Krithika Varagur, Jakarta, Indonesia – On Tuesday, nearly 30,000 pages of declassified records from the U.S.

New York – Newly released US government documents on the mass killings in Indonesia in 1965-66 underscore the need for the US and Indonesian governments to fully disclose all related classified mat

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Tuesday that the National Police should not establish an anticorruption squad, as the force has proposed to lawmakers.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Newly declassified US government files have revealed that the Indonesian Army planned to overthrow Sukarno after failing to convince him that the now-defunct Indon

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Muhammadiyah, the second largest Muslim organization in the country, has played down newly declassified US diplomatic cables that indicate the organization's invol

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Kuala Lumpur – Like millions of Indonesian women who earn a living through domestic work, Leni Suryani thought that long hours for a meager salary was just the lot of a maid.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Newly inaugurated Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has already stirred up controversy on his first full day in office, following a speech on Monday in which he used

Rebecca Henschke, Jakarta – The US knew people were being "delivered for slaughter" during a political purge in Indonesia during the 1960s, declassified documents reveal.

Jakarta – Declassified files have revealed new details of US government knowledge of and support for an Indonesian army extermination campaign that killed several hundred thousand civilians during

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N. Adri, Balikpapan – Carrying kitchenware, hundreds of women in green outfits rallied in front of the Balikpapan Legislative Council in East Kalimantan on Tuesday.

Rieka Rahadiana, Thomas Kutty Abraham and Rosalind Mathieson, Jakarta – Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipel

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) head has an innovative approach to reducing incarceration costs: killing drug suspects so that they never get to prison.

Jakarta – As many as 18 judges were given disciplinary sanctions between June and September this year following arrests made by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and illegal levy eradicat

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Marchio Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a US$1.76 billion trade surplus in September as exports reached $14.54 billion in September, a 15.6 percent increase from the same month last year, wh

Richard Chauvel – It is easy to over-interpret the body language of government officials in photographs, but Papua Governor Lukas Enembe (third from left) seems the least at ease in this meeting fr

Jakarta – Days after a long-running Indonesian television comedy aired last month, its producers got a letter from the broadcast commission warning that a male character in the show was "dressed an

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – A civil society group has urged the Indonesian government to revoke a presidential decree on the indigenous resettlement schemes in forest areas, which was issued

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Winny Tang, Jakarta – Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, Indonesia's economic growth will be better than this year as long as the commodity prices stays stable, the nation's biggest mutual fu

Jakarta – The government will soon issue an integrated regulation on the purchase and use of weapons, a senior minister said on Friday (13/10), after a shipment of weapons for Indonesia's police fo

Jakarta – The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is in the process of recruiting 14,000 new prison guards as part of its efforts to hire a total of 17,586 new employees this year, more than the c

Robin McKie – Nona is a Sulawesi crested black macaque. Photographed here by Stefano Unterthiner, she is seen chained to a chair outside the house where she is kept as a pet.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation, or YLKI, has warned the government about potential data breaches if the latter follows through on its plan to force mobile phone users to re

Luke Hunt – The problems of Indonesian President Joko Widodo are many.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Creeping Islamisation in Southeast Asia's Muslim-majority countries is threatening to undo recent progress in gender equality, say women's rights advocates who are stepping up c

Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs will accelerate resolution of land acquisition and environmental impact assessment problems faced by the New Yogyakarta International Airpor

Jakarta – The government has revoked the authority of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to certify halal products, following the inauguration of the Halal Certification Agency by Religious Affairs

Jakarta – A quarrel reportedly involving an Indonesian Military (TNI) member occurred on Jl. Pemuda in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, on Friday afternoon.

Jakarta – The National Police will collect expert opinions and hold internal discussions to review the House of Representatives request for assistance in summoning antigraft officials, in relation

Andreas Harsono – In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Supreme Court this week ordered the government to restore public water services to residents in Jakarta after finding private companies "failed t

Jakarta – A civil society group on Wednesday (11/10) urged the government to revoke a presidential decree on the resettlement schemes in forest areas, which was issued about a month ago.

Safrin La Batu and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A recent survey has shown that the public views the House of Representatives' ongoing controversial inquiry into the performance of the Corruption

Jakarta – The country's antigraft agency on Wednesday (11/10) said that it will continue investigating all parties related to the illegal procurement of funds surrounding electronic identity cards,

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Banyuwangi, East Java – An anti-gold mine protester has become the latest person to be tried under draconian anti-communist laws in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Three officers with the National Police's Mobile Brigade, or Brimob, were found shot dead at their post guarding an oil exploration site of mining firm Sarana Gas Trembul in Blora, Centra

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Phelim Kine – Indonesia's government on Tuesday marked World Day Against the Death Penalty by issuing a self-serving and contradictory statement on its death penalty policy.Law and Human Rights Min

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has claimed that the projectiles procured by the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) have extraordinary capabilities that excee

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to more Indonesian workers – such as nurses and cooks – as well as removing tariffs on textiles as

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) has revealed on Monday that aspirations had been growing among party cadres to nominate Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

Jakarta – Motorcycle sales in Indonesia dropped 1.6 percent in September compared to the same month a year ago, ending a two-month run of sale increases.

Jakarta – Landless local farmers and natural disasters victims who live in the operations areas of state-owned forestry firm Perhutani have been permitted to utilize degraded forests by a decree is

Jakarta – Flower boards with appreciative messages dedicated to former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and incumbent Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat keep being delivered to City Hall

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Activists and journalists have urged the government and the House of Representatives to scrap articles in the amendment draft of the Law on the Criminal Code (KUHP)

Jakarta – The government has launched a farmer insurance program to help farmers avoid losses from their agricultural activities, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said in Ciamis, West Java on Mo

Jakarta – Following an investigation into an alleged gay spa raided in Harmoni, Central Jakarta, last Friday, the Jakarta Police have said that the venue, called T1, did not provide sex workers.