The controversial case of Baiq Nuril has come to an end with a recent court ruling, which will see her serve a six-month prison sentence for trying to out her sexual harasser.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Responding to the civil lawsuit on the capital's pollution, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said that the people behind the lawsuit have also contributed

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The wiretapping draft bill (RUU) currently being formulated by legislators at the House of Representatives (DPR) prohibits wiretap recordings to be kept

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) released a report on its official Twitter account about women's representation at the Indonesian parliament,

Siobhan O'Grady – Nuril Maknun was tired of getting lewd phone calls from her boss, who she alleged repeatedly shared explicit details of his sexual encounters with her and demanded sh

Gita Irawan, Jakarta – Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher for political affairs, Professor Syamsuddin Haris, is concerned that there is a plot to "tame" the Corruption E

Jakarta – An elementary school teacher in Lamongan, East Java, has been named a suspect in a child sexual abuse case that allegedly involved 30 students.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has recorded that, from June 2018 to May 2019, the National Police carried out hundreds of acts of violen

Jakarta – Residents of Muara Baru, Penjaringan district in North Jakarta are starting to suffer the effects of the dry season and are complaining that their wells are running out of wa

Pangkalan Kerinci – Five years since the Fire Free Village Program was initiated by Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, or RAPP, a subsidiary of April Group, the number of forest fires in Ria

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition, which is made up of a number of non-government organisations (NGOs), is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to give amnesty to Baiq Nuril after

Jakarta – The Indonesian armed forces (TNI), particularly the army, found itself caught in a crossfire between supporters of Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto who are bitterly polarized

Prabowo Subianto's second defeat as a presidential candidate (or third, if you count Megawati Soekarnoputri's defeat in 2009, when Prabowo was her running mate) was cemented last week

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The police's decision to throw blasphemy charges against a mentally ill woman who brought a dog to a mosque in Bogor is merely the latest example of the author

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – Indonesia has tens of thousands of hectares conservation areas, both maritime as well as land.

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, whose re-election victory was cemented by the Constitutional Court last week, works hard to maintain his image as a down-to-earth man of the people,

Jakarta's ETLE (Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement) traffic cameras got a software upgrade this week, broadening the scope of traffic violations they can capture to include the likes o

Jakarta (Antara) – A member of the Communication Office of Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Andre Rosiade is sure that Sandiaga Uno will remain with Prabowo Subianto, and wil

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party threatened to take legal action against the people responsible for producing ID cards in support of former presidential election cand

Jakarta (Antara) – University of Indonesia's political observer Ade Reza Hariyadi said that President Jokowi could recruit young figures to handle a number of national strategic issues

Halida Bunga Fisandra, Jakarta – Indonesian National Police (Polri) spokesman Brig. Gen.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – As many as 234 people have registered themselves for the 2019-2023 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader selection process in the final day today.

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has prohibited ride-hailing transportation companies from offering promotional discounts for its ojek (motorcycle taxi) services that exceeded the

Many who live in Indonesia have to rely on virtual private networks (VPN) to bypass the government's overzealous internet censorship that encompasses websites ranging from the largely

Jakarta – The number of passengers in the free public trial run of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) has increased tenfold in comparison to 2018's test, an executive has said.

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's defeat in the 2019 presidential election has not affected his chances of becoming president, a politician has said.

Jakarta – The government is to start fining people who violate a new regulation intended to force exporters to keep their foreign exchange earnings from natural resources in the Indone

Jakarta – The government has decided to increase the salaries of board of directors of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year, based on a regulation issued by the SOEs minister on Ma

Jakarta – The number of domestic tourists in Bali from January to April decreased to 363,161, marking an 11 decrease in tourists from the same period in 2018, according to Colliers Int

Retno Ayuningtyas, Jakarta – The Tax Office has said it does not have enough time to execute a plan to cut the corporate income tax from 25 percent to 20 percent by the end of this yea

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Terrorist groups have found a cheaper way to recruit militants: through encrypted chat rooms on text-messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, a terrorism ex

A few days ago, Sandiaga Uno, running mate to defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, was criticized for not congratulating President Joko Widodo on his re-election win and s

James Massola, Chris Vedelago and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Australian company Visy Recycling was behind the export of a container of plastic waste that is regarded as toxic in Indonesia,

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Two people have been arrested for posting content on social deemed insulting to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Jakarta – Unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno said he wanted to take a break from politics to focus on developing his people's economy programs.

Now that the post-election legal battle with failed candidate Prabowo Subianto is finally finished (despite what some of his most die-hard supporters may think), speculation has now mo

Jakarta – The country's manufacturing sector grew slower in June as indicated by a decline in the purchase manager index (PMI) to 50.6 from 51.06 in the previous month.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the management of the iconic Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts and culture center in Cikini, Central Jakarta, will be handed over

Jakarta – The Denny JA Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) predicts that the presidential elections (pilpres) in 2024 will be enlivened by a contest between four different ideologies, namely

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian members of Parliament have decided to delay confirmation of a government plan for a levy on plastic bags, but the finance minister said she was optimisti

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The government plans to increase electricity tariffs for 12 non-subsidized groups starting in 2020.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has showcased Indonesia's numerous infrastructure projects to foreign investors during an investment forum in London that was met with

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Maritime Affairs Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan defends President Jokowi's English speaking ability while recalling their visit to the G20

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Director of Research at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) Berly Martawadaya says he has analyzed the policies that need to be handle

Willy Masaharu & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo are set to have their long-awaited "reconciliation meeting" later this month to heal

Haris Prabowo – It will not only be senior students and teachers who will be guiding new students during school orientation programs.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Member of Jakarta Legislative Council's D Commission, Yusriah Dzinnun, claims the five-meter tall embankment wall which is part of the National Capital Int

A recent high-profile case of alleged bribery for promotions in the Religious Affairs Ministry is just one small example of the deep-seated corruption still infecting Indonesia's civil

Yustinus Paat & Robertus Wardi & Hotman Siregar & Asni Ovier & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar, one of Indonesia's largest political parties, finds itself at

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Switzerland-based pollution mapping service AirVisual revealed that Jakarta had the world's third-worst air quality on Wednesday, when it was categor