Jakarta – A local NGO fighting for migrant workers has pleaded for the Indonesian government to do more to protect Indonesian domestic workers facing abuse in Malaysia.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Police have detonated a bomb found near a food stall in a street in Magelang in Central Java as Indonesia continues to be on tenterhooks over a possible terror att

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Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian police say that suspected terrorists who were arrested and killed on Christmas Day had been plotting to attack a police post in West Java on Ne

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Jambi Police intensified an investigation over a Christmas tree decorated with the word "Allah [God]" in Arabic script allegedly erected by a four-star hotel in Jambi and quest

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – East Nusa Tenggara people have asked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to cancel his planned to visit Australia next year in protest at the lack of a Montara

Jakarta – Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has found that 35.90 percent of children in urban and rural areas have never attended school or dropped out due to a lack of financing

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Indonesia is "drier" this festive season as obtaining alcoholic beverages has become more difficult following a recent string of government policies, such as a ban on the sale

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Violence against journalists has escalated to its highest level in a decade, a year-end report from the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil attended a Christmas celebration at Sasana Budaya Ganesa on Friday night, asking for forgiveness for the past service that was disrupted by conservat

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Every Christmas the youth wing of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation provides security outside churches to protect them from attacks by radical groups.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Civilian Community for the Constitution, or AMSIK, watchdog group has hit out at the legal proceedings against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, saying the g

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Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – "What does om telolet om" mean? American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, who have 729,000 Twitter followers, tweeted at 1.22am on December 21.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono said he would provide hang out spots, called 'Kedai Jakarta', for residents in the city if he was elect

Jakarta – A website has started a campaign to promote Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama as next year's Nobel Peace Prize nominee, claiming the governor – at the moment embroiled in a b

Jakarta – A rumor that millions of Chinese workers are being allowed into Indonesia has irked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo so much he has asked the National Police to pursue and arrest those spre

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry said Indonesia will evaluate its memberships in 75 international organizations, retaining only those that offer real benefits to the country's interests.

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Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, known as a supporter of pluralism, would have been at the forefront of those condemning recent intolerant acts in the country

Jakarta – Indonesian scholars are standing up against religious intolerance, which has gained a stronger foothold in the country recently.

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Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Not everyone is happy with the design of the new banknotes recently released by Bank Indonesia.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration should increase the number of women holding strategic decision-making positions in the government if the country really applied meritocracy

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The Surakarta administration temporarily closed the operations of Social Kitchen Lounge and Bar in Banjarsari following the alleged raid by the Surakart

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The blasphemy case against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was the most common issue discussed on social media in 2016, including on Facebook and Twitter, a

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Human rights activists uniting under the Civil Society Alliance for the Constitution (Amsik) have criticized the way prosecutors handled Jakarta Governor Basuki

Winny Tang – PT Modern Internasional, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores in the country, has reported a shrinking sales figure in the first nine months of this year, mainly due to increasi

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Despite a global economic slowdown, Indonesia managed to see investment in the industrial sector increase by 41.6 percent year-on-year (yoy) to US$18.7 billion during th

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has denied a circulating provocative message reportedly conveyed by TNI commander Gen.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – With only 10 days left in the second phase of the tax amnesty, participation in the program has fallen behind government expectations.

Jakarta – Despite their potential to stoke growth, major economic policies, including the tax amnesty and aggressive infrastructure spending, have contributed to reducing bank liquidity, an economi

Jakarta – The majority of low-cost apartment (rusunawa) residents, who were evicted from their former homes to make way for city development projects, have yet to receive easy access to education a

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso threatened to take severe actions against individuals involved in drug trafficking.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Australian government has issued an updated travel warning to Indonesia as three suspected terrorists were killed after a bomb was thrown at police officers during a

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – As prosecutors read out their statement that rejected Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's refutation, hundreds of supporters of the blasphemy defendant staged a demonstration o

Jakarta – The Research and Development Department (Litbang) of Kompas has released its survey on public preference of the gubernatorial election, placing gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudh

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Indonesian anti-terrorism police have shot and killed three suspects after a gun battle at a house near the capital Jakarta, police said.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has given a clear warning against intolerant mass organizations on his Twitter account, following a series of raids by hardline groups on shops, restaurants

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil has announced the formation of the Tolerance Task Force to maintain peace during services of any religion following at least two incidents in the pas

Jakarta – Amid rampant raids targeting shopping malls and business centers across the country banning the use of Christmas paraphernalia, Jakarta Military Commander Lt. Col.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – In a move that reflects the growing influence of conservative groups in the country, National Police chief Gen.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – Following the decision of some local police leaders to back a campaign by firebrand Muslim groups to crack down on Christmas celebration

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided that the national examination (UN) will continue, rejecting the Culture and Education Ministry's proposal to scrap the standardized evaluation t

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed Government Regulation No.59/2016 to regulate mass organizations founded by foreigners.

Jakarta – The government will form a new dedicated body to promote the Pancasila state ideology, named the President's Working Unit for Reinforcement of Pancasila Ideology, known as UKP-PIP, in res

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Indonesia breached the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that was ratified in 2005 by keeping its blasp

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Prosecutors have accused the Christian governor of Jakarta of being "self-righteous" and say it is not enough for him to claim that his intention was n