Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Pro-Islamic State (IS) cleric Aman Abdurrahman denounced in his defense plea on Friday the recent terror attacks in Indonesia, saying the perpetrators were igno

Max Lane – May 21, 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the dictator Suharto, who ruled Indonesia from 1965 until 1998 – 33 years; a very long time.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who threatened to shoot President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a video that has gone viral.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A former critic of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who now works at the State Palace claims that Muslims must not insult the government as it is "a repr

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Both the current president and his main rival four years ago send signals that they will face each other again in the 2019 presidential election.

Sandra Hamid – Last week turned dark for Australia's Indonesian neighbour when a parent and four young children detonated suicide bombs in front of three churches in the city of Surabay

Harry Suhartono, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks are coming back with a vengeance.

A week into Ramadan, we had hope that this year would be different in that there would be no news of self-proclaimed religious vigilantes "sweeping" businesses, (i.e.

Indonesia is hastening deliberations of an anti-terrorism bill, following a series of suicide bombings carried out by supporters of Islamic State in Surabaya, East Java, this month.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Improvements to an anti-terror law expected to be passed on Friday (May 25) will allow the Indonesian authorities to hold anyone suspected of planning a

In the wake of last week's horrific terrorist attacks in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo urged the House of Representatives (DPR) to push through a draft revision to the country's anti

Nobody should ever have to be told that making bomb jokes on an airplane or in an airport is a terrible, terrible idea, but especially not the week after Indonesia suffered multiple dea

Jakarta – The Indonesian Retailers Association (Aprindo) has projected that retail sales will increase by 20 percent when the country hosts the Asian Games from Aug. 18 to Sept.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Wednesday that the government had agreed to increase Idul Fitri holiday bonuses for civil servants, militar

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated Admiral Siwi Sukma Adji as the new Navy chief of staff, replacing retiring Admiral Ade Supandi, whose te

Jakarta – The government has issued Government Regulation No. 14/2018 on foreign ownership of insurance companies, setting a maximum foreign ownership of 80 percent.

Ardian Fanani, Banyuwangi – Two rogue members of the Banyuwangi Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), Naufal Baderi and Basuki Rahmat, have been detained by airport security police

A member of the Regional Council (DPRD) in Karawang, West Java, named Hitler Nababan (yes, that's his real name, so if you've ever doubted wondered whether anyone would name their kid a

Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) wants to implement a rule, starting with the regional elections taking place in 2019, barring individuals who have been convicted of corrup

Soeharto left office in 1998 with a reputation as one of the most corrupt leaders in the world.

Jakarta – Ahead of the Idul Fitri exodus, Jakarta Transportation Agency officials have carried out roadworthy tests on 97 intercity buses at Kalideres bus station, West Jakarta, with on

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – More motorcyclists will hit the road this Idul Fitri holiday, discouraged by a shortage of public transportation, says an expert.

Peggy McInerny – In the course of six months, from October 1965 through mid-1966, roughly half a million members of the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Komunis Indonesia, or PKI) w

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – Presidential Chief of Staff Gen.

Ternate – The group 20 Years of Reformasi, Win Freedom, Equality and Prosperity Committee (Komitmen) held a campaign action commemorating 20 years of reformasi in front of the Gamalama

Jakarta – The Indonesian government will protect the public from any "big shock" from soaring global oil prices by raising subsidies, its finance minister said on Tuesday.

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Contrary to the general phenomenon of the gender-related gap pay, women in Indonesia are paid more than their male counterparts for the same job.

Sidney Jones, Jakarta, Indonesia – A sudden spate of terrorist attacks in Indonesia during the past few weeks offers insights into how supporters of the Islamic State around the world a

In this tweet from the Twitter account of former Presidium Alumni 212 leader Faizal Assegaf, he is responding to Deputy House Speaker Fahri Hamzah by writing, "...

Rizky Alif Alvian – Moving away from their past ambiguous stance on violent Islamic extremism, Indonesian conservative Muslim organisations are taking a more assertive position against

Jakarta – Graft defendant and former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto and his nephew, Irvanto Pambudi Cahyo, named five top Golkar Party politicians whom they accused of h

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Islamic organization Muhammadiyah Youth Center Chairman Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak demanded Ministry of Religious Affairs call off the determination of national

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Amien Rais, the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN)'s consultative board, has called on the Religious Affairs Ministry to revoke the list of 200

Following the terrorists attacks in Indonesia last week including horrific suicide bombings at four different sites in Surabaya, several people have been arrested by police for sharing

Apriadi Gunawan and Vela Andapita, Medan/Jakarta – North Sumatra Police have arrested a lecturer at North Sumatra University (USU), identified as HDL, and a security guard at a regional

Moses Ompusunggu and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesia will soon have a new antiterrorism law to replace the current law, which is widely seen as weak, with deliberations on th

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Gerindra Party politician Sandiaga Uno admitted on Sunday that he had met with Democratic Party leader Agus Yudhoyono, in a move to establish a possible coaliti

Jakarta – With only a year left to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's term in office, the government has only completed building 870 kilometers of 1,852 kilometers of toll roads that aime

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesia's Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has claimed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had expressed his consent to

During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are encouraged to perform the taraweh prayer – an optional yet highly virtuous prayer – every evening, ideally at mosques.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Twenty-three Ahmadiyah followers, mostly women and children, have continued to seek refuge at the East Lombok Police station, West Nusa Teng

Iffah Nur Arifah – Twenty years ago today, the late Suharto resigned as president of Indonesia after 32 years in power.

Rofi Ali Majid – The education system has failed to realise the ideals of reformasi – the reform movement that began with the overthrow of former president Suharto in 1998.

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – It was in the middle of the day on Saturday when an unidentified mob destroyed several houses and attempted to expel the Ahmadiyah community from Grepek Tanak E

Jessica Damiana, Jakarta – For the past decade, Indonesian housewife Maria Sanu has joined a small group of protesters at a silent weekly vigil outside the presidential palace in Jakart

Jakarta – The National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88 has made a string of arrests and raided several places in Sumatra and Java on Friday, the police announced over the week

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) considered the death sentence for terrorist convict was not a solution to counterterrorism since the perpetrat

Resty Woro Yuniar – On a sunny Friday in Denpasar, the capital of Indonesia's Bali, a group of burly men gather at a small, gated, two-house complex across from the city's main cathedra

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – I'll never forget what my boss told me on the morning of May 21, 1998. "He'll resign. Today!"

Resty Woro Yuniar and Jeffrey Hutton – February 4, 1998, was a day that would change Desmond Junaidi Mahesa's life forever and he never saw it coming.