Jakarta – Police on Saturday named the five men they suspect launched this week's gun and bomb attack in the heart of Jakarta and said they had arrested 12 others linked to the plot, which was clai

Jakarta – Indonesia shut down at least 11 radical websites and several social media accounts on Saturday after a deadly gun and bomb attack claimed by Islamic State rocked the capital earlier in th

Haeril Halim and Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday named Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Damayanti Wisnu Putranti a suspect fo

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Sragen, Central Java – The Sragen Police in Central Java have arrested Sukamto, 52, and his wife, Wiji Lestari, 47, for forcing a 15-year-old girl, identified as RS, to walk arou

Fadli, Batam – A strike by hundreds of workers from PT Amtek Engineering, an Apple subcontractor, has continued into its fourth day with no sign of ending, leading the company to reportedly cancel

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Testifying at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday, Vice President Jusuf Kalla defended graft suspect Jero Wacik against the accusation that the former minister misused

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government intends to voice its concerns and negotiate a few issues with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) signatories before officially joining the US-led multilatera

Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Seven years ago, Bahrun Naim was quietly running an internet cafe in the small Indonesian city of Solo.

Yogyakarta – An inter-religion community of young disabled members and a number of non-governmental groups in Yogyakarta have sent a petition to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and religious organiz

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – With global oil prices continuing their plunge – falling below US$30 on Wednesday – small and locally owned oil and gas companies are at great risk of closure or "bleedi

Anton Hermansyah & Arief Gunawan S, Jakarta – After maintaining its rate for 11 consecutive months, Bank Indonesia (BI) has slashed the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.25 percen

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – A number of sectors within tourism and the creative economy are to open up to foreign investors, signaling the government's renewed commitment to welcoming overseas investme

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – State-owned power firm PLN has set a high sales target this year, despite the company reporting lackluster growth last year.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Seven people have been killed in a terrorist attack in central Jakarta, including five who are believed to be perpetrators linked to the Islamic State.

Beh Lih Yi in Jakarta and Oliver Holmes in Bangkok – Up to seven blasts and multiple gunfights hit the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, including one outside the United Nations building in t

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry has enlisted the help of civil society organizations (CSO) to address problems at the village level.

Samantha Hawley – Every Sunday in the centre of Jakarta, tens of thousands of Indonesians flock to what is one of the most congested roads in the city.

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Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government aims to include access for Indonesian laborers in future agreements with trading partners in an attempt to boost the country's trade in services, a top offici

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia's Attorney-General has hosed down speculation a third batch of executions are imminent saying the nation's economy is "far more important".

Jakarta – The government now allows foreigners living in Indonesia to own houses as part of efforts to boost the economy, following the release of a regulation signed by President Joko "Jokowi" Wid

Jakarta – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has said it is concerned that the outlawed Fajar Nusantara Movement's (Gafatar) activities might trigger social friction, which could lead to v

Fadli, Batam – Some 2,000 workers from PT Amtek Engineering in Batam, Riau Islands province, went on strike as planned on Monday, blocking the main and only entrance to the company's factory.

Jakarta – The lawyer of former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto, Firman Wijaya, has confirmed that the Golkar Party politician would not abide by an Attorney General's Office (AGO) su

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday sentenced former religious affairs minister and United Development Party (PPP) chairman Surydharma Ali to six years behind bars after

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After a year of political and economic high tides for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration, people still believe that he can lead this country into calme

Jakarta – Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto said he would not oppose a plan by the Golkar Party leadership to join the ruling coalition.

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, has reiterated its commitment to stay with the opposing Red-White Coalition led by Prabowo Subianto amid speculations that it would switch sides and

Elizabeth Matsangou – As the world's most commonly traded vegetable oil, palm oil is a key economic driver for Indonesia.

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government has reiterated its commitment to easing the conduct of business in Indonesia to make the country more competitive with other members of ASEAN ahead of the imp

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Severianus Endi, Pontianak – A member of a women's group, Kristina, 33, sat at the side of the room during a recent seminar at a hotel in Pontianak, breast-feeding her baby.

Fadli, Batam – Authorities in Batam, Riau Islands, have called on thousands of workers from a major local company to drop plans to begin a three-week strike on Monday, claiming the move could cost

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Cilacap – Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has claimed he was wrongly jailed for 15 years on terrorism charges when he was merely donating money to suppor

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Ongoing conflict within the Yogyakarta royal family risks triggering a rise in intolerance in the province, according to observer of politics and Islam Noorhaidi Hasa

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The local price of salt has been dropping because of an abundance of imported salt that had been entering the country during the peak harvest period from June to Septemb

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – Indonesia narrowed its current account deficit (CAD) to US$17.5 billion (Rp 243.25 trillion) in 2015, a 35 percent improvement on the 2014 deficit, which stood at $27 bil

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appointed former Corruption Eradication Commission cadre Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo as his spokesman on Tuesday, citing Johan's vast experience as a vocal rep

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Government watchdog Civil Society Group for State Officials Observation (LMPPN) filed on Monday a report with the House ethics council (MKD) against former House of Repres

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will deploy more personnel and additional weapons to protect eastern outer islands, which currently lack security, saying an improved watch on b

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) installed on Monday Ade Komarudin as the new House speaker, replacing Setya Novanto who stepped down on Dec.16 over an alleged ethics br

While tax revenues reached an all-time record of Rp 1.06 quadrillion (US$76.1 billion) in 2015, they fell 18 percent or Rp 234 trillion short of the target of Rp 1.29 quadrillion set by the governm

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The World Bank has warned that a continuing economic slowdown in emerging markets will cause substantial spillovers into developing economies and eventually hold back the

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Oil and gas exploration company Lapindo Brantas has suspended operations in East Java's Sidoarjo regency, where people are still traumatized by the mudflow disaster blamed on the company's previous

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Muhammad Romahurmuziy-led camp of the United Development Party (PPP) has claimed that the revocation of a decree that had approved Romahurmuziy's leadership

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Amid sluggish economic growth in China, a key trading partner of Indonesia, economists have again warned of the importance of finding new markets to offset the risk of t

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Critics have lambasted what they deemed as political intervention from Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly in the internal affairs of the Golkar Party and t

Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party politician Fahri Hamzah on Sunday confirmed that a party stalwart had urged him to step down as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, as the party drift

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