Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Residents in Mirring village in West Sulawesi's Polewali Mandar regency forcibly closed an alleged heretical place of worship on Saturday.

Agnes S.

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Golkar Party backed down Friday in its attempt to impeach Vice President Boediono over the Bank Century Rp 6.76 trillion

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Having to stand trial for a prank involving a bee sting and the sudden media attention was too much for a nine-year-old third grader to handle.

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – A group of NGOs concerned with religious freedom and democracy has filed a judicial review request at the Constitutional Court, asking the judges to r

Jakarta – Indonesia is showing less-than-impressive performance in good governance, despite approaching one of the most critical stages in its steps toward full-fledged democracy, exper

Cirebon, West Java – Clashes and a street blockade, which caused a two-and-a-half-hour jam, marred a rally protesting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration's 100th day in

Desy Nurhayati and Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Joining a string of anti-government demonstrations held in big cities across the country, several groups from NGOs and students of Udaya

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – An estimated 7,000 to 10,000 people gathered across Jakarta on Thursday to mark the 100th day of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second term in office.

Nani Alfrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy has returned back on track following a period of lower growth last year due to the global economic crisis.

Camelia Pasandaran & Arti Ekawati – The government on Friday shrugged off criticism of its spending priorities, justifying the need for salary increases for officials and stating th

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found an increase in Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa's wealth during his previous five years as state secretary in Pres

Dion Bisara, Janeman Latul & Ardian Wibisono – Indonesia's 100 worst tax-dodgers, including a slew of state-owned enterprises and some well-known private and listed companies, owe t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legal case brokers claiming to be acting on behalf of the Corruption Eradication Commission have allegedly scammed suspects of antigraft investigations, the c

The Indonesian military is deeply involved in the trade in illegally felled timber that is destroying vast tracts of pristine forest and contributing to global warming, researchers said

The idea to develop Indonesia's first nuclear energy plant has been around since the 1970, but the project has gone in and out of fashion as political factions have come and gone.

Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – Both employers and labor unions have come to the conclusion that the controversial 2003 labor law needs to be amended, but they differ markedly in their views

Yogyakarta – Demonstrators from the People's Challenge Alliance (ARM), who held protest action in the vicinity of the Gajah Mada University traffic circle on January 28, also brought tw

Jakarta – About 200 drivers of three-wheeled public transportation locally known as bemo, staged a rally in front of City Hall, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, demanding the administrati

Anita Rachman, Dessy Sagita & Nurfika Osman – About 7,000 protesters from a number of little-known organizations, each with a shopping list of demands, were outnumbered by police an

Ukky Primartantyo, Surakarta – Demonstrators from a number of different groups held a protest action at the Gladag Surakarta traffic circle in the Central Java city of Solo on Thursday

Ivansyah, Cirebon – Scores of students from several universities in the West Java city of Cirebon who took to the streets on Thursday and blockaded the Pantura highway creating a 2 kilo

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – The first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration was also commemorated by two protest actions in the Balinese capital of Denpasar, although the number of dem

Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – Demonstrators from the Anti-Corruption Youth Action Committee (KAPAK) and Clean Indonesia Movement (GIB) brought two imitation coffins and a cage full of rats

Dwi Riyanto Agustiar, Jakarta – Thousands of workers protested at the House of Representatives (DPR) complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, demanding that the government annul the ASEAN-C

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Around 100 students and activists from the People's Bastion of Democracy (Bendera) held a demonstration commemorating the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administ

Reza Yunanto, Jakarta – It was not just the Presidential Palace that was targeted by demonstrators on Thursday.

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Demonstrators supporting President Yudhoyono from the People's Alliance for SBY (Arus), who admitted to being paid between 25-30,000 rupiah to take part in the p

Mahbub Djunaidy, Jember – Hundreds of students in Jember, East Java, demonstrated on January 28 saying that they were fed up with the leadership of the pair backed by the Democrat Party

Muhammad Taufik, Jombang – Hundreds of youths and students from the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII), Indonesian National Students Movement (GMNI) and the Jombang Student and

Imran MA, Lhokseumawe – A group of students from the Student Communication Forum (FKM) demonstrated in the North Acehnese city of Lhokseumawe on January 28 calling on President Yudhoyon

Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – More than 1,000 people demonstrated at the DPRD in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar on January 28.

Bibin Bintariadi, Malang – Protesters from student, labour, farmer, homeless people and street buskers' organisations sentenced President Yudhoyono to death during a protest action in E

Darlis, Palu – A protest action by an alliance of student and non-government organisations (NGO) the Central Sulawesi city of Palu on January 28 ended in chaos after one of the demonstr

Chaidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru – A protest action by hundreds of students and workers in Pekanbaru, Riau, to commemorate the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration ended in a

Sohirin, Semarang – Around 300 demonstrators from the Central Java People's Democratic Party (PRD) held a protest action today in which they called on the public to boycott tax payments

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Police arrested two university and a high school student at a protest action commemorating the first 100 days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) second

Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Protest actions commemorating the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration in Surabaya were also joined by demonstrators from other nearby cities such as

Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – Around 300 students demonstrating at several different locations in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta gave Yudhoyono and Boediono a red report card.

Arientha Primanita – During Thursday's demonstrations in the capital, the Jakarta Globe sat down with street vendors and scavengers making the most of about 7,000 people raging against

Anita Rachman – Some observers say today's anti-government rallies are not as big as last month's World Anticorruption Day demonstrations. But they disagree on the reasons why.

Anita Rachman – Anti-government demonstrators brought a water buffalo to Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Thursday morning.

Stephanie March for PM – Indonesian authorities are accusing two Australian refugee advocates of breaching their visa conditions by trying to make contact with a group of asylum seekers

Jakarta – The Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) lambasted the government for failing to protect Indonesian workers overseas, saying more than 1,000 of them had died while doing th

Febriamy Hutapea – In a potentially devastating blow to the fortunes of Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, two political parties indicated on Wednesday

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Former police chief detective Comr. Gen.

Indonesia's religious ministry says there are errors in the direction worshipers face, or qibla, at 20 percent of the country's mosques.

Emmy Fitri & Kinanti Pinta Karana – The government faced criticism on Wednesday for its decision to increase the salaries of state officials while millions of people live in poverty

Jakarta – A damning report on freedom of worship in Indonesia has blasted state agencies and government officials for complicity in violating this fundamental right.

Don't be deceived by the loud protests and criticisms that we have been hearing these days as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marks the first 100-days of his second term in office on