Matthew Pennington, Washington – The Indonesia that Barack Obama lived in as a child bore fresh scars from the darkest period in country's modern history.

Jakarta – Former deputy Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Bambang Widjojanto said on Thursday that political parties were failing to work for prosperity and social justice in Indones

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A controversial bill on alcohol prohibition poses a serious threat to public health and safety as it will lead to rising consumption of illegal alcohol, like the oplos

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Political parties have challenged Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to prove his claim that political parties asked him for Rp 100 billion (US$7.65

Jakarta – The country's second-largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, said on Thursday it would not issue any edict condemning members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) commu

Jakarta – Counterfeit alcohol and moonshine has killed dozens of Indonesians already this year showing a failure in public health response, a study from the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies has

Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force declared on Wednesday that none of its airbases had been sold to private parties.

Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) public health expert Hasbullah Thabrany threw down the gauntlet to the government on Thursday, demanding that it amend existing tobacco excise provisions in a

Jakarta – The Indonesian military (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI) continues to press for an expanded role in internal security, driven by distrust of civilian politicians, contempt for the police

Jakarta – House of Representatives ways and means committee deputy chairman Achmad Dimyati Natakusumah said on Tuesday that a plan to expand the House complex was still on track despite the governm

Jakarta – The government is scrambling for a quick plan to plug the gap in state finances after legislators from the House of Representatives stopped deliberations on a draft bill related to a tax

Jakarta – Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) chairman Judhariksawan said on Tuesday that the KPI needed to expand its ability to sanction broadcasters that offend against public morality.

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government needs to pay more attention to the service sector, which is constantly growing, as commodity prices slump and the manufacturing industry faces flat growth, ex

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A fisherman who helped return six Bangladeshis to Indonesia said he felt deceived by Australian authorities and would not have taken the men if he had kno

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Al Fatah Pesantren Waria, an Islamic boarding school for transgendered people, has decided to continue its operations at another place following the forced closure of

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Only 10 percent of construction experts in the country are certified, raising concerns over the capacity of domestic human resources to compete with workers from other Sou

Jakarta – Women's rights activists have called on the Jakarta Police to continue the legal process against two lawmakers for their alleged abuse of women.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Jakarta saw the highest number of cases of violence against women of any Indonesian city in 2015 based on data gathered by partner institutions of the National Commission o

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Jakarta – Rainwater causing overflow at the Ciliwung, the longest river in the capital, early on Tuesday has led to flooding in at least five districts of East and South Jakarta, forcing hundreds o

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will stay at 4.7 percent this year amid sluggish industrial activity, according to a projection by Switzerland-based inve

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – With coal prices continuing to decline, Indonesia will struggle to provide the coal needed to fire up its power stations in the near future, a study predicts.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has identified rampant violations by broadcasting companies, particularly television stations, of laws that govern the content they air to the

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Poultry companies should focus on one major business activity, or risk dominating the entire poultry industry – from upstream to downstream – and slipping into cartel-like a

Lendy Ramadhan, Jakarta – Scores of women calling themselves Women's Solidarity (Solidaritas Perempuan) held a protest action in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Tuesday March 8 to c

Bandung – Workers in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) protested at the city hall on Tuesday March 8 demanding equal wages for wo

Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Parade of Struggle held an action in Central Jakarta on March 8 to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD).

Yogyakarta – On Tuesday March 8 scores of students from the Women's Struggle Committee (KPP) held a protest action at the zero kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta.

The Indonesian People's Center of Struggle (PPRI) has re-launched the Women's Struggle Committee of the People (KPPR, Komite Perjuangan Perempuan Rakyat), which had begun to die down over the last

Jakarta – Two hundred demonstrators from the Women's Struggle Committee of the People (KPPR) held a march to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD) from the Horse Monument in front of the Indo

Jakarta – Amid generally positive public sentiment in response to the government's move to cease criminal proceedings against former antigraft commission leaders Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojant

Anton Hermansyah – The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) plans to offer asset swaps to local communities using peatland for plantation purposes in an effort to restore two million hectares of peatl

Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Coalition (KPI) said on Sunday that the country had at least seven laws that should be amended for failing to accommodate gender equality.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government has had to hold its tongue as early tenders it held since August last year to resolve slow budget spending have been unable to rev up the country's infrastr

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is developing an intelligence body, aiming to obtain information to build strategic policy.

Jakarta – LGBT rights organization Arus Pelangi questioned on Sunday the government's plan to ban websites containing education and information about the minority group.

Bekasi – Around a thousand protesters calling themselves the Bekasi Islamic Forum converged on the Bekasi city government offices west of Jakarta on Monday (07/03), to protest against the construct

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has slammed the decision by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to drop the charges against two former Corruption Eradication Commission

Viriya Paramita Singgih, Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) has called for a specific law against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to curb their

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Apparently exploiting loopholes in monitoring mechanisms, a former high-ranking Defense Ministry official is alleged to have embezzled budget funds during his four-year tenur

Jakarta – Apparently under pressure to take preventive measures against the spread of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) propaganda through the internet, the Communications and Informati

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Jakarta – More politicians have spoken out against the spread of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement, but have warned people not to commit any violence and discrimination.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Players in the country's logistics industry are predicting that the sector will still grow by a healthy margin this year on the back of high domestic consumption and the g

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said homosexuality was an illness and therefore Islamic leaders should not provoke Muslims to expel lesbian, g

Kanupriya Kapoor & Gayatri Suroyo, Padang/Jakarta – All 22 of the early-warning buoys Indonesia deployed after the 2004 tsunami disaster were inoperable when a massive undersea earthquake struc

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The government has been urged to accelerate the resolution of past human rights abuses that have lain dormant for decades.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The government will continue to hand out the death sentence to big players in drug trafficking world despite criticism from foreign countries and human rights activists, a

Jakarta – Attorney General M.