Jakarta – After nearly two centuries, a golden kris belonging to Indonesia's national hero Prince Diponegoro was returned by the Dutch King Willem-Alexander, here on a three-day state

Asip Hasani, Kediri – When Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung visited Lirboyo pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Kediri, East Java, last week, he joked about advising President Joko "

Antara, Jakarta – A street fight video set on Jakarta's busiest business strip Jalan Thamrin that went viral on social media was fake, police said on Wednesday.

A woman in Klaten Regency, East Java was arrested on suspicion of neonaticide, motivated in large part by difficult circumstances in her household.

Apriadi Gunawan, Karo Regency, North Sumatra – Police named 20 inmates suspects on Thursday following a prison riot that culminated in a large-scale case of arson that damaged most par

It seems there will never be a shortage of viral stories about Indonesians and faux pas in Japan.

Jakarta – A bureaucratic blunder caused the Religious Affairs Ministry to appoint a Muslim official as acting head of the Catholic Community Guidance Directorate General, a move that d

Haeril Halim, Banda Aceh – Agus plunges a wooden paddle into his coffee and marijuana-filled wok, taking care to roast just the right mix of ingredients – and stay one step ahead of po

Antara, Jakarta – The National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNN) has firmly rejected a suggestion raised by a lawmaker of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to export cannabis, currently cat

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has apologized for provoking the ire of Tanjung Priok residents in North Jakarta following his negative description of the area.

News Desk, Jakarta – More than one hundred residents of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, flocked on Wednesday to the Law and Human Rights Ministry on Jl.

We've written about heartwarming stories involving app-based motorcycle taxi drivers (locally known as ojek online or ojol for short) before, but a recent viral thread on an elderly dr

Indonesia's most infamous alleged fraudster at the moment has owned up to his delusions as his imaginary kingdom crumbles as quickly as it ascended to its imaginary heights.

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – The Central Java Police have named Totok Santoso Hadiningrat and Fanni Amanadia, who proclaimed themselves to be the "king and queen" of Keraton Ag

As Friday prayers wrap up at Suada mosque, worshippers turn their attention outside where Fakhry Affan steers a drone high above, snapping pictures of the building tucked in a corner o

Jakarta – The Purworejo Police arrested on Tuesday afternoon Totok Santoso Hadiningrat and Fanni Aminadia, residents of Purworejo regency in Central Java, who recently declared themsel

Jakarta – Totok Santosa Hadiningrat, a resident of Purworejo in Central Java, has declared himself king of Keraton Agung Sejagat (The World Empire), which he claims to be the "mother o

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The North Sumatra Police have arrested a woman, her lover and a hired hitman for the murder of her husband in Medan, North Sumatra, last year.

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Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – The Majalengka District Court has sentenced Irfan Nur Alam, the son of Majalengka regent Karna Sobahi who also served as an official at the administration

Jakarta – A motorcycle taxi driver died after a billboard fell upon him when he stopped for a red light during heavy rain on Saturday on Jl. Daan Mogot in Cengkareng, West Jakarta.

Vela Andapita and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – What happened in Indonesia over the past 365 days?

Antara, Jakarta – A Lamborghini driver was detained after he opened fire and threatened two high school students using his gun in a Jakarta road rage, police said on Tuesday.

An Indonesian Instagram influencer couple (locally known by the terrible portmanteau "selebgram," which combines the words "seleb" for celebrity and "gram" for Instagram) recently got

Jakarta – As if managing waste on a daily basis was not enough, Public Facility Maintenance Agency (PPSU) officers in Jelambar, West Jakarta, have been apparently told to take a dip in

Jakarta – The terror of creeping cobras continues in the capital as residents of Kembangan district in West Jakarta made the terrifying discovery of tens of the venomous snakes appeari

Eko Wahyudi L Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – President Jokowi's special staff of communications and spokesman, Fadjroel Rachman, congratulated Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati for

Jakarta – Cobras have caused a scare among people living in the Royal Citayem housing complex in Bojong Gede district, Bogor regency, West Java.

Imam Muzakir, Jakarta – Property company Lippo Karawaci has introduced its first Muslim cemetery project to be built in Karawang, West Java.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Two dog attacks in North Sumatra in the past week have killed a man and injured an 8-year-old boy.

Jakarta – The police raided an illegal cell phone manufacturer in a shop house in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Monday.

Jakarta – A baby girl was found inside a cardboard box beside Jl.

A widely publicized shooting case in West Java's Majalengka regency saw a twist in which the shooter may end up reporting the victim to the police.

Devina Heriyanto and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Indonesia's rank has fallen in the 2019 Expat Explorer to 31st out of 33 countries, whereas it ranked 13th out of 31 countries last year.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said that Prophet Muhammad is a role model because he was able to change society for the better.

Elle Hunt – At Karet Bivak cemetery in Jakarta, the neat rows of headstones extend as far as the eye can see, seeming to sprout into skyscrapers at the horizon.

Heru Andriyanto, Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A soap opera actor will go on trial for saying in a video that his former wife "smells like salted fish" and that she takes a bath only onc

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Jakarta (Antara) – Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief General Tito Karnavian attended an interreligious ass

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are hunting attackers who threw Molotov cocktails at the Golkar Party central executive board (DPP) headquarters in Slipi, West Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Police in Palu, Central Sulawesi, have arrested a 14-year-old student, identified only as AP, and Sofyan, 43, for stealing an earthquake detector owned by the M

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who is celebrating his 58th birthday today, received well wishes from construction workers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangeran

Research has consistently shown that the theory that violent video games cause players to become more violent is wrong but the horrific mosque shooting that took place in New Zealand i

An elderly man's dream of visiting the holy land of Mecca went up in flames in a house fire, but Indonesian netizens have restored that dream, and then some.

Jakarta – A man disguised as a woman was caught red-handed as he tried to steal underwear and other personal belongings from a female nursing student at a kos (share house) in Tangeran

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The fifth Congress of Indonesian Diaspora, or CID-5, will open with a one-day conference on Aug. 10 at Kota Kasablanka, South Jakarta.

Jakarta – Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers and firefighters in Agam, West Sumatra, recently shut down five orgen tunggal music performances at wedding parties for being held af

An Indonesian man may face up to 20 years in prison for premeditated murder, allegedly spurred by a truly warped idea of spousal commitment.

Police and military personnel in Meulaboh, West Aceh apprehended a man yesterday on suspicion of terrorizing a mosque and destroying its loudspeakers, an action that was allegedly trig