The daughter of former president Soeharto, Siti Hardijanti "Tutut" Rukmana, has officially taken over Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) TV, part of a…

Kanupriya Kapoor & Yayat Supriatna – Indonesia, one of the world's biggest resource exporters, halted all mineral ore exports on Sunday in a…

Graham Davis, Suva – Foreign Ministers of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are set to tip-toe through a diplomatic minefield with news that a MSG…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A rights group on Sunday reported a significant drop in the number of abuse-of-power cases in 2013 involving religious…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Oegroseno has vowed to crack down on bad cops who frame suspects in drug cases…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) and the Supreme Court lauded a ruling Friday that would dissolve the House of Representatives…

Shesar Andriawan – The economic gap between the rich and the poor in Indonesia continues to widen as the nation's wealthiest are expected to take…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri, chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), has sent a signal that she…

The Vanuatu government has withdrawn from a Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Ministers delegation to Indonesia to discuss and visit West Papua…

Papua – A member of an armed group, which is believed to have threatened security forces between miles 45 and 50 at PT Freeport…

Jakarta – The deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Party, Ramadhan Pohan, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deserved the…

Jonathan Pearlman – Australia faces growing accusations that it spied extensively on Timor Leste during crucial talks over a deal to share gas and…

Richard Ackland – Let's try to join a few dots.

Dot One: In 2004, David Irvine, the head of the external spy agency, the Australian Secret…

Chris Brummitt and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – The young Indonesian was raised in an extremist household and graduated from a boarding…

Rizky Amelia – Former Democratic Party chair Anas Urbaningrum was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over his…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Moeldoko denied that he had bowed to Australia's "turn…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, 10/01 (Jubi) – A delegation of foreign ministers from Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG) member states will reportedly be…

Josua Gantan – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali claimed that Indonesia was a bastion of religious tolerance on Thursday, setting off a…

Amnesty International has praised the Aceh parliament for passing a bylaw in December to establish a truth and reconciliation commission to…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The two strongest contenders in the 2014 presidential election – popular Jakarta Governor…

Further information on UA: 237/12 Index: ASA 21/002/2014 Indonesia Date: 9 January 2014

Malukan prisoners of conscience, Johan…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The four-day "Meet the Press"-style promotional campaign held by the Democratic Party's (PD) presidential convention…

Two men who claim they were on asylum seeker boats towed back to Indonesia by the Australian Navy have told the ABC they were mistreated before…

Daniel Hurst, Lenore Taylor and Helen Davidson – A government plan to send asylum seekers heading to Australia back towards Indonesia in supplied…

Index: ASA 21/001/2014

The passage of a truth commission bylaw (qanun) in Aceh province in December 2013 is a historic step towards…

Government officials have provided conflicting statements regarding Indonesia's stance on Australia's "turn back the boats" policy after the…

Michael Sainsbury, Bangkok – Deep under the Timor Sea, there is a huge reserve of gas. Geologists now believe it is worth upwards of US$100…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A request by the Yogyakarta branch of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to the police to monitor, freeze or…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Anis Matta's decision to go public with his polygamy should not harm the party…

Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – With this year's elections just around the corner, the Indonesian Military (TNI) has reassured its neutrality,…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The controversial price increase for the 12-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas cylinders is believed to have been part of…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The number of corruption cases in Central Java have increased over the years, with civil servants and legislators being the…

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MNEC) and the Indonesian Government intend…

Asawin Suebsaeng – The Act of Killing is that rare documentary – one that might actually change things. The film (released on DVD and Blu-ray on…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified armed group fatally gunned down an ojek driver in the Wuyuneri hamlet, located in the…

Fergus Jensen and Wilda Asmarini – Indonesia's planned mineral export ban – a policy designed to force miners to process their ores domestically…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Tens of thousands mosques in West Java were built without building permits, head of the West Java chapter of the…

Mattangkilang Tunggadewa, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The Balikpapan city administration has passed a decree establishing a three-hour curfew…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – With less than 10 months remaining in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second term,…

Jakarta, Sita W. Dewi – With Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's arguably unique leadership style, the city administration has seen changes in…

Students of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) no longer have to hide atheism or other state-unrecognized religions as the university has finally lifted…

George Roberts, Indonesia – Indonesian police have told the ABC that a second boat carrying asylum seekers has been forced back to Indonesian…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors on Monday indicted a former top official at the Religious Affairs…

Jakarta's deputy governor has found himself in hot water following his decision to ignore a newly implemented regulation for local government…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) made it clear on Sunday that it would only announce its…

Ina Parlina and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – In what could be seen as a desperate attempt to restore his party's falling electability, President…

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The history of modern Indonesian politics – represented by a series of political events in the post-1945 independence…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – With the elections approaching, the House of Representatives is running out of time to enact a number of human…

Jakarta – A recent study by Jakarta-based Cirus Surveyor Group reveals decreasing public confidence in political parties.

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Budi Hernawan, New York – The 2013 Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit undoubtedly marked a historic moment on the long journey of Papua's…