Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Threats from a radical group have disrupted plans by an interfaith community to hold an event celebrating the births of both Prophet Muhammad and Jesus Ch

Jakarta – Five unmarried couples were netted on Friday in raids conducted by authorities at boardinghouses in South Jakarta's Kebayoran Baru district.

Jemima Garrett – A penchant for dynamiting illegal fishing vessels has made flamboyant Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti Indonesia's most popular, and restored tens of thousands of jo

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government says it has completed 82 percent of the deregulation as outlined in its first six economic policy packages issued between September and November

Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada Theater (TGM) has apologized for a poster advertising its performance entitled Masihkah ada Cinta D(ar)i Kampus Biru (Is there any love at

Jakarta – Chief security minister Luhut Panjaitan played down House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto's alleged attempt to shake down mining giant Freeport Indonesia for a purpor

Dandy Koswaraputra, Jakarta – Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson, an Indonesianist with Cornell University, US, died at the age of 79 on Saturday night during a nostalgic visit to Indon

Jakarta – Studying Indonesia was not always easy for the late Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson, or Ben Anderson, who was banned from entering the country by the New Order regime due t

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Tassia Sipahutar, Nusa Dua, Bali – The planned implementation of a tax amnesty may not yield the desired results as such schemes usually have many downsides, experts have warned.

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Rizal Harahap, Padang/Pekanbaru – Heavy rain over a number of regions has triggered landslides and flooding, cutting access and disrupting economic activities.

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Nani Afrida and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has issued a report detailing the government's failure to protect basic human

Ririn Sefsani and Timo Duile, Jakarta/Bonn – A specter is haunting Indonesia, the specter of communism.

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan has been criticized for inviting members of the House of Representatives' ethics council to

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) has granted a petition to allow indigenous people to cultivate forests for their living in the 1999 Forestry Law, while it re

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – It will be hard to prevent people from watching Joshua Oppenheimer's second groundbreaking documentary on the 1965 Indonesian communist purge, The Look of Si

World Bank, Jakarta – A small number of Indonesians are benefitting from financial and physical assets – sometimes acquired through corrupt means – that, in turn, drive higher wealth co

Jakarta – West Java is the province with the highest number of human rights violations this year, according to the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

Ananda Teresia, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has instructed all government officials in all levels to expedite the settlement of past human rights violation cases as many cases are s

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the National Police to make improvements after it was listed by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras)

Bandung – The National Police have reiterated their commitment to proceeding with an assault case implicating Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan amid pu

Hans Nicholas Jong – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has issued a ministerial regulation to protect and uphold human rights in the fisheries industry, making it a requiremen

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Amid the planned overhaul of mining rules, legal experts and business players are urging for clarity and consistency in new regulations that would replace th

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission is set to miss its target with some survey groups estimating a lower voter turnout in Wednesday's simultaneous regional elections compared to

Jakarta – More than a thousand dockworkers staged a rally in North Jakarta on Friday to protest their employers' failure to pay their wages.

Jakarta – Human rights activists have joined forces to condemn the use of the death penalty in Indonesia for major crimes, such as drug trafficking.

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The latest World Bank report on Indonesia warns of the rising risk of social tension and conflict as inequalities of income and asset ownership widen, recommending a more vigorous colle

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia potentially added an additional 4 to 6 million business enterprises over the last decade, from 2006 to 2016, bringing the total number of enterprises

Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon has joined the condemnation of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's recent statement to ban Muslims from enter

Jakarta – The National Police (Polri) committed the highest number of human rights violations this year, according to a recent finding by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's administration has failed to promote human rights since taking office more than a year ago, according to a survey by the Setara

Jakarta – The government needs to push all educational institutions to actively promote values of tolerance and diversity because education plays an important role in encouraging the ba

Jakata – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto reported Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said on Wednesday to the National Police's Criminal Investigation Corps (

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Apriadi Gunawan and Ina Parlina, Padang/Medan/Jakarta – Voter turnout in the country's first-ever simultaneous regional elections on Wednesday was likely lower tha

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Djemi Amnifu and Arya Dipa, Kupang/Bandung – Local elections (Pilkada) in three regions with a single-ticket candidate pair ran smoothly on Wednesday as voters flocked to nearby polling

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Jakarta – The capital city is not equipped with a sufficient surveillance system, according to Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Tito Karnavian.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Business and community leaders in Bali have expressed their opposition to an alcohol prohibition bill that is presently being deliberated at the House of R

Haeril Halim, Fedina S.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A string of recent assaults against women on footbridges has raised concerns about the safety of pedestrians on the capital's many footbridges, some of which ar

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Wednesday's simultaneous regional elections in 269 cities and regencies across the country are further evidence that individual candidates play a more import

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia has moved backward and is becoming an uncivilized nation in terms of its repression of freedom of expression, according to art and human righ

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – Indonesia has pulled 1,600 private buses off its roads after a weekend bus crash in which 18 people died.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government's recently issued economic stimulus package allowing street vendors to use state land will not be seen as an incentive since such regulation is

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Even after the passing of 50 years, Indonesians are still reluctant to bring up the events of 1965 in a discussion as they always relate it with the co

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Professors, university staff and students helped detect, expel and torture suspected communist elements during the 1960s political upheaval, a Gadjah Mada Univer

Novani Nugrahani, Jakarta – A novel by Indonesian author Laksmi Pamuntjak, Amba, which was translated into German under the title "Alle Farben Rot", has sold more than 10,000 copies sin