Jakarta – Residents living around the Jambe River in Tambun Selatan district, Bekasi regency, West Java, have been forced to carry out their day-to-day activities for the last three mo

Kunradus Aliandu, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to cut corporate taxes to boost domestic investment.

Maidian Reviani – The national director of the Service Provider Forum (FPL) for female victims of violence, Yustina Fendrita, says that civil society groups have launched a movement to

Andita Rahma and Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will hold a demonstration this afternoon, Friday, September 6.

Jakarta – A number of problematic candidates have passed the selection process for the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission.

Dian Kurniati and Khairunnisa, Jakarta – Suciwati, the wife of Munir Said Thalib, is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to order the Attorney General to submit a judicial review of

Dian Kurniati, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to rid his cabinet and administration of alle

Aichi Halik & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nachrawi officially apologized to his Malaysian counterpart Syed Saddiq on Friday after fans of the Indonesia

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the assembly plant of Solo Manufaktur Kreasi, producer of the homegrown Esemka, in Boyolali, Central Java, o

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange (FX) reserves increased to US$126.4 billion in August, the most since February last year, prolonging an upward trend that

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission Candidate Leadership Monitoring Coalition believes that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ignored public input by goin

Dian Kurniati and Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) has been widely criticised as being undemocratic.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, or DPR, on Wednesday approved proposed revisions to the 2002 Corruption Eradication Commission La

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered his ministers to prepare for a possible global recession in the coming months as the trade war between the United States and China

Rosseno Aji and Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Masinton Pasaribu, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III overseeing legal affairs, claimed that the government a

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The asylum seekers who are accommodated at the Kalideres facility demands the UNHCR provide them with a new shelter as the current one in the former military c

Jakarta – Global rating agency Moody's Investors Service believes Indonesia is unlikely to achieve its renewable energy target by 2025 and expects coal to continue to dominate the coun

Jakarta – Indonesia is set to get cracking on a plan to destroy millions of eggs in a bid to prop up slumping chicken prices, calling on poultry breeders to cut supply by either destro

Jakarta – European Union representatives to Indonesia on Thursday challenged a plan to impose duties on European dairy goods in retaliation for the bloc's duties on palm biodiesel, war

Ariel Heryanto – Recent conflicts in Papua have intensified with the death of at least seven people as anti-government protests turned violent in Indonesia's easternmost region.

When President Joko Widodo announced last week that Indonesia's new capital city will be in East Kalimantan, Minister of Agriculture and Land Planning Sofyan Djalil said that the gover

Dina Manafe & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Costly treatments for heart disease, kidney failure and cancer, health problems that could be prevented with healthier lifestyle or curable with

In any religion, certain texts and rules are open to various interpretations.

Johannes Nugroho – The election of President Joko Widodo in 2014 has often been described as a watershed moment in Indonesian political history.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry will allocate Rp2.55 trillion for the development of strategic tourism areas in 2020.

Jakarta – Over 400 Indonesian Go-Jek riders demonstrated outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday (Sep 3), demanding a public apology from the founder of a Malaysian taxi co

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday ordered his ministers to increase efforts to cut regulations that hurt foreign direct investment, aiming to shield Southeast Asi

Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to the customs agency, as the Southeast Asian nation pushes back against

Kate Walton – Indonesia's dry season has never been easy.

In Indonesia, the chicken comes before the egg.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government plans to gradually lower the corporate income tax in a bid to attract more investment and boost the country's cooling economic growth.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Association, Apkasindo, has formed a partnership with the Indonesian Palm Oil Association, Gapki, to support the country's palm oil industry.

Last month, Indonesia's Supreme Court decided to strike down an article in a 2007 regional law that gave the governor of Jakarta the authority to close roads and sidewalks for use by p

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named three suspects in the bribery case of projects in the Public Works and Housing Agency of Muara Enim re

Tangguh Chairil – Indonesia, a country with the fifth-highest number of internet users in the world, plans to issue its first law on cyber security this month.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers have remained at a temporary shelter in Kalideres, West Jakarta, without electricity or water despi

Indonesia is hurtling toward major changes to its criminal law.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) president director, Fachmi Idris, admitted that a total of 2,348 companies manipulated d

Muh Halwi, Jakarta – The relocation of asylum seekers from ex-Kodim building in Daan Mogot Baru, Kalideres, West Jakarta has yet to finish despite it passed the deadline on August 31.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesia is set to resurrect a colonial-era regulation that could lead to the imprisonment of people who insult the president, in a move critics say demonstrates t

In recent years, the Indonesian government has been pushing to develop new tourist zones to attract foreign visitors to islands besides Bali.

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has announced that Indonesia will stop nickel exports as of Jan.

Jakarta – The Indonesian currency gained slightly against the US dollar on Monday despite a decline in share prices in regional markets amid fears of an escalation in the trade war bet

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – The government has issued a new rule that would ban exports of nickel ore from next year, as part of a latest attempt to boost processing capacity in the loca

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – An association of Indonesian journalists has asked the government to reconsider a Criminal Code bill which if passed could be used to persecute anyon

Jakarta (Antara) – Fire has ravaged 150 hectares of land in East Kolaka District in Southeast Sulawesi, said Agus Wibowo, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Spokesman.

Jakarta (Antara) – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has encouraged fish farmers to produce feed to cut down production cost and increase their profits.

Tasha Wibawa – Walking through rural Indonesia, it's not uncommon to see primary school children smoking cigarettes.

Singapore – In his state of the nation address in August, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo outlined his vision to develop Indonesia's human capital.