Police in the Blahbatuh sub-district of Gianyar regency have been receiving flower boards from animal lovers and activists these past few weeks, who are thanking officers for enforcing

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated the Jakarta-Cikampek II toll road, expressing hope that the country's longest elevated toll road will reduce congestion on one

Aloysius Unditu – Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina's most senior leader, former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, earlier this week called on officials at Indonesia's stat

Silvia Irawan – In 2015, Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia, committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 29% by 2030 (equivalent to 832.01 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030,

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo warned on Thursday that there would be no going back on his policy to curb exports of nickel ore and other minerals, and Indonesia would defend itself a

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly known as SBY, said on Wednesday his party and all Indonesian people wanted to know how much money the governme

Aldi Adrian Hartanto – Indonesian startups have been at the center of attention in Southeast Asia for the last few years.

Kate Grealy – The targeting of 'Islamic extremism' for national security purposes has long been an area of safe bipartisan consensus in Indonesia – as it is in most countries.

The issue of sexual harassment in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has been thrust to the spotlight in Indonesia this week following explosive allegations of Garuda Indonesia air hostess

President Joko Widodo's eldest, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is taking a huge step today in entering the race for mayor of Solo, Central Java amid concerns that the president is attempting

If you've been following the region's EDM news, you'd know that the biggest festival of the genre in Asia, the Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP), is returning to Jakarta this weekend af

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – A European Union representative has said the economic bloc is prepared to receive any lawsuit directed against its recently announced tariffs on biodiesel impo

Aichi Halik, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday launched the new Jakarta-Cikampek elevated toll road, a key infrastructure expected to unravel traffic gridlock in ind

Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has said the death penalty, a highly contentious issue in Indonesia, is permitted by religion and could deter corruption.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia is moving to the next stage of nickel processing with the end goal of producing its own lithium batteries by 2023, the Coordinating Minister for Mari

Suherdjoko and Ghina Ghaliya, Semarang and Jakarta – As his eldest son and son-in-law push ahead with their plans to run in mayoral races, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asserted t

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – As part of the government's efforts to cut down on waste, eight ministries declared on Thursday that Indonesia produces between 0.27 and 0.59 million tons of

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – A crowd consisting of Islamic mass-organizations has forcefully closed-off the access road that leads to the location of the upcoming annual music festival Djakar

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) commissioner Retno Listyarti expressed her appreciation towards Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim f

Imam Hamdi and Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Three Islamic mass organizations planned to hold yet another demonstration before the City Hall in Central Jakarta today, December 12.

Jakarta (Antara) – Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has simplified the form of the teacher's lesson plan or RPP to only one page.

Jakarta (Bisnis) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he wanted Indonesia to open as wide as possible investment for iron, steel, and petrochemical sectors, which are believed to be a

Justin Catanoso, Madrid, Spain – COP25 isn't only attended by delegates, NGOs, and activists; it also attracts national and transnational companies, all seeking something from the UN c

Jakarta – Lawyers representing six Papuan activists charged with treason will report the sole judge who presided over a pretrial hearing challenging their arrest to the Supreme Court's

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has a proposal that he believes should help tackle both the issues of climate change and people getting divorced in the province.

Hannah Devlin – Cave art depicting human-animal hybrid figures hunting warty pigs and dwarf buffaloes has been dated to nearly 44,000 years old, making it the earliest known cave art b

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Young politicians hoping to compete in the 2020 and 2022 regional elections will not have the opportunity to do so as the Constitutional Court rejected on Wedn

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has acknowledged that human rights violations are still prevalent in Indonesia but has said t

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and his Laotian counterpart Gen.

Antara, Jakarta – The Customs Office says it is collecting evidence to build a criminal case against I Gusti Ngurah Askhara Danadiputra, or Ari Askhara, the former chief executive of f

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission, or KPAI, says children continue to have their rights violated while the country is under President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry published its 2019 religious tolerance index on Wednesday, showing an improvement in the score from 70.9 last year to 73.83 tod

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Personnel of the Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) have discovered hundreds of traps allegedly set up by poachers around several conservatio

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Former corruption convicts are allowed to run in regional elections five years after their release from prison, the Constitutional Court has ruled.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution, who is running in the 2020 Medan mayoral race in North Sumatra, has rebuffed assumptions sugge

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – A number of anti-corruption activists have criticized President Joko Widodo or Jokowi for not attending the global anti-corruption commemoration held at the Co

Yet another study has ranked Jakarta among the worst provinces in Indonesia when it comes to religious tolerance or harmony – the verdict, this time, coming from the country's Religiou

Following the huge Garuda Indonesia luxury goods smuggling scandal, which led to the dismissal of disgraced president director Ari Askhara, more scandalous allegations have been levele

Karlis Salna – Indonesia's cabinet is discussing amending a legally imposed cap on the budget deficit, which would allow the government to spend and borrow more to stimulate growth in

Jakarta – The total damage and economic loss from forest fires in Indonesia this year amounted to at least $5.2 billion, equal to 0.5% of gross domestic product, the World Bank said in

Jakarta – For three years, dozens of women, activists and survivors of sexual violence have fought relentlessly to make Indonesia a safer place.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A geological and geophysical survey has discovered that the planned location of Indonesia's new capital in East Kalimantan has a risk of flooding, with an official

Jakarta – One of the foremost Islamic scholars of Indonesia has urged countries around the world to espouse "genuine" tolerance instead of a "phobia-like" response to religious tension

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has established three solar power plants in Alor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, as part of the company's commitment to boost

Bogor, West Java – While several foreign automakers have decided to leave Indonesia, Germany's Mercedes-Benz plans to continue operating its Indonesian assembly and sales subsidiaries,

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Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo first entered office in 2014, activists and families of victims of past rights abuses pinned their hopes on him finally bringing closure t

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Representatives of the victims of human rights violations in Indonesia have called on the National Human Rights Commission, or Komnas HAM, to continue its inve

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) expressed its disagreement with the plan to punish corruptors with strict death penalty.

Jakarta (Antara) – Two personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) were nabbed in an apartment in Jakarta for allegedly involved in drug abuse.