Some 300 university students, grouped under the Campus Islamic Preaching Council (LDK), stage a peaceful rally to mark the International Hijab Solidarity Day in Semarang, the capital of

Tony Hotland and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Jakarta/Bandung – State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara (PTDI) was on Monday declared bankrupt by Indonesia's commercial court system.

Umi Kalsum, Jakarta – The master plan for the redesign of the House of Representatives (DPR) building will accommodate protesters who wish to convey their wishes to the representatives

Jakarta – Indonesian state prosecutors have failed to reach an out-of-court settlement with former dictator Suharto over a civil suit they filed against him in July, they said Tuesday.

Bandar Lampung – Police have finally succeeded in preventing a potential physical clash between members of the Pancasila Youth and the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) in f

Jakarta – Activists will use this week's passing of the third anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib to pressure the government to find those responsible f

Dozens of ulema from Nahdlatul Ulama gathered here Saturday and Sunday came out with a strong verdict against the country's first nuclear plant, which is to be built nearby at Mt.

Jakarta – Indonesia has proposed that eight countries home to some 80 percent of the world's tropical rainforests join diplomatic ranks amid rising climate change concerns, a senior off

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Veteran politician and former Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung will consider running for the 2009 presidential election through a party convention if th

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police plan to summon owners of nightclubs and amusement centers to discuss operating hours during Ramadhan.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – In a bid to stamp out corruption within the police force, a group of activists officially launched Thursday the Jogja Police Watch (JPW).

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Decades of development of injustices and resurging sense of ethnicity may serve as indications that Indonesian unity as a nation was still far-fetched or even lo

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The state leadership duet of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla may end in October 2009 if the Golkar Party maintains its lead in the upcoming genera

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Energy analysts have called on the government to issue clear-cut rules to ensure that the cost recovery system used in the country's oil and gas industry does

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Local entrepreneurs are skeptical about the "abundant" business opportunities in the capital, citing that many sectors are untapped but marketing and licensi

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Apathy about Jakarta's gubernatorial election kept a significant number of registered voters away from polling booths, surveyors say.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has said it is confident of taking 20 percent of the vote in the 2009 general election.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A professional study has slammed the government's efforts to reform the country's security sector, saying the military, police and intelligence bodies have been

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Tensions on the border of Ngada and Manggarai regencies in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, were still high Thursday in the wake of an arson attack on a church foll

In the efforts to encourage sex workers to take advantage of voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) services, follow-up measures remain a problem.

Jakarta – Political activists are calling for a radical reform of the country's intelligence agencies to prevent extrajudicial killings and the suppression of information.

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Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Allegations made Wednesday by Australian Senator Ian MacDonald and president of mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya Richard Ness that an Indonesian environ

Jakarta – Police investigators defended Wednesday procedures used in the interrogation of a key witness in the Munir case who has now retracted his testimony.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Demands to implement sharia by a number of Muslim circles should not refer to the implementation of Islamic law, but instead focus on moral enhancement, Peop

James Balowski, Jakarta – New evidence has been presented in a judicial review of Garuda Indonesia pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto – who was acquitted last year for murdering renown

It is customary for the older generation to tell the younger generation a living memory of what the nation has been.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Indonesia's major Islamic organizations should be more involved in poverty alleviation programs rather than political activities, an Islam-focused conference c

Jakarta – Hundreds of people living under the Jembatan Tiga expressway, which was recently damaged in a slum fire, protested Monday in front of the North Jakarta municipal office agains

Jakarta – The Indonesian government's programs to tackle deforestation are getting a much needed injection of funds, with several developed countries committing to providing financial s

Jakarta – The poor in this country must be able to rise up themselves, self-reliantly and demand their rights that the state guarantee their prosperity.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The retraction of testimony by a key witness in the murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib might not do great harm to the prosecutors' case, two prominent l

The trial reviewing the case of Munir's alleged murderer, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, will also determine the fate of some BIN (State Intelligence Agency) officials.

An important witness in the Munir murder case is being closely guarded by police. His background story is confusing.

The case review on the Munir case may implicate high-ranking officials from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

We owe Munir the activist, who died on September 7, 2004. Yet after almost three years, it is still not clear who killed him.

Anthony Deutsch, Bekasi – The downfall of former Indonesian dictator Suharto, one of the most corrupt and brutal rulers of the last century, swept in an era of political freedom and hop

Mark Forbes – They were meticulously planned, the fertiliser and TNT-powered blasts that ripped through Paddy's Bar, the Sari Club and the holidaymakers cavorting inside them on October

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Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called on Indonesia to commit to two international conventions in order to better protect its migrant

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said Friday it had further evidence to implicate exonerated suspect Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto in the murder of human rights activist Mu

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denounced Thursday power-oriented initiatives to create new autonomous regions, which he said exhausted state resources withou

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Changing electoral laws to allow non-party candidates to run could lead to a greater voter turnout in regional elections, a political observer said T

Jakarta – Major labor unions will very likely accept the 3-percent severance payment scheme drafted by the government in the regulation on dismissal benefits.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Poor city planning and rapid population growth have been blamed for increasingly hot weather in Jakarta over the last 130 years, a study says.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Coral reef destruction in South Sulawesi has reached an alarming heights and today poses a real threat to the ongoing livelihoods of regional fishermen.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Non-governmental group the Urban Poor Consortium on Thursday said the housing solutions offered to squatters living under elevated roads by the city and Nort

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – A violent clash between the police and supporters of a gubernatorial election candidate in Ternate, North Maluku province, left 15 people injured Wednesday.

Jakarta – The government is working on a draft regulation aimed at improving the rights of housemaids and to provide legal certainty for the domestic workers generally in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Despite its high population and large economic size, Indonesia is among the least attractive countries for foreign retailers to invest in, according to a survey conducted rece