Jakarta – A woman from Bekasi, West Java has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years jail for her involvement in an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out a suicide bomb attack on the presidenti

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) I has cleared a beach area, which will be the location of a new Yogyakarta airport in Kulon Progo, despite possessing n

Jakarta – Thousands of ATMs and electronic card payment machines in Indonesia went offline over the weekend, and it might take two more weeks before full service is restored, after an outage from a

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati warned on Sunday politicians against abusing the annual funding for political parties, which had been significantly increased by the government.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is looking to restart the controversial reclamation project in Jakarta Bay after the central government issued land certificates for islets C and D.

Jakarta – Jakarta-based rights group Community Legal Aid Institute (LBH Masyarakat) has urged the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to stop all preparations for a fourth round of executions under the

Jakarta – The Golkar Party has pledged to support the reelection bid of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the 2019 presidential election and that it would deliver the bulk of votes for the incumben

It's been called the orangutan capital of the world, but the great apes in Indonesia's Tripa peat forest on the island of Sumatra are under threat by palm oil plantations that have gobbled up thous

Jakarta – The National Police are delving into some 100 gigabytes of data investigators seized from the Saracen group, an online "syndicate" accused of creating and spreading hoaxes and hate speech

Jakarta – After initiating training for Pak Ogah, the voluntary traffic attendants who regularly manage traffic congestion, especially on small streets where police personnel are usually absent, th

Jakarta – Several Japanese seafood processing companies plan to move their base of operations from Thailand to Indonesia to take advantage of abundant fish stocks in Southeast Asia's largest econom

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stepped up its investigation into alleged irregularities surrounding the disbursement of Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) by summoni

Jakarta – Indonesian militants planned to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb", security sources said, highlighting the rising ambitions of extremists to wreak destruction in the world's largest Mus

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating alleged links between what they called a "fake news factory" and a handful of people believed to have played roles in protests a

Jakarta – Steep increases in cigarette excise taxes, instead of incremental ones, will do a better job in reducing poverty and improving health, the director at the University of Indonesia's Center

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have arrested an Indonesian Military (TNI) member, identified only as Second Sgt. S, for allegedly distributing shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine).

Aisyah Llewellyn – When tourists in Indonesia change money for the first time, they often get quite a shock.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have foiled attempts to distribute drugs inside its own headquarters, according to Jakarta Police Narcotics Unit head Sr. Comr. Nico Afinta.

Jakarta – Three people have been arrested over allegations that they jointly administered Facebook groups that incited hatred based on race and religion, police said on Wednesday (23/08).

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Thousands of members of mass organizations affiliated with Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama and students of madrasah diniyah (Is

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – In an attempt to net trillions of rupiah, the Jakarta Tax and Levy Board has called on associations and dealers of luxury cars to help them collect tax arrears from car owners

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested on Wednesday evening the Transportation Ministry's sea transportation director-general, Antonius Tonny Budiono.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) have criticized a plan by the Kuningan District Court to confiscate customary land belonging to the traditional Adat Karuhan Urang (AKUR) Sunda

Gary Kleiman – Indonesia stocks, which have lagged the region and the broader MSCI Emerging Markets Index with a 12% advance through July, revved up briefly after the central bank announced a surpr

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso has stated that he is ready to execute any agency officers caught accepting bribes from drug suspects.

Jakarta – The chief of the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, Comr. Gen.

Phelim Kine – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous "war on drugs" may now be claiming victims beyond his country's borders: suspected drug dealers in Indonesia.

Ben Henry – Under previous presidencies, Christian Indonesian immigrants living illegally in the US were required to check in with immigration officials every few months, but they were not deported

Jakarta – A recent barter agreement between Indonesia and Russia is projected to reach Rp 15 trillion (US1.14 billion), according to Trade Minister Eanggartiasto "Enggar" Lukita.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will carry out a trial run of a ban on motorcycles from Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat to the Senayan traffic circle in South Jakarta, from Sept. 12 to Oct. 10.

On Tuesday August 22 scores of protesters from the Anti-Militarism-Seize Democracy Student Front (FAMRED) launched an action in front of the Yogyakarta State University (UNY) Sports Building (GOR)

Stephen Wright and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – In a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian company and its Chinese partner are pushing ahead with an industrial wood plantation in a tropical forest an

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian authorities wielding the country's dangerously ambiguous blasphemy law have claimed another victim: Siti Aisyah, the owner of an Islamic school in Mataram, Lombok Islan

Jakarta – Fingerprints were not found on a mug allegedly used in an acid attack on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) lead investigator Novel Baswedan.

Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Every Thursday afternoon for 10 years, Bedjo Untung has stood for an hour across from the Presidential Palace in Jakarta carrying banners, wearing black clothes and holding

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has warned of an increasing risk of land and forest fires from August to September as a result of the prolonged dry s

Jakarta – Some residents of Kalibata City apartment complex in South Jakarta have reported the management of the apartments to the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas Ham) on suspicion of a ma

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said the government will continue to reduce its dependency on foreign debt, which is still needed to cover the deficit in the state budget because spendin

Jakarta – Dita Wahyunita does not like walking the streets of the Indonesian capital.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the government would likely prefer to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel power plants in several locations, bec

Jakarta – Culture director general at the Culture and Education Ministry Hilmar Farid said of 400 museums operating in the country, only 15 percent opened their doors to visitors.

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Siti Aisyah, the owner of an Islamic learning center, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for spreading "misguided" Islamic teachings.

Ade Surya, Makassar – Scores of students from the Democracy Concern Coalition (Kopidemo) held a rally at the Jl.

Ananda Muhammad Firdaus, Bandung – A group of protesters calling themselves the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held an action in front of the Independence Building on

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) needs to improve its performance in handling judicial review requests to curb potential misconduct, human rights watchdog Setara Institute has suggested.

Jakarta – Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan has called on the hardline Muslim group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to join efforts to promote national unity and protect the country's ideology of P

Jakarta – Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi on Saturday (19/08) expressed his disappointment over a misprint in the Indonesian flag in the promotional materials distributed at the 2017 Southeast Asian G

Resty Woro Yuniar – It's been nearly two decades since Indonesian dictator Suharto was toppled in a people-led revolution that was supposed to put the country on the road to full-fledged democracy.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Four lecturers and students at the state-run Nusa Cendana University (Undana) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have been identified as being connected with the disbanded Islami

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – The recent escape of four foreign inmates who tunneled their way out of Kerobokan Prison, a high-security facility on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, could