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Pare-Pare, Indonesia – Indonesian cafe worker Rudi Hartono struggled to persuade residents of his small coastal community of Parepare to follow his example and pick up rubbish strewn o

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Global solidarity movement One Billion Rising (OBR) has invited people worldwide – including in Indonesia – to celebrate the upcoming Valentine's Day by j

Ricky Gunawan, Will Doran – In late January, three members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, or GCDP, traveled to Jakarta to discuss sustainable development and advancing Indone

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A study performed by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, or YLBHI, shows that democracy in Indonesia deteriorated last year, as more than 50 people died in demon

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy chairperson Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said chief patron Prabowo Subianto had instructed the party to endorse Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the e

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – A lawmaker has accused state-owned insurance company PT Asuransi Jiwasraya, and several investment management firms, of alleged investment mismanagement that ha

A power struggle within the Indonesian Islamic-based National Mandate Party (PAN) led to a violent brawl at its national congress today, which reportedly injured some 30 people.

Jakarta – Speakers at an Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) seminar on Monday warned that free speech may be in peril as the government pushed for more foreign and domestic invest

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will speed up mutual works with the House of Representatives in the deliberations of the bill on personal data protection to make u

Elaine Pearson – On 10 February, Indonesian President Joko Widodo ("Jokowi") will address Australia's parliament.

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's speech to the Australian Parliament on Monday was a direct challenge to Australia's political leaders, outlining four key ar

Got a date for the upcoming Valentine's Day? Good for you. These youths in Indonesia say they don't... on principle.

Indonesia's President has used an historic address to Australia's Parliament to call for both countries to do more to address climate change and lower carbon emissions.

Dianty Ningrum – As the world's fourth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, Indonesia presents itself as a cooperative member of the global community to reduce greenhouse gases emission.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace Deputy Chairperson Bonar Tigor Naipospos says that there is no urgency for the government to build a tunnel of friendsh

Riska Rahman and Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The country's tourist sector has taken a hit amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in China that has spread to other countries, as more tri

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – African swine fever, a disease previously blamed for the deaths of nearly a thousand pigs in Bali, is now being called unconfirmed, according to an offic

Jakarta – Millennials, who make up nearly a quarter of Indonesia's population, are becoming an increasingly hot market for property developers and mortgage lenders.

Jakarta – Australia's Monash University will open a new campus in Jakarta this year, after becoming the first foreign university to acquire the Indonesian government's approval to make

Colin Brown – Indonesian President Joko Widodo – Jokowi – has shown himself to be generally less interested in international affairs than his predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY

Jakarta – The Women's Movement Alliance held a silent protest against sexual violence on campus at the Ministry of Education and Culture in South Jakarta on Monday February 10.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of people staged a peaceful protest in front of the North Sumatra Legislative Council (DPRD) building in Medan on Monday, calling on Pr

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed his hopes that the ratification of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) will also have

Jakarta – Surabaya Mayor Tri "Risma" Rismaharini has retracted a police report she had filed against Zikria Dzatil, a homemaker in Bogor, West Java, for allegedly comparing her to a fr

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Almost a month after the first novel coronavirus case outside of China was confirmed in Thailand on Jan.

The areas of Indonesia where Dutch colonial rulers built a huge sugar-producing industry in the 1800s remain more economically productive today than other parts of the country, accordi

Jakarta – The press in Indonesia has long learned never to take its freedoms for granted.

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – A study by a group of researchers at Harvard University has suggested that Indonesia should have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus already, considerin

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has announced it will ask Indonesian migrant worker placement companies (P3MI) to stop placing workers in mainland China and will tight

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post received two awards at the 2020 Indonesia Print Media Awards (IPMA) from the Union of Print Media Companies (SPS) in a National Press D

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – An East Jakarta court ordered the government on Wednesday to grant financial compensation to victims of a bomb attack that occurred in a residential are

Jakarta – Walt Disney Co.'s Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) has named Indonesian woman, Ida Saparida, a hero of the environment in its 2019 list, among other environmentalists from 50 o

Lukman Solihin – The 85 million children growing up in Indonesia are the first generation in the country's history to experience sustained economic growth.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry will close down or merge state-owned companies that have consistently failed to post profits as part of the governme

James Massola, Jakarta – In the 10 years since Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressed a joint sitting of federal Parliament, relations between Australia and Indonesia have been to hell and

Rebecca Ratcliffe – There is growing concern that the new coronavirus may be going undetected in Indonesia, where officials have not confirmed a single case of infection in the country

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government's economic growth target in 2020 is unrealistic given last year's sluggish economic expansion and looming risks from the coronavirus outbre

Jakarta – Terrorism emanating from the global extremist group Islamic State (IS) and the state of the world economy are the two biggest concerns among Indonesians, according to survey

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java administration is offering a project to construct 24.8 kilometers of road connecting several mining sites across the province to mining companies and

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The country's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose to near record-high levels in January at US$131.7 billion owing to foreign inflows from global bonds

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Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed a desire to accelerate the local manufacturing of long-range military drones – the first of their kind in

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday approved a proposal to build an underground tunnel connecting the Istiqlal Mosque, one of the country's landmar

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) named on Thursday holding company PT Maxima Integra director Joko Hartono Tirto as a new suspect in a case of alleged corruption involving

Beritasatu, Jakarta – More Indonesian top politicians have voiced opposition to the proposed repatriation of hundreds of former Islamic State fighters now living in foreign countries.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The novel coronavirus outbreak has pushed investors to leave the country's financial markets, resulting in a foreign outflow of about Rp 11 trillion (US$8

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Advocate for Novel Baswedan, Saor Siagian, has lamented the police's move in holding a closed crime scene reconstruction of the acid attack case against his clien

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) urged the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) and police to investigate the sudden price hike of face masks