Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Islamic groups behind the mass anti-blasphemy protests that rocked Jakarta last year are planning a "solidarity action" near Borobudur – the world's large

Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Indonesia's revisions to new oil and gas production-sharing contracts are positive for investors, the leading energy industry association said, amid waning interest in ene

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has rejected mounting calls for the government to expel Myanmar's ambassador to Indonesia Aung Htoo following the outbr

John McBeth, Jakarta – The enigmatic expression on Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's face as she sat between Mines and Energy Minister Ignasius Jonan and US-based Freeport McMoRan Copper &am

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Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Scores of farmers from the North Kendeng mountains held a protest action in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on September 4.

Ika Ningtyas, Banyuwangi – Heri Budiawan alias Budi Pego, an activist opposing a gold mine in Banyuwangi, East Java, has been indicted under the draconian anti-communist articles.

Vincent Bevins, Humbang Hasundutan – It is cold and late on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Huddled around a map, a group of elders are planning their battle strategy.

Jakarta – Leaders of the Indonesian Buddhist Council are calling for unity, repeating the familiar line that terrorism has no religion, and urging Indonesians to resist provocations that may endang

Jakarta – Business people have enthusiastically welcomed the latest 16th economic package on the acceleration of business implementation, which aims to improve coordination between ministries and p

Jakarta – With a stubbornly low percentage of residents using public transportation, the Jakarta Transportation Agency has set an ambitious target of 60 percent of journeys in the capital being mad

Jakarta – Former Constitutional Court judge Patrialis Akbar has been sentenced by the Jakarta Anticorruption Court to eight years behind bars and ordered to pay a fine of Rp 300 million ($22,500) o

Jakarta – The head of the Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ) has said that widening motorcycle bans in the city would lead people to switch to using private cars, which would worsen traffic cond

Local police in Bogor raided a rented home on Saturday night due to reports that the 12 women living there were lesbians. Authorities say the women left the village after the raid.

Jakarta – Female couples have been expelled from their rented house after local authorities of Tugujaya village, Bogor regency, West Java, accused them of being lesbians.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has advised businesspeople to not talk about politics and to instead concentrate on improving the economy through investment.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Klaten, Central Java – Residents of 13 villages in Kemalang district, Klaten, Central Java, are being forced to buy clean water, as the dry season has caused wells and rivers in

Jakarta – Indonesian Muslim organizations have condemned the recent deadly bouts of violence that killed hundreds of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and called on the United Nations to stop the violen

Jakarta – A molotov cocktail was thrown at Myanmar embassy in Jakarta in the early hours of Sunday (03/09), the Jakarta Police said.

Jakarta – In an effort to boost religious tourism in Indonesia, the Tourism Ministry lends its support to a religious event held by Islamic boarding school Pesantren Sirnarasa Foundation dubbed Pes

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are investigating senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan over alleged defamation of the antigraft body's director of investigation,

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a judicial review petition challenging the 2012 law on Yogyakarta's special status, paving way for Sultan Hamengkubu

Jakarta – More than a thousand rusunawa (low-cost apartment building) units are to be rented out to middle-class Jakartans in a cross-subsidy scheme.

Jakarta – The Jakarta-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) hopes the upcoming meeting between the Indonesian government and a United Nations committee on migrant workers will provide momentum fo

Phelim Kine – This week, Suciwati Munir, the widow of Indonesian human rights defender Munir Thalib will conduct what has become a grim, annual ritual – a public appeal for justice and accountabili

Jerome Aning – As a young man, Abdon Nabadan loved nature-tripping – climbing mountains and trekking forests.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said she will look into the rising losses of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia to find out whether anything was wrong with its investment strategy.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Police have continued to investigate possible motives behind the operation of Saracen, a news syndicate accused of spreading hoaxes and fake news.

Jakarta – A number of human rights groups on Wednesday (30/08) called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to tell families of "Orang Hilang" – Indonesia's The Disappeareds – the truth about what happ

Jakarta =- Millions of people across Indonesia are facing failed harvests and a shortage of clean water as a result of worsening drought conditions.

Stephanie Zillman – More than 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers who say Australia's worst-ever oil spill destroyed their livelihoods are about to learn if the Federal Court will hear their case.

Jakarta – Indonesians are losing confidence in the future of their health and well-being amid financial challenges, says a report by an Indonesian unit of US-based global health insurer Cigna.

Jakarta – Jakarta's so-called Bulan Patuh Trotoar (Orderly Sidewalk Month) program will be extended to the end of September, given that many people still violate regulations on pedestrian walks.

Kuala Lumpur – In Sanita Rini's village on the Indonesian island of Java, child brides were so common that girls who were not married by the time they turned 16 were labelled "old virgins."

Jakarta – Non-governmental activists in Tegal, Central Java staged a protest on Wednesday to express their happiness over the arrest of Tegal mayor Siti Mashita Soeparno on allegation of corruption

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students in Yogyakarta have conveyed their pledge to uphold tolerance and maintain unity amid growing religious tension and sectarianism.

Jakarta – It is suspected that politicians on a House of Representatives inquiry committee intentionally spread misinformation about the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Indonesia Corruptio

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Malcolm Turnbull's desire for a "high quality" free trade agreement with Indonesia will confront Jakarta's protectionist impulses, with chief negotiato

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Alleged corruption related to the use of village funds has hampered the absorption of the funds in Malang, East Java, according to reports.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police maintain that they will not drop the investigation into the pornography case involving leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab.

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Bogor regency is home to the highest number of damaged schools in Indonesia, due largely to an insufficient budget for infrastructure development, inaccurate data

Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara has indicated that online news syndicate Saracen would not be shut down until a police investigation had been completed.

Jakarta – The leadership of Golkar Party's youth wing held a meeting with former president BJ Habibie on Monday, calling for the veteran politician to intervene in the party's leadership stand-off.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) projects the country's balance of payments (BoP) will reach a surplus of US$7 billion this year from $12 billion last year.

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers Association (Gaikindo) chairman Jongkie Sugiarto said on Tuesday that the association had long lobbied the Finance Ministry to reduce the luxury ta

Jakarta – The owner of a Padang restaurant in Central Jakarta reported the uploader of a video, showing a bouncing rice ball, to the police for defamation.

In June 2017 labour historian and activist Jeff Rickertt visited Indonesia with Bob Carnegie, Queensland state secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced meat importer Basuki Hariman to seven years in prison on Monday for bribing former Constitutional Court justice Patrialis Akbar via a middleman and

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has defended the move to grant sentence reductions to a number of convicted terrorists, saying the decision was made after a thorough review th