Monday was the Muslim day of sacrifice, but for Muslim and non-Muslim mudflow victims in Sidoarjo, East Java, it was just another day of sacrifice.

Jakarta – Recent strengthening in Indonesia's rupiah currency has been mainly due to external factors, central bank deputy governor Budi Mulya said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was strongly criticized Tuesday after signing a tough anti-pornography law that opponents have said threatens national unity.

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Domestic waste remains one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gases in Indonesia, largely because the majority of the nation's dumps are poorly managed and still use improper dis

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With Rp 6 trillion in annual haj fees bringing it hundreds of billions of rupiah in interest, the Religious Affairs Ministry faces scathing criticism over its la

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Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Union of People with Disabilities (PPCI) called on government agencies to provide greater access and facilities for their members but acknowledg

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia has secured US$5 billion in standby loans from several parties to help plug the budget deficit and keep the economy growing amid the global financi

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Hundreds of environmental activists from several different non-government organisations held an action at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta on De

Jon Afrizal and Nana Rukmana, Jambi, Cirebon – Companies in Jambi province will lay off workers to survive financial problems stemming from the impacts of the global crisis, while those

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A global ranking on education equity recently released by UNESCO has placed Indonesia 71st out of 129 countries surveyed, down from 62nd in 2007 and 58th in 200

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Jakarta – Media companies are failing to provide their journalists with adequate assistance when they encounter violence in their work.

Yuli Tri Suwarni – The conversion of rice fields and farming areas for residential and industrial land use is threatening the resilience of Indonesian food supplies, Agriculture Ministe

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Despite a compensation agreement in Jakarta on Wednesday, thousands of mudflow victims staged a massive rally along the Porong highway on Thursday, paralyzi

Aleksius Jemadu, Bandung – The spectacular rise in votes won by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in national elections, from 1.36 percent of the total national popular vote in 1999 to

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Malaysia expects to hire fewer Indonesian workers and see a decrease in the volume of investment, trade and tourism between the two countries due to the globa

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Prominent pluralism campaigner Siti Musdah Mulia has been named the winner of the 2008 Yap Thiam Hien human rights award for her "courage and obstinacy" in push

Jakarta – Print media has enjoyed ever-increasing revenue from advertising, but now faces a looming danger that could put the industry's sustainability into serious doubt – a decline in

Jakarta – About 80 percent of Jakarta's administration offices violate the bylaw on smoking restrictions, according to a preliminary survey conducted by an NGO.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Victims of the East Java mudflow disaster have reached a deal with the Bakrie family-controlled PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya and the government agency handling thei

Anang Zakaria, Surabaya – Scores of students of the Faculty of Education for Children With Special Needs from the Surabaya State University yesterday demonstrated in front of the Grahad

Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – The police have detained two activists from the Unified People Coalition (KRB) for allegedly burning flyers with pictures of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

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Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Responding to discouraging results of recent public service surveys, State Minister for Administrative Reforms Taufiq Effendi revealed half of the country's four

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Demand for Indonesian migrant workers in the overseas formal sector is on the rise, with hospitals, hotels and transportation and construction companies the

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Following the Bank Century trouble, the central bank is under pressure to improve its supervision amid the global financial downturn to prevent troubled bank

Jakarta – PT Jamsostek, the state-owned occupational insurance provider, will add Rp 2 trillion (around US$179.5 million) to its annual cash reserves next year to anticipate possible wi

Jakarta – The House of Representatives does not need to launch an investigation into longstanding cases of involuntary disappearances, but instead should push the president to order a f

John M. Miller – According to some pundits, US reengagement with the largely unreformed and unrepentant Indonesian military is the best way to promote reform and human rights.

Sara Webb, Jakarta – Hillary Clinton's nomination as US secretary of state could prove tricky for Indonesia, a key ally in Southeast Asia in the US-led war on terror, because of a past

Lilian Karunungan – The Indonesian rupiah will tumble 10 percent to its lowest level since 1998 in three months as the global financial slump spurs investors to sell more of the nation'

Tom Allard and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian prosecutors yesterday asked for a prison sentence of 15 years for the intelligence operative and former Kopassus commander Muchdi Purwopranjan

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Workplace discrimination remains an issue for people with HIV/AIDS, with most companies still refusing to employ HIV-positive job seekers, and about half consid

Rofiudin, Semarang – Several companies in Central Java have been dismissing workers since September due to the world financial crisis and this will continue.

Sahat Simatupang, Medan – Thousands of workers in Medan yesterday (1/12) hit the streets to reject the four-minister decree that restricts wage rises in an effort to anticipate the impa

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Syafrudin, 35, stacked cages of chickens onto a waiting mini van outside his employer's house at Kemandoran in South Jakarta on Monday with help from two other w

Jon Afrizal and Agus Maryono, Jambi, Purwokerto and Yogyakarta – Against a backdrop of HIV/AIDS infection rates that are rising at alarming levels in Jambi, activists and sex workers in

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the nation Monday to avoid mass public demonstrations that could destabilize the nation's political balance as was see

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Confirming that the impact of the global economic slide has hit the country, exports in October dropped from a month earlier on weaker demand and lower price

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Rohman Taufiq, Jakarta – Around one thousand victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster from the Tanggulangin Anggun Sejahtera housing complex, Sidoarjo, came to the Presidential Palace th

Jakarta – Government prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 15-year jail sentence for a former senior Indonesian intelligence official charged in the murder of a prominent human rights activ

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Several cases of alleged corruption involving Indonesian diplomats overseas, particularly its ambassadors in Washington and Moscow, have raised concerns over the

Multa Fidrus, Banten – After being laid off in September along with 416 other workers by the same company in Serang, Prihatini, 36, said Saturday she had lost hope of finding employment

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The controversy over Tim Weiner's book The Legacy of Ashes: The History of CIA, which claims Indonesia's former vice president Adam Malik was a US spy, has se

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has been urged to change its "ineffective" approach to HIV/AIDS, as the number of people infected by the disease continues to grow each year.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has gained further public support since announcing one of his relatives is a suspect in the Bank Indonesia corruption case,