Jamie Fullerton, Banten – The Indonesia authorities have warned that the tsunami-ravaged coast of western Java could be hit by further dangerous waves as volcanic activity continued in

Jamie Fullerton, Banten – Solihat and her three friends had everything sorted for their perfect selfie, ready to be taken by the beach in Indonesia's Banten province.

Afifan Ghalib Haryawan, Jakarta – Indonesia is one out of three countries that has seen an increase in HIV/AIDS along with the Philippines and Russia.

Maire Leadbeater – Vanuatu is leading the way in promoting a peaceful diplomatic solution for West Papua and plans to take a resolution to the UN General Assembly next year calling for

Amilia Rosa & Niniek Karmini, Sumur, Indonesia – Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village hit by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground lat

Michael Bachelard & Amilia Rosa – Australia has offered to give assistance to Indonesia after a tsunami killed 429 people and counting, but the Indonesian authorities have said they

Jakarta – Bali has taken a big step to curb pollution in its seas, enacting a ban on troublesome single-use plastics like shopping bags, styrofoam and straws.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – In a rare event, the non-active chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), which is seen as the guardian of Islamic orthodoxy, has sent a Christmas gree

Suherdjoko, Jakarta, Semarang – As the country has encountered instances of intolerance throughout the year, carol services in cathedrals and churches across the country have called for

Jamie Fullerton in Banten province, Indonesia – Search efforts for the 154 people still missing in the disaster zone of the deadly tsunami that has killed at least 429 people continued

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Four months after activists in Bali celebrated what they believed was the end of a controversial plan to develop part of the island's mangrove-rich Benoa Bay, t

Harry Pearl, Carita, Banten – Asep Sunaria heard a loud "whoosh" just seconds before a wall of water threw him off his motorbike, swallowing his house and the village he called home unt

James Massola, Tanjung Lesung – Tanjung Lesung is a famous Indonesian beach resort that bills itself as the "gateway to Krakatoa", the volcano that triggered Saturday's tsunami.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The eyes of the children in the Assemblies of God Church (GSJA) in Kenali Barat sub-district of Jambi sparked with merriment as they sang "Hark!

Rob Attwell – The recent killings highlight how Indonesia's attempts to use economic inducements to secure peace in Papua are failing.

Simone Fox Koob – More than 135 years since the island of Krakatoa was destroyed by an explosion which shrouded the world in ash, the Indonesian coastline has been devastated by a tsuna

Jakarta – The deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck Central Sulawesi at the end of September this year should have been ample reason for the government to take immediate action to i

James Massola & Matt Wade – Indonesia is reeling from its second deadly tsunami in three months after a "high-wave event" inundated beaches and towns on the Sunda Strait between Jav

John McBeth, Jakarta – It's done.

Jakarta – Commemorating 90 years since the first Women's Congress in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on December 22, 1928, activists have highlighted the problems facing women worke

James Massola & Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Imagine your boss had an affair with a colleague, regaled you with the salacious details and then, when you recorded him harassing you and sha

Ahmad Fikri (Contributor), Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil led a ceremony to commemorate Mother's Day at Gedung Sate in Bandung on Saturday, December 22, 2018.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the National Police to take over the case of the attack against Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator at the Cor

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – An alliance of civil society groups has recorded that there were at least 10 unresolved cases of intolerance in the province, six of which occurred this y

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto denied the allegation related to bad relationship between the Prabowo-Sandiaga National Campaign Agency (BPN) and the Demo

Indonesia is becoming less and less safe for journalists despite the fact that they are protected under Law Number 40/1999 on the Press.

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Hundreds of people from several Islamic organizations held a #SaveMuslimUighur rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in Medan, North Sumatra, on Frida

Yanuar Farida Wismayanti, Patrick O'Leary, Yenny Tjoe – It's hoped a ruling last week by the country's Constitutional Court (MK) will lead to an end to child marriage in Indonesia where

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution said on Friday that the current account deficit would reach 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of 2018, but st

Jakarta – Indonesia's trade deficit this year, which reached US$7.5 billion in November, has forced the government to find a way to boost exports.

Muhammad Tanziel Aziezi – In February 2008, Bambang, a surgeon at the Dinas Kesehatan Tentara (DKT) Hospital, an Indonesian military hospital in Madiun, East Java, was reported to polic

Gayatri Suroyo, Cindy Silviana, Jakarta – As Indonesia struggles with mountains of plastic waste going into landfill and polluting its rivers and oceans, business groups are pushing to

Jakarta – Tangerang Mayor Arief R.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration and the Jakarta Police have signed an agreement on Thursday at City Hall to form a partnership to curb violence against women and children in the ci

Jakarta – The swelling trade and current account deficits are a serious matter for the country's economy as it will negatively affect the rupiah's performance and the country's resistan

Indonesian football's long-running struggle against corruption has been reignited with authorities promising a new crackdown after a senior official was caught trying to bribe a coach,

One Indonesian man's apparent disgust of PDA has landed him in hot water with the law, with him potentially facing imprisonment for filming a couple making out.

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Jakarta – The authorities are considering applying heavy security when former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is released from prison on Feb.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta administration has apologized to the family of the late Albertus Slamet Sugihardi after they were prohibited by their neighbors from holdin

Jakarta – Indonesian police have detained about 20 suspected militants as security is stepped up ahead of the Christmas and New Year's holiday season, a commander said on Thursday.

Jakarta – The Tangerang Police have arrested a religion teacher who allegedly impregnated a 17-year-old Quran recitation student in Solear district, Tangerang, Banten.

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Airlangga Hartarto was optimistic that more party members would support President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's reelection bid next year.

Medan – A panel of judges at the Medan District Court sentenced Faisal Abdi Lubis, 27, to 18 months in prison and fined him Rp 20 million (US$1,379) for insulting the Batak tribe on soc

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have apprehended several officials of the Youth and Sports Ministry during an operation in Jakarta on Tu

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Meaghan Tobin – Last week, a delegation from India arrived in Jakarta to discuss the sale of raw sugar to Indonesia.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – In a strongly worded statement, the Semarang Catholic Archdiocese has claimed that the incident in Purbayan, Kotagede, Yogyakarta, in which local resident

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian human rights lawyer Ranto Sibarani is trying to remain optimistic.

Muslimin – A survey by the Denny JA Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) has concluded that Islamic ormas (mass organisations) are beginning to abandon the Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno pr