Jakarta – Police officer chief Brig. Matheus was found dead on Monday at Mutiara Cemetery in Depok, West Java.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Police have opened an investigation into a sexual assault case after an official at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), the school of both alleged v

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the political parties who supported him in the 2017 gubernatorial election had the prerogative of choosing his new deputy govern

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Two police officers were shot at while attempting to move the body of a beheaded person at the village of Salubanga in Sausu, Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi o

Ya'cob Billiocta – 212 Alumni Brotherhood Secretary General Bernard Abdul Jabbar believes that the Koran reading test for prospective presidential (capres) and vice presidential candid

With Indonesia's 2019 presidential election fast approaching, both candidate pairs have yet to go directly head-to-head against each other in a debate.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration claimed that throughout 2018 it had distributed 3,070 worker cards to its residents, specifically those whose salaries are no more than 10 percent a

Jakarta – The city administration announced on Monday that the expanded odd-even traffic control policy is to remain in place.

Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto has claimed that the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), which is 20.5 percent, is hig

Jakarta – The Indonesian Settlement and Housing Developers Association (Apersi) has set a conservative commitment target for subsidized houses next year, after taking into account the e

Jakarta – Personnel of the Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) in Makassar, South Sulawesi, have for the umpteenth time raided several mini markets for openly selling condoms.

A board member at the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) Supervisory Board, Syafri Adnan Baharuddin, has denied sexually harassing his former secretary, a woman who g

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Indramayu has become among the few regencies to adopt environmental education curriculum in schools.

Life may conspire to throw obstacles at us, but, in general, we Indonesians are an optimistic bunch – even if we're starting to lower our expectations about what the future might bring.

Jakarta – In the lead up to New Years Eve this year, a number of regional governments issued appeals warning the public not to be excessive in celebrating the New Year or to do so with

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – A number of religious, cultural and interfaith figures have formulated a document called the Jakarta Treatise in response to the rising tide of religious

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) says that there is a party which has a "stomach ache" over the invitation by the Aceh Proselytizin

Jakarta – Banten Police have charged three people connected to Drajat Prawiranegara Hospital in Serang, Banten, for allegedly charging illegal levies for delivering the bodies of Sunda

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Chatib Basri, a former minister during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's era, to former South Sulawesi governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo were appointed to bec

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The election campaign team of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin says that they support the proposed Koran reading test for

Sheany, Jakarta – The family of an Indonesian man who was killed in the crash of Lion Air flight JT-610 sued Boeing this week, alleging that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet was "unreasonably d

Rob McBride, Banten, Indonesia – Ahmad Hidayat's smile seemed strangely incongruous given the mess that lay around him.

Rie Ishii, Yogyakarta – A woman trapped in a man's body. Reconciling this gender-bending reality from most cultural perspectives can be, at the very least, a small leap of faith.

Ivany Atina Arbi and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The West Bandung administration's plan to establish what it calls "wife schools" to prevent divorces has sparked outrage among the

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi might have been considered the happiest person in the country following Indonesia's success in hosting the Asian Games

Devina Heriyanto and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – At least 4,231 people died or were declared missing during natural disasters across the archipelago this year, making it the deadlie

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Jakarta – Petitions on environmental issues dominated Indonesia's digital movements in 2018 with the number of people signing them having increased by 17 times compared to last year, ac

Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) is questioning the legal grounds for the seizure of books about the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and communism in K

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is marching on in its investigation in a bribery case pertaining to the Jambi budget deliberation by naming 13 new suspects in the

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – This was a busy year for the country's antigraft campaign spearheaded by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Kharishar Kahfi and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The year 2018 was the year when dozens of new regional leaders entered office with fanfare after being elected in the 2018 simultane

Jakarta – The Lhokseumawe Police in Aceh have apprehended a 31-year-old man who allegedly edited footage of vice-presidential candidate and Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin to show him in a Sa

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said there were 17 cases of terrorism this year, compared to 12 cases last year.

Jakarta – Christians demanded on Thursday that the local administration and Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB) be more active in putting an end to discriminatory actions related to the cons

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The year 2018 was supposed to be the year of achievement for Indonesia's push for greater citizen protection abroad, a key policy priority under Foreign Minister R

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly revealed on Thursday that the food budget for prisoners would rise to Rp 1.79 trillion in 2019, an increase from Rp 1.3 trillion th

Jakarta – Reports about the exploitation of voter data in elections overseas, coupled with uncertainty surrounding the deliberation of the data privacy bill at home, should be sufficien

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Langkat Police have apprehended a 19-year-old male for allegedly burning a Quran near a mosque in Besitang district, Langkat regency, North Sumatra, on Frid

Muslims aren't allowed to wish Christians a Merry Christmas – at least according to one contentious interpretation of Islamic law.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Just four days after the Sunda Strait tsunami devastated homes in Serang, Banten, floodwater engulfed two villages in the regency on Wednesday, inundati

Jakarta – It has not been all doom and gloom in the economy this year.

Jakarta – The head of the Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno presidential election campaign team (BPN), Djoko Santoso, says that that it is better to violate human rights than allow the

Depok – The police have detained 13 members of a mass organization in Banten on Wednesday who allegedly assaulted a member of the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in Depok, West Java.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais, who is known as an outspoken critic of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is being pressured to step down f

Ahmad Rafiq (contributor), Jakarta – Presidential candidate of the upcoming 2019 Indonesian election, Prabowo Subianto, issued yet another controversial statement which has gone viral.

Muhammad Cohen Bali – Indonesia will hold national legislative and presidential elections in April 2019, and although the official campaign has not yet begun, the political scene is alr

Jakarta – The police shot and arrested the alleged shooter of military officer Lt. Col. Dono Kuspriyanto at a house on Jl.

The National Mandate Party (PAN), a major party in Indonesia's opposition coalition, is seemingly going through an extremely turbulent time with a public denouncement of its founding fa

Ian Pannell, Banten, Indonesia – "God gave to us, he took away, but he will give to us again."