Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to convince investors that its infrastructure projects could run in a structured manner in an effort to cover the US$146 billion financing gap by private

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested five Islamic Student Association (HMI) members early on Tuesday in connection with an attack on police officers during a massive rally in Jakarta on Nov.4.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – "I want to go home. I am hungry.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo paid visits to a number of institutions he considered helpful in maintaining a peaceful rally last Friday, which saw thousands of people demand

Haeril Halim, Nusa Dua, Bali – Despite last week's anti-Ahok rally, which turned violent in the capital, Vice President Jusuf Kalla maintained that the country's religious tolerance was the most ef

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Islamic organization, has pushed for inclusiveness across the country by launching a program aimed at bridging the gap

Medan – The Bukit Barisan Regional Military Command in North Sumatra dismissed with disgrace 47 soldiers for drug abuse and desertion during a dismissal ceremony on the Benteng Medan field in Medan

Jakarta – Indonesia is likely to face a bumpy road ahead to boost its fisheries sector as banks are showing a reluctance to disburse loans to players in the industry, citing high risks and the sect

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Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Gubernatorial candidates Anies Baswedan and Agus Yudhoyono now bear the responsibility of keeping the already tense Jakarta gubernatorial race from descending further into s

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – This city's embattled governor was interrogated by police over alleged blasphemy on Monday, amid fears that opponents of the government are deliberately fomenting unrest

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The violence that followed the massive rally in Jakarta, on Friday, has prompted activists to renew calls for the government to review the obsolete 1965 Blasphemy

The recent trend for musicians and actors to use the entertainment industry to propagate militant brands of Islam has raised concerns about conservatism creeping into the arts.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – With reduced budgets in 2017, the Transportation Ministry and Public Works and Public Housing Ministry have once again reiterated their wish to partner with the private se

Jakarta – Representatives of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's People's Soldiers (LRJ) and Pro-Jokowi supporters filed a complaint against singer and composer Ahmad Dhani to Jakarta Police on Monday

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Pre-existing inter-ethnic tensions could explain the looting and violence that broke out in majority Chinese-Indonesian areas in North Jakarta on Friday night.

Haeril Halim and Moses Parlindungan,Jakarta/Denpasar – The National Police have launched their investigation into President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's suspicions that political actors were behind the e

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Association (AJI) has called on the police to investigate violence against journalists during the mass rally on Friday but at the same time urged journalists t

Jakarta – The recent fatal boat accident, which left 54 people dead, in Batam, Riau Islands, has highlighted the government's poor management of migrant workers, a researcher has said.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The recent sinking of a ferry carrying undocumented Indonesian migrant workers and their families in Batam, Riau Islands, has shown how prevalent illega

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Jakarta – The State Secretariat has appealed a ruling issued by the Central Information Commission (KIP) instructing it to disclose a report drawn up by a state-sanctioned investigation into the mu

Peter Hartcher, Jewel Topsfield – Trust between the leaders of Australia and Indonesia has been restored after years of wrenching crises, the Indonesian president has declared as he prepares to arr

Helen Davidson – Indonesian president Joko Widodo has cancelled his imminent visit to Australia after violent Islamist protests erupted in Jakarta.

Indonesia's president Joko Widodo has indicated his country wants to move towards abolishing the death penalty.

Esther Anderson – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Australia this coming week, he may be surprised to find that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are designated official f

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Ali Yusuf, Jakarta – The thousands of demonstrators rallying at the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta have begun to disburse.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While Friday's rally was largely free of clashes, at least until it was officially over at 6 p.m., it was marred by frequent racist and violent chants, with white-clad

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A massive rally calling for the criminal prosecution of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok" Purnama for alleged blasphemy ended in violence on Friday nigh

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The streets of Jakarta erupted into violence on Friday night leaving one dead and multiple people injured as police clashed with demonstrators following a rally of about

Indonesian president Joko Widodo lashed out at politicians for stoking a huge protest that briefly turned violent on Friday night as a hardcore group pressed for the resignation of Jakarta's govern

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The organizer of the Friday large-scale rally has suspected that some people stirred up a riot in the initially peaceful rally that later turned violent.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government says it will intensify its crackdown on websites accused of spreading hatred based on issues of ethnicity, religion and race (SARA) after receiving

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The audience, mostly evictees, turned silent when they saw the scene showing their houses being demolished in a documentary titled "Jakarta Unfair", which was screened by the

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Foreign defense suppliers expressed readiness on Thursday to transfer technologies to Indonesia in cooperation with local companies to meet the country's need for majo

Syamsul Huda M.Suhari and Haeril Halim, Gorontalo/Jakarta – State University of Gorontalo (UNG) Rector Syamsu Qamar Badu decided on Thursday to take stern measures against lesbian, gay, bisexual an

Jakarta – Indonesia's democracy rating has dropped slightly on the back of increasing discrimination and alleged corrupt practices among lawmakers and political parties, a leading researcher has sa

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The government has blocked almost a dozen websites it accuses of stirring up ethnic, religious or racial (SARA) hatred, in a move that highlights the dilemma the country f

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The newly revised Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law has once again shown its draconian nature in inhibiting the right to freedom of expression afte

Jakarta – A demonstration by thousands of people in Jakarta calling on Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to be arrested and charged for blasphemy has elicited a variety of responses from labou

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of protesters in Medan, North Sumatra, forcibly drove away a television crew from Jakarta-based Metro TV station who wanted to cover their rally on

Jakarta – Local media have reported that violence involving unidentified groups of protesters broke out in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, in an apparent spillover from the clash between protesters and

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Around 2,000 people under the banner of the Semarang Muslim Forum called on the Central Java Police to proceed with the religious blasphemy case implicating ina

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front's (FPI) leader and patron Rizieq Shihab rode atop one of the command vehicles during the mass demonstrations against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A brief meeting between government officials and representatives of protesters who took the streets in front of the State Palace on Friday ended up with noth

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The government is intensifying efforts to support the country's long-stagnant pharmaceutical industry after opening up the sector to foreign investment in its latest revisio

Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon, who planned to attend the protest rally on Friday (04/11), has hit back at House Speaker Ade Komarudin who said the deputy speaker did n

Jakarta – The Russian government has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing defense and security partnerships with Indonesia, Ambassador Mikhail Galuzin said during a press conference on board Rus