Jakarta – Thousands of members of the Indonesian Workers Union, or KSPI, will stage nation-wide strikes from Nov.

PT Modern Internasional Tbk has reported decreased profits in some of its 7-Eleven outlets across Jakarta, after the alcohol ban regulation was implemented, forcing them to find a new w

Jakarta – Critic directed toward the government is not considered hate speech, National Police chief Gen.

Pekanbaru – Hundreds of police and Army personnel conducted sweeps on Monday against South and West Sulawesi delegates of the 29th Indonesian Islamic Students Association (HMI) in Pekan

Haeril Halim, National – The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday sentenced Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Adriansyah to three years beh

Jakarta – Human rights groups have called on local administrations to apply a rights-friendly city concept as an attempt to prevent more human rights abuses in the future.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Airforce has purchased a $55 million helicopter set to arrive in the country next year to support President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's busy schedule.

Jakarta – The land-distribution system in Jakarta, as well as in other Indonesian cities, which is based on price rather than social benefits is unfair to the poor and therefore violate

Pekanbaru – Scores of students from the Makassar chapter of the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) burned used tires and blocked off Jl.

Jakarta – Activists in the Jakarta satellite city of Bogor have filed suit against Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto for banning public celebrations of the Shiite holy day of Ashura last month.

Jakarta – Islamic hard-liners in Indonesia's least tolerant city have declared a national anti-Shiite movement, in a clear-cut case of hate speech that the police have blatantly chosen

Haeril Halim, Bogor, West Java – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will not move against special crimes division director Maruli Hutagalung from the Attorney Gener

Jakarta – Aboe Bakar Alhabsyi, a lawmaker for the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), wants the Indonesian "traitors" who attended proceedings of the International People's Tribunal 1965 in

Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities in Yogyakarta celebrated on Friday the Transgender Day of Remembrance by staging a silent rally at

The nation has been spectator to an extremely shrewd political game in the past week; the political showdown was preceded by a revelation of devious business deals in relation to a prop

Jakarta – Cracks are beginning to show in the highest levels of President Joko Widodo's cabinet amid the unraveling of what could be the single biggest corruption case in Indonesian his

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Jakarta – A police observer has expressed concern over recent viral videos showing confrontations between police officers and civilians, recommending that the police encourage their fie

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Jakarta – A lawmaker has emphatically opposed an idea put forward by Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan to provide an island to accommoda

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto's future is looking increasingly uncertain, as he faces mounting pressure to step down, in light of

It would be an "irreversible national scandal" if Australia allowed Indonesian studies to cease in this country, the federal shadow treasurer warns.The language is on track for extincti

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government must take into account certain risks before joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), as the final investment chapter of the agreement contai

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara is set to resume exports following a nearly two-month hiatus after the mining company secured a recommendation for an extension of e

Jakarta – City police on Friday deployed more than 1,000 officers to one of Indonesia's national landmark in an upscale area of Central Jakarta as laborers gather to rally for an increa

Jakarta – The Bekasi payment committee decided on a monthly minimum wage of Rp 3.3 million (US$242.50) at a meeting on Thursday night.

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Manila/Jakarta – In an effort to propel economic growth and boost the business climate in the country, the government's upcoming economic policy packa

Anton Hermansyah – After enjoying windfall profits during the 2014 elections – the nation's biggest political festival – ad agencies have continued to enjoy a bountiful income from poli

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has taken initial steps to ban all forms of cigarette advertising in the city by taking down billboards and banners in Mampang Prapata

Jakarta – Entering into his second year in office, Jakarta Governor "Basuki" Tjahaja Purnama still faces considerable problems related to traffic congestion.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior ministers has denied there will be a formal moratorium on executions in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Authorities in the Central Java capital Semarang have deployed the Army to crack down on sales of alcohol, seizing more than a hundred bottles of liquor and beer and 77 liters

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Panjaitan has denied allegations that he was involved in the misrepresentation of President Joko "Jokowi" Wid

Jakarta – House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto says that gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has threatened to bring legal action against the Indonesian government if

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the social communication forum (FKB) Flobamora has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the House of Representatives et

The divorce rate in East Java is the highest in the country, with the province accounting for 47 percent of all national divorces.

Kate Walton – A friend of mine recently messaged me in shock: "I just read a UNICEF brief that says millions of women in Indonesia have undergone female circumcision.

Indonesia's health ministry has apologised after a printing error led to a poster campaign claiming HIV can be transmitted through mosquito bites, swimming and sneezing.

Jakarta – Junior high school and lower-level graduates dominate the labor market in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world.

Stanley Widianto – Following an International People's Tribunal on Indonesia's 1965 massacre, which accused the Indonesian government of murder and torture and which Vice President Jusu

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up to restore as many as 2 million hectares of peatlands destroyed through decades of mismanaged oil palm plantations.

Khoirul Amin, Manila – The country's non-oil and gas manufacturing industry is forecast to remain stagnant in the last quarter of this year as most of the government's economic policy p

Jakarta – The People's Voter Education Network (JPPR) has found indications that campaign funding regulations are being violated by candidates running in the December regional elections

Jakarta – A middle-ranking official of the local transportation agency in Pasuruan, East Java, died on Tuesday while undergoing physical training held as part of the state defense progr

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) was involved in the purge of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and its supporters in 1965 and the following yea

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Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Although many have recognized improvements made by the Indonesian government to create a better investment climate, foreign investors remain cautious about inv

Indonesia's forestry business players have urged the government to withdraw a draft Presidential Decree that would see an end to new licenses for peatland clearing and corporate license