Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Press Council is demanding Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs, Wiranto, clarify his remark on a threat to shut down media that helpi

The National Police's Crime Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) has officially charged hardline cleric Bachtiar Nasir with embezzlement in the latest update to an investigation that began

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has recorded its lowest unemployment rate in more than a decade this year, though a wide gender wage gap has proved to be harder to shift.

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Chief (Kapolri) General Tito Karnavian is threatening to use the maker (treason, subversion, sedition) articles to deal with mass movements or people's powe

Jakarta – The government's plan to form a national legal team to assess figures that violate the law following the April 17 presidential and legislative elections has attracted critici

Jakarta – An online petition titled "Stop Ijin FPI" (No Permit for the Islamic Defenders Front) has appeared on the change.org website.

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The administration of Blitar in East Java has instructed mosques in the city not to broadcast tadarus (Quran recitals) over loud speakers after 10 p.m.

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Videos and photos that appear to show local residents protesting over a plan to construct a Hindu temple in Sukahurip village in Sukatani district, Bekasi rege

Francisco Rosarians, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government are ensuring that all night-time entertainment venues are complying with their regulation for Ramadan.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the first quarter, as exports contracted and investment tapered o

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Denpasar – The owners of the former Sari Club site and the Bali Peace Park association have struck a $4.9 million deal to build a memorial to the people

Jakarta – The Haj Fund Management Agency (BPKH) has announced it has collected Rp 6 trillion (US$422.47 million) in returns from its investments in 2018, a 28 percent increase from its

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Ghina Ghaliya and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The idea of holding digital elections is picking up steam following reports that dozens of election workers died of rep

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaeman has threatened to blacklist garlic importers whom he suspected of playing with the prices of the commodity, which caused them to skyr

A video from 2017 featuring comedian and TV host Andre Taulany has triggered outrage that could lead to Indonesia's highest-profile blasphemy case since that of former Jakarta Governor

Supporters of Prabowo Subianto have become increasingly emboldened in echoing their candidate's claims that he won the election on April 17 (despite all of the evidence, from the same-

Another Ramadan is upon us, and with it, another plea from officials regarding "sweeping" during the holy fasting month – the term used in Indonesia to describe hardline Islamic groups

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto mentioned in a meeting today a public figure overseas that always stirred Indonesian citize

Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto on Monday (May 6) called for irregularities in data entry from polling stations to be corrected, as his team

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia is to set up a national legal team to study verbal attacks, curses, hate speech and defamation made against the government or the general ele

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A search and rescue team rescued a miner and recovered four dead bodies on Sunday after a landslide hit an unlicensed gold mine in Kotabaru regency, South Ka

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is threatening legal actions to stop anyone attempting to delegitimize the results of the official election count by the General Ele

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is threatening legal actions to stop anyone attempting to delegitimize the results of the official election count by the General Ele

Jakarta – The Presidential ticket of Prabowo Subianto and running mate Sandiaga Uno have won decisively against incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin in the 2019 pre

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Hasanuddin Military District Command (Kodam) XIV has handed over Army deserter Adrianus Pattyan, 25, for further questioning as a civilian for allegedly

Jakarta – Two alleged terrorists were killed in an explosion they had triggered themselves to avoid arrest by antiterror squad Densus 88 in Jatikramat, Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday.

Jakarta – The KUHP National Reform Alliance is demanding that the government and the House of Representatives not rush to ratify the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) at the next sitting of

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Passengers observing Ramadan will only be allowed to consume water and dates inside MRT trains to break their fast during the holy month.

Indonesia began sinking dozens of impounded foreign boats Saturday to deter illegal fishing in its waters, a week after a naval vessel clashed with a Vietnamese coastguard near the Sou

From cleaning up relatives' graves and sharing food with the poor to holding colorful torch-lit street parades, millions of Indonesians are getting ready to welcome the holy month of R

Jakarta – Members of the National Police's elite anti-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, killed two suspected terrorists in an exchange of fire during a raid on a shophouse in Bekasi, West

Jakarta (Antara) – Defense Minister General (ret) Ryamizard Ryacudu has warned those who are disappointed with the result of the election not to conduct street rallies.

Jakarta (Antara) – International Labor Day or May Day is celebrated annually on May 1 by workers across countries to highlight certain causes – better wages, better benefits and improv

Jakarta – Human rights activists have slammed the correctional officers of Nusakambangan prison island in Central Java after a video of them mistreating inmates went viral on social me

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Duncan Graham, Malang, East Java – Visiting outlying islands in this sprawling archipelago reveals an unease felt about Java, "the denominator of Indonesia".

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A resident, identified as Tiarma Situmorang, 65, of Buntu Mauli village in Samosir regency, North Sumatra, has been reported missing after a flash flood hit he

Ubud – At a glimpse, Bintang Supermarket in Ubud looks just like other supermarkets across Bali.

Jakarta – In a bid to convince residents to install vertical drains to help mitigate floods, the Jakarta administration is offering incentives to those who build them in the yards of t

Liz Shackleton – Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho's Memories Of My Body has been banned in five provinces in Indonesia and is being attacked on social media by groups claiming that i

It's the only place where we can feel like we belong to a community – but without the pressure of revealing everything about ourselves.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Hundreds of survivors of flash floods in Central Sulawesi's Sigi regency are having a hard time getting basic necessities, including fuel, while their mobility

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway will focus on critical spots, such as tunnels, including the main tunnel in Halim, East Jakarta

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) topped the legislative election league table, according to the Jakarta General Elections Commission's (KPU) latest real co

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – National Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said Indonesia welcomed foreign investors for the development of a long-debated new capital city, a plan re

Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies, Denpasar – Horrific video has emerged of a group of shackled Indonesian prisoners crawling, shuffling and being dragged across gravel by prison guards a

Klojen (Surya Malang) – Journalists in the East Java city of Malang held a peaceful action at the Freedom Square to commemorate International Press Freedom Day on Friday May 3.

Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may need to reshuffle his cabinet sooner before his term ends on October 20 as three of his current ministers are now implicat

Jakarta – A stretch of the Sunter River that passes community unit (RW) 03 in Cipinang Muara, Duren Sawit subdistrict, East Jakarta, turned blue on Thursday, allegedly because of indus

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said the meeting of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Democrat party's Joint Task Force (Kogasma) commander Agus Harimurti Yudh