The symptoms were mild and seemingly innocuous at first: mostly coughing and fatigue.

John McBeth, Jakarta – Billed as Indonesia's 'trial of the century', the formal arraignment on December 13 of Golkar Party chairman and former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto paves t

Google recently released its Year in Search 2017 lists, showing the top unique terms that people entered into the digital giant's search engine this year.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has narrowly rejected a petition to outlaw extramarital and gay sex after more than a year of fierce debate.

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday narrowly rejected a petition asking it to criminalize all sex outside marriage, in a blow to religious conservative

Many people were waiting with bated breath this morning to see how Indonesia's Constitutional Court would finally rule on a petition, filed by representatives of conservative Islamic organization,

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – One of the 12 petitioners who sought to ban premarital sex and same-sex relationships through a judicial review petition at the Constitutional Court has said that the cour

Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police have said they will provide security for the planned rallies against the annual electronic music festival Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) set to be held at JIExpo,

Jakarta – A Constitutional Court ruling that rejected a petition to outlaw extramarital and gay sex on Thursday has drawn mixed reactions from netizens.

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), in collaboration with Indonesian mass media, today launched a whistleblower platform, called Indonesialeaks, for the public to rep

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled on Thursday that a provision in the 2003 Labor Law allowing a company to ban marriages between its employees violated the 1945 Constitut

Jakarta – Education and Cultural Minister Muhadjir Effendy has apologized for what he admitted was an error made in sixth-grade social science textbooks, which referred to Jerusalem as the capital

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – A strike by drivers of public minivans, or angkot, in Medan, North Sumatra, caused chaos on Wednesday and left thousands of passengers, including students, s

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) received fewer complaining reports in 2017 compared to last year, but city and urban-related problems increased this year.

Nur Hadi, Surabaya – Surabaya District Court has sentenced cleric Alfian Tanjung to two years in prison in a hate speech case.

Indonesia's biggest corruption trial in years was derailed Wednesday after its graft-charged parliament speaker, Setya Novanto, claimed a bout of diarrhea had left him too ill to participate, promp

Luke Lischin – On December 2, alumni of the so-called "Aksi 212" protest that contributed to the downfall of former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama held a rally to commemorate the event at

Jakarta – Members of several mass organizations went to City Hall on Tuesday to meet Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, claiming they had been invited to join him for lunch.

Jakarta – Jakarta Council Speaker Prasetio Edi Marsudi has urged Governor Anies Baswedan to focus on his work and not get side tracked building his personal image, following the chaos caused by flo

If you live or work anywhere within the Greater Jakarta Metro Area, you know all about yesterday's widespread flooding throughout the capital since, at best, it ruined your commute home and, at wor

Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has warned people about false discounts and products unfit for consumption, which are rampant as the end of the year approaches.

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – The Trade Ministry has announced the results of goods and product inspection throughout 2017, based on the Indonesia National Standard (SNI) and manual and guarantee card (MKG) requiremen

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday criticized businesspeople, saying they had spent too long in a wait-and-see position, because they were overly wary about the country's political

More than a dozen people have been arrested by Indonesian anti-terrorism police, authorities said Monday, as they beef up security in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country ahead of the Christ

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – Densus 88, the National Police's counterterrorism squad, supported by Riau Police personnel, have arrested four suspected terrorists in separate locations.

Stewart Fenwick – Negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between Australia and Indonesia continue, with little tangible progress so far.

Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Negative content in the form of hate speech, fake news and divisive ethnic and religious sentiments on social media platforms has a major impact on the mindset and behavior

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been criticized for claiming that resolving past human rights violations was still part of his administration's agenda, despite having f

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – Industrial players in Batam, Riau Islands, are considering using robots to increase production cost efficiency as the monthly city minimum wage (UMK) for workers has co

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – A group of NGOs has called for greater efforts to stop rampant violence against women and children in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), after recording 119 of suc

Istman Musaharun Pramadiba, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said the battle against corruption in Indonesia is not serious, as evidenced by the many numbers of regional heads found to hav

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono is eyeing to make Indonesia's millennial generation as his future base voters.

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's decision to discontinue the publication of videos of executive meetings has been criticized by an activist, saying it was a setback to efforts

Under former governors Joko Widodo and Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, Jakartans had unprecedented access to video recordings of meetings conducted by the Jakarta provincial government on Youtube as

Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency's (BPS) balance and statistics analysis deputy head, Sri Soelistyowati, denied that poor sales at a number of retail outlets were caused by the emergence of

"The extremists called and told us they planned to attack. We called the police beforehand, they wouldn't come... [they] showed up at the very end and watched us be beaten."

Antara, Yogyakarta – Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto went on a pilgrimage to the tomb of TNI's first commander-in-chief General Soedirman, which is located in K

Jakarta – A proper transition period is needed for Gen.

Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has called on newly inaugurated Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto to strengthen the unity of the TNI, tempo.co reported on

Jakarta – Residents of Tiberias village in Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, have called on the government to help end their land dispute against plantation company Malisya Sejahtera that has not

Konradus Epa – Indonesian Aris Panji Irianto did not mind traveling from his home in Central Java to Jakarta to meet with fellow victims of the nation's bloody 1965-66 anti-Communist purge.

On the occasion of international human rights day, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) observes the major human rights issues of concern in Indonesia.

Several stories about children as young as 14 getting married have went viral on social media in Indonesia in recent months, highlighting what many experts warn is a worrying trend of child marriag

Jakarta – Several economists say people will still prefer keeping their money in banks next year.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said the deregulation program is an effective method of eradicating corruption because more rules tend to result in more corruption.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The government launched on Sunday a movement against child marriage in West Nusa Tenggara as part of an effort to end the practice, which remains rampan

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – The National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, arrested three men alleged to be involved in a local terrorism network in East Java on Saturday.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has criticized greening and land-restoration programs that he described as purely decorative without concrete follow-up action.

Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – After years of torrid growth, sales at retail establishments in Indonesia, especially department stores, are losing steam, as wage growth slows and online shopping takes off.