Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A study has shown that Java island will remain the most prone area in the country for water-related disasters,…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – An embankment built to contain the hot mud that has been flowing from an oil drilling well in Porong, Sidoarjo…

Jakarta – The centralized structure of the police force hampers efforts to build an effective professional law enforcement body, a researcher said…

Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers, non-governmental organizations and students in Malaysia are up in arms over the anticorruption court's…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Corrupt behavior in politics and complicated bureaucracy are believed to be the factors keeping benevolent democracy and…

Jakarta – Rights defense group Imparsial said Friday that human rights was little more than a government slogan last year and was likely to remain…

Deadly natural disasters look to have struck too early for Indonesia, just after the country won praise for hosting a key climate change…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Barito market vendors distributed roses to passing motorists Friday in a subtle protest against their relocation…

Jakarta – Jakarta's street musician, the one found playing beside a car waiting at a red light, on a public bus, or in small roadside restaurants…

Jakarta – More than 50 Islamic organizations grouped under the Islamic Community Forum visited the Attorney's General Office (AGO) on Thursday to…

Jakarta – Non-government organisations are pessimistic and concerned about the prospects for upholding human rights and solving past human rights…

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported a decrease of 921,000 in the number of unemployed people between August, 2006 and August, 2007, to…

Jakarta – Religious and ethnic issues rarely grow into communal conflicts without underlying political and economic motives to trigger unrest, an…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Farmers' Union criticized the government Wednesday for mismanagement in the food crop sector, highlighting the massive…

Maryadi, Jakarta – Jakarta could well be referred to as the 'repository' of protest actions, because not a day goes by without a…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – When Iraqi journalist Muntader Al-Zaidi threw his shoes at President George W. Bush it was to many, myself…

Riding on the confidence and bullish market sentiment generated by the estimated 6.3 percent growth in 2007, the Indonesian economy is forecast to…

Sidney Jones, Jakarta – The security outlook for Indonesia in 2008 is reasonably good. The biggest danger lies not in terrorism, separatism,…

Alfian, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' plenary session is not an efficient forum to debate public issues, said political experts and…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The political situation in South Sulawesi is heating up following the issuance of a ruling by the Supreme Court on a…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will impose a one-year demotion on Sultan Bagindo Fahmi, a prosecutor in the illegal…

Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – Papua Province has been the only Indonesian province still rebellious against the Jakarta-based central government…

Indra Harsaputra and Suherdjoko, Bojonegoro/Semarang – More than 100 people have died due to ongoing floods across Central and East Java, a health…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Workers at small-scale cigarette producers in Malang, East Java, Wednesday staged a rally at the Malang Customs and…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia and many other countries in the world have only recently commemorated World Human Rights Day, which fell on…

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army will prioritize personnel development to create a large, professional and strong Army while at…

As we begin the New Year, we are all asking the same question: What does 2008 have in store for us? Looking at the horizon, one could say plenty…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Even the former dictator seemed surprised. "I am becoming rich, suddenly," 86-year-old Soeharto told the Indonesian…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Observers and legislators agreed the changing of the Indonesian Military (TNI) commander and chiefs of staff would not…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Central Sulawesi Police Headquarters said on Tuesday it will tone down security measures in Poso considering the…

Jakarta – Landslides and floods that struck Indonesia's main island of Java last week killed 107 people and left 12 missing, a health ministry…

Indra Harsaputra and Stevie Emilia, Sidoarjo/Jakarta – It has been nearly two years since the mud started gushing out of a gas exploration…

John Roosa – Taciturn, reserved, reclusive, emotionless, Suharto ruled Indonesia for 32 years as a mystery man, a dictator who presented himself…

[The following article was originally published in late 2007 in response to the split in the People's Democratic Party (PRD)-National…

Contents

• Background
• Police and security forces
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Jakarta – Despite the surge in oil prices and lower government spending, the Indonesian economy has managed to make a soft landing this year, with…

Jakarta – The new Air Force chief Vice Marshal Subandrio revealed Saturday his short-term target of achieving a 60-percent weaponry capability, a…

As the curtains open on the new year we will note down 2007 as the year of a greatly bullish stock market with a rise of over 50 percent in the…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Three Tadulako University students in Palu, Central Sulawesi, have been banned from attending graduation day, allegedly…

Slamet Susanto, Surakarta – Flooding caused by an overflowing Bengawan Solo River paralyzed business activity along the Central Java-East Java…

Jakarta – Experts at the Center for Anticorruption Studies (Pukat) of Gadjah Mada University's Law Department concluded Friday in a year-end…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Thousands of supporters of South Sulawesi's governor-elect have pledged to continue protesting the Supreme Court's…

Dozens of people from the Poor People's Alliance, comprising various large organizations and foundations, staged a rally Friday at the…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says a rising tide of violence against members of the news media threatens…

Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection has predicted the number of cases of violence against children will increase next year in…

Slamet Susanto and Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Flooding in Surakarta in Central Java and its surrounding areas worsened due to heavy rain Friday as…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The West Java chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has been criticized by several Muslim organizations for…

Jakarta – Reports of human rights violations have doubled this year, with more than 20,000 people claiming to be victims, a legal aid foundation…

Crowds razed a house which functioned as an Islamic boarding school on Thursday, some 25 kilometers east of Malang in East Java.