Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) deemed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had failed to accomplish the first point of his promis

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry has said it was still trying to find some 56,000 missing state assets under its control.

Following an attack by masked assailants that led to cancellation of the traditional Javanese sedekah laut ceremony in Cental Java's Bantul regency on Saturday, another cultural festiva

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police have claimed that two suspected terrorists killed in a raid in Tanjung Balai on Thursday had planned to attack Buddhist temples and pol

Sheany, Jakarta – Most Muslim teachers in Indonesia are intolerant of other religions and highly prone to radicalization, a recent survey showed.

Kristian Erdianto, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid says that over the four years that he has been in office, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has

Kristian Erdianto, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid believes that during the four years of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo leadership the protecti

Jakarta – The Health Ministry has said that local pharmaceutical companies still relied heavily on imported chemical ingredients – active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) – because the

Jakarta – A Gerindra Party Jakarta councillor running for reelection is being investigated for reportedly campaigning at a state junior high school in West Jakarta.

Jakarta – Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri has proposed an 8.13 percent rise in the provincial minimum wage (UMP) for 2019, saying an increase of that amount was based on data issued by

Rik Glauert – A local government in Indonesia on Wednesday (17 October) sent a circular to the region's mosques asking them to preach on the dangers of the LGBTI community and HIV at pr

Jakarta – The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) advocacy group Arus Pelangi (Rainbow Current) has slammed the Cianjur regency government's call for mosques to present sermon

Bandung, CNN Indonesia – West Java Governor Uu Ruzhanul Ulum says that his office will not make an issue over the appeal by the Cianjur regency government calling on all mosques to pres

Muhammad Radityo Priyasmoro, Jakarta – The head of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKI) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) says that Indonesian lawmakers firmly rejected th

Jakarta – The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) has launched a program called the Protecting Voting Rights Movement (GMHP) to verify the city's electoral roll ahead of

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party has accused two of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ministers of publicly demonstrating politic

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The campaign team of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin is eyeing conglomerates for financial contributions.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Human rights watchdogs demand that the government immediately release Sawin and Sukma, two environmentalists from Indramayu, West Java, who were arrested o

Jakarta – Jakarta's children face high health risks, as only 5 percent are deemed to be physically fit, a youth official has said.

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia on Tuesday released a survey of 40 banks representing 80 percent of total bank credit, which showed slow growth of bank credit in the third quarter of 2018.

Many people are concerned about a growing climate of religious intolerance in Indonesia, not just among adults but children as well.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Social media went abuzz earlier this week with #UninstallGoJek after homegrown ride-hailing company Gojek has come under fire after a screenshot of a Faceb

Intolerance towards LGBT individuals has been on the rise recently in Indonesia and, while the government hasn't criminalized homosexuality yet (except in the highly conservative region

Jakarta – The Cianjur regency government in West Java has asked all regency mosques to present sermons on the dangers of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and HIV/AIDS at Fr

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) has responded positively to the call by the Cianjur regency government in West Java for mosques to give sermons at Friday prayers on the dan

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic competitiveness has stepped up, according to the recently released Global Competitiveness Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said he attended the Meikarta topping-off ceremony last year because he was unaware of any problems regarding th

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The Indonesian Anti Slander Society (Mafindo) documented numerous hoax contents spread on social media from July to September.

For many of the religiously devout, servitude to God is more important than fulfilling their earthly duties.

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Last year, Anies Baswedan started his job as Jakarta governor amid controversy. Shortly after being inaugurated on Oct.

Jakarta – The City Council has refused to discuss the planned revision of Jakarta Regulation No.

Indonesia has warned Australia that moving its embassy to Jerusalem could undermine a peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

Jakarta – The closeness of Presidential Candidate Number 02, Prabowo Subianto, with the "Great Leader" of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab, can no longer be denied.

Contraception is not simply a method to prevent pregnancy.

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Director of the Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers), Nawawi Bahrudin regrets police's intention to investigate IndonesiaLeaks following its report of an

Rik Glauert – A K-pop event at a mall in Indonesia came to an abrupt end on Sunday (14 October) after same-sex pairs took part in a 'Pocky challenge' on stage.

There has been a sharp rise in intolerance against the LGBT community in Indonesia in recent years due to rising conservatism and political fear-mongering.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) secretary-general Mustafa Kamal said negative campaigns are not aimed to slander a political opponent.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt – which includes debts from central banks, governments and the private sector – stood at US$360.7 billion in August, growing b

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Monday that the country recorded a trade surplus of US$230 million in September following month-to-month (mtm) defi

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election campaign team spokesperson Dahnil Anzhar Simanjuntak has confirmed that cases of crimes against humanity such has human rights violation

They may be knot-tying experts, but most members of the Indonesian Scout Movement (Pramuka) are nowhere near old enough to vote.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Members, initiators and partners of IndonesiaLeaks, an independent whistle-blower platform that recently published a report on the alleged involvement of a t

With recent scandals and polling suggesting a very hard road until April's election for presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto, his camp has decided to take a new tact by attacking Pr

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has reportedly arrested 10 people – comprising officials from the Bekasi administration in West Java and private

One of the main criticisms against former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama by human rights activists was his forced evictions of slum dwellers – who illegally lived on gov

Jakarta – On Saturday afternoon, October 13th, around 50 women's rights organizations, grassroots organizations, farmer organizations and workers from all over Asia gathered at Padang G

Jakarta – The rupiah weakened again on Monday as the currency was cited at 15,248 per United States dollar in a spot market at 10 a.m.

Resty Woro Yuniar – An Indonesian anti-government activist's secret plastic surgery procedure has spiralled into the country's latest fake news scandal ahead of next year's presidential

Hannah Beech, Jambi – When the flowers could no longer summon the gods, the healer knew it was time to leave the forest.