Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, urged the government to revive its now defunct transmigration program, first implemented under former Preside

New statistics show indigenous Melanesians are not yet the minority they were thought to be in West Papua.

New statistics on the ethnic composition of Indonesia's Papua region indicate that the indigenous West Papuans are not yet the minority there.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The introduction of electronic identification cards (e-KTP) will not only simplify population data management, but also help women discover whether their husbands have m

Venidora Oliveira – The Civil registry has granted 680 foreigners Timorese citizenship, mostly from Indonesia.

The official transmigration programme is not active anymore in Papua region, according to an Indonesian government official.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The government's plan to issue ID cards for children has met with criticism from activists who call for better public service with regard to birth certificate issuance and ch

Venidora Oliveira – The Vice Minister of Finance Helder Lopes said based on the preliminary results of the Population and Household Census 2015, the Timorese population has grown from 1.066.409 in

Australia's new Prime Minister has indicated that his government will prioritise economic interests over support to reinscribe West Papua on the UN list of territories to be decolonised.

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Jakarta – An Indonesian minister has countered President Joko Widodo's declaration that the controversial transmigration program to Papua province will be stopped, saying instead that, if anything,

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has signalled an end to the country's transmigration programme to Papua region.

Jayapura – A new local political party, Papua Bersatu (Papua United), will be declared next week, its chairman said.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Maintaining Indonesia's transmigration program in Papua will threaten indigenous culture and further destabilize an already troubled area, critics of the controver

The Indonesian President Joko Widodo (better known as Jokowi) promised to make Papua one of his priorities if elected as president.

Nic Maclellan – Writing in Crikey yesterday, Indonesia analyst Jim Della-Giacoma said the appointment of retired general Ryamizard Ryacudu as new Indonesian Defence Minister "could have

Craig Hoyle – Political activists are using this month's "Pacific shame" seminar in New Zealand to highlight the plight of indigenous West Papuans, and some say they fear the extinction

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Jakarta – The National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) has said that it is high time the family-planning sector received more attention, following support from both preside

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – When the National Population and Family Planning Board, or BKKBN, held its annual meeting on Monday, there was a palpable tension in the room.

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Civil Registries in Dili District Vitor da Costa Neto says the system of issuing identity cards to the community has stopped running.

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Bantul/Yogyakarta – Indonesia requires better population management so its huge population can be turned into quality human resource potential, acco

Jakarta – Several religious leaders from the Pentecostal Church of Indonesia Alpha Omega in Bunaken District, Manado, North Sulawesi have rejected the electronic identity card, or e-ID

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The government must be prepared to handle a rapidly growing number of elderly citizens as they will otherwise place a tremendous burden on the state, whi

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – As the world is rapidly urbanized, promoting sustainable urban development is essential to ensure that people living in urban cities can have their basic

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Weak government policies on population growth through family planning programs have accounted for the uncontrolled population growth in Indonesia since th

Jakarta – The government plans to sell the citizen database enclosed in the electronic identification cards (e-KTP) system for business interests, an official says.

The chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, has called on the Indonesian government to be more judicious about plans to send yet more transmigrants to Papua.

Responding to a report that the government plans to send more transmigrants to Papua, the chairman of DAP, Dewan Adat Papua, Forkorus Yoboisembut said this was a serious matter because

Jakarta – Indonesia may face a "baby boom" if a government-led population control plan is not implemented soon, a senior official says.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government should begin making plans for an increasing population, as uncontrolled growth would lead to a multi-dimensional crisis, experts say.

Jakarta – Indonesia's exponential annual growth rate of 1.49 percent will overload and over-stretch the country's limited resources, potentially ushering in a host of new problems in co

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – House legislators and population experts are questioning the accuracy of the nation's recent head count, agreeing that the BPS failed to clear implemen

In the past decade, the combined population of Papua and West Papua has grown 64 percent, making them the provinces with the fastest population growth in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The marriage age should be increased to 21 for girls and to 25 for boys to curb Indonesia's population growth, a representative of the National Population and Family Planning

Jakarta – Based on the latest report on the ongoing national census, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has predicted that Indonesia will see its population reach 234.2 million in 2010

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's population is continuing to grow rapidly, expanding by 30 million in the past decade, preliminary results of the national census show.

Jakarta – The National Family Planning Coordinating Board of Indonesia (BKKBN) revealed the country might exceed its ideal population of 237.8 million people by 2015, if existing budget

Dessy Sagita – The limited authority and small budget provided to the national body responsible for family planning and birth control have put the country at risk of a population explos

Ronna Nirmala – The projected national population of about 275 million a decade from now could place serious strains on the country, leading to higher levels of poverty, an expert on d

Jakarta – Imagine Indonesia with a population of 470 million, nearly half a billion by 2060. Or perhaps this would be easier to picture: Jakarta with 24 million people by then.

Dili – Last week on eBay a search for East Timor would have come up with a black, wooden, hand-carved statue of a male, not quite a metre high.

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Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The traditional view that most Indonesians live in rural areas will soon be turned upside down.

They took their place behind a piece of card bearing their name in orderly fashion, a sharp click signaling an end to their moment in front of the camera.

Tim Shorrock – August 31, 2002, began as a day like any other in the lives of Patsy and Rick Spier.

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Lhokseumawe – Tengku Hanafi, 65, was back at the Baktiya district office in North Aceh for the seventh time this week desperately inquiring as to when he could

Lhokseumawe – People in Bireuen regency flocked to their respective district offices on Wednesday and Thursday to apply for new ID cards, in one of the first places in war-torn Aceh whe

Jakarta – Still smarting from the loss of Sipadan and Ligitan islands, the government plans to resettle people from densely populated areas to 88 uninhabited islands on borders with nei

Jakarta – The population of Indonesia, the world's fourth largest nation, is projected to rise to 215.2 million next year from an estimated 212 million this year, head of the Central Bu