Jakarta – Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama says many parties have tried to stop him from seeking reelection in the 2017 gubernatorial election.

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Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Schools should not force girls to wear the hijab, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama reiterated on Wednesday, because the decision to wear the Islam

Angel L Martinez Cantera in Jambi, Sumatra – "Our main goal is to preserve the forest according to the customary traditions of our people.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A recent study has revealed that the number of victims of poisoning from bootleg liquor is higher in regions that have implemented a blanket ban on alcohol, a finding that may

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia still has a long way to go to achieve its carbon emission reduction target as efforts to combat climate change are being hampered at the regional level, a Wo

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Three former leaders of the disbanded Gafatar movement face life imprisonment after being arrested for blasphemy and treason in a case raising serious concerns about Indo

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Indonesia's business competition watchdog has signaled that cartels may be behind the sky-high prices of staple foods at markets across the country.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has called on the government to improve its data on food production to help stabilize commodity prices, which are typically volatile during R

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A recent string of rape cases has yet to shake things up in the country's police forces, which still tend to delay responding to victims' reports, leading to evidence that

Winarno Zain, Jakarta – The controversy over the Jakarta Bay land reclamation project that has triggered months of national debate seems to center on several critical issues.

Bureaucratic reform has remained an unresolved debate for many years, despite the Civil Service Law, dubbed the panacea for the acute problems plaguing Indonesian bureaucracy, coming into force in

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Activists said the recently passed revisions to the Regional Election Law will seriously undermine the General Election Commission's independence while others pointed out th

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Singapore – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu found himself under pressure at an international gathering as ministers, senior officials, scholars and journalists bombarded him

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Supreme Court, which is in the spotlight for the alleged involvement of its officials in a number of graft cases, recently issued a controversial pretrial regulation tha

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Growing pressure from foreign NGOs demanding Indonesia immediately ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has been met with strong resistance fro

Jakarta – Concerns over welfare issues including health, education and social insurance have topped a recent study investigating the role of the government and welfare throughout Indonesia.

Jakarta – Retired military generals and members of several mass organizations claim to have evidence of a rising communist movement in Indonesia and have warned the public of possible threats from

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – As part of the government's grand plan to provide paramilitary training to civilians, a military command in Bali is set to drill groups known for violence and causing

Jakarta – Three members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) were arrested by the police on Friday while they were allegedly trying to smuggle 2.6 tons of sugar from Malaysia.

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Jakarta – Attempts at formal reconciliation and settlement for victims of the 1965 political conflict and violence would only reopen old wounds, as many efforts at "natural" reconciliation have tak

Muslim AR, Jakarta – Former Army Strategic Reserves Command (green berets) Chief of Staff Major General Kivlan Zen made a surprising statement during the anti-PKI symposium not long ago.

Jakarta – A number of retired Army generals this week organized a symposium claiming to protect the country's national ideology, Pancasila, from the feared revival of communism and other ideologies

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – At least 10,000 people representing various hard-line and civil society groups marched to the State Palace on Friday in protest of what they claimed to be the revival of

Jakarta – Several mass organizations have protested against the use of their logos without permission during a recent anti-communist symposium.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has called on banks to be proactive in helping the manufacturing sector grow amid the economic slowdown by providing long-term financing.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Lawmaker Fanny Afriansyah, also known as Ivan Haz, was dismissed on Thursday from the House of Representatives.

Tama Salim and Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The traditional setting of domestic workers in Indonesia, who live at home with their employers, may have contributed to the country's poor standing in a re

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After more than a month of intense deliberation, the House of Representatives finally passed on Thursday the regional elections bill into law, despite objections fr

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – From Acehnese fighting to protect the Leuser National Park to Papuans resisting the expansion of palm oil companies, thousands of people across the archipelago are wag

Jakarta – The presence of activists and academics within Presidential Palace circles are often considered an opportunity to push for democratic reform in the bureaucracy.

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Jakarta – Hard-line Islamic groups and a number of retired army generals plan to hold a rally in front of the State Palace on Friday to protest the government's efforts to bring about reconciliatio

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) governor Let. Gen. (ret) Agus Widjojo smiled when a fellow soldier, retired Army general Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – In the wake of a public outcry to resolve past human rights abuse cases, retired Army general Kiki Syahnakri has said Indonesians must learn to move on as nothing good comes from opening

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A number of religious leaders proposed on Wednesday that lawmakers include a deradicalization strategy in the ongoing amendment of a terrorism law.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Being gay in a religious neighborhood in Indonesia is certainly tough, but Hendro Yudistira faces even tougher odds.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will establish two new parks that Jakartans can use to voice their aspirations, Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said on Thursday.

Saskia Wieringa – The gang rape and gruesome murder of Yuyun, a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Bengkulu, Sumatera made international headlines.

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Rina Atriana, Jakarta – Retired Major General Kivlan Zen says that the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) has already been revived and has formed an organisational party structure and has prepared as

The government's talk of declaring Pancasila Day on June 1 a national holiday seems to reveal a yawning gap between the past and today's regime in terms of methods of instilling moral guidance in c

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A former president of Indonesia has publicly revealed he opposes the death penalty as the country prepares for a third round of executions of drug offe

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Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Anira, a fishmonger from Muara Angke in North Jakarta, could not hold back her emotions when the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) moved on Tuesday to halt the constr

Victims of terror attacks have expressed disappointment toward the amendment to the Terrorism Law as the amended law does not contain comprehensive provisions about their rights as victims.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With few commitments to curb cigarette consumption, Indonesia is poised to have the largest population of smokers in the world in the next decade.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Medical coverage for victims of terrorist attacks must be included in revised articles of the 2003 Terrorism Law currently being deliberated by the House of Representative