Jakarta – Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are set to deliberate on the presidential regulation in lieu of law that nullified an unpopular law recently enacted by the House, wh

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a hard-line group notorious for violence and intimidation, has reported Jakarta's Acting Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Pu

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has suspended a decree issued by the law and human rights minister that acknowledges Muhammad "Romy" Romahurmuziy

Jakarta – Greenpeace Southeast Asia has called once again on Singapore and Indonesia to work together and find solutions to what has become a recurrent regional scourge: the annual chok

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on all ministries to rein in spending for the rest of the year in an effort to save state funds.

Paris, Jakarta – The EU must press the Indonesian government to live up to its commitment to investigate past human rights violations, FIDH and its member organization KontraS said toda

Jakarta – Acting Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said he will submit a recommendation letter on the disbandment of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to the La

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of workers across North Sumatra have planned a massive rally for next week, rejecting the 2015 provincial minimum wage (UMP), which was set at Rp 1,62

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from a number of labor associations said they would be rallying in Jakarta on Monday to protest the government's plans to increase the p

Oyos Saroso H. N., Bandar Lampung – Victims of the bloody 1989 Talangsari tragedy in Central Lampung are demanding that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo instruct his advisor, Gen.

John McCarthy, Canberra – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has moved into Indonesia's presidential palace.

Jakarta – The newly inaugurated Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Hanif Dhakiri, pledged on Saturday to audit all migrant worker placement agencies in a bid to crack down on wide

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Two cups of human blood aday, taken from the severed neck of your dying victim and drunk from a glass, is enough to stave off the madness induced by partici

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Makassar/Medan – A protest on Friday against the planned fuel-price increase ended in a clash between students and police in front of the Makassar m

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will impose a moratorium on the issuance of all forest-exploitation permits as part of its effort to slow down the country's rapid deforesta

Adelia Putri Anjani & Robertus Wardhi, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo waded in to a heated debate after suggesting that people have the option of leaving the religion

Surabaya – The Surabaya Council may reject allocating funds in the 2015 draft city budget to pawang hujan (rain shamans), a service often used by local residents in their attempt to pre

Jakarta – The pro-government minority in the House of Representatives has lowered its demand for some control over the legislature as the rift continues.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) central board member, Puan Maharani, who is also Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister, has ins

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, in the job less than a month, has caused waves with his suggestion that the religion field on citizens' ID cards, or KTP, can be left blank.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara aims to lift a ban on the video-sharing site Vimeo, which has been blocked since May by the previous admin

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Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Two teachers at the prestigious Jakarta International School are facing court for allegedly sodomising young boys in their care but, for the first time, pub

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Jakarta – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O Blake expected that there will be no military equipment embargo for Indonesia in the future.

Fadli, Batam – Around 2,000 factory workers from various trade unions in Batam, Riau Islands, held a rally at City Hall in Batam on Thursday, demanding that the municipality raise the 2

Semarang – Hundreds of residents and activists staged a demonstration on Thursday in opposition to the planned development of a cement factory which will be built by state-owned PT Seme

Kennial Caroline Laia & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Thursday that the government was committed to boosting the portion of defense spending u

Jakarta – Politicians from Islamic-based political parties have opposed the government's decision to grant the wish of people to have the religion column on their ID cards left blank.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission said on Friday that the Ministry of Home Affairs could resurrect an electronic identity card project even though the

Yuliasri Perdani and Ainur Rohmah, Jakarta/Semarang – Rights and democracy activists have called on the government to scrap the articles on defamation in the 2008 Electronic Information

Haeril Halim, The Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has been rocked by another graft scandal, with the Attorney General's Office (AGO) naming on Wednesday five people suspected o

Warren Doull – With the great hope for Indonesian democracy, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, taking office last month, pro-democracy groups in the country are buzzing.

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said on Thursday that he intended to allow the followers of religions that are not formally recognized by the state to leave the religion f

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Four religious-based groups gave mixed responses during the hearing of a judicial review case challenging the Marriage Law at the Constitutional Court (MK) on Wed

Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has instructed all regional heads at every level, from governors, to mayors and regents, to conduct meetings in the meeting rooms at their offices.

Jakarta – A survey by the pollster Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has revealed that most Indonesians want the "shadow" leadership appointed by the Indonesian Democratic of Struggle-led

Fadli, Batam – As many as 2,000 workers from various factories and labor unions sponsored by the Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Unions (FSPMI) held a mass rally on Thursday in t

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has pledged to spur the development and production of naval weapons by national defense firms in an effort to realize President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's vis

Jakarta – Rights activists have balked at the list of candidates to head up Indonesia's intelligence agency, most of whom have been implicated to some degree in gross human rights abuse

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – In a bid to boost the number of foreign tourists, Indonesia will officially waive visa requirements for visitors from Australia, China, Japan, South Korea

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth has decelerated to its slowest rate since the global financial crisis five years ago, with the country's c

Jakarta – A representative of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) agreed that the current Marriage Law has violated the rights of Indonesian citizens to participate in interfaith

Jakarta – The two rivaling coalitions in the House of Representatives have agreed to set aside their differences, according to the leader of the legislative body.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is carefully weighing his options to fill the chief position of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), in expectation that he coul