Yuliasri Perdani and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives have criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono'…

A member of the Islamic Defenders Front has received a three-and-a-half-month prison sentence for vandalizing a mosque run by…

Tangerang – About 300 workers from the Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions Congress (KASBI) distributed information on new minimum…

The world's third-largest paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper said on Tuesday it had stopped using logs from Indonesia's natural forests, after…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Siti Hartati Tjakra Murdaya, once one of Indonesia's richest women, cried on Monday, as the Jakarta Corruption Court…

Jakarta – Environmental activists urged the government to drop its plan to boost coal exports from Kalimantan, as it would not only contribute to…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Cases of religious and ethnic intolerance across West Java are due to a lack of religious awareness, with such cases…

The governments of East Timor and Thailand last week signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in exploration and…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Ahmadiyah Indonesia Congregation (JAI) is calling on the government to restore the rights of its members,…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A new public opinion poll released on Sunday shows that the job approval rating for President Susilo Bambang…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – Violence remains rampant in Papua as two civilians were attacked by unidentified people in two different areas.

Zakir Hussain – The world's largest Muslim organization, with some 40 million followers, marked its 87th anniversary with a musical ensemble and a…

Rizky Amelia – Give a Singaporean school student a three-tier test on any subject, and 95 times out of 100 they will be able to answer the…

SP/Carlos Paath, Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – It was with great fanfare that Anis Matta was appointed the new president of the Prosperous…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Islamic United Development Party (PPP) has continued to make overtures to a number of fringe groups in the country in an…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In a country where conspiracy theories are alive and well, pointing your finger to a clandestine…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto is concerned that despite…

Daniella White & Eileen McInnes – The year 2012 was a turbulent time for minority rights in Indonesia. Incidents of violence, sometimes…

More than 7,000 people have signed an online petition demanding the National Police Chief and South Sumatra Police release an activist arrested…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia suffered its first ever annual trade deficit in 2012 as shipments to most of the country's major trading…

Members of Parliament used the number of roads unrepaired and in a bad condition as an example to highlight what they say is poor and…

House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie has said that he supports a recommendation for the Indonesian Ulema Council to issue a haram edict,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The embattled Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) appointed its secretary-general, Anis Matta, as its new leader on…

According to the Ministry of Education unemployment amongst educated people, some of whom have qualified overseas, is on a par with the…

The Council of Minsters has decided to maintain the ban on martial arts groups after it decided they could cause conflict for another year.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police have downplayed a report claiming them to be complicit in attacks against religious minorities in…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – With a number of top politicians accused of being implicated in graft, the Corruption…

Ezra Sihite – The newly-appointed chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party, Anis Matta, said on Friday that the naming of the party's former…

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Activists rallied in Surakarta, Central Java, on Thursday, calling on the Home Ministry to remove regional…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – After admitting to having made a mistake in recommending "rape joke" judge Muhammad Daming Sunusi for "fit-and-proper"…

The arrest and detention of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq not only shocked the party members but also surprised…

Farouk Arnaz – Police in Indonesia's restive Papua province are searching for a man who shot a motorcycle driver in the neck on…

Jakarta – Although Indonesia's economic fundamentals remain among the strongest in Asia, "political noise" ahead of the 2014 elections may affect…

Those jaded by the incessant string of politicians arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) may take heart in the latest scandal,…

Wahyu Sudoyo – The recent floods in Jakarta and surrounding areas are estimated to have caused Rp 32 trillion ($3.3 billion) in losses.

"The…

The high-profile graft scandal that shook the nation's largest Islamic party was first picked up by the media in 2011, when Tempo magazine ran a…

Rabby Pramudatama and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party (…

According to statistics from the UN agency and UNICEF, malnutrition in Timor-Leste has risen to 58 percent. These figures show that Timor-Leste is…

Competitive, credible, and fair local elections in Jakarta and the province of West Kalimantan in 2012 underscored the ongoing transition from…

Jakarta – In the latest damning assessment of religious freedom in Indonesia, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlighted the…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – An expert urges the Yogyakarta administration to take necessary steps to stop "thesis writing" workshops and their…

Hayat Indriyatno – Thousands of years' worth of carbon stored in Indonesia's peat forests is being released at an alarming rate as a result of…

Jakarta – The Press Council is calling for a rethink of the draft state secrets bill that has been given priority on the House of Representatives…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has removed the official in charge of Marunda low-cost apartments in North…

Dion Bisara – Rising consumer income in Indonesia has prompted citizens to shop till they drop and spend more on discretionary goods and services…

The Indonesian authorities must ensure accountability for human rights violations by the police in South Sumatra province and conduct a thorough…

Indonesia's growing regional prominence is being held back by the government's failure to confront intolerance of the country's diverse political…

Jakarta – In what could be seen as an effort to squeeze votes out of devout Muslims, the Islamist United Development Party (PPP) has declared…

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Great Indonesian Movement Party says that there is still a chance that it would form a coalition with Megawati Sukarnoputri's…

Twenty three farmers and three activists of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) have been arrested in connection with…