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Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance booked its fourth straight month of surplus in April, while the current-account deficit improved in the first quarter as imports plunged along wi

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – Members of the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, on Monday demanded President Joko Widodo address historic human rights abuses.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The most senior doctor in the Indonesian military has said he does not believe a torn hymen should prevent a woman from entering the armed forces.

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – A number of legislators who have remained loyal to Aburizal Bakrie's leadership of the Golkar Party celebrated victory on Monday after the decision of the state administrati

Hotman Regar, Jakarta – Pressure is mounting on the Indonesian military to drop the invasive virginity tests it requires of female recruits, as another lawmaker from the House of Representatives' C

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Muslim transgenders, like other Muslims, have the same right to worship, such as perform shalat prayer, even though there is no fiqh (Islamic regulation) to guide how

Haeril Halim – A recent study conducted by antigraft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has found that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has failed to transfer to state coffers a total of

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto says the completion of deliberations of several draft bills will be prioritized during the House's fourth sitting period of 20

Kate Lamb, Langsa – When Myusup Mansur, a fisherman from the small island village of Pusung, first caught a glimpse of the boat in the distance in waters off North Sumatra, it was dark and impossib

The Indonesian military (TNI) has prohibited fisherpeople operating in Indonesia's northern most province of Aceh from picking up or bringing back ethnic Rohingya stranded at sea in Indonesian terr

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – An event planned to commemorate anti-homophobia day in Malang, East Java, was canceled after the organizers claimed to have received threats.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Iron and Steel Industry Association (IISIA) is calling on the government to immediately implement its plan to increase steel import duties for exporters under the Most Favor

Raras Cahyafitri and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – On government orders, Pertamina is canceling plans to hike non-subsidized fuel prices, raising questions on the state-owned oil company's independence.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A lawmaker from the House of Representatives' Commission I, which oversees defense, intelligence and security affairs, has urged the Indonesian military to rethi

Jakarta – About 70 percent of Indonesia's land consists of infertile soil, says soil expert Nurhajati Hakim.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – For the first time after seven months in office, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met his campaign volunteers in public, asking them to support his recent policies, includ

Jakarta – The commander of Indonesia's armed forces believes that invasive virginity tests for female recruits are a good thing and the only way to gauge the women's morality.

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Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The families of those who died in the May 1998 riots, as well those who survived, expressed relief on Wednesday that a monument marking the unresolved violence had finally b

Lauren Razavi – Indonesian healthcare has traditionally been fragmented: private insurance schemes for those who could afford it, basic state provision for the very poorest, and NGOs in specialised

Bambang Muryanto and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Yogyakarta/Surabaya – The Indonesian Sugarcane Farmers (APTRI) has complained over the cooperation between the Agriculture Ministry and the Indonesian Mil

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner Busyro Muqoddas has criticized South Jakarta District Court judge Yuningtyas Upiek Kartikawati's decision to orde

Jakarta – Indonesia's chief welfare minister claims not to know anything about having resigned from the House of Representatives last year, following revelations that she and another minister from

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Two additional Golkar Party members have been named as suspects in an alleged document forgery scandal within the political party.

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Jakarta – New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says virginity tests have been recognized internationally as a violation of human rights.

Beh Lih Yi, Jakarta – Indonesia has been urged to drop a "discriminatory and invasive" virginity tests for female military recruits, but the military insisted the practice was necessary to check wh

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has vowed to set aside a budget of Rp210 trillion for the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) next year, up from the Rp98 trillion allocated this year, if the economy gr

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Wednesday it was probable that seven unresolved gross human rights violations, including the Talangsari case, would be settled via non-judicial

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Jakarta – The Jakarta administration and the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) officiated on Wednesday a monument in remembrance of the May 1998 tragedy.

Jakarta – Most city-run water companies across the country have failed to meet national targets for clean water access due to poor planning and management, according to the Supreme Audit Agency (BP

"The Indonesian armed forces should recognize that harmful and humiliating 'virginity tests' on women recruits does nothing to strengthen national security.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has suffered another blow in its fight against graft after the South Jakarta Court District ordered it to drop its corruption cas

Jakarta – Kusmiyati, 51, showed photos of the funeral for her 15-year-old son, Mustofa bin Topik, who died in the Central Plaza shopping mall fire – now Citra Mall – in Klender, East Jakarta, on Ma

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has criticized the state's inability to uncover the perpetrators behind the May 1998 tragedy and to make them responsi

Following his campaign pledges, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signaled a different approach to Papua, announcing on Sunday in Merauke that Papua and West Papua are now open to the foreign pres

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Biak Numfor Regent Thomas Ondy has apologized to all members of the Indonesian press over a recent violent incident he committed against a local journalist.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Indragiri Hilir/Jakarta – Thousands of hectares of peatland in Indragiri Hilir regency, Riau, are under threat by the advance of palm oil company PT Setia Agrindo Lestari (PT

James Giggacher – This weekend has seen some possibly big developments in Papua, where Indonesia President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has released five political prisoners in the disaffected provinces.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The lawyer who made the explosive claim that the judges who sentenced Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to death were corrupt says he no longer wishes to comment on the ca

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, antigraft campaigners and several high-profile figures have rejected the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) plan to recruit Indonesian M

Haeril Halim, National – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto has filed a pretrial motion at the South Jakarta District Court, challenging National Poli

Bayu Marhaenjati & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have pledged full assistance to the South Jakarta Police as the latter investigate an upscale prostitution ring said to involved h

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Around 70 journalists from various print and electronic media outlets in Papua on Monday staged a rally at the Imbi Park in Jayapura, urging the police to take action

Kanupriya Kapoor & Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo summoned his economy ministers to the palace last week to discuss growth slumping to its lowest level since 20

Jakarta – The public is demanding that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo keep his distance from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), according to a recent survey.

President Joko Widodo made a historic decision when he publicly announced in front of the nation's security chiefs on Sunday that foreign journalists now can freely enter Papua.

Jakarta – As many as 8.9 million Indonesian children, 37 percent of them, are suffering from stunted growth caused by malnutrition, a humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children an