Ezra Sihite – Thinking of a career in the legislature? Gerindra Party announced on Monday that it was looking for candidates seeking…

Jakarta – Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo, the main suspect in a graft case centering on a driving simulators procurement project, has been…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – As the government points to the rising investment in the hydrocarbon industry this year, Indonesia's future oil and gas…

Agus Rahmat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) criticized Timor-Leste's stated threat to arrest Rosalia Marshal (aka "Hercules") by…

The West Papua Advocacy Team is deeply concerned about the Government of Indonesia's unilateral decision to restrict the planned visit of the…

Charlotte Greenfield – Baby Rivona is a 45-year-old mother of two who lives in Jakarta. She is a busy woman. As well as caring for her 3-year-old…

SP/Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The lenient punishment handed down on former ruling-party politician Angelina Sondakh has drawn criticism from…

Just ahead of the landmark 100th day in office, Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proven how difficult it is to manage the metropolitan…

Farouk Arnaz & Banjir Ambarita – A gunman shot at a member of the Indonesian Armed Forces and a civilian at a market in Puncak Jaya, Papua, on…

Ezra Sihite & SP/Lona Olivia – The relatively light jail sentence for graft convict Angelina Sondakh was a slap on the wrist that will set a…

A network of women's and human rights organizations has called upon women living in the Aceh city of Lhokseumawe to ignore a bylaw banning female…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jayapura – Consumer protection activists have pushed the government to immediately require cigarette manufacturers to put…

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Haris Ashar says that the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Antigraft activists decried the lenient jail sentence given to Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh, saying the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Less than two months after it selected its chairman, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Many people took it as a joke when rumors began circulating that Democratic Party…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), publicly perceived as tolerant to polygamy, sacked one of its provincial…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – Transportation experts and activists have attacked Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to construct six new…

KPU Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Representatives of major political parties that have passed verification by the General Election Commission…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In an anticlimactic end to a graft trial, the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday sentenced…

Tito Summa Siahaan – In the latest blow to the national government's push to tighten mining industry regulations, the Supreme Court announced on…

Nick Sheridan – It's the hungry season in East Timor, that time of year when food from last year's crops has run out and the next harvest is yet…

Timika – An unidentified gunman shot dead a civilian and seriously injured a soldier in Indonesia's restive Papua province on Thursday…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Indonesian Ulema Council wants to prevent mass services from taking pla on public streets, calling the practice…

Jess Melvin, Melbourne – Since Monday (Jan. 7), women in Lhokseumawe, the once bustling oil town on Aceh's east coast, have been asked to refrain…

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – People who argue that approving a smaller number of political parties to field candidates in the next election is good for…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Amid heightened tension in the South China Sea and military build up in the region, Defense Ministry officials will…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Former beauty queen-turned-politician Angelina Sondakh received only a four-and-a-half-year jail term…

Bandung – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) member Muhammad Asep Abdurahman, aka Utep, on Thursday began his trial at the Bandung District…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Anti-tobacco organizations have expressed concern that the tobacco control regulation will do little to wean the…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Bandarlampung Mayor Herman HN has banned Tribun Lampung from covering his activities, claiming he was humiliated…

In order to find out the factors affecting the rise of prostitution in Timor-Leste Parliamentary Commission F and the Women in…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the international standard pilot-project schools…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – With only a small number of political parties contesting the 2014 legislative election, there will only be minor…

Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta – What makes a guy horny? In Aceh, it's women straddling motorbikes!

It seems that, like psychologists, Acehnese…

The governments of Timor-Leste and Indonesia have temporarily closed off movement through the Naktuka Border Crossing, in the Subdistrict of…

Jakarta – In a bid to combat the practice of bribing in the form of sex, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to…

Ayi Yufridar, Lhokseumawe, Indonesia – Authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province are pressing ahead with a proposed Islamic law that would ban…

Unconfirmed reports from local activists and credible human rights observers in Paniai have claimed that 13 houses have been burnt down as sweep…

Bagus BT Saragih, Bogor, West Java – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi has revealed that thousands of Indonesian men with multiple wives have…

The head of Indonesia's most influential Islamic organization has come out in support of a bylaw banning female passengers from straddling…

Falintil-FDTL Commander, Major General Lere Anan Timor, says that he does not agree with former supporters of autonomy with Indonesia returning to…

Ronna Nirmala – Indonesia will pay more attention to human rights violations this year because the United Nations will assess the country's…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An alliance of labor unions in North Sumatra said that they would return to the streets in the immediate future and file…

SP/Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The national polling body has confirmed that the nine parties at the House of Representatives and one new party…

Margareth S. Aritonang – Golkar Party advisory board chief Akbar Tandjung will be told to stop publicly attacking Golkar chief Aburizal Bakrie to…

Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) has failed to meet its Monday deadline for announcing the list of political parties eligible to…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government is promoting a decree that requires local governments to formulate local regulations, including…

Bagus BT Saragih, Bogor, West Java – The government has warned against escalating tensions this year with violent, communal conflicts remaining…

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo placed third in the 2012 World Mayor Prize after Iqaki Azkuna Mayor of Bilbao in Spain and Lisa…