Kate Lamb, Jakarta – It was in 2004, as a PhD student in political science at Northern Illinois University, that Anies Baswedan would ponder the future interplay between Islam and Indonesia.

Jakarta – More politicians have expressed support for a plan to add more seats at the House of Representatives, saying the current 560 seats are no longer representative given the number of newly e

Jakarta – Chief Security Minister Wiranto said it is important to maintain a balance between rights and duties to avoid violence against journalists on duty.

Jakarta – Police in Semarang on Thursday evening (13/04) shut down an event to celebrate the opening of a local branch of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, at the home of one of its mem

Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) suggests that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) establish its own independent security unit tasked with protecting KPK investigators.

Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Asman Abnur has said that many local governments at the provincial, regency and city level perform poorly, as reflected in the unnecessary

Jakarta – The Jakarta gubernatorial election's final debate organized by the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) last Wednesday may influence undecided and swing voters ahead of the

Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has campaigned on behalf of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat at the Otista Sports Hall in Jat

Jakarta – Indonesia would need 113 million skilled workers in 2030 to develop its potential to become the worlds seventh largest economy, Manpower Minister M Hanif Dhakiri said.

Jakarta – As many as 64,726 personnel from the Jakarta Military Command, the Jakarta Police and the Jakarta Public Order Agency will be deployed to secure the second round of the gubernatorial elec

Safrin La Batu and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta – The National Police have launched an extensive manhunt across the country to track down the drive-by assailants who threw acid into the face of promine

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – A firecracker explosion occurred near Santo Yusuf Catholic Church in Ambarawa, Central Java, at around 2 p.m. local time on Thursday.

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Jakarta – Washington has billed Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Indonesia next week as a booster for the strategic partnership between the world's second- and third-largest democracies, but a

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Few people outside of Indonesia would have heard of Palangkaraya.

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Dandy Koswaraputra, Jakarta – Indonesians go hand-in-hand in massive supports for Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), suffered burns to his face

The Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, and his Muslim opponent are neck and neck in the race to lead Indonesia's capital, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, a week ahea

Jakarta – Political observers have slammed the idea of implementing Islamic law, or sharia, in the capital city, which has been promoted by gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan and his running ma

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) is set to investigate a one-minute video of a group of people in Betawi attire who pledged, by raising machet

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent survey held by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) puts Anies Baswedan in a strong position to win the Jakarta gubernatorial election runoff, with a sizab

Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta – The Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi cleared on Tuesday a woman of defamation charges for comments she made in a Facebook post.

Margareth S. Aritonan, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office is planning to create a special directorate, which will handle the settlement of past human rights violation cases.

Kyle Knight – The rights of all Indonesians are at greater risk following a Constitutional Court ruling this week that the central government could no longer repeal local Sharia (Islamic law) ordin

Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) saw yet another plenary session spiral into chaos on Tuesday, as internal power struggles continue to intensify.

Jakarta – Newly inaugurated Constitutional Court (MK) Justice Saldi Isra signed an integrity pact at his new office on Tuesday, vowing to step up efforts to restore the court's reputation after mul

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – An Indonesian court has adjourned the high-profile blasphemy trial of the city's Christian Governor until after a bitterly fought election next week.

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – The highlands of west Java provide a calmness that can't be found in the Indonesian capital.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Prosecutors postponed the reading of the sentence demand against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama until April 20, a day after the runoff, saying t

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A court hearing the blasphemy trial of Jakarta's Christian governor has been accused of succumbing to political interference after it agreed to delay proceedings until on

Muhammad Tanziel Aziezi – Legal scholar Saldi Isra will be installed as the new Constitutional Court judge today, replacing the disgraced Patrialis Akbar, who was recently named a corruption suspec

Chris Biantoro – Since Suharto stepped down in 1998, and political reform occurring for the last 18 years, Papua has yet to enjoy real reform, as enjoyed by other provinces in Indonesia.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The number of prisoners being held in Indonesia increased by 12,000 within two months this year, raising concerns about unresolved prison overcrowding problems.

Jakarta – The National Police are being called to immediately investigate the acid attack against Novel Baswedan, a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator.

Jakarta – Top women activists issued a warning on Monday about the increasing threat of intolerance toward minority groups in the country.

Danuta Kean – An artist who allegedly inserted political and religious messages into an X-Men spinoff comic has apologised, saying his career is over after fans complained about background images i

Jakarta – The decline of Jamaah Anshar Daulah (JAD), a home-grown radical group blamed for a spate of terrorist attacks in recent years, has been attributed to the arrests of top leaders and the lo

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – More than 60 people were sentenced to death in Indonesia last year but proposed changes to the country's penal code could save the lives of future pris

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is urging the government, particularly President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the National Police, to take firm action in responding to

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Indonesia's immigration authorities have banned House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto from traveling abroad foll

Jakarta – The Independent Laborers Union Confederation (GSBI) held a demonstration on Monday in front of the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta to demand the dismissal of Adj. Sr. Comr.

Tanggerang – Police have conducted an investigation into an officer who slapped a female labor protester in Tanggerang city, Banten province, for holding a demonstration in the middle of a car-free

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Suherdjoko, Semarang – Police in Semarang, Central Jakarta, banned an event held by Islamic hard-line group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) on Sunday night, as they believed it to be a threat to reli

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta administration's stance on banning street musicians is thought by some to have breached the economic, social, cultural, civic and political rights of t

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – In another move to balance out his firm stance against Muslim radicals participating in sectarian rallies, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has toned down earlier st

Agus Maryon, Banyumas – Hundreds of members of Barisan Ansor Serbaguna (Banser), the youth wing of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), have taken down banners calling

Jakarta – Public transportation provider PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) recorded that the number of Transjakarta passengers in the first three months climbed 41.3 percent to 36.7 million pa

Jakarta – Golkar chairman Setya Novanto has asked all party members to start putting up banners announcing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo" as Golkar's presidential candidate for the 2019 election.