Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Mahfud MD, who announced on Wednesday that he would not throw his hat in the ring for another…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Lawmakers are garnering support for a no-confidence motion against Vice President Boediono with…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang/Jakarta – Although the dust from the persecution of minority Shiite Muslims in Sampang, Madura, has not settled,…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation obliging political parties to spend at least 60 percent of assistance funds…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Industry Minister MS Hidayat said on Friday that he supported a plan of top businesspeople to challenge Jakarta…

Fadli and Arya Dipa, Batam/Bandung – Employers in Batam, Riau Islands Province, have voiced plans to boycott the implementation of the new minimum…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Workers continued staging rallies on Thursday with many thousands taking to the streets demanding the government and…

Camelia Pasandaran – The National Commission on Violence Against Women says the number of bylaws in Indonesia that discriminate against women is…

Bruce Gale – Political polling in Indonesia, say seasoned observers, has little to do with determining voter preferences. Rather, the surveys…

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesian lawmakers threatened on Friday to freeze the budget for reforestation projects if President Susilo Bambang…

Shopping malls, office buildings and other public places in Jakarta will have to provide new mothers with a "breast-feeding corner"…

The Indonesian Air Force has denied allegations that its soldiers physically abused photojournalists covering a demonstration in Palembang, South…

Ronna Nirmala – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) distributed registration forms to volunteers willing to wage jihad against Israel at…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Sampang, East Java – Members of the beleaguered minority Shiite Muslim community of…

Indonesia has rejected a request for an increase in beef import quotas, an industry group said on Friday, urging the government to reconsider its…

During the commemoration of International Day to End Impunity on Friday, the human rights watchdog Institute for Research and Advocacy (Elsam) had…

John Gibb – New Zealand could improve the "critical" human rights situation in West Papua by pursuing the peacemaking role that proved…

Under the authoritarian rule of Suharto and during the transition period, Indonesia has experienced a range of conflicts marked by serious human…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The condition of infrastructure development in Indonesia is currently in a state of emergency and the government…

Paris – The Minister of Education of Timor Leste, Benito dos Santos Fleitas, highlighted on Friday at the Unesco headquarters the…

Havana – East Timor's Education minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas underscored Cuba's cooperation with his country in the fields of…

Catherine McGrath & staff – East Timor's Finance Minister wants her country and other post-conflict nations around the world to…

Australia is ending its security mission in East Timor, six years after sending troops to restore stability.

The Australian-led…

Australia has quietly ended its military mission in East Timor, with the flag officially lowered on the 13-year deployment at a ceremony in Dili…

As the sun rises in East Timor this morning, Australian troops stationed there will begin packing up and pulling out. The Australian-led…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – A new report published by the United Nations (UN) shows that Indonesia has suffered a setback in its campaign…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Lawmakers, especially those from opposition parties, have renewed their efforts to impeach…

SP/Muhammad Hamzah, Banda Aceh – The military's top officer in Aceh has objected to calls to use the flag of a defunct separatist group as the…

Farouk Arnaz – A pastor was found dead on a street in Merauke, Papua, on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to her head.

The…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – The 2013 minimum wage set for workers in Jakarta is considered too high by employers, who fear that it may backfire…

SP/Adi Marsiela, Bandung – In the wake of Jakarta's 44 percent minimum wage hike, West Java has approved an increase in the minimum wage levels of…

The government has issued a much-anticipated regulation that limits outsourcing to five types of jobs: security, cleaning services,…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Ainur Rohmah, Jakarta/Semarang – Thousands of workers went on strike in cities across the country in opposition to national…

Indonesia's Constitutional Court granted greater power to local administrations to designate areas for mining by amending some articles in the…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, SP/Fuska Sani & SP/Mikael Niman – A 44 percent rise in the Jakarta minimum wage has prompted a major employer…

John McBeth – When I picked up a newspaper the other morning and read that Golkar was considering former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as…

Jakarta – Mustaqim, 44, was waiting for his turn to be examined at the Tebet community health center (puskesmas) in South Jakarta over the weekend…

Fadli and Nurni K. Sulaiman, Batam/N. Penajam Paser, E. Kalimantan – A demonstration to raise the minimum wage in Surabaya, East Java, turned…

Andreas D. Arditya and Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Tuesday that the 2013 provincial minimum…

Ronna Nirmala – Tired of years of mismanagement and costly, but ineffective, cleanup efforts, Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday formally named two former deputy…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Loopholes in existing laws have helped state officials in several regions to maintain their strategic position…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The ministers whose officials were implicated in the budget-fixing scheme revealed by…

Indonesian Air Force soldiers allegedly attacked two journalists in Palembang, smashing equipment and choking one reporter as they attempted to…

Jakarta – Thousands of people staged a peaceful demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to show support for Palestine during Car-Free…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Police are determined to seriously tackle rampant corruption practice in the Papau and West Papua provinces…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's antigraft body announced on Tuesday two new suspects in the Bank Century bailout scandal.

"Two Bank…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Anticipating that their long fight for recognition from the Jakarta administration may come to an end, a group of…

Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has decided to follow up a proposal for an international anti-blasphemy…

Bandung – West Java gubernatorial candidate Ahmad "Aher" Heryawan and running mate Deddy Mizwar are the most popular pair for the province's top…