Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – The Bali Wage Council's decision to set the 2014 minimum wage for the province at Rp 1.3 million (US$111) per month…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia has the fastest rate of deforestation in the past 12 years, according to a new global map on…

A large demonstration allegedly initiated by palm oil company Kallista Alam, which is accused of illegally destroying some of the world's most…

Michael Field – A 23-strong delegation of politicians from Indonesia-controlled Papua is heading to New Zealand amidst controversy that they're on…

Andrew de Sousa, Bangkok – This Nov. 22-24, thousands of people from across the United States and Latin America will converge upon Fort Benning in…

Diana Parker – The one-horned Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus), which once ranged through South and Southeast Asia, is now extinct in all but…

An Indonesian parliamentarian, Eva Sundari, says there should be no restriction for foreign journalists wanting to go to Papua.

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Bayu Marheanjati, Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – A week to the day after directly contradicting the law on general elections, the new chief of…

Novy Lumanauw – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sought on Thursday to reinforce the merit of his administration's policy to boost sales of low-…

Bambang Muryanto and Jon Afrizal, Yogyakarta/Jambi – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwo X said that the minimum wage in the province (UMP…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Two members of the West Papua Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) and the director of a provincial business…

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – Police in the predominately Sunni province of West Java have refused an application by Shiite Muslims in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Just weeks into his new job, Constitutional Court chief Hamdan Zoelva has come under fire for supporting a position…

Jakarta – Labor intensive industries are predicting a gloomier business outlook next year, with an increase in minimum wages and growing labor…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party (PPP) on Tuesday said it would actively approach other major Islamic parties to form a…

Further information on 336/12 Index: ASA 21/036/2013

At least 168 people from a Shi'a community in East Java are at risk of being…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Copies of a national newspaper featuring a half-page tobacco advertisement on its front page was given away at an…

Jakarta – The Timor Leste Attorney General's Office (AGO) plans to strengthen relations with the Corruption Eradication Commission (…

Banjir Ambarita & Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – The entire membership of the Papua provincial legislature, including a corruption convict and…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government rebuffed on Tuesday Australia's claim that Indonesia was responsible for the fate of a group of asylum…

Hotman Siregar – The Jakarta Transportation Agency's ongoing war on illegal parking accelerated on Wednesday as parking officers announced the…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Sutarman has withdrawn his support for the establishment of a special antigraft squad – a…

Headlines – One truck driver appeared to believe that he still lived in the era of former president Soeharto, when the military ruled…

Bayu Marhaenjati – A two-week operation by police and public-order officials at the National Monument has "trained and advised" 28…

James Balowski – Tens of thousands of Indonesian workers held a nationalstrike on 31 October and 1 November. Police reported that protests…

November 12 is the 22nd anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. On November 12, 1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on a memorial procession –…

Truth and Justice are the foundations for developing democracy in Timor-Leste

Today the People of Timor-Leste commemorate the 22nd…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Dozens of Cendrawasih University students staged a mass rally to protest the Papua autonomy plus draft…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – The Jakarta Labor Forum has demanded a revision to the 2014 minimum wage, which was set on Nov. 1 by the Jakarta…

Fadli, Batam – The Maritime Security Coordinating Board (Bakorkamla) says it rejects being dictated to by Australia in deciding the way it handles…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The East Java administration has denied claims that it tried to relocate a group of Shia refugees by force from a housing…

Hotman Siregar & Deti Mega Purnamasari – With hordes of cheap, new cars and motorcycles continuing to hit the city's streets, and the two rail…

Jakarta – A survey published by the Setara Institute, a democracy watchdog, has found that the public wants the creation of a separate court to…

Erwin Sihombing – None of the rulings passed in cases overseen by Akil Mochtar, the disgraced former chief justice of the Constitutional Court,…

Jakarta – Businesses are urging the Indonesian government to take measures to reduce logistics costs in a bid to increase the country's…

Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla said half of the country's mosques were equipped with poor quality sound systems and that…

Jakarta – A public opinion poll conducted by the Indonesian Voters Institute (LPI) has found that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considered…

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari & SP/Daurina L. Sinurat – Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on Sunday formalized a name change for a…

Yuliasri Perdani and Nurni Sulaiman, Jakarta/Balikpapan – Calls have mounted for the Indonesian Military (TNI) to review its primary weapons and…

Neles Tebay, Jayapura, Papua – The central government and the provincial government of Papua have taken the initiative to produce another new…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – The number of eligible voters who are not exercising their voting rights continues to rise, with many analysts believing…

Berni Moestafa – Illegal logging and mismanagement of Indonesia's forestry industry may have prevented more than $7 billion flowing to state…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has been urged to take concrete action to revise a regulation that allows legislators to…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The past few months have seen the Jakarta administration widen some footpaths in the city's business district, and install…

A boatload of asylum seekers at the centre of a standoff between Australia and Indonesia will be taken to Christmas Island.

While Indonesian…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – As many as 1.7 million local girls and women under the age of 24 give birth annually, with nearly a half a million…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – After a two-month-long investigation, environmental NGO the Hutan Rakyat Institute, says it has found that a "colonial…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The latest government survey has found that the number of Indonesian teenagers who think virginity is important is…

Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta – The Jakarta city administration will be appealing to the Supreme Court to annul the verdict of the State…

Indonesia's economy grew by roughly 6 percent in 2013, but its poverty reduction has nearly stalled with almost half the population living in…