Celebrity musician, failed politician and Nazi-apparel aficionado Ahmad Dhani is officially filing an appeal for his 1.5-year prison sentence, which was handed to him at the conclusion

When the East Java capital city of Surabaya shuttered Dolly, then the largest red light district in Southeast Asia, there were fears that sex workers would be forced to go underground

Jakarta – The Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) has said Indonesia's economy faces several risks this year, such as continuing trade and current account deficits and liquidit

Mirra Noor Milla and Haykal Hafizul Arifin – Terrorism was one of the main topics in the first round of Indonesian presidential debate last week.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The administration of Central Java is deliberating a draft for a bylaw aimed at "protecting" local fishermen by providing access to technology and financial assi

Arya Dipa and Kharishar Kahfi, Bandung and Jakarta – In January last year, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the key to settle all the environmental problems of the Citarum River – t

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Wonogiri – Hundreds of students at a state junior high school in Wonogiri, Central Java, staged a protest on Monday to demand the ousting of an English teacher, HA,

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – In a coordination meeting between state ministers and regional heads on Monday, January 28, 2019, Vice President Jusuf Kalla – or popularly known as JK – to

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who is also a member of Prabowo's campaign team, said he could guarantee that the Gerindra

Jakarta – Exporters have welcomed the government's short-term policy to boost exports by reducing the number of the commodities requiring surveyor reports (LS's) and those on the restr

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said that the number of mosques in Indonesia has increased significantly in recent years, but the exact number of remains a mystery.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Indonesia Real Estate Broker Association (AREBI) chairman Lukas Bong has called on the government to relax regulations on property ownership for foreigner

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Making up nearly half of the electorate, millennials are at the top of every political party's target group list this election year.

Jakarta – Farmers in Kayu Aro village, Kerinci regency, Jambi have thrown potatoes and cabbage harvested from their farms onto the road in protest over drastic price declines in the la

Students at a junior high school in the Wonogiri Regency of Central Java came out in the dozens to demand the resignation of one of the school's teachers, who allegedly sexually harass

While many analysts have predicted that "Islamic mobilization" (i.e.

Celebrity musician, failed politician and Nazi-apparel aficionado Ahmad Dhani was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison today after being found guilty at the conclusion of his hate speech t

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) Bogor chapter in West Java has urged members of the public not to heed the call from a conservative Muslim group who wants to ban Cap Go

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) secretary-general Raja Juli Antoni has called Prabowo's and his Gerindra Party's political fashion as primitive following a rec

Ayu Cipta, Tangerang – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) of Tangerang City stopped a Post Office located on Jalan Daan Mogot from delivering the remaining 150 packages or 450 co

Maimon Herawati, the woman perhaps best known as the initiator of an online petition demanding that Indonesian authorities take a "vulgar" Shopee ad featuring K-pop girl group BLACKPIN

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno criticized 31 regional heads in Central Java for publicly declaring support for the incumbent candidate Joko W

Isal Mawardi, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's younger brother and financial backer, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, says that they will accept any and all support for his older brother's presiden

Jakarta – At least 68 people have been killed and nearly 7,000 forced to take refuge in emergency shelters after floods, landslides and a tornado battered the Indonesian island of Sula

Jakarta – Floods and landslides that hit 12 regencies and one city across South Sulawesi last week have killed at least 68 people and displaced about 6,700 others, the National Disaste

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who became a coconut and palm oil trader at the age of 15 before building a multi-billion dollar empire with businesses spanning paper and pul

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is backing away from a plan to release a radical cleric linked to the Bali bombings in 2002, after the thinly veiled attempt t

Dede Oetomo – In the 1960s, I grew up in Pasuruan, East Java in Indonesia. During this time, I learned that trans women in Jakarta started organizing action groups.

James Massola, Jakarta – Australia's very particular and peculiar love affair with the Indonesian island of Bali is well-established, to the point where some even joke the island could

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Rik Glauert – Government officials in Indonesia have stepped in to defend a HIV and AIDS support group after it was shut down last week amid the country's anti-LGBTI crackdown.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that the release of former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama should become an impetus f

Sheany, Jakarta – A plan by the Attorney General's Office to launch a massive crackdown on books about communism and other banned ideologies has prompted concerns that this may erode f

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Rights activists have criticized the police for allowing the identity of a soap opera star, officially identified only as VA and allegedly involved in a

It's 2019, but paranoia about communism – caused by the 1965 coup attempt of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) as well as decades of government propaganda – still runs strong among

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) delivered on Thursday five antisubmarine helicopters and one CN235-220 maritime patrol aircraft to the Indonesian

John McBeth, Jakarta – Watched 24 hours a day on closed circuit television and cut off from all but his immediate family, life has become a lonely existence for aging terrorist leader

Heru, Dian, Astri, Hermawan, Rei, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu supports the proposal by Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo to conduct nationwide raids on communist book

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – State-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad announced on Thursday that it booked net profits of Rp 98 billion (US$6.94 million) in 2018, higher than the

James Massola, Jakarta – On paper, the two men couldn't be much more different.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government said it would ease procedures to boost exports, with the aim of bolstering the country's current account, as the trade deficit was reco

Ni Komang Erviani and Bambang Muryanto, Denpasar and Yogyakarta – Journalists and rights activists across Indonesia were outraged by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to grant remi

Angus Watson – Indonesians this week got a taste of how far their outwardly secular President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, would go to buttress his reelection campaign against attacks

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan responded to the deforestation issue that had been in the world's limelight during his speech

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The assessment by sociologist Ariel Heryanto on Indonesians that choose to be non-voters or 'Golput' is mainly caused by people's crisis of trust against the go

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Prabowo-Sandiaga Uno campaign team (BPN) spokesman Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak announced the team will pay attention to the issue of potential non-vote

Norman Harsono, News Desk – Amid its claims of success for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's One Million Houses program last year, the government is planning this year to build another

At around 7.30am this morning local time, former governor of Jakarta Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama evaded the media and crowds of supporters as he walked free from an Indonesian prison

Rik Glauert – Indonesia's most progressive island crowned its LGBTI kings and queens behind closed doors last month.

Ben Bohane – Reports of the Indonesian military using white phosphorous munitions on West Papuan civilians last month are only the latest horror in a decades-old jungle war forgotten b