Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The government has decided to stop covering health services for sexual assault victims in the national health insurance (JKN) program, in a move activis

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has attributed the recent recovery of the rupiah's exchange value to growing investor confidence and effective market mechanisms.

Jakarta – Several soil mounds containing hazardous and toxic (B3) waste have been found near the Marunda low-cost apartments in Cilincing, North Jakarta.

Jakarta – Hundreds of survivors of the Sunda Strait tsunami that hit Banten and South Lampung on Dec.

Jakarta – South Tangerang saw an increasing divorce rate in 2018, with up to 3,500 couples separating while most cases stemmed from affairs triggered through social media connections a

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – In an unprecedented move, the Jakarta Corruption Court has declared publicly listed construction company PT Duta Graha Indah (DGI) – now PT Nusa Konstruksi

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Indonesia, with the help of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Canadian government, has poured funding into polytechnic institutions to increase the n

Another day, another mishap for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.

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Jakarta – Ships at the Makassar Container Terminal in South Sulawesi are having to wait for five or seven days before they can load and unload cargo.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Spokesman for the Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Uno electoral campaign team Ahmad Riza Patria said that his team's candidates will put forth corruption an

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The latest news coming from the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin campaign team treasurer reported that it managed to collect IDR 55.9 billion in campaign funds (LPSDK) up to J

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – Human Rights (HAM) activists in Indonesia have few expectations about the first debate between the presidential (capres) and vice-presidential (cawap

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Commission for Missing Person and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Yati Andriani, hopes that panelists will ask hard questions a

Jakarta – Despite their dependence on plastic bags, Jakartans mostly agree with the city administration's plan to issue a policy restricting plastic bag use, according to a survey cond

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence index (CCI) rose by 1.7 percent from 99.0 to 100.7 in December, after increasing 0.8 percent in the previous month, according to a survey cond

We almost used an actual image of a thief's hand getting cut off in Saudi Arabia but that was much too horrible so here's a picture of Luke Skywalker after his hand got cut off by his

Jakarta – An explosion of agrarian conflicts between 2014 and 2018 has resulted in many casualties including 41 people killed, 546 people assaulted and 51 people shot.

Chaerul Umam, Jakarta – The 212 Reunion organising committee has held a "212 Award" for media and individuals that have consistently championed the 212's patriotic spirit by reporting

Jakarta – Indonesia will temporarily stop sending students to universities in Taiwan, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after it asked Taipei to investigate media reports that up to

Jakarta's ban on single-use plastic bags (locally known as kresek) is expected to be passed and enforced in early 2019, but Governor Anies Baswedan says he doesn't want to be rushed in

Indonesia's National Police have arrested two people believed to have spread a hoax on social media alleging a massive ballot tampering scheme to help President Joko Widodo win reelect

Jakarta – Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dian Triansyah Djani raised the Indonesian flag on Wednesday New York time at the UN headquarters in New York, offic

A policewoman in Indonesia has been dishonorably discharged after her sexy selfies, which were spread by a man she thought was another police officer but turned out to actually be a co

The case of Baiq Nuril – a high school teacher who was sentenced to six months in prison for recording audio of her principal making explicit and inappropriate sexual remarks towards h

After a huge controversy regarding the sawing off of a wooden cross grave marker in Yogyakarta last month, the neighboring city of Magelang saw another possibly religiously motivated d

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has reported fake news propagators to the police after misinformation about seven containers of cast ballots from China for presidentia

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indy Silviana, Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Lion Air has ended its search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from its Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, but Ind

Jakarta – The government plans to revoke the limitation on the number of franchise outlets of convenience stores as well as food and beverage outlets to accelerate investment in retail

Dian Septiari and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The government has asked Taiwanese authorities to explain allegations of forced labor involving Indonesian students enrolled in its New Southbou

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government reported on Wednesday that state revenue collected last year had surpassed the target as outlined in the 2018 state budget, a feat that

Jakarta – These days, it is almost unthinkable to leave home without Google Maps.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A group of Muslim clerics in Aceh has challenged Indonesian presidential candidates to undergo a Quran reading test as a way to determine the best figu

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) Jakarta executive board has added another name to its list of prospective deputy governor candidates to undergo a confirmation hearing wi

Jakarta – Although 2019 is expected to see a repeat of the previous year's challenges, some sectors have a rosier outlook than others.

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Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) started implementing on Wednesday a regulation that requires it to handcuff detainees.

Although there is currently something of an unofficial moratorium on executions, Indonesia still utilizes the death penalty, mostly for drug trafficking and premeditated murder convict

Jakarta – The Indonesian economy is expected to face continued external challenges stemming from uncertainty in the global environment, as developed economies are expected to further t

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Jakarta's urban mobility is to get a significant facelift this year with the new, modern, railway-based public transportation MRT and light rapid transit (LRT)

Jakarta – Secondary landslides are impeding search and rescue efforts at a landslide that caused fatalities in Sukabumi, West Java, where 20 people are still missing after 66 were save

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing for a presidential election in April that will see a rematch of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, who had competed for

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The National Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Wednesday announced that the whole-year inflation rate was 3.13 percent, lower than the 3.5 percent target set in the

In a major victory for the environment, Indonesia's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court verdict ordering PT National Sago Prima (NSP), a sago plantation company, to pay IDR 1 trilli

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia posted the smallest fiscal deficit in six years in 2018 and less than initially projected, despite turbulence in its financial markets due to capital outf

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The 2014 presidential election was the closest in Indonesia's democratic history, decided by a margin of just 6 percentage points, or 8.4 million votes.

Jakarta – A landslide that crashed on to a hilly village on Indonesia's main island of Java buried 30 houses and killed at least 15 people, officials say.

Jakarta – Soldiers, police and residents fanned out across a damaged Indonesian village Tuesday, searching in the mud for possible victims of a landslide caused by torrential rain that

Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas holding company PT Pertamina would by the end of this year have established 123 one-price fuel stations – a government program to provide fuel to remo