Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A plan to name a main thoroughfare in the heart of Jakarta after former President Suharto has drawn both support and…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Novianti Setuningsi – A man said to be a close aide to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been implicated in…

Jakarta – Intelligence, military and high-ranking police figures, both retired and active, have gathered at Hotel Borobudur in…

National – House of Representatives Commission X member Reni Marlinawatin said the Miss World pageant, set to take place in Bali in…

Fransisca Ria Susan, Jakarta – The kidnappings, forced disappearances and killing of more than 1 million Indonesians between 1965-1967 were not a…

Rebekah Kebede, Perth – East Timor is offering to invest $800 million to build a pipeline to take gas from the Timor Sea to the tiny nation, as it…

Indonesia's religious affairs minister has called for the Miss World beauty pageant to be cancelled, as opposition in the Muslim-majority country…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Hundreds of Metro Mini (minibus) drivers staged another violent protest in front of City Hall, airing a number of…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially inaugurated Gen. Moeldoko and Lt. Gen. Budiman as the new Indonesian Military…

National – The House of Representatives celebrated on Thursday its 68th anniversary with a dismal legislative record and poor…

The People of Timor-Leste once again commemorate 30 August as the 14th anniversary of the popular consultation (1999-2013). This historic day lead…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Residents of the Karang Anyar village in Langsa denied reports that a drunken mob had beaten Shariah police as they…

In a rare show of unity, Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has joined the National Commission on Violence Against Women in the chorus…

East Timor is offering to invest $800 million to build a pipeline to take gas from the Timor Sea to the tiny nation, as it makes a new pitch to…

As people around the world mark the International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International calls on the Indonesian President to stop delaying…

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and several other labour associations have emphatically rejected the issuance of a…

inda Yulisman/Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as part of the government's efforts to avert further massive layoffs…

Timor-Leste is reported to be offering to bankroll construction of a new pipeline to export gas from the Timor Sea in a renewed effort to kick-…

Joel Magarey – West Papuans who attended a church meeting to pray for Australian activists sailing towards West Papua in a "Freedom Flotilla" have…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) urged leaders of the country's law enforcement agencies to improve…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Ridwan Hakim, son of Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chief patron Hilmi Aminuddin, thumbed his nose at the Jakarta…

AWPA has written an open letter to the PIF leaders asking that they discuss the human rights situation in West Papua at the upcoming Pacific…

Yuli Krisna, Novy Lumanauw & Robertus Wardi, Sumedang, West Java/Jakarta – Need a land or birth certificate? Or a driver's license or car…

Ezequiel Freitas – Fretilin bench MP Leonel Marcal said on 30 August 1999, 14 years ago, all Timorese closed their homes and went out to vote and…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo confirmed on Wednesday that he would not move the Christian head of the Lenteng Agung…

Indonesian police in Sorong, West Papua, yesterday arrested four leading Papuan customary leaders for organising a welcome celebration and prayer…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Mid-ranking Golkar Party members are increasingly nervous about presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie's low popularity…

Marni Cordell – A West Papuan political prisoner serving three years in jail for treason was offered a pardon by the Indonesian government if he…

Ethan Harfenist – Director Joshua Oppenheimer will make his acclaimed documentary on Indonesia's 1965 communist purge "The Act of Killing,"…

Jayapura – In a recent statement, the Chief of Police of Indonesia, Inspector-Commissioner Muhamad Tito Karnavian said that the ships taking part…

Marni Cordell – Indonesia officially acquired West Papua in 1969, after a sham ballot on independence in which only a handful of the local…

aulina Quintao – The Secretary of State for Professional Training Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) has set the minimum wage at $115 per month but…

Activists in the Indonesian province of West Papua have gathered to show support for the boatload of Australian activists due to…

Manokwari – Although controversy is still raging about the Freedom Flotilla which has a number of Papuan activists on board, a group of Papuans…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesia must make the most of its high level relationship with the US, which was marked by new commitments on…

Jakarta – Around 100 people staged a protest in front of the Lenteng Agung sub-district office in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, on…

Hans Nicholas Jong/Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Former member of the House of Representatives (DPR) budgetary committee and graft convict…

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The mark-up in the contracts for government projects could be nearly half of the projects' real…

Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla says he disagrees with a proposal to ban government officials from playing golf as part of…

Palembang, South Sumatra – Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Moeldoko said Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed personnel to avoid oil…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Banjir Ambarita & Yeremia Sukoyo – The new chief of Indonesia's armed forces was sworn in on Tuesday following…

As the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua continues its epic journey north towards Indonesian occupied West Papua, solidarity actions were held…

This morning the Freedom Flotilla to West People received communications from protest rallies organisers in West Papua yesterday, with reports…

Zulfi Suhendra, Jakarta – A number of companies and industrial zones have been included as Indonesian National Vital Objects (OVNI) in the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A government human rights official has joined Islamic organizations in calling for the Miss World contest scheduled for…

Apriadi Gunawan, Samosir – Millions of hectares of customary territories in Indonesia reportedly have yet to be mapped, which could potentially…

Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha demanded Indonesian economist Faisal Basri provide evidence to back up his claims that the president…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia & Novianti Setuningsih – The antigraft agency should widen its investigation into the awarding of…

Yuliasri Perdani and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After a survey by the country's leading newspaper Kompas showed that Governor Joko "Jokowi…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The public considers vote-buying a normal phenomenon, the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) found ahead of Thursday's…