Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri has said politicians should not "force" their children to join the 2024 gene

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has called for the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to conduct investigative audits on state-owned insurers to assess their investment ma

Jakarta – Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy has suggested the country's rich people should marry those from low-income families, arguing that such cr

Jakarta – A draft bill on family resilience proposed by members of the House of Representatives defines sadomasochism as a form of sexual deviance that its practitioners must undergo s

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Wedding vows usually include a promise of everlasting love, but a bill on "family resilience" proposed by the House of Representatives goes a step furth

John McBeth – Indonesian Economic Coordinating Minister and Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto likes to put an historic spin on the 1,028-page Job Creation Omnibus Bill tabled la

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian minister has caused an uproar in saying that the country's rich must marry the poor to help reduce poverty.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reinstated his belief that investment – and particularly domestic investment – is the key to strengthen national economic growth in

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Festival Kebhinekaan, an annual festival showing off the diversity of Indonesia, kicks off in Jakarta on Friday and will run until Sunday, presenting a lineup of

Diana Mariska, Bogor, West Java – Palm oil producers are saying for the government to reach its goal of developing B100, or 100-percent biodiesel fuel, it would need more than just boo

Jakarta – The village head of Neglasari in Jatiwaras district of Tasikmalaya, West Java, has been arrested after allegedly setting fire to the Neglasari village administration building

Antara, Jakarta – The Commission for Indonesian Children Protection (KPAI) recorded a total of 4,369 violations against children's rights throughout Indonesia last year, including dome

Johan Augustin, Bali, Indonesia – Waves roll in over the black volcanic sand on Sogsogan, a beach in southern Bali. Further out, surfers prepare to master the swell.

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – The initiator of the draft of the family resilience bill (RUU Ketahanan Keluarga), Endang Maria, says that the fear of children being exposed to pornography and

Erin Cook – Earlier this month, Indonesia confirmed that it would adopt a policy of not seeking repatriation for Indonesian nationals that were suspected of links with the Islamic Stat

Barita News Lumbanbatu, Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Authorities in Indonesia have launched an investigation following the discovery of radioactive contamination in an empty lot in a housi

Riza Roidila Mufti and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government will provide discounts of up to 30 percent for both foreign and local travelers in a bid to revive Indonesia's t

Jakarta – As per President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instructions, the Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education (BPIP) is planning to promote values of the state ideology, Pancasila, throu

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – An upcoming landmark bill on job creation is expected to streamline business and boost investment for miners in Indonesia, albeit at the expense of environmen

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Dozens of bird species endemic to Sumatra Island are closer to extinction because of habitat loss from land use change as well as illegal hunting.

Jakarta – The Agency for Pancasila Ideology Education (BPIP) has announced that it will form a public relations team following the controversy surrounding agency head Yudian Wahyudi's

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has insisted that the protests against the renovation of Santo Joseph Catholic Church in Karimun, Riau Islands, are not an act

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud M.D.

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has recorded a deficit of Rp 15.5 trillion (US$1.13 million), 51.56 percent lower than the late-2019 projection of

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to impose an excise on plastics, fossil-fuel vehicles and sweet drinks in a move aimed at reducing their adverse environmental and h

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – The 2020 population census by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has started.

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said that Indonesia is heading toward reinstating guidelines on the implementation of a Pancasila co

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A draft bill on family resilience proposed by members of the House of Representatives defines homosexuality as sexual deviance and requires lesbian, gay, bisex

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Many Indonesians would agree that traditional households – which typically assign domestic roles based on gender, with the husband as the breadwinner an

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned insurer PT Asuransi Jiwasraya has claimed that the losses it suffered from investing in several questionable stocks exceed those of social insurer A

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Residents who were evicted from Taman Sari subdistrict in Bandung, West Java, have filed more than 100 complaints to the government's online public-service complai

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The insurance industry maintained its positive performance throughout last year despite a somewhat dire outlook following revelations of serious liquidity

Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia announced on Wednesday that progress in the construction of its copper concentrate smelter in Gresik had exceeded its six-month target in February.

Antara, Jakarta – A street fight video set on Jakarta's busiest business strip Jalan Thamrin that went viral on social media was fake, police said on Wednesday.

Mohammad Sadli Saleh, the chief editor of Liputanpersada.com was arrested for publishing an article covering alleged corruption connected to road construction in Central Buton district

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Millions of jobseekers in Java will get subsidized training funds in April through the government's much-vaunted pre-employment card, after a brief delay

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Belief in democracy among the Indonesian public remains strong despite the political turbulence that dominated last year's headlines, as reflected by a su

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel has submitted an anti-dumping petition against hot-rolled coil/plate (HRC/P) alloy imports from China to the Indonesian

Esther Samboh and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is planning to relax rules on drug patents in the omnibus bill on job creation to boost the nation's pharmaceutical indus

Halida Bunga, Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The 212 Alumni Association (PA 212) will hold a rally on February 21.

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Jobseekers may soon find it easier to find a place to stay when they take vocational classes under the pre-unemployment card program outside their hometo

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – At least 422 residents of Penajam district in North Penajam Paser regency – the planned location of Indonesia's new capital in East Kalimantan – have been

Economists often state that economic relations between countries are a function of size and distance.

Ropes and whips may be banned from sexual activity in Indonesia if the House of Representatives (DPR) passes a bill designed to ensure domestic bliss in all households in the country.

Esther Samboh and Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government has dismissed concerns the omnibus bill on job creation will centralize power under the president as lawmakers express co

Antara, Jakarta – Google Indonesia predicts the country's digital economy will be worth around Rp1.7 quadrillion or $124.1b by 2025, more than triple the Rp 548.2 trillion it recorded

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (BTP), popular by his nickname Ahok, recalled that he was persuaded to join the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) during his time at the

Abid A. Adonis, Jakarta – The coronavirus outbreak has caused panic and hysteria among Indonesians. The last time we see this happening was during the SARS outbreak in 2003.

Primus Dorimulu, Jakarta – The omnibus bill on job creation offers more benefits to workers than the existing manpower law, chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Monday as

On the afternoon of Friday February 14, 20 or so women and seven men braved heavy rain to take to the streets of the East Java city of Malang to hold a One Billion rising action agains