Jakarta – Rubber tree growers in North Barito, Central Kalimantan have started focusing on their corn crop business after the sharp decline in the price of rubber in the global market.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has expressed concern about a slowdown in tax revenue this year.

A senior official at Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration yesterday said that no officer had stopped Australian model Tegan Martin from boarding her flight back to her countr

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Public Accountant Institute (IAPI) has asked that state-owned airline PT Garuda Indonesia restate its 2018 financial report.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The trade balance bounced back to a surplus in May following a large deficit in the previous month as a drop in exports was followed by a steeper decl

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has revealed that spending on social welfare reached Rp 60.33 trillion (US$4.26 billion) at the end of May, a year-on-year (yoy) increase of 53.7 percent

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has indicted the suspended president director of state-owned electricity company PLN, Sofyan Basir, for his alleg

Jakarta – Indonesian Muslim figures spoke at the second international conference on moderate Islam, "Seeking The Middle Path (Al Wasatiyya): Articulations of Moderate Islam" in Radboud

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is set to deliver its ruling on the presidential election dispute on Thursday, in a final decision that is expected to end th

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The disaster victim identification (DVI) team of the North Sumatra Police has successfully identified all the bodies of the 30 victims of the cigarette lighter

A Written Submission to the 41st Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre.

Jakarta – Several Indonesian regional authorities have been reminded to intensify monitoring for possible forest fires and drought, a report on Saturday (Jun 22) by the Antara news age

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Kantar, a London-based market research firm, has released the results of its annual Brand Footprint report, which measures which brands are purchased most ofte

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The list of demands drawn up by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno and delivered to the Constitutional Court last week m

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – A vast area of savanna in Mount Rinjani National Park in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara has been engulfed by fire since Sunday evening, with authorities yet to dis

Jakarta – As many as 47,000 personnel from the police, Indonesian military (TNI) and the Jakarta administration are on standby to secure important landmarks across the capital, leading

Jakarta – The textile industry was one of Indonesia's largest earners of foreign exchange last year, with exports valued at $13 billion, marking a 5 percent increase from 2017.

Jakarta (Antara) – Jakarta Metro Police planned to conduct a raid on people coming from outside the capital city prior to the 2019 presidential election dispute trial verdict in the Co

Jakarta (Antara) – The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) assessed that the internet in Indonesia is not child-friendly yet since cigarette advertisements could

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko advised the 212 group not to stage any rally in response to the upcoming announcement of a ruling by the Constitutional Cou

Telly Nathalia, Bangkok – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met the president of the Phillippines Rodrigo Duterte on the sideline of the Asean Summit in Bangkok on Saturday to sign off on

Asni Ovier & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Religious leaders, including heads of Islamic boarding schools, from Prabowo Subianto's electoral strongholds have called on Muslims to ref

Zaheer Merchant – Indonesia's government has been listening in on people's private chats in WhatsApp groups, the South China Morning Post reports.

Jakarta – With this year's school enrollment period having drawn to a close, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has apologized to parents who failed to place their children in

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have arrested three people suspected of negligence after a fire ripped through a makeshift factory in North Sumatra, killing 30 people, a police spokes

Jakarta (Antara) – Several regional authorities have been reminded to intensify the monitoring for possible forest fires and droughts, as the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Ag

Jakarta – The government has been advised to learn from mistakes made in the shipping industry before implementing its plan to introduce an open skies policy in its effort to lower air

Jakarta – Constitutional Court justices presided over the last hearing over a challenge to the presidential election result on Friday evening and will make a ruling by June 28 at the l

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended the plenary session of the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government's (Pemprov DKI) decision to issue 932 building permits (IMB) for land reclamation project islets in the Jakarta Bay is aimed at providing po

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – China is one of the most influential countries for Indonesia, and the East Asian nation's growing economy and power would only increase its impact on

Apriadi Gunawan, Langkat, North Sumatra – Following a fire that killed 30 people at a cigarette lighter factory in Sambirejo village, Langkat regency, North Sumatra, Binjai Police have

Jakarta – Maj. Gen. (ret) Soenarko, a former commander of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), was released from detention on Friday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has allocated Rp 20 billion (US$1.42 million) for a series of events to celebrate the capital city's 492nd anniversary, making it the most lavish c

Jakarta – As a popular domestic tourist site in Jakarta, Ancol Dreamland Park in North Jakarta has the potential to attract foreign visitors, especially from Southeast Asia, Jakarta Go

Iqra Anugrah, Jakarta – I met Sugeng, a fisher and a community organiser in my research trip to Kendal District, Central Java earlier this year before the Indonesian general elections.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Indonesian press experienced dark history twenty-five years ago on June 21, 1994, when Tempo magazine was banned by Soeharto administration, the New Order era.

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – A public attorney from the Jakarta Legal Aid (LBH) institution Ayu Eza Tiara, mentioned that there were dozens of procedures that must be taken before Jakar

Junaedi, Polewali Mandar – Riots broke out at the Polewali Mandar Class IIB Prison (Lapas Polman) in Polewali Mandar regency, West Sulawesi, on Saturday June 22 after prisoners rejecte

Chandra Iswinarno and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari – Razman Arif Nasution, the legal affairs spokesperson for the Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin election campaign team (TKN), says that the National

Herman, Jakarta – The government plans to lower minimum airfares on certain routes, cut fuel price and offer fiscal incentives to airlines starting next week in its latest attempt to k

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Indonesia and other countries that significantly contribute to the world's high carbon emissions must take concrete steps to address climate change, United Nation

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the upcoming Asean Summit and G-20 Summit will provide a momentum for Indonesia to strengthen its economy and national interests.

Jakarta – A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Sarmi, a district in Papua, early on Thursday morning.

Muh Syaifullah, Jakarta – An academician at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Bagas Pujilaksono Widyakanigara Ph.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – At least 30 people died in a fire at a lighter factory in Binjai district, Langkat regency in North Sumatra on Friday afternoon.

Nezar Patria, Oslo – Top Indonesian scholars have supported the nomination of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's two largest Islamic organizations, for the Nobel Peace

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who is celebrating his 58th birthday today, received well wishes from construction workers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangeran

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, JAKARTA – State mining holding company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) has booked total assets of Rp 162 trillion (US$11.44 billion), about 600 percen

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to tighten vetting of senior public servants amid fears that hardline Islamist ideology has permeated high levels of government, according t