Friski Riana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and President of Argentina Mauricio Macri are holding a bilateral meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Zero Waste Alliance Indonesia has called on the government to enforce its ban on waste imports, especially plastic waste and scrap, as it has a disproportionally

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ahmad Salman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may have his way to establish a supermajority coalition of parties in the House of Representatives

Jakarta – The government has been urged to scrap the import tax for aircraft components to incentivize airlines to adhere to a request that they cut airfares for domestic flights.

Jakarta – The government is yet to find a solution to the recent drop in the price of chicken meat that has seen poultry farmers cry foul.

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Surabaya District Court in East Java sentenced local celebrity Vanessa Angel to five months in prison on Wednesday for the online distribution of

Although Indonesia is not a Muslim state, many state institutions have their own mosques for the convenience of Muslim civil servants.

The Indonesian police received quite a bit of praise for the restraint they showed during the riots that engulfed parts of Central Jakarta on May 21-23 – sparked by the announcement th

QR (quick response) codes have become ubiquitous in Indonesia in recent years, particularly in the use of e-payment systems, but the tech may soon be used for Black Mirror-esque survei

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court is tipped to reject claims of systematic fraud in the April presidential election, and that ruling will lik

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – It should have been a happy day.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – State high schools and vocational schools in Central Java can only accommodate 45 percent of the province's junior high school graduates, Central Java Education

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Rachmat Yasin, former regent of Bogor, West Java, a suspect for allegedly accepting gratuities during h

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian prisons are overflowing with convicts and authorities worried about their negative influence on city dwellers are exploring shifting them to some

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Hundreds of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto supporters gathered near the Constitutional Court in Central Jakarta on Wednesday morning, demanding

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Lake Toba Authority (BPODT) has ordered an indigenous tribe who live near the massive lake to leave a state-owned land plot upon accusations that they have

The government must review regional regulations on zonal planning for coastal areas and small islands in various parts of the country which have resulted in the forced eviction of loca

Pebriansyah Ariefana and Stephanus Aranditio – The Jakarta Nahdlatul Ulama Indonesia (UNUSIA) Research and Social Service Institute (LPPM) has found that trans-national exclusive Islam

Markus Yuwono, Yogyakarta – The Karangtengah 3 State Primary School in Karangtengah Village, Wonosari sub-district, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, has issued a circular on the enrolment of

There are no eternal allegiances in politics, and, despite Gerindra's fervent opposition against the government during and even before President Joko Widodo's tenure, the party doing a

Leonard A.L. Cahyoputra, Jakarta – The government is finalizing a regulation to curb the use of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia.

Due to the country's increasingly conservative political atmosphere, officials in Muslim-majority Indonesia can rarely go wrong by pushing for more religious studies and requirements.

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore – In 2018, Meiliana, a Chinese Indonesian living in Sumatra, was jailed. Her crime?

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Two high-profile Australian scholars have been denied entry to Indonesia amid a crackdown by local authorities on foreigners doing academic

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A former Indonesian police officer who was sacked for being gay has decided to fight the country's creeping Islamic fundamentalism by challe

Adri Wanto and Leonard C. Sebastian, RSIS – During his first term, President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo was repeatedly accused of being anti-Islam.

Back in 2017, there was a lot of speculation that Hary Tanoesoedibjo – the Indonesian media mogul, politician and real estate developer who is often referred to in the international pr

One of the many areas that Indonesia's rising religious conservatism is causing conflict is in the country's schools, where clashes over student uniforms and requirements they include

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The political parties in Prabowo Subianto's electoral coalition will determine whether or not they will stay in opposition or join incumbent President Joko "Joko

Jakarta – Poultry farmers in Yogyakarta plan to give away 5,800 chickens free of charge on Wednesday to protest the government's inaction over recent price drops.

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif has said that mining violations are likely one of the causes behind the heavy flooding that has

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian inaugurated former law enforcement deputy of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – People whose homes are to be demolished to make way for the construction of a new runway at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, have blocked Jl.

Jakarta – Owing to a combination of increasing housing prices and high costs of living, 81 million Indonesian millennials cannot afford to buy a house or apartment, according to the Pu

Yustinus Paat & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A prominent expert on constitutional law has called on all parties involved in the ongoing dispute of the result of the 2019 presidential elec

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Setya Novanto, the disgraced former speaker of the House of Representatives currently serving a 15-year prison term for massive graft in the so-called e-KTP co

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police have released on bail former Army Special Forces, or Kopassus, commander Sunarko but refused a bail request from another former Army general, Kivlan Ze

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) announced that it will remain as an opposition together with Adil Makmur coalition that sides with Prabowo Subianto – Sandiag

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The government has officially released a regulation (Finance Ministerial Regulation or PMK) No.

Servio Maranda, Jakarta – Indonesian Mineral Sand Processing and Miners Association (Atomindo) said that the Energy Ministry's Regulation No.

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia's antidrug agency has come out against vaping, noting that the popular replacement for arguably more harmful conventional cigarettes was pr

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said the government will continue making policy breakthroughs to make domestic businesses more attractive and able to d

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Prabowo-Sandiaga campaign team (BPN) asserted it did not instruct supporters to form mass mobilization during the court ruling on presidential election dispu

Less than two weeks after the presidential election, with the official result yet to be announced, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared his intention to establish a new capital city

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International has claimed that personnel of the National Police's Brigade Mobile (Brimob) tortured at least five people dur

Ray Jordan, Jakarta – Riots broke out at the Polewali Mandar Class IIB Prison in Polewali Mandar regency, West Sulawesi, on Saturday June 22 over of a requirement that inmates seeking

The police's ongoing probe into the lighter factory fire that killed 30 on Friday has revealed that the business was operating illegally, which ultimately led to the horrific deaths of

Two Indonesian women have been repatriated from China, bringing to light a suspected human trafficking ring involving financially desperate Indonesian women being tricked into working

Jakarta – The Save Jakarta Bay Coalition, which was established by activists, students and fisherpeople, held an action in front of the Jakarta City Hall on Monday June 24 opposing the

Technically, Indonesia's infamous hardline group the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) should no longer exist as a civil society organization (referred to in Indonesia as "mass organizatio