Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Jusuf Kalla remains upbeat his party will win next year's general elections despite recent…

Lindsay Murdoch – Three rebels involved in attacks on East Timor's top two political leaders have been arrested in Indonesian West Timor where…

Jakarta – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta denied on Sunday that he had linked Indonesia's army to an attack on him after Jakarta said such a…

Mariani Dewi, Jakarta – Indonesians believe domestic violence is the most serious problem for Indonesian women that authorities need to address…

Jakarta – A government official has criticized a ban imposed by Tangerang and Bandung administrations on dangdut singer Dewi Persik,…

Timika, Papua – As many as 700 workers from PT Trakindo Utama went on strike in Timika on Friday to demand higher salaries.

The…

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Apriadi Gunawan, Bandung/Medan – Businesspeople in West Java and North Sumatra want new governors in the two provinces to…

Jakarta – The director of an Indonesian radio station vowed Friday to stay on air following a demand to shut down, saying the…

Ashleigh Wilson – Inadequate international laws are allowing an illegal timber trade worth more than $2 billion a year to flourish across the Asia…

Jakarta – Indonesia is the third most optimistic market in Asia after India and China, according to a quarterly investor survey by Dutch financial…

Here is an important announcement. Indonesia has officially stopped being the tolerant nation it has always proclaimed to be, especially when it…

Indonesia's Attorney General has banned a controversial Islamic sect from practising in the country. But the government has stopped short of…

Pramono/Anton Septian, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) might not take part in the election next year.

According to Andi Nurpati…

Jakarta – According to a senior government official and a high-ranking police officer on Thursday, reports from Amnesty International and other…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Fearing further persecution, some 190 followers of Jamaah Ahmadiyah in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, urged the UN Human…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Political analysts have said the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has a chance of making a big leap in the 2009 legislative…

Jakarta – Torture and other human rights abuses are still rampant in Indonesia 10 years after the fall of Soeharto, Amnesty International said…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under fire for what lawmakers and experts said was an apparent attempt to interfere…

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Labour organisations have already started socialising May Day, which is due to fall on May 1, by protesting at the Gedung…

Muhammad Nafik and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Muslim scholars have warned extremist groups will renew attacks on Jamaah Ahmadiyah following a…

Jakarta – Based on data from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre (TMC) website, Jakarta and surrounding areas will be…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Jakarta's property management and control agency says land subsidence is occurring in the city, but there is no threat…

Marvel Comics fictional vigilante Frank Castle is dubbed The Punisher for justifying the use of violence to fight crime. His brutal nature and…

Jakarta – Fresh from his acquittal of past human rights violation charges in East Timor, former pro-Indonesia militia leader Eurico…

East Timor, tomorrow, that deeply troubled nation will welcome home its President, Jose Ramos-Horta, who has been hospitalised in Darwin after…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Rebels who attacked East Timor's top two political leaders had no instructions to kill them but had been ordered to Dili…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Unreliable and expensive road transportation is a growing constraint to Indonesia's economic development, with the…

Iwan Setiyawan, Jakarta – Workers and employees in Indonesia are still not free to associate. This can be seen from the small number of trade…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – An alliance of legal aid associations, the media, bloggers and non-governmental organizations is looking forward to…

Rini Kustiani/Titis Setyaningtyas, Jakarta – The Attorney of General's Office (AGO) is considered exceeding its authority by putting a halt to the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A review on Indonesia by the Human Rights Council has concluded in plaudits, with recommendations to eliminate impunity,…

Rafiqa Qurrata A, Jakarta – Jakarta and nearby Bekasi will be coloured by protest actions today, Wednesday April 16, with six different groups of…

Mark Dodd – Impoverished East Timor has signed a $28 million deal with China to buy two advanced patrol boats in a move that will alarm Australia…

Papuan Survivors need to build their own force to seek justice for themselves, so that they can become upholders of the truth even though the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – The rebel leader Alfredo Reinado was involved in 47 telephone calls to or from Australia in the hours before he was shot…

Suwardiman – In the recent West Java election of regional heads, many respondents determined their choice just a week before voting. One out of…

Indah Surya Wardhani – The West Java election of regional heads, which looks set to be won by Ahmad Heryawan and Dede Yusuf, indicates that the…

Jakarta – A suspected militant being held here after his arrest in Malaysia has admitted involvement in the beheading of three Christian…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Green activists unveiled Monday an ambitious plan to set up a political bloc which will pressure the government and…

Jakarta – The government must provide protection to Indra Setiawan after his release from jail on Monday April 14. The reason, because during his…

Finally, hope for the forgotten Melanesians. And a chance for Prime Minister Derek Sikua and this country to try to help right one of the great…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – According to unofficial "quick counts", Ahmad Heryawan and Dede Yusuf have pulled off an unexpected victory in Sunday'…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) has turned over Rp 1 billion (US$109,000) in cash to the Corruption Eradication…

Indonesia has arrested two more members of Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a senior police official told Reuters, which could lead to…

An activist for the Free West Papua Movement has expressed concern over the treatment of Papuans detained by Indonesian police over a…

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – The political temperature in North Sumatra is steadily rising in the lead up to the election of regional heads that will…

Jakarta – Mahmud and his family live in an unusual home. It is a small shack, constructed from wooden boards attached to thick steel pillars and…

Jakarta – A former boss of Indonesia's flag carrier was released from jail on Monday after serving a one-year sentence for assisting…

Angus Grigg, Jakarta – It will be one of the more awkward handshakes of recent memory. The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, meeting…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Six minor political parties failed to show up at the General Elections Commission (KPU) office on Saturday, the…