Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Customers will have to pay for plastic bags when they shop at shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets and other retail outlets throughout 23 of the country's m

Anton Hermansyah, Business – Five ministries are combining forces to jack up domestic consumption of natural rubber with the issue of a joint ministerial decree (SKB) on mandatory rubber utilizatio

Jakarta – Ministries are pooling their efforts to save 126 Indonesian migrant workers facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drug-related offences, an official said on Thursday.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has described as a violation of human rights recent statements made by public officials vilifying the lesbian, gay, bi

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has been forced to cancel a crucial first meeting to deliberate a rough draft of the 2002 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)

Jakarta – Japanese electronics maker Panasonic says that the figure mentioned in claims made earlier by a labor union about mass layoffs in some of the company's plants is much higher than the actu

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asked for the help of Islamic groups on Friday in order to tackle the spread of radical ideology in Indonesia, in the wake of last month's t

Jakarta – Based on the assumption that prisons accommodating convicted terrorists may be fertile ground for radicalization, the government has introduced measures to curb the spread of radical teac

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani said on Thursday that the government should take legal action to follow up the recent Indonesian Ulema Coun

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Members of the former Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) at the Bina Insan Rehabilitation Center in Cipayung, East Jakarta, are facing uncertain futures as they have nowhe

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is rejecting the draft bill on the revision of the KPK law, saying that it contains provisions that will weaken the antigraft body.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has taken another major step forward in healing its internal rift after the leaders of the two rival camps agreed to restore the rights of party members who w

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a fatwa against the Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar), declaring it a heretical organization that spreads deviant re

Labor unions plan to send 20,000 members to rally in front of the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court on Feb.

Jakarta – Becak (pedicab) drivers across Jakarta are seeking help from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to mediate a meeting with Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama that see

Jakarta – Having compiled enough evidence, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is ready to summon 12 big corporations in its investigation into an alleged price-fixing conspiracy

Jakarta – The electronics sector is unlikely to feel any respite this year amid pressure to do another round of mass retrenchments as consumers continue to reduce their spending to cope with the im

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Automakers are asking the government to drop duties imposed on steel products widely used in car manufacturing to help locally made vehicles become more competitive.

A member of the Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar), accompanied by human rights activists visited the headquarters of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Monday to report the go

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The continuing decline in crude oil prices will mean that Indonesia will not meet its national oil production target this year and output will likely fall by nine percen

Jakarta – The North Sumatra Police have named seven people as suspects in a fatal brawl between two gangs in Medan that claimed two lives on Saturday.

Anton Hermansyah – Indonesian citizens have more faith in business than the government, in terms of solving prolonged social issues such as poverty and unemployment this year, an Edelman Trust Baro

Haeril Halim, National – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is lobbying the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to withdraw the dossiers of an assault case involving its senior investigator No

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Leaders of youth organizations Ikatan Pemuda Karya (IPK) and Pemuda Pancasila (PP) agreed on Monday to refrain from violence following a fatal brawl on Saturday, urging the

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is calling on the government to protect Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) members, following a plan to disband the group

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – More terrorist attacks are likely in Indonesia as local Islamic State groups compete to carry out plots and establish their supremacy, terrorism expert Sidney Jones has w

Human-rights activists have slammed an investigation into the leader of the controversial Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) by the Attorney General's Office (AGO), labeling it a violation of his r

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Muhammadiyah has advised the government against banning the controversial Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar), warning that doing so could backfire and lead the group's thous

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has turned over a new leaf by announcing the contracts for its procurement projects this year, the first time it has made such a disclosure to t

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Jakarta – Golkar Party executive Ade Komarudin has questioned the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) plan to involve itself in the party's upcoming extraordinary national congress.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Indonesia's civil society should give young people more opportunities to express their opinions about the 1965 tragedy through various ways, including visual art work

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked more radical websites in an attempt to prevent the dissemination of radical ideas that could contribute to terrorism.

Bandung – Bandung mayor Ridwan Kamil has ordered the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a hardline Muslim group, to take down "provocative" banners targeting the gay community, officials said on Friday.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The frequent conflicts between military and police personnel that occurred last year and in previous years have become a concern for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who ha

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is ordering the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police to collaborate in supporting the government's priority projects, as part o

Tama Salim, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In an attempt to end the drawn-out leadership dispute between the two rival camps of the Golkar Party, Law and Human Rights Minister Yas

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung Legislative Council (DPRD) in West Java has expressed its concern over the planned Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, as the project has yet to receive formal reco

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen from Muara Angke in North Jakarta staged a rally in front of the Jakarta City Council (DPRD) offices on Thursday against the ongoing man-made islet p

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Human-rights activists have condemned the persistence of prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people after controversy erupted recently surr

Jakarta – The National Commission on Tobacco Control has reported that there has been a dramatic increase over the past few years in the number of young smokers in the country.

Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon said that former president Soeharto had contributed a lot to the country and that he should be remembered as one of the country's m

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Yohannie Linggasari, Jakarta – Workers from a number of different communities demonstrated in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta today demanding that an Indonesian migrant worker named Rita

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – After previously taking efficiency measures to alleviate the impact of plunging oil prices, several oil and gas companies in the country may now be forced to take stiffe

Jakarta – An Indonesian journalists group has asked the government to review the permits of ten free-to-air television networks that will expire this year, amid concerns over the exploitation of ai

Jakarta – A survey conducted by a Jakarta-based media watchdog group has found that the majority of programs aired by local television stations contained content unsuitable for children.