Australia will take part in a new forum to discuss the mapping and tracking of terrorists in the South East Asia region.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Medan – In the dusty yard of an Islamic boarding school in North Sumatra, a group of excitable boys are telling us why they want to join the police force and the ar

Jakarta – For anyone who took part in the Kamisan protest in front of the State Palace on Thursday, a frequently quoted statement by Czech author Milan Kundera could not have been more appropriate:

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government is calling on industrial forest firms to comply with its peatland protection policy amid the increasing threat of forest fires in numerous regions in the

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has announced that the rupiah redenomination bill would not be submitted to the House of Representatives for deliberation this year.

Phelim Kine – The Indonesian government says it will likely reject 75 recommendations by United Nations member countries to improve human rights abuses in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Islamist groups, numbering in their thousands, took to the streets of Jakarta on Friday (28/07) to protest a new regulation that will make it easier for the government to ban so-called "m

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has concluded that there was "maladministration" in the execution of Nigerian Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke last year.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Cikeas, West Java – Gerindra Party chairman and former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto arrived at the private residence of former president and Democratic Party chair

Rifqi Assegaf – In late April 2017, the House of Representatives (DPR) stared down protests from the public – and some of its own members – and launched a special inquiry into the Corruption Eradic

Jakarta – Jakarta councillors decided to again stop deliberation of bylaws on Jakarta Bay reclamation on Wednesday.

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – Indonesia's air traffic controllers have warned of the risk of aircraft collisions and accidents unless their workload is eased, as the country's main

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction last week to law enforcers to shoot drug traffickers to combat what he called a narcotics emergency facing the nation, has drawn sharp critici

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The House of Representatives approved into law on Thursday Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) 1/2017 on financial information, which allows tax officials to a

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has recorded that investment from China grew by 92.79 percent year-on-year (yoy) to US$1.96 billion in the first half of 2017.

Meulaboh, Indonesia – Young children lie in hospital in Aceh province, Indonesia, as thick smoke caused by forest fires forces dozens of people to be treated for lung infections.

Jakarta – Prior to a meeting between Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Gerindra counterpart Prabowo Subianto, a senior party official has indicated that it would nominate i

Jakarta – Jakarta administration secretary Saefullah has expressed regret over state electricity company PLN's cutting power to West Jakarta schools because of their late payments.

Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – We Indonesians pride ourselves on being a nation of plenty.

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Jakarta – The National Police's (Polri) inability to complete their investigation into Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan's acid attack has triggered speculation ab

Jakarta – Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has stated that he will not back down despite the attack, which wounded his eyes.

Singapore – Indonesia hoped that Standard & Poor's upgrade of its rating to investment grade would entice foreign funds into its stock market.

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian has said rice firms took too much profit from the unhusked rice they bought from farmers, who received subsidies to grow the crop.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court held its first session on Wednesday to hear a complaint from the now-disbanded Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), which has challenged the leg

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police officially welcomed Insp. Gen. Idham Azis as their new chief on Wednesday.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has recorded that Java is still the main investment destination as investors remain reluctant to put their money into the countr

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The World Bank is calling on Indonesia to improve its investment climate to lure more investment into infrastructure development.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) says investment grew 12.7 percent to Rp 170.9 trillion (US$12.85 billion) in the second quarter of 2017 from the Rp 151.6 trilli

Jakarta/Singapore (Bloomberg) – In the late 1980s, Pakistani clerics beseeched Indonesia to pray for them after Benazir Bhutto became prime minister and the first woman to govern a Muslim majority

Jakarta – Hundreds of ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers blocked the Casablanca elevated road in South Jakarta on Tuesday morning in protest over a rule banning motorcycles from the overpass.

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Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) has warned of an escalating threat of forest fires with the dry season expected to peak in coming months, while hot spots detected in the province of A

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Jakarta – PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera, the parent company of PT Indo Beras Unggul (IBU), has denied any wrongdoing in the production of its premium rice despite a police investigation.

Haeril Halim and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) to put aside their egos and collaborate to a

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) has asserted that as part of the ruling coalition, it continues to support the President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration despite a call from party pat

Ivany Atina Arby, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat has warned his staff to resign from office if they feel the state ideology Pancasila is irrelevant to the country.

Jakarta – The Confederation of the Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) has rejected a government plan to lower the limit on non-taxable income (PTKP) to increase tax revenue.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo risks further alienating conservative Muslim voters after being granted new powers to outlaw religious organizations.

Jakarta – In response to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's criticism of the issuance of business-unfriendly regulations, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar says she never felt that

Jakarta – Indonesia's environment minister said on Monday (24/07) she wants to make permanent a moratorium on issuing new licences to use land designated as primary forest and peatland.

Jakarta – Amid the contentious debate on the prospective allowance increase for Jakarta councilors, criticized for their sluggish performance, City Council speaker Prasetyo Edi Marsudi has defended

Ben Westcott – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on police to kill drug dealers who resist arrest in what critics say is an attempt to burnish his credentials as a strongman leader among

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has criticism government ministers for issuing ministerial regulations that are not in line with the government's deregulation program to

Jakarta – The government has expressed its support of Bank Indonesia's (BI) proposal to revive plans to redenominate the rupiah, but has yet to decide how many zeroes will be removed from the curre

David Webster – On May 20, 2017, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (the country's official name, using the Portuguese words for East Timor) celebrated the 15th anniversary of the restoration o

Nava Nuraniyah – The Indonesian government's partial blocking of the messaging application Telegram – which has several million users in the country – may be an effective tool to pressure the tech

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a shoot-to-kill order against foreign drug dealers and traffickers, as he called for tougher action in Indonesia's war on drugs.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered law enforcers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with what he called a narcotics emergency facing the country.