While most Christians peacefully held Good Friday services across the country on Friday, at least 1,000 churchgoers in Pa-rung, Bogor, had to pray at a restaurant after protests by Musl

Anita Rachman – Unsatisfied with the government's response to the House of Representatives findings on the Bank Century scandal, lawmakers on Friday said they would seek to initiate the

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – After rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan was questioned by police following his surrender in Singapore, National Police Chief Gen.

Nurfika Osman & Dessy Sagita – Tens of thousands of Indonesians are expressing their disapproval of apparent corruption in the tax office on social networking site Facebook.

Jakarta – A video posted on the Internet of a little boy smoking, swearing and making lewd sexual gestures has shocked Indonesia, reports said Thursday.

Peter Gelling, Jakarta – Despite the government's best efforts to curb the consumption of alcohol, the party here is as rollicking as ever.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Democratic Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested reopening the high-profile mudflow case in East Java, which implicates a mining co

Indonesia stocks approached a record high on Thursday after inflation data stoked expectations the central bank will keep its interest rate at a record-low next week, while Thai stocks

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Conservationists in Lampung are up in arms over the resumption of gold mining in the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, saying the activity threatens

Achmad Faisal, Surabaya – Deputy Governor Saifullah Yusuf has proposed that the Surabaya municipal administration close down and quarantine the Dolly red-light district to prevent the s

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – For the first time, the Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled an entire law.

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Jakarta – Men and weapons are sometimes seen as a pair of symbolic importance in maintaining the greatness of the state.

Katrina Nicholas – Indonesia will allow foreigners to buy property in the country and own bigger stakes in health-care companies as it completes a review of investment rules, the countr

Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda – He was an unknown tax official a few weeks ago, but when Gayus Tambunan arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon, a mob of hundreds of journalists and

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – The Constitutional Court, criticized last week for rejecting a judicial review of the Anti-Pornography Law, is back in favor, at least with univ

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI)'s plans to split its military district command in Kalimantan and to deploy a new army base in Papua have attracted internationa

Anita Rachman – Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin on Wednesday said stepping completely out of politics was an impossibility for the country's second largest Muslim organization, arg

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Debate over whether the party will move closer to the ruling coalition looks to highlight the national congress of the Indonesian Democratic Party of St

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Anti-death penalty activists welcomed Tuesday that the Indonesian government did not carry out executions in 2009, the first year it has not exercised the death

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) found Tuesday that several army officers abused four minors in Depok, West Java, for stealing a bicy

Jakarta – Thousands of prisoners have been denied copies of their verdicts, a top official said on Monday.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has finalized the invitation list for its upcoming congress in Bali, and President Susilo Bambang Yu

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Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – The President has instructed Lapindo Brantas Inc.

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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A community group in Papua has denounced the Constitutional Court's recent rejection of a judicial review of the 2008 Pornography Law as a threat to their

Alfian, Jakarta – Former energy and mineral resources minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the delay in phasing out leaded fuel had nothing to do with bribery by a UK-based company, but wa

Jakarta – Four Indonesian organizations are calling for the public to support a seafaring community known as Bajau Pela'u, whose members are being held at a shelter in Berau, East Kalim

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Victims of human rights abuses on Sunday called for thorough investigations into serious cases as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' new rights body

Damien Kingsbury – American journalist Allan Nairn's game of cat and mouse with the Indonesian military is a brave attempt to show that it continues to represent the greatest challenge

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Activists have accused the police and several religious groups of breaking the law by shutting down a planned congress on sexual orientation in Surabaya, Ea

If there is a silver lining for US-Indonesian relations in President Obama's latest trip postponement, it might be that the two countries have more time to consider if and how Kopassus,

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The military should conduct an independent investigation to prove its personnel were not involved in the killing of political activists in Aceh as accused by

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women on Friday slammed the Constitutional Court for its decision to reject a judicial review filed against the 2008

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Vice President Boediono's concerns over the coalition's lack of support for the government will not prompt the President to drastically revise its polit

Senior cleric and deputy chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama's legal advisory board Masyhuri Na'im said on Friday that Muslims should not use the term kafir, or infidel, lightly.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court almost unanimously turned down Thursday a judicial review filed against the controversial pornography law, but the ruling faile

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The role of the National Police Commission should be strengthened to give it teeth when dealing with complaints about police misconduct, the body's chief said

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – Bali People Component (KRB), a coalition of rights activists, pledged Thursday to continue opposition to the controversial pornography bill.

Nivell Rayda, Heru Andriyanto & Dessy Sagita – Police on Friday declared a tax official who was found with Rp 25 billion ($2.75 million) in his personal bank accounts a suspect in a

Nurfika Osman, Anita Rachman & AP – Anti-pornography laws judged women's bodies according to religious and moral values, which was not only sexist but also designed to target them,

Anita Rachman – The country's largest Islamic organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama, on Friday said that its clerics should help the fight against terrorism.

Amir Tejom Surabaya – Led by the East Java chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), hardline groups descended on a Surabaya hotel on Friday, intimidating delegates who had planned

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Politicians from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party have called the police's banning of a planned gay and lesbian congress in East Ja

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) says a gay and lesbian congress initially scheduled to take place in Surabaya, East Java, must be relocated overseas

Surabaya – The cancelled gay-lesbian conference in Surabaya has incited further resistance among the people.

Makassar, South Sulawesi – The country's largest Muslim organization proclaimed on Friday that underage marriage is allowed, even if the bride or groom has not yet reached puberty, as l

Support for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) congress that was planned to be held in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya continue

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya/Malang – The police refused Wednesday to grant a permit for the upcoming conference of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inters

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Megawati Sukarnoputri on Thursday firmly ruled out an alliance between her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and President