Jakarta – Though the Golkar Party has given its official support to presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and running mate Hatta Radjasa, several…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A rift within the Golkar Party over chairman Aburizal Bakrie's last minute deal with the…

Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy secretary-general Aryo Djojohadikusumo says the coalition of parties supporting candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-…

Helen Brown, Indonesia – A failed election candidate in Indonesia claims that bribes she paid to electoral officials to win a seat in last month's…

Erwida Maulia – The fight against corruption does not seem to be a pressing issue for the two tickets vying for Indonesia's presidency; from the…

Josua Gantan, Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara – At a state-owned gas station in an Indonesian border town in Timor's Belu district, a liter of premium…

Dili – Taking judicial proceedings to rural areas of Timor-Leste with "mobile courts" is increasing citizens' access to justice as the young…

Thomas Hornall – Twelve years ago East Timor, or Timor-Leste, was recognised as the 191st member of the United Nations after a devastating 25-year…

Advocates for the independence of West Papua say a UN decolonisation committee should visit the Indonesian province.

The United…

Purawakarta – Drones, which are unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by the Indonesia Maritime Institute are ready to be operated in border…

[Commentary from the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG).]

West Papua, comprised of the provinces (Papua and Papua Barat) is the…

The New Zealand government has confirmed that its planned community policing training programme in Indonesia's Papua region will not…

Jakarta – The graft-tainted Constitutional Court (MK) delivered a controversial verdict on Monday divesting itself of the authority to handle…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Both teams in the Indonesian presidential election have human rights concerns hanging over their candidates according…

Michael Bachelard – The battle lines for Indonesia's presidential election have been clearly drawn between a political newcomer with small…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Since its establishment by then president Soeharto in the early 1970s Golkar has always…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – It was a remarkable, yet predictable step for Joko Widodo, the hugely popular presidential hopeful of the…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Monday's declaration of two tickets running in July's presidential election evokes at least two questions: Do hopefuls…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's meteoric rise in popularity as presidential hopeful has been conspicuous. In just two years (…

The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Nadi, Fiji, from 21 to 23 May 2014.

Joe…

Editorial staff – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) figure Sabam Sirait says that PDI-P vice presidential candidate Jusuf…

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has finally decided to throw its support behind Prabowo Subianto, the presidential candidate from the…

Fergus Jensen & Kanupriya Kapoor – Indonesia's Joko Widodo received a major boost in the race to become president of the world's third-largest…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Joko Widodo, the man most likely to become Indonesia's next president, has gone back to the future in his choice of…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla still holds Golkar Party membership. He is also a former chairman of the party.…

The Pacific Conference of Churches is calling on leaders attending a United Nations meeting on decolonisation this week in Fiji to…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Showing further signs of advanced age, Dionesius Utomo Rahardjo, 69, and his wife Genoveva Misiati, 66,…

Jakarta – Relatives of the victims of the May 1998 tragedy expressed their sincere appreciation on Sunday as the Jakarta administration began the…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), a non-governmental organization advocating human rights issues,…

Duncan Graham – Why did Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott cancel his visit to Indonesia? The budget has been suggested. Bunkum! It's because…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has added a new coalition partner after securing official support from…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police on Sunday said they had arrested three men suspected of involvement in the March shooting of an Aceh National…

Kennial Caroline Laia – The involvement of 'reformasi' activists in political parties and during last month's legislative elections has the…

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie on Friday night entered into a deal to name as his running mate…

Camelia Pasandaran & SP/Mikael Niman, Jakarta – The municipal government of Bekasi, West Java on Friday resealed a mosque belonging to members…

Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Military Court on Friday sentenced Chief Pvt. Heri Safitri of the Yonif 111/Raider Paya Bakong, North Aceh…

Jakarta – A recent slew of reported child sex abuse cases occurring in places considered safe for children, such as schools, has shaken many…

Vita A.D. Busyra – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing criticism over delays in issuing a decree to implement a Constitutional Court…

Dili (Jornal Independente/Pacific Media Watch) – It was a stunt that arguably in any democratic country on any given day would have led the media…

The West Papua Coalition for Liberation says the new Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman will continue the good work of his predecessor…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) officially announced on Wednesday the composition of the next term of the House of…

Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, reaffirmed to the public on Wednesday…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian presidential advisor has vowed to press the government into setting up an ad hoc human rights court to try…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Goenawan Mohamad, the founder of Tempo Magazine and architect of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has…

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the presidential candidate nominated by a coalition comprising the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P…

Benjamin Soloway, Jakarta – Indonesia's film and tech communities gasped collectively on Monday when Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie avoided further humiliation from his own party regarding…

Jakarta – The government will speed up the revision of Law No. 23 on Child Protection to strengthen legal enforcement of and prevention of child…

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's legacy of worsening religious intolerance and related violence will be one of…

Jakarta – Researchers from the University of Indonesia's (UI) Center for Political Studies found in a recent survey that women would be less…