Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan is on the right track toward improving the quality of national education, say education experts.

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Indonesians are unhappy with the performance of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, mostly due to the country's economy, which respondents say h

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – At least US$187 billion of the country's funds stolen from illicit practices such as corruption, tax evasion and other illegal activities were "legally" funneled by financia

Jakarta – Indonesian forest fires that have caused choking smoke to drift across Southeast Asia are spreading to new areas and are unlikely to be put out until next year, experts said on Monday.

Jakarta – A public opinion poll conducted by the Indonesian Public Opinion Research and Discussion Group (Kedai Kopi) found that the majority of its respondents were dissatisfied with the performan

Jakarta – Indonesian Ulema Coucil (MUI) chairman Din Syamsuddin said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to name Oct. 22 a national santri (Islamic students) day was ill-advised.

Jakarta – The Independent Alliance of Journalists, or AJI, has criticized police and military for the alleged intimidation of journalists covering the President's Cup football final in Jakarta on S

It is the duty of every citizen to contribute to this nation, including in the defense of Ibu Pertiwi (the motherland). That contribution can take many shapes and forms.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A bribery case implicating the NasDem Party's secretary-general, Patrice Rio Capella, has turned political with the House of Representatives stepping in with its plan to sum

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Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has denied speculation that the Defending the State program initiated by Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu is just an extension of the compulsory military service pr

Abdul Azis, Jakarta – The editor of the magazine Lentera (Beacon), Bima Satria Putra, says that the police have asked them to recall the October 10 issue of the magazine from circulation.

Jakarta – The Youth Coalition for Indonesia rejects the government's plan to recruit 100 million state defense cadres that has been concaved by the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan).

Parliza Hendrawan, Palembang – The bad old practices of the New Order dictatorship of former President Suharto are still being applied in some government agencies in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Authorities in West Sumatra deported a survivor of the 1965 anti-Communist purge after he tried to locate his father's mass grave, serving as yet another example how people believed to be

Jakarta – An alliance of civil society organizations has criticized the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for failing to improve the livelihood of farmers in his first year in office.

Jakarta, the city with the "worst traffic in the world", as many say, plans to open at least 16 new transit routes and develop six-inner city toll roads.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The number of people falling ill from deteriorating air quality has jumped to almost 500,000 as fires that have ravaged forest and peat lands in Sumatra and Kalimantan over th

Jakarta – Two months from year-end, Indonesia's economy is forecast to remain stuck in the doldrums next year, with the gross domestic product (GDP), the rupiah and state revenues lower than hoped

Arif Gunawan Sulistiyono, Jakarta – A labor union rejected the government's plan to apply a new formula for an annual wage raise, unless the Manpower Ministry opened up the possibility of negotiati

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – The development disparity between provinces is widening, with Java enjoying about 60 percent of total gross domestic product (GDP), according to research conducted by the I

Surabaya – A Muslim organization has reported a local footwear manufacturer to the East Java Police for sacrilege for producing sandals embossed with the word Allah.

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Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will court tech giants Apple and Google during his first trip to the United States this month, in the hope of attracting

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia hopes its relationship with Australia will get "even stronger and better" with the experience and "walk of life" of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and is buoye

Ayomi Amindoni, National – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) said on Friday it supported to the Defense Ministry in initiating the defense state program, as long as it matched the present co

Erika Anindita – Death penalty convicts in Indonesia were frequently not given access to lawyers and were forced to confess after being severely beaten, says Amnesty International in its report rel

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan maintained on Thursday that the government and the House of Representatives had no intent

The ITUC has strongly criticised the decision of the Indonesian Government to change the minimum wage fixing system, eliminating any role for unions in the process.

Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus reached US$7.13 billion in the first nine months of 2015, which was the biggest trade surplus from January to September in the last four years, according to Cent

Marguerite Afra, Jakarta - The Indonesian government should reject the upcoming World Trade Organization ministerial meeting as it is irrelevant for the global economy, an organization on global tr

Melissa Davey – In the year since the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, assumed office, 14 prisoners have been executed, 12 of which were foreign nationals, an Amnesty International report has fou

Death row prisoners in Indonesia are routinely denied access to lawyers and are coerced into "confessions" through severe beatings, while foreign nationals facing the death penalty had

Jakarta – The antigraft commission named Patrice Rio Capella, secretary-general of the NasDem Party, as a suspect for allegedly taking gifts related to the bribery case at the North Sumatra adminis

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Rationalizing the emission reduction capabilities of each region in the country should be a government priority after the Paris climate summit as scientists predict th

Nani Afrida, Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Despite public criticism, the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has insisted on moving forward with its national service program.

Jakarta – Facing fierce public criticism, the House of Representatives decided on Tuesday to drop articles endorsing kretek (clove cigarettes) in the current culture bill legislation.

Jakarta – The idea proposed by Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu to launch a training program for all Indonesians, young and old, to help "defend the state" has created a "public scare," a politic

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo requested a delay to the revision of Law No.

Jakarta – Dangdut legend Rhoma Irama officially launched his own party on Wednesday and decided to play some tunes to explain his supporters what his new political vehicle stands for.

Jakarta – A new palm oil producer grouping being set up by Indonesia and Malaysia would replace "no deforestation" pledges made by major palm companies in favor of a joint set of standards proposed

Nani Afrida and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is poised to sue the oil company responsible for the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum fields.

Jakarta – A petition for murdered activist Salim Kancil has been supported by 50,000 people and Rp 42 million (US$3,138) has been raised for his child's education.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has been lambasted for a plan to train 100 million civilians in a state defense program within one decade.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has insisted the House of Representatives' plan to amend Law No.

Disappointed by the lack of an adequate deterrent effect built in to the country's legislation on anticorruption, many have suggested the death penalty for graft convicts.

Jakarta – The government has revoked the forest concession license of one company and suspended the licenses of three others for their alleged involvement in starting the land and forest fires curr

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has warned the Yogyakarta administration not to violate residents' rights in its development of the Parangtritis

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government's plan to relax certification requirements for downstream timber products has raised concern from environmental groups.