Jakarta – Indonesia will "truly be ashamed" if it cannot resolve the transboundary haze problem, said President Joko Widodo as he tasked the relevant agencies to double up efforts to t

Simon Butt – Until July 2019, Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK or Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi) had not, since its establishment in 2003, lost any of the hundreds of cases i

Amanda Siddharta – Every Friday night at a house in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, a church group meets to discuss issues surrounding gender and sexuality.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) is set to formulate rules expected to become a legal umbrella for monitoring content on digital media outlets such as YouTube, st

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The wholesale purchase of domestically produced salt for manufacturing purposes is expected to remain stagnant this year even though demand has actually inc

Pangkalan Kerinci – April Group has ramped up its community engagement activities in response to the increasing number of fire hotspots in Riau during the current fire danger period.

Jakarta (Antara) – Jakarta-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya is selling an environmentally friendly packaging made from bamboo ahead of Eid al-Adha or Idul Adha.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Emirsyah Satar, the former president director of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, on Wednesday for alleged money laundering

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Following the major power outage, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is eyeing to install solar panels in all the city administration buildings as an alternate el

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta Food, Marine, and Agriculture Security Agency (KPKP) determined to build urban farming, which is being initiated in the City Hall, in every mayor's office

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The National Social Security Board (DJSN) suggested the increase of the premium for the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) at a

Friski Riana, Jakarta – A representative of the 212 brotherhood organization (PA 212) Novel Bamukmin explained the results of the fourth ulema consensus or the Ijtima Ulama IV that rec

Ian Morse, Tapuwatu, Indonesia – Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home.

Saurabh Markandeya – Indonesia recently passed a number of incentives for electric car drivers and manufacturers, designed to help the country compete with Singapore and Thailand as hu

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia will move its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan by 2024 at the earliest, with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expected to announce the final choice

Jakarta – Residents of East Kotawaringin in Central Kalimantan have been forced to wear dust-masks to protect their health following the emergence of "extremely thick" haze from widesp

Arya Dipa, Ardila Syakriah and Kharishar Kahfi, Bandung and Jakarta – Environmental recovery efforts following the recent oil leak from state energy giant Pertamina's Offshore North We

Sragen, Indonesia – An Indonesian man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of deforestation in a country with one of the highest

The injustice suffered by Baiq Nuril – a teacher who was sentenced to six months in prison for recording her principal sexually harassing her – was finally remedied by President Joko W

Police in Jakarta have arrested a man accused of murdering his wife and setting his own house on fire, which has left his five-year-old child, who he left inside during the blaze, seve

Karim Raslan – While industry can transform lives, create jobs and churn out vital products, we are becoming increasingly aware of the pollution and destruction it leaves in its wake.

They baa-rely thought this through.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on all related parties, including provincial governors, to help farmers acquire equipment such as excavator

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo threatened on Tuesday to sack military and police officers fighting forest fires if they fail to extinguish the flame

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The potential tax losses from the overflowing distribution of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia drove the government to impose a regulation that validates IMEI.

Bandung (Antara) – West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that as many as 20 regencies or cities in the province hit by drought as of Tuesday, August 5.

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Association of Food and Nutrition Experts (Pergizi Pangan Indonesia) has drawn attention to a disturbing rising trend of overnutrition-triggered obesi

Jakarta – In the digital era, journalists, like many other professions, have no better option but to adapt to the new changes.

Jakarta – East Jakarta Mayor M.

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesians are mourning the death of Maimoen "Mbah Moen" Zubair, a prominent Islamic scholar who passed away at age 90 in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Respected Muslim cleric Maimoen Zubair passed away in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday while performing haj.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police will look at the possibility of sabotage in their investigation of the cause of the massive electricity blackout that affected the greater Jakarta area

Heru Andriyanto & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Presidential Staff Office announced on Monday the government has decided to reinstate Romi Syofpa Ismail, a wheelchair-bound dentist in

Jakarta – Hundreds of motorbike taxi drivers protested in front of ride hailing service company Gojek's headquarters in South Jakarta on Monday as they demanded the return of the old i

Jakarta – Residents in Gondrong, Cipondoh, Tangerang, Banten, have illegally tapped water supply lines of city-owned tap water company PDAM Tirta Benteng arguing they were in experienc

Zunita Putri, Bogor – The Ijtimak Ulama IV or the 4th Assembly of Islamic Clerics has issued a number of recommendations on the current situation in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth leveled off slightly in the second quarter as an investment slowdown and lower exports wiped out the boost from the elections and festive spending

Haris Prabowo – A book raid by a group of people calling themselves the Indonesian Muslim Brigade (BMI) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar has caused an uproar on soc

Muhammad Taufiqqurahman, Makassar – A group calling itself the Indonesian Muslim Brigade (BMI) has seized books they say smack of communism from a Gramedia bookstore in the South Sulaw

Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited the head office of state-owned utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara on Monday to demand an explanation for Sunday

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – It's Thursday and the residents of Jakarta's Cosmo Park are out jogging, watering their plants or walking their dogs along neat asphalt roads.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Investigators with the Environment and Forestry Ministry named an individual, identified only as 46-year-old UB, a suspect for allegedly starting a wildfire

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State electricity firm PLN plans to compensate at least 21.3 million customers, including businesses, for the losses they suffered because of an ho

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Transportation and telecommunications affected by a major blackout in West Java, Banten and Greater Jakarta have begun to operate normally, althoug

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expansion slowed to 5.05 percent in the second quarter this year, from 5.27 percent in the same period last y

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry says it has received a commitment from the Finance Ministry and the Environment and Forestry Ministry to

Jakarta – Hundreds of refugees living in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, staged a rally in front of the local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday, deman

Max Walden – Indonesia's national police and military have publicly warned about the "risks" of being LGBT, in officials' latest verbal attack against the minority group in the world's

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says that there has been 26 cases of alleged violence against journalists reported to police in 2019 but

As a result of Indonesia's bloody 1965 communist purge and mass killings, as well as decades of anti-communist propaganda during Suharto's New Order dictatorship, the "red scare" of co