Jakarta – Indonesian police appealed on Thursday for tolerance and respect for other people's religious celebrations after an Islamist group threatened to raid businesses to check for Muslims being

Michael Kimmelman, Jakarta – Rasdiono remembers when the sea was a good distance from his doorstep, down a hill.

Jakarta – PT Tirta Investana, the producer of Aqua bottled water, has denied any wrongdoing after the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) ordered the company to pay Rp 13.84 billion

Wisnu Prasetya Utomo – Almost two decades after the authoritarian regime in Indonesia ended, democratisation in the media has yet to reach an ideal situation.

Phelim Kine – On Monday, he called for Indonesia's beleaguered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population to be, "nurtured, not shunned."

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta, Indonesia – Steven Handoko admits it wasn't his most dignified moment.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – New Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has revoked the rotations of 16 of 85 high-ranking officers ordered by former commander Ge

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Indigenous communities in Indonesia have faced rampant rights violations throughout 2017, a rights group said on Wednesday.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno has declared that the administration will take a hard stance in its fight against drug trafficking in the capital, including a "shoo

It looks like Indonesia's most controversial Islamist hardliner group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) will be pretty busy for the foreseeable future.

Jakarta – The Bengkulu Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) is drafting a regional bylaw on child protection and family resilience that stipulates proper dress and bans "sexy clothing" in public,

Kharishar Kahfi and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The daughter of former president Soeharto, Siti Hadijati "Titiek" Soeharto, has confirmed that she has dropped out of the race for the Golkar Pa

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Several environmental activists from the Clean Air Movement have urged the government to pay attention to air quality in Jakarta ahead of the 2018 Asian Games i

Jakarta – The government says 68 renewable energy plants, mostly constructed in remote areas that are not connected to the electricity network of state-owned electricity company PLN, have sustained

Jakarta – Catholic priest and social observer Benny Susetyo has said that Governor Anies Baswedan's plan to celebrate Christmas at the National Monument (Monas) square in Central Jakarta is unneces

Hendri Yulius – After almost two years of intense debate, the Constitutional Court last week rejected a challenge to the Criminal Code (KUHP) that would have criminalised sex between people of the

Jakarta – With pornographic content flooding the internet, the government is set to use a censorship machine starting next year to surf the net to block porn.

Safrin La Batu and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has withdrawn its support for Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil after the later was slow to respond to the party's demands to pick one

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on Golkar, one of major Indonesian political parties, to maintain its solidity ahead of the political year in 2018.

Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to lose its first and only female constitutional justice, whose term is up next year, potentially dealing a blow to women's rights in a cou

Last year, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country's highest Muslim clerical body, released a fatwa saying it was forbidden for any Muslims to wear "attributes" of any non-Muslim holidays o

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesian women migrant workers in Hong Kong have been targeted by extremist groups to raise funds for acts of terrorism through social media, experts said on Tuesday (19/12).

Muh. Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin asked society not to excommunicate and avoid lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

Indonesia is currently experiencing what doctors have called an "extraordinary" outbreak of diphtheria that has already killed dozens of people this year, mostly young children.

We've said it time and time again: there is practically zero logical reason for drug traffickers to get kids hooked on narcotics, mainly because drugs are expensive.

Throughout much of Indonesia, government officials are becoming increasingly aware that the country is facing a hidden epidemic of gender-based violence.

John McBeth – The 100,000-strong crowd that turned out in downtown Jakarta for Sunday's protest over US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli's capital again demonstrates the

Jakarta – The public is able to once again access videos of Jakarta executive meetings on YouTube for significantly shorter durations of four to 13 minutes per video as a result of tight selection

Jakarta – Nightclubs across Jakarta have been put on notice following a raid on the MG International Club in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, on Sunday, as the city authorities plan to intensify op

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has resumed uploading videos of executive meetings on YouTube, after the decision to halt uploading the material earlier this month incurred strong public criti

An Indonesian court has sentenced ten men to two years in prison for taking part in a gay sex party at a sauna, court documents show.

Jakarta – The government through the State Asset Management Agency (LMAN) has disbursed Rp 25.29 trillion (US$1.77 billion) to 34 toll road operators, tribunnews.com reported on Monday.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – A survey conducted by Polmark says that the electability of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) for the upcoming 2019 presidential election is above that of Gerindra Part

Jakarta – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) held an event in Central Jakarta on Sunday entitled "The Mighty Generations: The Future Is In Your Hands," seeking to promote entrepreneurship among

Jakarta – Tens of thousands of protesters took to the street Sunday against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the latest show of support for the Palestinians in the countr

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the youth wings of Indonesia's two largest Islamic organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, to continue stre

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – Indonesia's seafood exports reached $3.62 billion in October, only 51 percent of this year's target, a senior official at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fish

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – All of Indonesia's tsunami buoys are inoperable due to vandalism and lack of maintenance, an official from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, or BNPB, said on Saturd

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Chandni Vatvani, Sumenep Regency – Bold makeup in hues of red and black lined their eyes, hair adorned with buds of jasmine, a bejewelled golden plate rested upon their foreheads, while more gold c

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has demanded that state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I consider human rights aspects while working on

Jakarta – In response to residents' complaints about social problems in several areas of West Jakarta, the Social Support, Observation and Control (P3S) taskforce of the West Jakarta Social Affairs

Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department arrested a doctor in West Sumatra on Friday afternoon for allegedly spreading hate speech on her Facebook account.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) has said it will not participate in a Christmas celebration planned by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan at the National Monument (Monas) in Janua

Alin Almanar, Jakarta – Prominent lawyers Todung Mulya Lubis and Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara failed to attend questioning on Thursday (14/12) as witnesses in a high-profile graft case related to t

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) said on Friday that 12 out of 14 political parties attending administrative assessments for their participation in the 2019 presidential and legisla

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Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has said that, despite the increase in income of both small farmers in villages and construction workers in urban areas, their real income has declined

Nathan Thompson – Ketut Suweni shovels gravel on the slopes of Mt Agung while the volcano spews ash clouds.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The monthly trade surplus hit US$130 million in November, the lowest level this year, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced Friday.