Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Human rights activists on Thursday criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for using the military in the fight against terrorists in the country, saying

Camelia Pasandaran – In somewhat unusual circumstances, two beautiful North Sulawesi women wearing skirts slit all the way up to their waists and low cut white silk tops performed a tra

The nation's best strategy in its battle against terrorism would be to increase the capacity of civilian law enforcement and not provide more authority to military or intelligence agenc

Camelia Pasandaran – Commercial interests, self-censorship and fear of lawsuits are hindering the growth of high-quality news media in Indonesia, journalists and analysts say.

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesian media have yet to take full advantage of freedom of the press, senior editorial staff members said.

Often it takes the death of a white man to get the story of West Papua past the gatekeepers of the media.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The publisher of a popular Indonesian Islamist website and magazine has been arrested by counter-terrorism authorities, accused of organising the financing for att

The terror network blamed for the Jakarta hotel bombings is "larger and more sophisticated" than thought, a think tank said Thursday.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Claims that local election officials demanded payment from political parties for legislative seats have emerged from two new regencies in Lampung.

Nurfika Osman – Industry experts on Thursday blamed corrupt city officials for the sharp decline in the amount of green space in the capital.

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Democratic Party official is once again stirring controversy by saying that current negotiations with a major rival party about posit

Jakarta – Migrant Care, an NGO advocating for the rights of migrant workers, has urged the government to immediately ratify the 2003 ILO convention on the protection of migrant workers

Three key industries – food and beverages, cosmetics and pharmacy – are bracing for hefty additional costs and to risk losing trillions of rupiah in margins if the nation presses ahead

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives members responsible for drafting the military tribunal bill were criticized on Wednesday for poor attendance, which had all but sunk

A junior high student in Bandung, West Java complains her religion teacher burned her and fellow students with blown-out matches to teach them about hell.

Jakarta – Parliament will most likely pass the corruption court bill proposed by the government, which places the graft court under the jurisdiction of district courts, and call for mor

Agus Maryono, Banjarnegara – The poverty rate in Banjarnegara regency, Central Java, has increased sharply to more than 60 percent as of the first semester this year, compared with the

Camelia Pasandaran – The voters list fiasco of this year's legislative and presidential elections was not solely the fault of the General Elections Commission, the Elections Supervisory

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie claimed Tuesday that he was the most popular candidate for the next Golkar chairman.

Ricky Gunawan, Jakarta – Indonesia ratified the UN Convention against Torture almost 11 years ago.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – ASEAN countries must consider forming a regional human rights court if they are truly committed to protecting the basic rights of their citizens, a coalition of

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – Just a few weeks ago, the Mega-Pro ticket proclaimed that the "cultural invasion" by the West must be stopped.

Anita Rachman – Malaysia has agreed on a minimum monthly wage for Indonesian maids and other migrant workers in the informal sector, a key demand of Indonesia during ongoing negotiation

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Attorney General Office's (AGO) latest admission that a prosecutor was involved in a mediating attempt to save PT Masaro president director Anggoro Widjo

Jonathan Wootliff – Although Indonesia covers only 1.3 percent of the planet's land surface, this island nation is home to about 17 percent of Earth's plant and animal species, some of

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Under former dictator Suharto, the military linked Golkar party dominated Indonesian politics for decades.

Fadli, Batam – The police in Natuna regency, Riau Islands, on Monday released three NGO activists who had allegedly been involved in a free Natuna movement on the grounds that they had

Arientha Primanita – The new Jakarta Legislative Council was sworn in on Tuesday afternoon, with more than two-thirds of the council comprised of new faces, reflecting widespread disenc

Jakarta – The 30-year-old woman stuttered as she tried to tell the story of when she had been arrested by a group of police officers in 2005.

Dessy Sagita – City planning experts called on the Jakarta administration on Monday to tighten supervision of land use, building permits and development to prevent worsening floods and

Nivell Rayda, Abe Silangit & Camelia Pasandaran – A corruption watchdog on Friday urged the chairwoman of a House of Representatives committee deliberating the Anti-Corruption Court

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police chief as well as the Ministers for Religious Affairs and Communication and Information Technology on Monday quickly moved to quash public worries that

Jakarta – Strong reasons for their involvement must be provided before the Indonesia Military (TNI) is given a bigger role in fighting terrorism, experts said Sunday.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – An Islamic group says recent raids on terrorist safe houses and comments by the governor of Jakarta about neighborhood alertness could lead to racial profili

Jakarta – The National Police have decided to drop a widely criticized plan to monitor sermons given at mosques and mass gatherings, after a number of political parties and Islamic orga

Jakarta – Jakartans are viewing the city administration's future progressive tax scheme for private vehicles with apprehension, saying that it will create an unnecessary burden and be i

Fadli, Batam – Subsiding in both Aceh and Maluku, and taking root in Papua, a separatist movement has emerged on the oil- and gas-rich island of Natuna in Riau Islands province.

Romanus Ndau Lendong, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) are committed to passing the state secrecy bill this month.

HS Dillon, Jakarta – To the country's first president, Sukarno, freedom was political independence in its entirety.

Teguh Prasetyo – While senior officials regularly make well-meaning noises about the need for food diversification, both experts and the food processing industry say what is really requ

Kim Knight – Felled trees, burnt stumps. Once tropical rainforest, now palm plantations spread across this Indonesian island like a plague.

Jakarta – Indonesian officials have warned radical Muslim groups not to attack nightclubs and other businesses deemed sinful in Islam during the Ramadan fasting month, which started yes

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A lawmaker taking part in the discussion on the state secrecy bill urged the government on Sunday to pass the bill before the current House of Representative

Heru Andriyanto – Religious leaders are warning that the National Police's plan to monitor sermons during Ramadan to prevent the spread of extremism will offend and anger Muslims, and b

Ismira Lutfia – For hundreds of Indonesians in Saudi Arabia, being locked up and deported back home holds its own attraction.

Jakarta – The proposed involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the ongoing war on terrorism has to be closely monitored and based on a clear-cut job description with the Nationa

Salim Osman and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Indonesian police will start clamping down on Islamic clerics who are suspected of having links to militant groups, in a reversal of its past pol

Camelia Pasandaran – After weeks of confusion, the General Elections Commission has finally decided on a method of allocating legislative seats based on the results of the April 9 elect

Jakarta – Dozens of anti-corruption activists in South Sulawesi on Thursday launched a movement to defend the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which they said was in danger.

The city warned private organizations Friday not to attack nightclubs and other controversial businesses during Ramadan.