Nivell Rayda – The House of Representatives special committee investigating the bailout of Bank Century is set finally to wrap up its boisterous proceedings in early March, ending almos

Nurfika Osman & Anita Rachman – The Ministry of Religious Affairs is set to settle issues today surrounding the controversial draft marriage bill, which Minister Suryadharma Ali rec

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Nusa Dua – As Indonesia hosts an international meeting on toxic and hazardous chemicals here, a nongovernmental organization said on Sunday that an increase in t

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has launched the National Savings Movement, introducing savings accounts without administration fees to encourage more Indone

Nurfika Osman – Two national rights commissions have expressed concern over the number of underage children working in the country, classifying it as child abuse.

On Friday February 19, there was something different taking place at the Army's Special Forces or Kopassus headquarters in Cijantung, East Jakarta.

Jakarta – Activists dismissed the government's claim of having achieved "success" in taking home thousands of migrant workers who were experiencing problems abroad.

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Jakarta – The chairman of Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Hasyim Muzadi, said couples who didn't register their marriages should face administrative, not criminal, sanctions.

Anita Rachman – If the law doesn't work, will a religious edict be more effective in ensuring motorcyclists stay safe on the roads? One community group thinks it will.

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – A police tribunal in Palembang, South Sumatra, has ordered detentions ranging from two to three weeks for 22 members of the police's Mobile Brigade who shot f

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Measures to prevent corruption in upcoming regional elections will focus on incumbent officials seeking re-election because they are the ones often cau

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – Though reviews have been mixed regarding the success of the government's first-100-days program, a new set of 11 priorities to "accelerate natio

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The nation's great political standoff continued on Friday, with the Democratic Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono continuing to

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – With just over a month to go until the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chooses it next chairperson, a group of party members has filed a compla

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Contentious articles bearing no clear definition of blasphemous acts in the 1965 law on religious blasphemy pose a threat to press freedom, with many j

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – A common interest to ensure resilience to China's growing domination over the Indonesian market has brought big employers and labor unions together in a prev

Illegal loggers in Lampung have extended their grab beyond the Bukit Barisan Selatan and Way Kambas national parks and are now pilfering from reforestation areas managed under community

There is nothing wrong with unregistered marriage and polygamy, Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali said on Friday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Saraswati & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesian human rights activists have used a meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington in the hope t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – If he wanted to, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could clear up the mystery surrounding the alleged murders and disappearances of 13 activists during the t

Controversy surrounding a bill proposing to fine or jail men who failed to register their marriages in order to skirt Indonesia's polygamy restrictions has angered dangdut king Rhoma Ir

The notorious Indonesian people-smuggler behind the failed attempt to bring 254 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers into Australia last year is facing trial for breaching sailing laws.

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Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is flexing his muscles behind the scenes in order to seek a "political solution" to the ongoing Bank

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The judicial review of the 1965 Blasphemy Law requested by several NGOs and supporters of pluralism presents a good opportunity for Indonesia to update

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Australian embassy officials in Jakarta have told Indonesian authorities the possible executions of three of the Bali Nine is a highly sensitive issue for the Rudd

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The families of students and activists who disappeared during the 1997-98 political unrest stepped up pressure on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednes

Jakarta – Indonesia will issue a government decree aimed at clarifying what oil and gas contractors can claim under a scheme to reimburse their operational costs, including exploration

The government, under pressure from the House of Representatives, has asked the state electricity company (PLN) to postpone the implementation of its tariff policy for big household cus

Never one to take baby steps, media magnate Surya Paloh said on Wednesday that neither he nor his recently formed social organization was the type to just sit back and watch, signaling

Camelia Pasandaran – The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday said it would stand by its proposed draft bill on marriage, which includes controversial articles, but said it was open

Ismira Lutfia – News media, bloggers and other members of the online community were united on Wednesday in voicing objections to a Ministry of Communication and Information Technology d

Ismira Lutfia & Febriamy Hutapea – Local Web site managers have joined the chorus of objections to the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's draft regula

Marcel Thee – Bombers are decorating Jakarta. Not with explosives, but with cans of spray paint. And lots of it.

Caution is essential in Indonesia's program to sell stakes in state firms because of its politically sensitive nature, the state enterprises minister warned on Wednesday.

Ulma Haryanto – An Islamic scholar and lecturer from Jakarta's Paramadina University was jeered by members of a hard-line Islamic group at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday when he

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission on Wednesday asked the government to regulate public officials receiving multiple incomes in order to better combat embezzlement fro

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – A seeming reluctance by three parties initially pushing to investigate the Bank Century bailout may be down to the threat of past scandals being aired a

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Saraswati – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party expressed guarded optimism on Wednesday that its coalition partners would change their

Febriamy Hutapea – In what could be the beginning of the end of the politically charged Bank Century probe, lawmakers have conceded that there is no evidence that money from the state b

Batam – Muslim legal arbiters in this Riau Islands city on Tuesday rejected a recently floated idea to levy a tax on prostitution to increase the local government's income.

Pandaya, Jakarta – The 2007 Coastal and Islet Management Law is yet to be functional, but an alliance of activists are already seeking to shoot it down.

Putri Prameshwari – Employees who were recently laid off by several companies without prior discussion must be taken back, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar said

Ulma Haryanto – Alleged police indifference to violence targeting religious minorities was questioned on Tuesday during a public discussion in Jakarta held by civil-society organization

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Days after news broke that the Communications and Information Technology Ministry was mulling a regulation to curb Internet-related crime, online oppos

Ismira Lutfia – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is facing growing objections to its plan to create a monitoring team with the power to order Internet service pr

Febriamy Hutapea – Just two weeks before the House of Representatives is scheduled to wrap up the ongoing probe into the Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) Bank Century bailout, the special

Nivell Rayda – Analysts are predicting rising political tensions when the House of Representatives special committee investigating the Bank Century bailout presents its findings.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to have clear-legislation to curb collusion and conflicts of interest among its leaders, which is also a cause for concern for Presiden