Kharishar Kahfi and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Public representatives and prominent citizens have declared their support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), followi

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Scholars and rights activists have condemned the Indonesian Military's (TNI) recent move to confiscate books about the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Part

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno Volunteer Director Deputy Ferry Juliantono strongly denies accusations linking his campaign team to the suspect of spr

State-sanctioned discrimination in Indonesia against the LGBT community and individuals saw a sharp increase towards the end of last year as officials in a number of cities and regions

Trash-filled waterways are quite a common sight in Indonesia, but a village in the Bekasi Regency of West Java managed to make headlines around the country for letting their water poll

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The police will intensify security around Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders' homes following suspected bomb attacks at the houses of chairman A

Jakarta – While supporters of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto have been trading increasingly vindictive blows online, the results of the latest

Jakarta – The Indonesian Exporters Association (GPEI) is seeking incentives from the government for the use of local raw materials to manufacture its products.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A former secretary for the Workers Social Security Agency's (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) supervisory board – identified as RA – who accused former board member

Jakarta – The government will allocate 6 trillion (US$422.85 million) in 2019 to provide low-income families with electricity connections, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasiu

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post has welcomed 2019 with a significant achievement as World Desk reporter Agnes Anya was conferred the Adam Malik Award for Best Print Jour

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry's data shows 1.13 million new houses were built in 2018, exceeding the 1 million new houses target.

Jakarta – The government has lowered the investment target for new and renewable energy to US$1.79 billion this year from $2.01 billion in the previous year.

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Participants of the National Health Insurance (JKN) program can now let out a sigh of relief as healthcare services return to normal after the Health Ministry ord

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Jakarta – The official Twitter account of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry was flooded with angry comments on Tuesday after it gave a tone-deaf response to a Twitter user's co

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Voters have expressed mixed responses over the General Elections Commission's (KPU) decision to provide presidential candidate pairs the list of quest

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) shared on Tuesday a photo of 12 disgraced members of the Malang Legislative Council being cuffed on a train on their way to Suraba

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A recent statement of regret issued by Indonesian vice-presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin for testifying against former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnam

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – A December 2018 survey by Denny JA Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) shows that six parties contesting the 2019 legislative elections will not get enough votes to pa

With Indonesia's next presidential election looming on April 17, the candidates have little more than three months to convince voters.

If the government could fix the macet (traffic jams) problem in Jabodetabek (an acronym for the Greater Jakarta region including Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi), we would be a whol

Jakarta – A National Awakening Party (PKB) politician of Chinese descent has filed a police report against a senior Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) official for questioning his use of M

John McBeth, Jakarta – When Indonesian police dragged their feet investigating an assault on uniformed Marine Captain Agus Komaruddin by thugs running a carpark protection racket in So

Jeka Kampai, Padang – A joint team from the District Military Command (Kodim) and the Padang Attorney General's Office have seized a number of books alleged to contain communist ideas.

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Detergent manufacturers and the laundry industry have said they would work with the government in pushing for better product standardization to solve the pollutio

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Jakartans are notorious for many things. One of them is their refusal – or inability – to line up for anything.

Jakarta – Real Estate Indonesia (REI) is urging the government to fulfill its promise to introduce fiscal incentives for the development of luxury residences early this year, as part o

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated 16 new Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia at the State Palace, Jakart

Kukuh S. Wibowo, Jakarta – Upon further investigation, the East Java Police Chief Insp. Gen.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) publically announced the identities of 40 state legislator hopefuls in the 2019 general election who are ex-corruptors thr

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Fikri Arigi, Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The General Elections Committee (KPU) announced that presidential and vice presidential candidates of the upcoming electoral debate expected to be

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Worker's Social Security Agency (BPJS ketenagakerjaan) Supervisory Board Member Syafri Adnan Baharuddin will file a police report today against RA, a suspected

The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), one of the country's youngest and most progressive political parties, is certainly not shy about being provocative.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Religious intolerance is on the rise in Indonesia as conservative Muslims regain political clout ahead of general elections scheduled for April, a sign that th

Lynn Lee – As the strains of Taiwanese star Teresa Teng's hit song The Moon Represents My Heart filled a ballroom in North Jakarta last month, an array of mobile phones were trained on

Kupang (Antara) – Oil tanker Ocean Princess that sank in the vicinity waters off Aemoli Village in eastern Indonesia on December 22, 2018 has affected the marine life of Pantar Strait

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has terminated, as of this month, contracts with dozens of hospitals that have not yet received accreditation from

Jakarta (Antara) – Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Agus Rahardjo has become one of the panelists for the first debate of presidential and vice presidential cand

Jakarta – A video of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's running mate, Ma'ruf Amin, saying he regretted taking part in former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama being jailed f

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Thirty-one bodies have been retrieved from the site of a landslide in Sirnaresmi village, Sukabumi regency in West Java seven days after the disaster hit th

Depok – Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris is asking the public to immediately report to the authorities if they discover sexually deviant or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LBGT) activ

Reza Jurnaliston, Jakarta – Tommy Suharto's Working Party (Partai Berkarya) is asking parties which were "revered" by Tommy's father and the 2nd president of Indonesia, Suharto, to sta

Amy Chew, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesian trader Darsil Abd Muis has been spending weekends and all his free time together with some 500 volunteers in Malaysia campaigning for presidential h

Nadine Freischlad – West Java is the heartland of Indonesian manufacturing, and industrial zones on the outskirts of the provincial capital city, Bandung, are, according to the Ministr

Jakarta – The campaign team of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno was disappointed with the decision of the General Election Commission (KPU) to cancel the presentation of each candidat

Jakarta – Two West Jakarta fires destroyed 40 makeshift houses in Jelambar and dozens of others in Tambora, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.

Jakarta – Several years back, movie buffs in Jakarta knew how to catch up with the latest episodes of their favorite TV series or box office movie: by going to pirated DVD sellers mush

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – State energy giant Pertamina has lowered its non-subsidized fuel price by up to Rp 250 (1.8 US cents) per liter, following the declining trend of t