Tim Lindsey – For months, Indonesian President Joko Widodo – popularly known as Jokowi – has repeatedly stated his determination to show no mercy…

Kandhi Barnes, Dili, East Timor – Opposition party member Rui Maria de Araujo was sworn in Monday as East Timor's prime minister, leading a…

It's a Black Monday for Indonesia. Corruptors must be celebrating now that Judge Sarpin Rizaldi ruled that all the national antigraft agency's…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has agreed to deploy 1,000 personnel to help the Transportation Ministry secure its vital…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko on Monday appointed Air Marshal Dede Rusamsi as the new chief of general…

Tassia Sipahutar and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Having achieved lawmakers' approval, the government must now step up the disbursement of state…

Arnold Sianturi, Medan, North Sumatra – An antigraft activist in Medan, North Sumatra, was hospitalized on Sunday after four unknown people opened…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court on Monday granted a pretrial motion filed by National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen.…

Pandaya, Jakarta – His case may have been eclipsed by the embarrassing conflict pitting the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) against the…

Jakarta – Dozens of Indonesian couples suspected of doing "the nasty thing" have been detained in Valentine's Day raids in several major…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Valentine's Day is traditionally known as a day couples spend together celebrating their love. But for hundreds of…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's planned ban on the dispatch of Indonesian migrant workers would be a big 'setback' for the country's…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will continue a inquiry into alleged gross human rights…

Michelle Nichols, United Nations – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Friday not to execute prisoners on death…

Index: ASA 21/006/2015

Amnesty International is disappointed by the failure of the new Indonesian House of Representatives to include…

Manokwari – The newly formed West Papua Police are expected to recruit more Papuans as policemen, as part of empowerment program for Papuans.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) chairman of education affairs, Anwar Abbas, on Saturday thanked a number of mayors across the…

Jakarta – The chairman of Indonesia's Judicial Commission has questioned whether the judges presiding over a pre-trial motion brought by Comr. Gen…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party appears no closer to ending the most serious rift in its 50-year history, with two rival factions continuing to wage a…

Tom Allard – In the annals of East Timor's extraordinary emergence as a nation state after 500 years of foreign domination, no figure has loomed…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Economic reforms undertaken by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have drawn strong inflows in the equity and bonds…

Michael Bachelard – It's a tale of two drug rings in Indonesia. The first manufactured kilograms of the drug ice, known locally as sabu sabu, at a…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has dropped his controversial pick for National Police chief, sources at the State Palace and the House of…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police's Internal Affairs Division has been investigating several senior officers allegedly involved in "…

Jakarta – Regional governments and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) have banned the celebration of Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, 2015, citing its…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, is intensifying its investigation of alleged human rights…

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered a crackdown on individuals and institutions allegedly…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As the pretrial hearing on top cop candidate Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan proceeded on Wednesday, the leadership of the…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 2/2015 on the handling of social conflicts.

According…

Jakarta – It was supposed to be a simple matter: The court sends a convicted criminal to jail, and there he stays, until his sentence ends.

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – To revamp the country's graft-ridden haj program, the Religious Affairs Ministry has closed its doors to new haj…

As a Javanese, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is familiar with the old maxim alon-alon waton kelakon (slow but sure), but now it is time for him…

Jambi – The Jambi City Education Office has urged students not to celebrate Valentine's Day, by issuing circulars to schools reminding students…

The Vanuatu government says it is open to dialogue with Indonesia over the West Papua bid to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

The United…

Vanuatu's government has welcomed a call by the Papua New Guinea prime minister that the time has come to speak out against human rights abuses in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has launched its annual protest movement against Valentine's Day, telling young people that…

With Dr Rui Araujo expected to be sworn in next week as East Timor's new Prime Minister, Timor Sea Justice Campaigners are calling for Australia…

East Timor's president has chosen former health minister Rui Araujo to be the new prime minister of the country, the government says. Mr Araujo…

Jakarta – An NGO reported Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prevention unit head Johan Budi and former KPK deputy chief Chandra M. Hamzah to…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police questioned on Tuesday US journalist Allan Nairn as a witness in a libel case implicating former…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali has apparently taken advantage of the Corruption Eradication Commission'…

Randy Fabi – East Timor's independence hero and out-going prime minister Xanana Gusmao will stay in the cabinet as investment minister, the…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo emphasized Indonesia's strong record on religious tolerance on Wednesday as he gave a closing speech at an…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Four witnesses presented by the legal team of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan on the second day of his pretrial hearing on Tuesday…

Fiji's Government and Opposition have indicated their commitment to help West Papua join the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

In meetings with…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has revealed that it has agreed to start a joint training program with the National Police…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) revealed on Tuesday its readiness to start a security operation to deal with the terror…

The secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua has been in Fiji meeting government and parliament figures as well as…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government's ongoing tolerance of female virginity tests must end, as the tests violate the right to non-discriminatory…

Jakarta – The head of the national police's Criminal Investigation Bureau (Bareskrim) Money Laundering Crimes Sub-Directorate III, Senior…