SP/Hotman Siregar – A group supporting Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's presidential candidacy has officially set itself up as a formal…

Batam – Timor Leste's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri, who is now the country's economic attache, visited the Batam Free Trade…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government received an award from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented to recognize its consistent…

It was perhaps the worst possible time for officials in Surabaya to host students from two US universities hoping to learn about pluralism and…

Batam – An expert on Saturday accused the government of not being serious about increasing export growth from non-oil and gas products…

Rizky Amelia – A leading antigraft watchdog has highlighted corruption in Indonesia's natural resources sector as an "unlimited" font of ill-…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Muslim and human rights groups called on National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to revoke a 2005 ban on hijabs in…

A number of protesters and police officers, as well as two journalists, were reportedly injured as rallies against the proposed fuel price hike…

Fitri Bintang Timur, Singapore – Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is often said to be the Che Guevara of the country. His charisma and…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The situation in Tembagapura mile 74, a Freeport Indonesia mining area, is reported to be quiet again…

Bayu Marhaenjati & SP/Bernadus Wijayaka – Jakarta Police shut down access to the Jakata-Tangerang toll road Monday morning as labor unions…

Singapore – Air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia rose to unhealthy levels on Monday thanks to illegal forest clearing in Indonesia, prompting…

Serui – Following a number of violent incidents that have occurred in Yapen Island, the security forces have conduced sweepings along the coast…

Woodwing Importer – Djoko Santoso, the former military chief of staff, has thrown his hat into the ring for next year's presidential election,…

Farouk Arnaz & Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – High ranking police officers and reinforcements arrived at the Papuan highland town of Oksibil on…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is calling on the government to ratify ILO Convention No. 189 on…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A mob armed with machetes and arrows stormed a police district headquarters in Pegunungan Bintang, setting the…

Index: ASA 21/020/2013

The Indonesian government must take immediate steps to better protect its domestic workers in the country and…

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia was Sunday shrouded with haze from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra causing "unhealthy" levels…

Fadli, Batam – An expert on Saturday accused the government of not being serious about increasing export growth from non-oil and gas…

Hans Nicholas Jong – Four factions at the House of Representatives have officially rejected the government's plan to directly distribute financial…

Jakarta – The International Labor Organization, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and local NGOs want the government and industry to put a…

A number of NGOs grouped under the Coalition against Forestry Mafia reported on Friday five alleged cases of graft in the natural…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The country's oldest Islamic party has a bee in its bonnet about a prohibition on female police officers wearing an…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) have become the latest to jump on the bandwagon of Joko Widodo…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said on Friday that if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided to remove one of the…

Jakarta – A group of indigenous people said the government should apologize for neglecting their rights following the Constitutional Court ruling…

Camelia Pasandaran – The last vestige of one Indonesia's oldest and largest Jewish communities is now just a pile of rubble.

Beth Shalom in…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – After receiving approval from legislators to increase the price of subsidized fuel this month, the government plans…

PT Freeport Indonesia workers called off a strike planned for today that would have halted maintenance at the world's biggest copper mine, after…

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is planning to discuss the topics of trade, border security and extradition during his three-day…

Angela Macdonald-Smith – The Timor Sea has never been famed for offering oil and gas operators smooth sailing over the years.

However East…

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, who leads popularity polls for Indonesia's presidential election next year, affirmed his allegiance to the party of…

Hayat Indriyatno & Diska Putri Pamungkas – Environmental activists have responded with alarm to new data showing Indonesia has the third-…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) claimed on Wednesday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono kicked the party out of the…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – A recent report released by a number of NGOs grouped under the Coalition against Forestry Mafia claimed that…

Farouk Arnaz – Despite questioning 15 police officers as witnesses in the graft case of the "trillion rupiah cop," First Adj. Insp. Labora Sitorus…

A grass-roots campaign to snuff out Indonesia's ubiquitous tobacco advertising is gaining traction online as thousands of anti-smoking advocates…

Natasia Christy Wahyuni – A prominent physicist has decried the country's new school curriculum as being scant on science, in the latest criticism…

A journalist in Indonesia's Papua province says yesterday's student rally was forcibly broken up by police who are currently searching…

A demonstration by dozens of students from Cenderawasih University calling for West Papua to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group was…

Damien McElroy – Benny Wenda, a 38-year-old exile from the Pacific territory of West Papua, has recently opened an office on the Cowley Road for…

A NGO wants the government to scrap its plan to introduce mandatory military service, which could burden the state budget.

"The…

Amir Tedjo, Surabaya – A small group of religious hard-liners backed up by police disrupted an interfaith dialogue on Tuesday night, claiming that…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Amid speculation that Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri could still…

Jayapura – The former chairman of the KNPB (National Committee of West Papua), Buchtar Tabuni, has been released after being…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – The police forcibly dispersed a student mass rally held in front of Cendrawasih University campus in Waena…

Jacob Zenn, Jakarta – Driven by strong exports and buoyant domestic markets, Indonesia is projected to be among the world's top 10 economies by…

Bambang Muryanto and Yuliasri Perdani, Yogyakarta/Jakarta – The Yogyakarta military prosecutors are keeping the public in the dark on the prison…

Asian universities have gained significant ground on their Western counterparts and could overtake them within two decades, but Indonesian…