Prima Wirayani – The government has to lure more private investments into the country in a bid to maintain growth momentum as economists projected the impacts of the government's spending will dimi

Joe Cochrane – Katty, a docile, orange-haired preschooler, fell from a tree with a thump.

Anton Hermansyah – Fines and penalties levied on corruption convicts are far lower than the losses that they cause, indicating that the losses are indirectly "subsidized" by taxpayers, research sho

Ganug Nugroho Adi – Residents of Klaten regency in Central Java are demanding that the government and National Police reveal the true cause of death of alleged terrorist Siyono amid allegations of

Jakarta – Discrimination against religious minority groups remains rampant across Indonesia, according to the National Commission of Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, in its first quarterly report relea

Ayomi Amindoni – The government's aim of reducing the national inequality ratio, known as the Gini ratio, from 0.41 to 0.39 in 2016 is too ambitious according to one activist, who points out that B

Jakarta – Thousands of fishermen rallied in Central Jakarta's main streets on Wednesday (06/04), demanding President Joko Widodo dismiss Maritime Minister Susi Pudjiastuti for her strict policies o

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said that his administration failed to monitor and halt the construction of buildings by PT Kapuk Naga Indah (KNI) on

There are 48 pregnancies in every 1,000 teenage girls across Indonesia, which is slightly above the government's target for the issue, the latest data from the National Population and Family Planni

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – The House of Representatives must carefully review the draft amendments of the terrorism law, particularly the regulations related to the arrest of terrorist suspects, an e

Jakarta – Jakarta's controversial three-in-one carpooling system, suspended temporarily this week (5-8 April) and next week (11-13 April), could be replaced with a new system restricting access to

Hundreds of fishermen rallied outside the Bali Legislative Council building on Monday to protest a government moratorium on fishing that they claimed negatively impacted their livelihoods.

Francis Chan – During the New Order era of President Suharto from 1965 to 1998, the military – then known as Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (Abri) – would have led from the front, experts s

Djemi Amnifu – Two regencies in East Nusa Tenggara, namely Nagekeo and Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS), are suffering from prolonged drought and food shortages.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Allegations of bribery and corruption will further mire controversial land reclamation projects across Indonesia, already hotly contested by locals and environmentalists.

Bambang Muryanto – Rights group Peaceful Yogyakarta Solidarity Forum have denounced the recent attempt by Islamic organizations and police personnel to forcefully disband Lady Fast 2016, an art eve

Elly Burhaini Faizal – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) confirmed on Monday that one of its politicians, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah, had been dismissed in a written stat

Jakarta – As forest fires raged like never before across Indonesia last year, President Joko Widodo announced he was setting up a special agency to tackle the annual scourge that shrouds parts of S

Ayomi Amindoni – The anticipated shortfall in tax collection this year has prompted the government to rethink its revenue target and make budget efficiency the key point of discussion at a plenary

Jakarta – At least 121 innocent people accused of being terrorists or involved in terrorist networks have died at the hands of the Detachment 88 Special Anti-Terror Unit (Densus 88) after being det

Karl Mathiesen – Indonesia's palm oil, mining and logging industries are enmeshed in a cat's cradle of overlapping land claims and corruption that are hampering attempts to stop deforestation and f

Emerlynne Gil – Southeast Asian governments are increasingly restricting the work of human rights defenders, misusing a variety of laws supposedly aimed at defending "national security" or counteri

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the government to revise school history books, which it believes have been manipulated for decades by those in power.

Ben Child – The Indonesian government has threatened to deport Leonardo DiCaprio after the Oscar-winning actor and film-maker made critical statements about the country's palm oil industry during a

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – It could be the end of the road for one of the few beneficiaries of Jakarta's traffic-snarled streets – paid hitchhikers known as "jockeys" – with the

Bambang Nurbianto – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has voiced pessimism that the government will be able to solve six pass human rights abuse cases within a year because the w

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Willy van Rooijen – Women in the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago recently published a taboo-breaking survey taken among the victims of the mass killings in Indonesia in 1965.

Marlene Millott – When the Indonesian army massacred an estimated half a million alleged communists in 1965, it did so with the backing of western powers.

Benjamin Hegarty and Ferdiansyah Thajib – In late January a support group for those that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) at the University of Indonesia became

Palu – Twenty-one illegal gold miners are receiving hospital treatment after a clash with hundreds of police officers and forest rangers near Lore Lindu National Park in Poso regency, Central Sulaw

Jakarta – The chance of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama staying on in the capital's top post next year might be open wide as Jakartans are most likely to choose him despite his minor

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Activists are urging the government to form an independent commission made up of civilian "wise men" to push for a legal settlement of Indonesia's historic human rights ab

Haeril Halim, Ina Parlina and Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The government said on Tuesday that it had yet to decide on what actions to take to resolve historic human rights abuses as several mechanisms

Jakarta – Graft suspect Abdul Khoir, who was allegedly caught red-handed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in January bribing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker D

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Deregulation and the improvement of infrastructure across the country should be extended to help the country survive amid the tougher global completion, President Joko "Jo

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – More political party factions at the House of Representatives are expressing opposition to the House speaker's costly new library construction plan, saying such a pro

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will rehabilitate hundreds of damaged school buildings as part of its program aimed at providing Jakarta students with proper facilities in 2017.

Jakarta – In light of numerous warning letters sent to national television stations, which it says have fallen on deaf ears, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has requested that the Hous

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Lawmakers are split on the suggested involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in efforts to catch narcotics offenders, with some insisting that law enforcement

Jakarta – Law experts have called for a review of several provisions of the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP), which regulates pre-prosecution, on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court held its first hearing implicating two Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) lawyers on Monday who were arrested during a labor protest in front of

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Public Works and Public Housing Ministry still faces problems, ranging from land to regulatory issues, in its flagship one million houses program, hampering its housing de

Jakarta – Indonesian officials and security forces have been complicit in the violent forced eviction of more than 7,000 members of the Gafatar religious community from their homes on Kalimantan is

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin insisted on Monday that he would press ahead with his ambitious plan to build the largest library in Southeast Asia i

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry called on the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) on Sunday to relocate drug inmates from prisons and detention centers in order to ease an ove

Tama Salim, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Ade Komarudin says legislators will be able to pass the tax amnesty bill shortly after they reconvene in early April, paving the way for the u

Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) has called on the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to apply transparency and provide access to its financial reports as the organization receives fu