Jakarta – Tambora Police have revealed a drug network for selling crystal methamphetamine controlled from the Salemba penitentiary in Central Jakarta, following the arrest of several a

The problem of deciding who is really poor and who really deserves government assistance is a tough one anywhere but especially in countries like Indonesia where a large percentage of

Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesian economists and opposition officials have questioned the feasibility of President Joko Widodo's plan for cash handouts to the unemployed, citing an al

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A number of civil society organizations and communities are set to hold the third annual Women's March Jakarta on April 27 to commemorate Kartini Day, which

Pat Ranald – Australia's trade minister Simon Birmingham and his Indonesian counterpart Enggartiasto Lukita signed the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A study by Singapore-based research company ValueChampion has found that Indonesia is the second-most dangerous country for women in the Asia Pacific region

Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto has welcomed growth in the manufacturing sector in January after stagnation in the previous month.

Jakarta – The campaign team of presidential candidate pair Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin has asserted that the pre-employment card, which is one of the incumbent's campaign prom

Jakarta – Indonesian Sugarcane Farmers Association (APTRI) representatives met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Jakarta on Tuesday to seek price certainty for sugar produced by f

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Prosecutors demanded on Wednesday that the Bandung Corruption Court sentence the former head of Sukamiskin Penitentiary, Wahid Husen, to nine years in prison and f

Markus Makur, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) administration undertook a massive trash clean-up drive in popular national parks on Monday to leverage momentum

Jakarta – Up to 143 neighborhood units (RT) were flooded after heavy rains lashed the capital on Tuesday, the Jakarta administration said.

Kharishar Kahfi, Arya Dipa, Nedi Putra AW and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta, Bandung, Malang, and Medan – The government set an ambitious target to reduce household waste in 2017 following

Jakarta – The results of the latest LSI Denny JA survey show that support for the number 02 ticket in the 2019 presidential elections – Prabowo Subianto and running mate Sandiaga Uno –

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Pertamina Unit Manager Communication & CSR MOR I, Roby Hervindo predicts Indonesia will run out of oil reserve by the year 2030 based on the country's

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – A group of top executives of foreign and local mining firms gathered at a forum held in a five-star hotel at the heart of Jakarta recently, express

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Chicken farmers from various regions in Indonesia held a demonstration in front of the State Palace on Tuesday, March 5.

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Lieutenant Gen. M.

Theodora Sarah Abigail – Many foreigners hold a mental image of a primitive Indonesia that is full of slums and dirty rivers and piles of garbage.

Oktaviani – The "sumpah pocong" challenge thrown up by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Wiranto to former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) c

Since Netflix became available in Indonesia in 2016, the video streaming platform has remained unavailable to a large number of Indonesians – specifically, customers of state-owned tel

Facebook has banned political advertisements from outside Indonesia ahead of the country's presidential poll, just weeks after being heavily criticised by the European Union for not do

James Fair – Environmentalists in Indonesia have vowed to "never stop" in their fight to halt the construction of a hydroelectric project they say threatens the world's rarest great ap

One illustration of the creeping Islamization in Indonesia that some observers have warned about is the number of local and regional governments that have made prayers a work obligatio

Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform Consortium (KAP) is asking the government to establish a special body to implement the agrarian reform program.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Hopes are fading for up to 100 Indonesian miners trapped inside an illegal gold mine that collapsed on the island of Sulawesi last Tuesday, with dozens of body bag

Environmentalists in Indonesia have lost a court challenge to a Chinese-backed dam project in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan sp

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's opposition figure and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gave praise to the authoritarian New Order regime under Soeharto's ruling for

Egi Adyatama, Friski Riana, Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) admits that they are not worried about the findings reported by pollster Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) Denny J

Karina M.

Apriadi Gunawan and Kharishar Kahfi, Medan and Jakarta – The Medan State Administrative Court in North Sumatra has rejected a lawsuit filed by environmental group the Indonesian Forum

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Dressed in simple predominantly white attire, thousands of Balinese Hindus flocked to the beaches across the Island of the Gods on Monday for the sacred M

Jakarta – A total of 2,282 people in Jakarta have been diagnosed with dengue fever in January this year, with one confirmed death, an official has said.

Jakarta – Members of a joint team comprising the Jakarta Military Police, the National Police and Customs and Excise arrested two Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel on Saturday for al

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The police nabbed Democratic Party deputy secretary-general Andi Arief on Sunday for allegedly consuming sabu-sabu (crystal methamphetamine).

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Anggiasari Puji Aryatie, 39, carries a remarkable spirit as a triple-minority legislative candidate who has no political leverage or much money for her c

Christoforus Ristianto, Jakarta – The coordinator and also a victim of the 1989 Talangsari massacre, Edi Hasadad, is asking the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) to ignore

Palembang – Around 100 people from the Komering ethnic group "buried themselves" in graves during an action in front of the South Sumatra governor's office on Monday March 4.

Dyah Ayu Kartika – "If Jokowi wins, there would be no azan [the Islamic call to prayer], no Qur'an study circle for children, no veil [for women]; women can marry other women, men with

Medan, Indonesia – Environmentalists lost a court challenge Monday to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan sp

Ian Morse, Makassar, Indonesia – Earlier this month Sajad Jacob, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan who had been living in an Indonesian detention centre for nearly two decades, died in

Bernadette Christina Munthe, Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia on Monday signed an economic partnership agreement aimed at stepping up trade and investment between th

James Massola, Jakarta – Two of Australia's most prestigious universities are considering opening new campuses in Indonesia following the signing of a landmark free trade agreement.

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian authorities warned on Monday (March 4) that up to 100 people could still be trapped and feared dead inside a collapsed illegal gold mine despite a painstakin

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – During a visit by the SMK (vocational high school) Taruna Nusantara at the Bogor Presidential Palace, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo called for people t

Jakarta – The Investment Coordination Board (BKPM) has said that more investors applied for tax holidays after the government relaxed the procedures for obtaining the fiscal incentive.

Jakarta – The profits of small banks, which are known as Book I and II banks, have grown slowly since 2015 because they cannot compete with large lenders.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) welcomed the signing of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) on Monday.

Jakarta – Investors want the government to now repay the funds they had spent to acquire land for toll road projects.

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Mergers and acquisitions in Indonesia's banking industry are projected to flourish this year as foreign investors, mainly from Japan and South Korea, have begun t