The National Police top brass waded into a row in Semarang on Thursday after 50 officers from its specialist unit, the Mobile Brigade…

The national police confirmed on Thursday that it set up a special task force to investigate the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for…

Robertus Wardi, Ezra Sihite & Carlos K.Y. Paath – The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front is a registered body that can be disbanded if it…

Jakarta – A survey published on Tuesday has found that the internet has alienated voters who have political efficacy and high interest in politics…

The Timorese police threatened to shoot the group of asylum seekers then misled them to get them to leave on a boat to Indonesia, according to one…

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sydney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966. In the…

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Four candidates for the National Police chief position, including a former adjutant of President…

Robertus Wardi – Officials in Jakarta have lashed out at the Aceh administration for its insistence on flying the flag of a now-disbanded…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia may face another downturn in its economy as the slowdown in foreign investment would likely continue at…

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sidney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966. In…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Headlines – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has won this year's Ramon Magsaysay award, which…

Jakarta – The latest Indonesian Ombudsman report has found that five ministries could be rife with corruption as indicated by low quality public…

Hotman Siregar – A fatal MetroMini bus accident on Tuesday has led to calls for the Jakarta city administration to take over the long-running…

SP/Mikael Niman – Prosecutors demanded a three-month sentence for a man who threatened to kill the pastor of Bekasi's embattled HKBP Filadelfia…

The Pacific Freedom Forum has condemned the confiscation of a magazine by police in Indonesia's Papua province.

Local police…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Chairman of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, has apologized to the…

Novianti Setuningsih & Ezra Sihite – A hard-line Islamic organization has apologized for causing the death of a motorist arising from its…

Angela Buensuceso – Ask the chief executive of one of the country's largest banks what it takes for a woman to excel in the workplace and the…

Jakarta – More than half of voters are confused about the current political situation. A survey by the Soegeng Sarjadi School of Government…

SP/Anastasia Winanti R – Disgraced Garut district head Aceng Fikri has filed to run for a vacant seat on Indonesia's Regional Representatives…

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) came under another round of scathing attacks this week in the wake of the latest…

Jakarta – On the occasion of the National Children's Day on July 23, the Indonesian people were urged to protect children and fulfill their basic…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Novianti Setuningsih & Rizky Amelia, Jakarta/Malang – As people across the country marked National Children's Day on…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Major political parties have jointly attacked Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for conducting another of…

Jakarta – Nielsen Indonesia on Wednesday said the Indonesian middle class topped the global consumer index in the second quarter of…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs have joined forces to block an attempt from lawyer and former law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza…

Carlos Paath & Ezra Sihite – Any mass organization that engages in violence and vandalism should be brought to justice, a senior government…

A central government plan to allow Madura Island's persecuted Shiites to return home from exile in Sidoarjo, East Java, hinges on the proposal's…

The Pacific Freedom Forum says police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and…

Angela Dewan, Lhokseumawe – As the sun sets over Aceh province on the westernmost tip of Indonesia and the call to prayer blares from mosque…

Police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and must be condemned, says the Pacific Freedom…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A former bouncer at Hugo's Cafe, Joko Kurniawan, said there were more than four people involved in the assault and…

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – With less than one year left for the government to achieve self-sufficiency by 2014, failure is already in sight. But,…

The United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR, says it's concerned about the welfare of a group of asylum seekers stranded on a remote island in…

Baradan Kuppusamy, Kuala Lumpur – With a propensity to devour everything in their path and spiral quickly out of control, leaving behind swathes…

Jakarta – Dozens of people grouped under a group known as Kendal Community Solidarity for the victims of the Islamic Defenders Front (…

Jakarta – The cashier at the meat import company PT Indoguna Utama, Pudji Rahayu Arminingrum, has confirmed that the company paid Rp 98 million (…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Antigraft investigators have confirmed that the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($663 million) bailout of Bank Century in…

Yuliasri Perdani and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – A day after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged zero tolerance against vigilante groups…

Farouk Arnaz – A man wearing a black mask and a white vest emblazoned with the logo of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stormed through…

Program Coordinator of the women's political organization Caucus, Paula Corte Real said they do not have programs to prepare women to participate…

Human Rights Watch has voiced alarm at the implications for West Papua from a new law in Indonesia giving the government wide powers to shut down…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives have called on the government to take action against the hard-line Islam…

Ezra Sihite & Carlos Paath – The government should use a recently-passed law on mass organizations to disband the hard-line Islamic Defenders…

Yeremia Sukoyo & Usmin, Jakarta/Bengkulu – The advent of regional autonomy more than a decade ago has given rise to highly corrupt local…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The 2013 national curriculum may end up being changed sooner than expected with two major political parties, deemed…

Jakarta – The 1945 Constitution should be amended to better protect media freedom, a scholar says.

Wikrama Iryans Abidin, a former Press…

Vice President of the 12 November Commission Rogerio Castro da Cruz said the government's plan to build a monument in Santa Cruz hasn't been…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators' probe into graft allegations levied against disgraced Democratic…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has lambasted the General Elections Commission (KPU) for…