Jakarta – Calls are mounting thick and fast for President Joko Widodo to fire a controversial police general behind an ongoing campaign to undermine the national antigraft commission and its suppor

Jakarta – A number of activists united in the Civil Society Coalition said on Thursday that the National Police had arbitrarily made use of laws to take revenge for the naming of a senior officer,

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday grilled Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto amid revelations that

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Cara Buckley – In the Oscar-nominated 2013 documentary "The Act of Killing" and now in a companion film, "The Look of Silence," an especially chilling moment comes during the closing credits: In li

Washington (ETAN/Pacific Media Watch) – The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) has called for action over what it describes United States support for mass violence and genocide in Indon

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained prominent advocate OC Kaligis on Tuesday evening, just hours after naming him a suspect in a bribery case involving judg

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on Wednesday did something no other Indonesian leader has done since the late Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid was president: the Jakarta governor

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 30 members of the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) have attempted to close down the Indonesian Baptist Church in Bantul, Yogyakarta, on grounds that the church had no

Farouk Arnaz & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – A war of words has broken out between the Indonesian police force and the country's second-biggest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, over the central r

Rochimawati, Arie Dwi Budiawati- Although the nominal wage of agricultural and urban informal workers increased in 2015, their real wages declined.

Michael Zelenko – When Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing came out in the summer of 2013, few had seen anything like it.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A new report into the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea has called for a full independent investigation into the scale of the damage in Indonesian waters, saying ev

Kupang – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) and the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Television Journalist Association (IJTI) have urged the police to investigate viol

In yet another incident that many fear marks a setback for Indonesian democracy, Judicial Commission chief Suparman Marzuki and his deputy Taufiqurrohman Syahuri will have to undergo a criminal inv

Jakarta – The Indonesian government's main argument against raising the excise level for tobacco is that it will make cigarettes unaffordable for many Indonesians.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java Police and the Army have pledged to punish their respective personnel who were involved in Sunday's clash at the headquarters of the Central Java Police's Mo

Jakarta – Based on Presidential Decree (Keppres) No. 49/TNI/2015, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appointed Gatot as the new TNI chief.

Jakarta – With only one week to go before the closing of registration for the December regional elections, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has agreed to accommodate political parties that ar

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – At least five churches and a religious tourism site in Yogyakarta are on the edge of being forced into closure this year following pressure from local Muslim groups,

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A witness at the Jakarta Corruption Court said on Monday that the money seized by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators during a sting operation on Bali in A

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A member of the Judicial Commission has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to come to the aid of commission chairman Suparman Marzuki and deputy chairman Taufiqurrohma

Dylan Amirio, National – The most important tool in stamping out systemic corruption in the country's legal institutions is for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to consolidate his power and exert his

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The business community should not be surprised, nor inordinately worried, about the March regulation of the Environment and Forestry Ministry regarding the reallocation of up to 30 percent of indus

Jakarta – An animal conservation activist has warned that habitat loss is the greatest threat faced by orangutans.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency will increase the number of its agents around the country to anticipate potential conflicts from the upcoming regional head elections,

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) will seek to revise an existing regulation under its authority following a recent Constitutional Court (MK) ruling that has invalidated

Bogor (Suara Islam Online) – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has issued a firm warning to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to provide space for the reemergence of communism in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Chief editor of Tempo weekly Arif Zulkifli has denied an allegation that the magazine defamed Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Maruli Hendra Utama.

Jakarta – Indonesia's ruling party has denied ordering one of its members to press a criminal complaint against the investigative news magazine Tempo over an explosive allegation that one of its to

Jeremy Kutner, Palu, Indonesia – A half-century after the massacre of hundreds of thousands of suspected Communists and sympathizers, Indonesia has shown little interest in reckoning with the event

Jakarta – The Indonesian police have leveled defamation charges against two members of the Judicial Commission – the government's court watchdog – at the behest of a controversial judge who notorio

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Amid speculation that a Cabinet reshuffle is imminent, a public opinion poll has revealed that ministers handling law and the economy received the lowest approval rati

Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has deplored the rearrest of the former mayor of Makassar, Ilham Arief Sirajuddin, by the national antigraft commission, saying it should

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Jakarta – The government has unveiled plans to build a number of military bases to further secure the nation's border regions, especially in areas bordering the South China Sea, National Developmen

Jakarta – Fire engulfed the publicly listed cosmetics factory PT Mandom Indonesia in the MM2100 Industrial Area in Bekasi, West Java, on Friday morning, killing five workers and injuring 50 others.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Under fire for the sluggish realization of his campaign promises, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo attempted to boost optimism among business players on Thursday, but o

Surakarta – The Surakarta Military Police (Denpom) in Central Java named 16 members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) in an assault against an Indonesian Military (TNI) Air Force member at th

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Amid people's growing anxiety over the country's economy, public approval of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance stands at a meager 40.7 percent, less than on

Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has quashed a prohibition against serious criminal offenders running for public office, just a day after removing a similar electoral restriction meant to

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of antigraft watchdogs has found that of 67 candidates selected by a government-sanctioned team tasked with selecting a new batch of KPK commissioners, only aroun

Bambang Muryanto, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta – A group of people representing the Gunungkidul Muslim Youth Forum, the Yogyakarta Islamic Congregation Forum (FUI) and local residents have urged the Gun

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has yet to fully benefit from the ample fiscal space provided by the reallocation of fuel subsidies, with reform initiatives yielding slower-than-expected e

Because the Rp 255 trillion (US$19 billion) entrusted to regional administrations has hardly been spent, let's, for the sake of the public, including the poor and needy, protect officials who fear

Jakarta – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said it is important to engage men and boys in efforts to stop gender-based violence and to solve sexual and reproductive health issues.

Jakarta – Members of an Indonesian minority Islamic sect protested on Thursday against the forced closure of one of their mosques amid concerns over rising religious intolerance in a country which