The foreign ministers of Japan and East Timor agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in developing basic infrastructure in the…

Bobby Anderson – Under Papua's 2001 Special Autonomy Law, the majority of Papua's natural resource wealth is returned to the province. The law was…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A group of civilians raised the banned Morning Star (Bintang Kejora) flag in Kampung Wandenggobak, Mulia, Puncak…

Jerry Omona, Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement allegedly raised the Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag to commemorate the independence…

Tim Mann – Television, air conditioning, internet, karaoke, maids. These are not luxuries one would normally associate with Indonesian's maligned…

Kate Walton – In Indonesia, where same-sex marriage is illegal and homosexuality generally frowned upon, a group of young lesbians are discussing…

Dominic Berger – On the night of 22 March 2011, bricks smashed the windows of a McDonald's branch in Makassar – A note was left by the attackers…

Antje Missbach and Frieda Sinanu – On 28 February 2012, Taqi Nekoyee, a young man from Afghanistan died in the Pontianak immigration detention…

Andy Fuller – Suharto's portrait is commonly seen on the streets of Yogyakarta – It appears on the back of trucks, motorcycles and, less…

Jakarta – The Democratic Party has approved the membership of former Indonesian Army chief Gen. (ret.) Pramono Edhie Wibowo, who is also the…

Jakarta – Antigraft activists are urging the House of Representatives to not pass the mass organizations bill into law as it would…

Permitting local authorities to act as the de facto agents of religious extremists sends a dangerous and destabilizing message that majority…

Jakarta – Legal experts have called on the judiciary to use the principle of shifting the burden of proof in all courts, especially for trials of…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission on Tobacco Control (KNPT) alleged on Friday that the deliberation of the tobacco bill at the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Speaker Marzuki Alie, the Democratic Party's Edhie Baskara Yudhoyono and the Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS)…

Jakarta – It appears that for some suspects in high-profile graft cases, allegedly abusing their power in office runs alongside their polygamous…

Jakarta – A human rights activist says that the water throwing incident that recently took place during a TV discussion was a blatant…

Jakarta – The government has promised to remove all the permits deemed to have hampered investment activities both in the manufacturing sector and…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A study by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found that the number of cases of…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The bill on mass organizations was vital to protect Indonesia from foreign intervention, House of…

The Dili District Court (TDD) has sentenced police officer Mariano da Silva to 16 years jail after finding him guilty of shooting dead…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Ardy Laplante had his first sexual thoughts as a 12-year-old boy watching a shirtless man cleaning the mosque near…

Dessy Aswim – The credibility and accuracy of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent claim to have lifted nine million people out of poverty…

Ben Bland – Lunch with Prabowo Subianto, the former special forces commander who is running to be president of Indonesia, was never destined to be…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – An new opinion poll by the state-run Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has found that the Prosperous Justice…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The families of the four men, who were murdered by members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) at Cebongan…

More than half of Indonesians say they are unhappy with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership performance, adding to the weight of…

Dessy Sagita – Police in Riau say they have arrested a total of 18 people for starting fires in Riau that led to the worst air pollution in the…

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) spokesman Munarman threw water over sociologist Thamrin Amal Tamagola during a morning talk show aired by…

A spokesman for the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threw a glass of tea over a fellow TV talkshow panelist on Friday morning and later said "I'm…

The Indonesian government denied accusations of a conspiracy to oust Shiite Muslims from the conflict-prone district of Sampang, Madura Island,…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Nearly $1 billion in funds intended for social aid programs was misused by just two government ministries, a government…

Lambertus Pekikir, the leader of Free Papua Movement's (OPM) military wing, the Papua Liberation Army Front (TPN) said that the…

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) warns of politicians bribing journalists ahead of the 2014 general elections to write…

Diska Putri Pamungkas – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's much-publicized tree-planting campaign in a Bali mangrove forest on Wednesday was…

Opposition lawmakers have branded the government's temporary direct cash assistance program as mere pork barrelling, as ministers with no…

SP/Robertus Wardi – With his popularity steadily skyrocketing, political analysts have said that Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo is considered the…

Sri Wahyuni and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Twelve members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of killing four detainees at a…

Dili – Timor-Leste is on track to post growth of 9.5% in 2013 the strongest rate in the Pacific region but some downside risks for the economy…

Jakarta – The political system in Indonesia is controlled by a capitalist oligarchy. This group represents a handful of individuals who use…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court decided on Tuesday to proceed with the class-action lawsuit over the privatization of the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – For the second time in a row, the House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to endorse the controversial mass…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of an Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ambition to make the country self-sufficient in beef, among other main…

A West Papua rebel leader has claimed responsibility for the killing of three Indonesian soldiers.

The claim was made by a…

Police on Tuesday expressed surprise that prosecutors only demanded a six-month prison sentence for gang leader Hercules Rozario Marshall despite…

Kasparman Piliang, Pekanbaru, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities have arrested eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island to clear…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry launched the 12-year compulsory education program on Tuesday, officially named…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After busting politicians from almost every major political party for graft, the Corruption Eradication Commission (…

Rizky Amelia – Antigraft investigators raided the central bank on Tuesday as part of a widening probe into alleged irregularities in the Rp 6.7…