Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named another 22 Malang City Council members in East Java as suspects in an alleged bribery case related to th

Indonesian police chief General (Kapolri) Tito Karnavian has instructed Criminal Investigation Bureau chief (Kabareskrim) Inspector General Arief Sulistyanto to reopen the investigation

Jakarta – Bangka Belitung Islands Police continue to gather more evidence in their investigation into alleged defamation against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, which implicates at leas

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Incumbent presidential and vice presidential hopeful Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Ma'aruf Amin is known to have garnered support from religious and cultural vote

A small but impassioned protest group made their voices heard in front of the offices of the General Election Commission (KPU) in Jakarta yesterday morning.

Late last month, Indonesia's controversial Blasphemy Law (Law 1/PNPS/1956) claimed another victim.

Jakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad shot dead on Monday two individuals who were allegedly involved in the shooting of two police officers on the Kanci-Peja

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has said that he is against the intimidation of religious preachers, including ustadz (Muslim teacher) Abdul Somad.

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Pollster Y-Publica recorded that the public's satisfaction increased towards the performance of the administration led by Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jusuf Kall

Marianne Brooker – People in Indonesia are sick and tired. The Indonesian Government promised to stop rogue companies but the palm oil industry still isn't listening.

Jakarta – Wildfires engulfed hectares of land in the Cikepuh and Cibanteng nature reserves in Sukabumi, West Java, between July and August.

Jakarta – The United States has made the decision to exempt 19 Indonesian steel products, namely carbon and alloy and stainless steels, from its 25 percent tariffs, Trade Minister Engga

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Densus 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism unit, has shot and killed two men believed to be responsible for an attack on two traffic police officers

Jakarta – The National Police have instructed their intelligence and security directors at the provincial level to monitor the declaration of presidential candidate campaign events usin

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he backed the police's decision to restrict events of an anti-Jokowi movement known under its Twitter handle #2019GantiPresiden (Change the

Jakarta – A Danareksa Research Institute (DRI) survey shows that the consumer confidence index (CCI) in August has retreated from 101.6 to 97.5 following a 4.7 percent increase in the p

Jakarta – Indonesia saw a 16.57 percent month-to-month increase in the number of foreign tourists to 1.53 million in July from 1.31 million in June, or a 12.10 percent year-on-year incr

Jakarta – Fifteen NGOs plan to hold a conference on Oct. 8 to 10 ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Meeting, to be held from Oct. 12 to 14 in Bali.

As former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama nears the end of his two-year prison sentence for blasphemy, one question remains unanswered: will he return to politics?

Danang Firmanto, Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) let through 12 former convicts of corruption run as legislative candidates in the 2019 General Elections (Pemilu),

In a country where the government is trying to convince the public that politics is not synonymous with corruption, you would think that everybody would agree that allowing politicians

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Gerindra patron chief Prabowo Subianto has again criticized the government's effort in managing the state debt.

James Massola, Jakarta – Ninety-nine per cent of Australian exports to Indonesia will now be able to enter tax free, or will receive preferential treatment, under the free trade deal st

Many have urged a thorough investigation into the explosive allegation that former Jakarta Vice Governor Sandiaga Uno paid IDR500 billion (US$35 million) each to political parties PAN a

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency's (Bawaslu) decision to allow five former graft convicts to run in the 2019 legislative elections has been harshly criticized by the public, i

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Bogor – The Australia-Indonesia free trade deal will be a "massive win-win" for both nations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, as it will bring th

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – Civil society groups based in Surakarta, Central Java, the hometown of the President and former mayor of the city, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, have rejected a p

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – The Asian Games had an immediate impact on the economies of the two host cities, in the form of increased retail sales, a tourism boost and improved public inf

Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN has announced losses of Rp 5.35 trillion (US$363 million) in the first half of 2018, mainly because of increasing costs, kontan.co.id repor

Sheany, Jakarta – Xpedisi Feminis, an initiative to explore diverse perspectives on feminism through travel, was launched on Saturday (25/08) with a visit to Cirebon, West Java, where p

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah fell to its lowest mark against the U.S.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – In a bid to counter intolerance and radicalism that are reportedly on the rise at universities lately, a group of University of Indonesia (UI) alumni formed

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian will summon the head of the police's criminal investigation division (Kabareskrim), Insp.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Idrus Marham, the former social affairs minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Cabinet, after hours of questioning a

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The Federation of United Indonesia (Fiber) has slammed the Election Supervisory Agency's (Bawslu) decision to stop its investigation into the case of political d

Thor Kerr and Theo Kartawijaya – On August 21 2009 an offshore oil well in the Timor Sea blew up.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has said three recently elected regional leaders have been named graft suspects.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has denied accusations that the significant jump in the allocation of social assistance to poor households was a political motive ahead

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has expressed hopes for Indonesia and Malaysia to further strengthen bilateral relations during his cordial meeting

Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate and businessman Sandiaga Uno admitted that he had no clue what the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) was talking about when it portrayed him as a sant

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Jakarta – The Taxation Directorate General will spy on people's activities through social media in trying to boost tax revenue, an official has said.

Elaine Pearson – Prime Minister Scott Morrison is visiting Indonesia this week on his first international trip as Australia's leader.

Asher Hirsch – This week, home affairs minister Peter Dutton again reiterated the false claim that "there are 14,000 people in Indonesia waiting to get on to boats now".

Kharishar Kahfi, Apriadi Gunawan and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Medan and Bandung – A judge at the Medan District Court in North Sumatra, Wahyu Prasetyo Wibowo, was recently under the spotligh

Jakarta – It never occurred to 23-year-old Devina Heriyanto that she would be sexually harassed in a neighborhood near her office – an area she had long considered safe.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A landmark ruling by the Jambi High Court has exonerated a 15-year-old rape victim of all criminal charges, but it will be some time before she can return home.

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, was finally declared a free man from the Class I Bandung Co

Jessica Jaganathan, Wilda Asmarini, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing to nationalise more of its oil and gas assets as it tries to reduce imports and boost government revenue ami

Lisa Martin – Australian universities are expected to get the green light to start setting up campuses in Indonesia under a new free trade deal.