Arief Ikhsanudin, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) says that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is still carrying out forced evictions one year after his campaign promise n

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Jakarta – Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) Chief of Staff retired Major General Kivlan Zen discussion in Jakarta yesterday to made veiled criticisms of the administ

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – A Jakarta-based rights group, the Institute of Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR), has criticized the Jakarta Police for detaining Augie Fantinus, a radio presenter

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is holding a "Walk for Peace and Humanity: The Joint Walk to Independence for Palestine" to continue supporting the struggl

James Massola, Jakarta – The World Bank has promised up to $1.4 billion to help Indonesians rebuild their shattered lives following twin earthquakes that have devastated the resort isla

Jakarta – Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 27 people, including a dozen children at a school, officials said

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – The School of Husbandry at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has prohibited a seminar involving two former ministers, who are members of presidential candidate pair

Jakarta – Thousands of contract teachers in Bekasi, West Java, have not received their salaries for the past two months on the back of the stalled deliberation of the revision to the ci

Sheany, Nusa Dua – Hundreds of thousands of people living with HIV in lower-middle-income countries, such as Indonesia, risk losing critical support when global charities pull funding f

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 21 people, including 11 schoolchildren, left 15 missing, an

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) head Abdul Manan said reporters and law enforcers had the same intention to seek the truth.

Chaerul Umam, Jakarta – Political observer Boni Hargens says that the current discourse in Indonesia about the revival of communist ideas should stop and be left in the past.

Budaya Syirik, Bantul – A Sedekah Laut traditional thanksgiving ritual in the Central Java regency of Bantul, which was to be held on October 13, has been cancelled after a mob wearing

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia should follow in Malaysia's footsteps in abolishing the death penalty, a human rights group has said.

John Duerden, Kuala Lumpur – On September 23, Haringga Sirla, a Persija Jakarta fan, did what tens of thousands of Indonesians do every weekend: he went to watch his favorite football t

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Dutch government has appealed a court decision that holds it liable for abuse and torture against an Indonesian man while he was held captive by the Du

Jakarta – Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) Chief of Staff retired Major General Kivlan Zen says that three of the political parties supporting incumbent President J

Ni Komang Erviani and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta and Nusa Dua – Police arrested and later released six activists protesting the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Kharishar Kahfi and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The release of a recent collaborative investigative report accusing a senior police officer of accepting bri

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin camp has criticized Prabowo Subianto's "Make Indonesia Great Again" speech, an obvious refe

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto exemplifies the action of the United States which declared a trade war with China.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take action and investigate the two former KPK investigators who allegedly

Dias Prasongko, Nusa Dua – President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo said that the global economy is like the popular TV series, Game of Thrones.

Clyde Russell, Launceston, Australia – Indonesia wants to export more coal in order to earn U.S.

Seulki Lee, Jakarta – While the 2018 annual meeting of IMF-World Bank Groups entered its third day in Nusa Dua Bali, the parallel global civil society conference has been hassled by loc

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A total of seven people who claimed to have joined 212 Act declared themselves as representatives of Eks 212 Kawal Kiai Ma'ruf Amin (ex-212 alumni guard Kiai Ma'r

Nusa Dua, Bali – An alternative conference on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meeting this week in Indonesia has been cancelled due to pressure

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens an

Rio Apinino – Police have closed down the Peoples' Global Conference Against the IMF-World Bank which should have opened earlier today at the Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI) Auditorium i

Denpasar – Police arrested and later released five activists from the Community Resistance Movement (Komunitas Gerak Lawan) to prevent them from holding a protest action against the ann

Karina M. Tehusijarana and Nedi Putra AW, Malang – A history seminar scheduled for Oct.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Nusa Dua, Bali – The government canceled on Wednesday its plan to increase the price of subsidized Premium gasoline or the price based on public service oblig

Jakarta (Antara) – National Campaign Team (BPN) of Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno pair has prepared more than 300 lawyers to assist National Mandate Party (PAN) Honorary Cou

Jakarta – State-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina has announced a price increase for several types of non-public service obligation (PSO) fuels, which will take effect at 11 a

Nusa Dua, Bali – A group of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) has called for a moratorium or a halt in new projects funded with foreign loans and a thorough audit into past and ongoing

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A Facebook group page that claims to be a online hangout place for young gay people from Garut, West Java, has sent the religiously conservative regency in

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Approximately 6,000 contract-based teachers in Wonogiri, Central Java, have staged a strike, effectively halting daily activities at several

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Despite criticism of the government for not doing enough in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Sulawesi in late September, President Joko Widodo's p

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a regulation to give informants financial rewards for blowing th

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Public pressure amounted on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following the release of the investigative reporting by Indonesialeaks earlier on Monday.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – While the nation is still mourning the victims of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi, a bombshell allegation has emerged that im

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Hardline Islamists protested in Indonesia's capital on Wednesday over the investigation of an opposition activist who claimed that bruisi

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has once again evoked the dangerous and utterly fictitious threat of communism for apparent political purposes.

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo has said involving the private sector in financing the government's infrastructure projects could boost economic growth to 6.5 percent fr

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The coordinator spokesman of National Campaign Agency Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said the police summon to Amien Rais and Sa

Jakarta – The Pekanbaru High Court in Riau has declared an executive of palm oil company PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa (JJP) guilty of burning 1,000 hectares of peatland in Rokan Hilir regency,

Kate Lyons – Foreign aid workers who rallied to the island of Sulawesi after the devastating earthquake and tsunami more than a week ago have been asked to leave the country by the Indo

Okky Madasari, Singapore – So it's the time of the year again, from the end of September to October.

Tom Power – Several insightful analyses of Joko Widodo's approach to the presidency have been advanced since he took office.