Jakarta – The Indonesian police were responsible for a third of reported assaults against journalists throughout 2015, an advocacy group says.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Struggling with rivalry and political maneuvering among factions, the House of Representatives has failed to meet its legislation target this year.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government has promised tax allowances and other incentives for much-needed investment in oil refineries to speed up development, as stipulated in the late

Gustidha Budiartie and Eve Warburton – Competing factions of politico-business elites are fighting a war over a lucrative mine contract and President Jokowi is caught in the middle.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proposed regular discussions with civil society groups in an effort to achieve wider public participation in reaching targets s

Jakarta – The Indonesian State Intelligence Board (BIN) has conducted an intelligence exchange program with Australia as part of efforts to thwart terrorism in Indonesia, the boards cha

Jakarta – A survey commissioned by a Jakarta-based pollster, the Political Communication (Polcomm) Institute, shows that 61.8 percent of 1,200 respondents want an immediate reshuffle in

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has sworn in five newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners at the State Palace amid public pessimism about the creden

Sumit Galhotra – "Change does not come overnight," President Joko Widodo's right-hand man, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, told an international delegation of 10 media and freedom of expression

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian authorities are on high alert for a terrorist attack over the Christmas and New Year period despite the arrest of nine terrorism suspects

Jakarta – Dozens of Metro Mini bus drivers and conductors staged a demonstration on Saturday to protest the Jakarta Transportation Agency's confiscation of their vehicles.

Batam – The government's plan to withdraw a fuel subsidy from fishermen next year is facing opposition from fishermen in Batam, Riau Islands, who argue that the policy would significant

Jakarta – The newly appointed speaker of the House of Representatives, Ade Komaruddin, faces an uphill battled trying to win back public trust for a graft-riddled institution that has a

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Karuni Rompies – The Australian Federal Police and the FBI have assisted Indonesia's efforts to quell terror-related violence before it occurs.

Greg Earl – Australia has flagged more defence exchanges with Indonesian officers after agreeing to renew a defence co-operation agreement amid new joint efforts to crack down on a pote

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has criticized the nation's media for failing to exercise sensitivity in reporting on sexual abuse cases,

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Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Companies running mineral smelters and those developing them are demanding incentives from the government to help sustain their processing activities amid pressu

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inagurated five new commissioners for the Judicial Commission at the State Palace.

Jakarta – Five newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders pose an internal threat to the commission's very existence, activists fear.

Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru City Police Narcotics Unit has arrested a police officer from the Meranti Islands Regency Police with initials IR on drug trafficking charges.

Padang – Since its establishment five years ago, the Padang Corruption Court in West Sumatra, has acquitted 23 of 220 defendants charged with corruption, the Integritas Anticorruption I

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government predicts that the impact of its deregulation policies will be seen in the first semester of 2016, as most economic policy packages begin to effe

Jakarta – Considering the track records of the newly elected commissioners of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) by the House of Representatives' Commission III that oversees l

Jesslyn Angelia, Jakarta – An important part of Udin's daily routine involves buying 20-liter containers of water from a city vendor.

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Lawmaker Fadli Zon was appointed acting House of Representatives speaker on Friday, following the resignation of Setya Novanto on Wednesday, when the House's e

Yogyakarta – An expert has warned that rising sea levels caused by climate change need to be considered in development planning as 2,000 islands and 42 million homes are on track to be

Anton Hermansyah – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank are both predicting that the Indonesia's 2015 inflation rate would be no less than 6 percent.

Jakarta – GlobeAsia, a sister publication of the Jakarta Globe that appears in print every month, has released a list of Indonesia's 50 most influential figures in its December issue, h

Jakarta – It's better to control the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages than to ban them outright, Jakarta Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said on Wednesday, point

Jakarta – The number of victims of human rights violations in Jakarta grew threefold by August this year from two years previously, mostly as a result of forced evictions by the city ad

Yashinto Sembiring & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Setya Novanto staged a press conference at his home on Wednesday night where he finally spoke in public about his decision t

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office will continue its investigation into the alleged extortion attempt on mining giant Freeport Indonesia involving lawmaker Setya Novanto, despite t

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has urged the National Police (Polri) encourage police personnel to control their use of firearms while on assignment or off duty, to

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have called on all public institutions, local administration and state-owned companies

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs has shown marked favoritism for Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader candidates deemed

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on Indonesian Military (TNI) leaders and soldiers to enhance their professional capacities and to take on extra roles combating terro

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – House of Representatives ethics council member Akbar Faizal, a NasDem Party politician, claimed on Wednesday that he had been dismissed from his position at th

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – The embattled speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives resigned Wednesday over his involvement in one of the biggest political scandals in y

Jakarta – The House of Representatives decided to include a controversial bill on a tax amnesty in its 2015 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) during a plenary session on Tuesday.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – An economist has warned that improper tax policies, such as applying a higher tax amid a weak economy, may slow the Indonesian economy.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The number of complaints regarding violations of the right to a fair trial has risen in the capital over the past year, according to the Jakarta Legal Aid Inst

Indonesia's economy took a $16bn hit this year from forest fires that cloaked south-east Asia in haze, more than double the sum spent on rebuilding Aceh after the 2004 tsunami, accordin

Business – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced a US$346.6 million trade deficit in November, breaking the streak of a 10-consecutive-month trade surplus, caused by an increase

Denpasar – Thousands of people, mostly youngsters, gathered on Sunday at Padang Galak Beach in Denpasar to take part in an art event held to express the local residents' rejection of th

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo called for the House of Representatives ethics council to listen to the voice of the people in determining the fate of House Speaker Setya Novan

Jakarta – Almost three dozen lawmakers from several factions are urging the House of Representatives' ethics council to clean up the legislature's image and also for House Speaker Setya

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Ruslan Sangadji, Padang/Palu – Despite their relatively high popularity, a number of incumbents and former regional leaders have failed to garner enough votes t

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Jakarta – After seven years, the English-language daily Jakarta Globe published its last print edition on Tuesday, marking the paper's complete tranformation into an online publication.