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious agrarian reforms has begun to drive the growth of local eco

Haeril Halim, Purwokerto, Central Java – In a bid to speed up the process of issuing land certificates to people across the country, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo handed over 2,187 of them in Purw

The coalition government is under fire for ignoring East Timor and failing to send any ministers to Dili since it came to power in 2013.

Haeril Halim, Cilacap, Central Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo filled the first day of his Central Java working tour on Thursday with various religious activities by visiting several Islamic

Kavi Chongkittavorn, Bangkok (Reporting ASEAN) – By the time ASEAN turns 50 years old next year, Timor Leste could already be its eleventh member state.

Jakarta – Indonesia has hundreds of infrastructure projects in the pipeline and China's similar ambitious initiative may offer a way out for lack of funding in the Southeast Asian country as long a

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus in May was up by 23.6 percent to $470 million from $380 million in the same month last year, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced on Thur

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua House of Representative Commission I in charge of government, politics, law and human rights urged PT Freeport Indonesia to stop the employees' lay off.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) plans to demolish illegally built settlements in the Bukit Duri area in South Jakarta and Pasar Ikan area in North Jakarta, according to a city

Jakarta – Activists have blasted lawmakers for deliberating behind closed doors plans to implement longer detention of terrorism suspects, saying there are no grounds to do so amid heightened right

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – It's official: Djarot Saiful Hidayat is now Jakarta governor, replacing Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who was convicted of blasphemy last month.

Fardah, Jakarta – Over the past several years, labor strikes have hit PT Freeport Indonesia (FI), but the subsidiary of the US mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold has managed to find wi

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and National Police leaders will hold a meeting next week to discuss the latter's investigation into the acid attack on ace KPK investigator Novel

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government on Thursday launched the 15th economic policy package, which is aimed at improving logistics in the country.

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Ray Yen – During Ramadan, orphans are in high demand. Communal fast breaking, or Iftar, with orphans becomes a common Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice in the business sphere.

Jakarta – Members of the Constitutional Law and State Administrative Law Lecturers Association (APHTN-HAN) and experts from Andalas University's Constitution Study Center (PUSaKO) have called on th

Karis Salna, Singapore – What's good for Indonesia's fiscal chiefs is proving a headache for the central bank.

The lawyer representing a former-Australian-spy-turned-whistleblower in an East Timor bugging saga has called for a Senate inquiry.

All five bishops serving in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces have come under fire from indigenous Papuan Catholics for "staying silent" over alleged social injustices.

Federal Labor is hopeful Australia can reset ties with East Timor after years of turbulence over a maritime boundary dispute.

Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, Luqman-nul Hakim and Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih – More than any other previous Indonesian election, the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election saw candidates playing with iden

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy intends to strengthen religious education for students by excluding it from the regular in-classroom curriculum and

Krithika Varagur in Subang, West Java – The reality of working in a factory making clothes for Ivanka Trump's label has been laid bare, with employees speaking of being paid so little they cannot l

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif has said that the House of Representatives' right of inquiry should not be applied to the antigraft body beca

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted former Constitutional Court justice Patrialis Akbar for receiving bribes amounting to US$70,000 i

Jonathan Emont/Singapore – On April 11 Novel Baswedan, Indonesia's leading corruption investigator, was in the middle of a sweeping embezzlement case that implicated leading members of Indonesia's

Jakarta – The Islamic State militant group has a presence in nearly all provinces across Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, the military chief in Jakarta has said.

Jakarta – The Bandung District Court began on Tuesday the first trial hearing of Buni Yani, the uploader of an edited version of former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's speech in Th

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) destroyed more than 12,400 bottles of illegal alcoholic beverages they seized in five municipalities across the city since Ja

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has urged Indonesia's government to put words into action about helping the Pacific with climate change.

Syahdan Alamsyah, Sukabumi – Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Gatot Nurmantyo says that the simultaneous 171717 events that are to be held nationwide on August 17 at 5pm, which are being ini

Jakarta – The government and Freeport Indonesia are still not in agreement over several aspects of the latter's contract of work (CoW) conversion to a special mining permit (IUPK), an official has

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government is still struggling to reduce the deficit for the 2018 State Budget to below Rp 100 trillion (US$7.52 billion) from Rp 109 trillion in the 2017 State Budg

Andre Vltchek – "America first" and "to hell with the rest of the world"!

Havana – The Minister of the State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Education Minister of Timor-Leste, Antonio da Conceicao, arrives today to Cuba to fulfil an official visit until Thursday.

Jakarta – Police have yet to issue a so-called red notice for Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, who is a suspect in a pornography case.

Eman Riberu, Merauke – A local government's decision in Papua to pull licenses for a number plantation companies has won overwhelming backing from the Catholic Church and local people, calling the

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Passengers of Transjakarta buses found themselves stranded in several areas across the capital on Monday as employees of the bus operator launched a strike to demand a bett

Jakarta – A lawmaker has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to interfere with the House of Representatives' plan to launch an inquiry against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),

Khoo Ying Hooi, University of Malaya – "Quirky is one way of describing this art space," writes the Lonely Planet about Arte Moris.

Just a few months ago, the governor of Indonesia's largest city, Jakarta, seemed headed for easy re-election despite the fact that he is a Christian in a mostly Muslim country.

Amalinda Savirani – As some scholars argue, there is insufficient proof of the 'neoliberal' nature of the policies that outgoing Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has led.

Rhiannon Elston – At Rainha da Paz school in Dili, students play in the shadow of a burnt-out building.

Jakarta – Activists and experts have urged the government to immediately draw up a separate bill on military assistance instead of pressing ahead with the current revision to the existing antiterro

Clad in camouflage and armed only with their convictions, the paramilitary wing of Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation is on a campaign to crush intolerance and defend the nation's inclusive br

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) suspects that price fixing committed by several business players has caused the price of garlic to skyrocket to Rp 80,0

Jakarta – Indonesians spend the most money on treating diseases caused by obesity in Southeast Asia last year, a report by a public-private organization showed.

Pacific Media Centre – Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate ch

Kate Lamb – It was a dull day in music class that ignited a rebellion in three Indonesian teenage girls.