SP/Arnold Sianturi, Medan – A former senior police officer's wife who has been accused of illegal logging has had key items of evidence returned…

A survey by the Indonesian Youth Alliance (API) shows that among younger demographics, Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and State Enterprises…

Pirime, Papua – Members of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) were involved in a one-hour shootout with security personnel in Pirime…

Robert Isidorus & Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Armed separatists exchanged gunfire with Indonesian security forces in Papua on Monday as police…

Malang, East Java – Dozens of disabled people released a thousand birds in front of City Hall in Malang, East Java, on Monday-which…

Sydney – The Sydney-based Australia West Papua Association has issued a statement that thanks the Leichhardt and Marrickville councils for their…

Ainur Rohmah and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Semarang/Surakarta – Commemorating World AIDS Day, which fell on Saturday, Dec. 1, commercial sex workers…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – There were no sightings of the Morning Star separatist flag on Saturday in Papua on the 51st anniversary of the…

Three leaders of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) who were detained at a West Papuan independence rally on December 1 have been allegedly…

Pitan Daslani – The past week has seen an extraordinary escalation in Indonesia's political temperature leading up to the 2014 presidential…

Victims of alleged human rights violations in Indonesia, a country where human rights courts set up in 2000 have yet to convict a single case, are…

SP/Anastasia Winanti – Prabowo Subianto is moving quickly in the race toward the 2014 presidential election. After establishing the Sumitro…

Kanis Dursin – At the age of 82, former Indonesian political detainee Mudjayin wonders if he will ever see justice served.

Back in 2010, he…

Jakarta – Preparations for the 2014 general elections have grown more complicated with a ruling by the Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP)…

Jakarta – Political parties need larger amounts of financial aid from the government to help discourage money politics and transactional politics…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Saturday launched the Jakarta Smart Card initiative, which will grant student holders up to…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta administration's plan to raise the salaries of its civil servants will not be effective in either curbing…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken a firm stand amid demands from labor unionists to end the international perception that…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo said he was just getting started after replacing several senior city officials on Friday in a…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government has completed its final formulation of the rupiah re-denomination bill and is set to submit it to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Recently revealed letters indicate that Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam may have had an ulterior motive in flagging alleged…

Amir Tejo & Vento Saudale, Surabaya/Bogor – The groups with the highest risk of contracting HIV in Indonesia has shifted from commercial sex…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – At daylight, the street outside Tanah Abang railway station is an illegal parking lot. By night, it turns into a…

Nathanael G. Sumaktoyo, Chicago, Illinois – Much has been written about the incoming elementary school curriculum change, mostly concerns about…

Jakarta – There were no sightings of the Morning Star separatist flag on Saturday in Timika, Papua, on the 50th anniversary of the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Police have detained seven people following the attack on the Pirime police subprecinct station in Lanny Jaya…

Jayapura – The separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) called for non-violent actions to free the easternmost provinces from Indonesia as the group…

Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) chairperson Victor Yeimo was arrested by police during a protest action in the Waena area, Heram…

Wijaya Kusuma, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Papuan students from Java and Bali that are part of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) held an action at…

Jakarta – Top government officials have agreed that Indonesia must develop the service sector if the country wants to avoid the middle-income trap…

Leonie Tanggahma – For more than 50 years, the Morning Star Flag has been the symbol of West Papua's unity and its quest for Freedom and Justice.…

In 1975, Jose Ramos-Horta, the then foreign minister of the newly-liberated nation of East Timor, was sent by his country's prime minister to New…

Tom Clarke – Various solidarity gatherings will be held around the world this weekend to mark the 51st anniversary of the first raising of West…

Jakarta – The progress of democracy in the country remains stagnant as some groups and individuals remain in control of the economy and politics,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has formally proposed revisions to existing human rights…

Robert Isidorus & Arientha Primanita, Jayapura – An official with the Free Papua Movement (OPM) claimed responsibility on Friday for the…

A criminal gang, led by a man identified only by the initials RM, is alleged to be behind several attacks on the police in the Papua…

Jayapura – The Papua Police have strengthened security ahead of the Free Papua movement's (OPM) anniversary, which falls on July 1 but…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In a fall from grace, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has failed to appear on Forbes magazine's 2012 list of the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A House of Representatives' lawmaker has visited the family of Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and apologized for…

Jakarta – The issuance of new lending regulations by the central bank last week will result in fiercer competition to extend loans to local small…

Oyos Saroso H.N, Bandar Lampung – An increasing number of illegal occupants at the Register 45 area in Mesuji regency, Lampung, is hindering work…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Less than two weeks after the resignation of Justice Achmad Yamanie, allegedly for forging a document, the Supreme…

Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi says that more than a thousand civil servants working for regional administrations have been punished or…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A number of business associations from several regions are preparing to file a lawsuit against the regulation governing…

House Speaker Marzuki Alie is criticizing the Berlin-based Indonesian Students Association (PPI), saying that the group has ridiculed…

Indonesia ranks first among 23 lower-middle-income countries in establishing effective limits on governmental power, a recent report has said.…

Jakarta – Research conducted by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) found that local values impede women's progression and participation…

Jakarta – Hundreds of residents of Kampung Sawah in Cilincing, North Jakarta, staged a rowdy protest on Jl. Raya Cakung in Cilincing on Wednesday…

Ezra Sihite – Efforts to oust Vice President Boediono have hit another snag, with only two lawmakers on a key House of Representatives committee…