Jakarta – Attorney General M. Prasetyo has said his office will create a fact-finding team to follow up on allegations that a prosecutor had extorted money from a suspect in a drug case.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – In a dank slum tenement on the banks of the Ciliwung, a fecal-coloured river spewing rubbish, Kasmo stoops to pick up a squawking chicken.

Oliver Holmes – She has become a cause celebre in both the country of her detention and that of her birth.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – At least 80 percent of domestic worker mistreatment cases reported to law enforcement in Jakarta this year do not enter legal processing as they are discontinued b

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The International People's Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes against Humanity (IPT 1965) plans to recommend to the UN that the Indonesian government be considered responsible for a

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia is likely to find it a challenge matching, let alone surpassing, its trade performance last year as the value of exports nosedived by double-digits during the fir

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry expressed concern on Thursday over the spread of radical ideologies through dakwah (religious outreach) programs aired by local tele

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government is turning to internet giant Google, which it claims owes unpaid taxes from its advertising revenue, as the latest data show that tax collection remains pit

The government, House of Representatives and General Elections Commission (KPU) are testing the conscience of voters who will elect their leaders in the simultaneous regional elections scheduled fo

Singapore/Jakarta – Private banks in Singapore are sharing with local police the names of clients embracing Indonesia's tax amnesty, banking sources revealed, a move that could undermine the amnest

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – It is estimated some 50 convicted terrorists continue to resist the government's prison deradicalization efforts, a top counterterrorism official has said.

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, deputy chairman Laode M Syarif was forced to deny rumors the agency was shutting down investigations into two high profile corruption cases.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The economy has recorded a US$293.6 million surplus in its August trade balance, with $12.63 billion in exports and $12.34 billion in imports, according to the latest trad

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In June, when flooding and landslides devastated cities in Central Java, including Banjarnegara, renowned University of Indonesia sociologist and lecturer Imam B.

Jakarta – Indonesia's highest Islamic council has issued a fatwa on burning land and forests, a government official said on Wednesday (14/09), in an effort to halt the toxic smog that blankets the

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Thomas Trikasih Lembong has promised to delist more sectors from the negative investment list (DNI) after holding a discussion

Jakarta – Following findings by the National Police that some applications widely used by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have been used by pedophiles to prey on the nat

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Repent and you shall be forgiven.

Jakarta – A plan to reform laws and boost development throughout the regions has seen the government scrap 3,143 regional regulations, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said Wednesday night (14/0

Corry Elyda and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The reclamation project in Jakarta Bay, the resumption of which has been approved by the government, will continue to cause controversy with critics

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – As the Jakarta gubernatorial election draws near, political coalitions have started to scramble to form alliances to break a deadlock over potential candidates.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has vowed to settle serious historic human rights violation cases as mandated by President Joko

Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – If the government gets its way, voters in the 2019 legislative elections will have little say in deciding who is elected a legislator in the House

Jakarta – The Indonesian Migrant Workers Network (JBMI) has called into a question President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's statement that Indonesia would proceed with its plan to execute Philippine death

Severianus Endi and Novi Abdi, Pontianak/Balikpapan – The number of hot spots across West Kalimantan province has been growing since early this week with some 400 of them detected on Tuesday, incre

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya and Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has given a green light to the controversial reclamation project of Islet G in Jakarta Bay to resume despite the ruling of the

Jakarta – In the heat of Jakarta's gubernatorial election in which, for the first time in history, the frontrunner is a Christian and a Chinese-Indonesian, the nation's religious authorities are ca

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The fisheries industry has asked the government to review a policy on ships that it claims has crippled business.

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David Roman, Pooja Thakur Mahrotri, and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Singapore –Never mind that Singapore is experiencing one of the worst property slumps in its history, demand for luxury housing is sud

Jakarta – A political expert has warned a large coalition supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration will weaken the system of checks and balances within the government as political

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Jakarta – On Wednesday September 14 the Social Movement for Democracy (GEMA Demokrasi) called on Facebook to take responsibility for revisions to the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (U

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – After years of deadlock in prosecuting cases involving corporations, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) now has the confidence to start charging companies for graft

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Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission II, the General Elections Commission, or KPU, and the government have agreed that persons who were convicted of minor crimes will be allowed to partici

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has announced the strengthening of a partnership with the UK military following a bilateral meeting between the two countries at the 2016 Annual Chiefs of De

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – An investigation into the alleged sex abuse of children at a prestigious Jakarta international school warned some of the suspects claimed to have been

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has told National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais not to use mosques to convey political messages to the public.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has accepted that its economic growth target for 2017 was over-optimistic.

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesian president Joko Widodo caused a storm of controversy on Monday when he appeared to indicate the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte had given Indonesia the green light

Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) conducted a rally in Jakarta on Sunday to protest the resumption of the Jakarta Bay reclamation projects following

Jakarta – The promotion of newly appointed National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Budi Gunawan as a four-star police general is politically driven, an analyst said on Sunday.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia should initiate a new legal process for Filipino death-row inmate Mary Jane Veloso after the Philippines declared her a victim of human trafficking, the

Jakarta – In a move that may curtail the rights of the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the government says it is considering banning applications widely used by t

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has given the country's leading pulp and paper company PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) a slap on the wrist even though it has violated President J

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – Wildlife trade will not come to an end until Indonesia's legal system imposes heavy sentences with a deterrent effect on people who illegally hunt or trade animals,

Jakarta – The former deputy chief of the National Police, Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, has been inaugurated as the new national spy chief.

Thomas Wright – "For thrill seekers and chill seekers" – that's the phrase the Today Tonight television program used to show areas in Bali as a freshly rebranded holiday destination, in its recent