Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Politicians are questioning why Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam has reported officials from three ministries to the…

Bogor – In an attempt to reduce school clashes and develop character building among senior high students, the Jakarta Police are…

Jakarta – Victims of human rights abuses and rights advocacy groups are pushing the government to formally admit past human rights violations and…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Heavy downpours around the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta somewhat dampened the jubilation of…

Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama lashed out at the capital's education agency in a video posted to YouTube, giving the agency an…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Ignoring complaints from the business sector, the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry has issued a controversial…

Salim Osman – Two recent opinion polls caused a stir in Indonesia when they predicted that none of the major Islamic political parties would…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia & Ronna Nirmala – Politicians and antigraft activists have been left scratching their heads over claims…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A state budget watchdog suspects there have been irregularities in the disbursement of Rp 63 billion (US$6.54 million…

Nurdin Hasan & Farouk Arnaz – Banda Aceh – Police in Aceh have blamed the leader of a supposedly heretical religious group for a brutal mob…

Hotli Simanjuntak – Three people were killed and nine others injured when a sectarian attack broke out at Jambo Dalam village in Peulimbang…

Jakarta – A new survey published on Sunday revealed that most people do not want their children or future children to work as lawmakers due to the…

Hundreds of Indonesian Muslim students protested in Jakarta Sunday against fresh Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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Jakarta – Like any other citizen in the country, celebrities are granted a constitutional right to run for a political position. Yet many question…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Muhamad Al Azhari – The Jakarta government is set to increase the monthly minimum wage by 44 percent in the nation's…

Indonesian lawmakers' working visit to Germany to learn about engineering legislation is expected to be met with hostility from…

Jakarta – Nurul Arifin, a Golkar lawmaker at House Commission II on regional autonomy, says the House will summon Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi to…

Jayapura, KNPBnews – In their continuous efforts to destroy the legitimate movement of the people of West Papua who are fighting for their rights…

Indonesians with an appetite for beef may find themselves out of luck this month, as skyrocketing meat prices have caused several vendors to close…

Rangga Prakoso & Rizky Amelia – Analysts have blamed the recent string of terrorism-related violence in Central Sulawesi's Poso district on…

Pitan Daslani – The dissolution of oil and gas regulator BPMigas by the Constitutional Court this week highlighted the weakness of Indonesia's…

Jimmy Ellingham – South of Dili, East Timor's hot, dry and dusty capital, a narrow pot-holed road snakes its way over the hills.

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A 46-minute video showing Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama getting tough on public works officials has gone viral on YouTube,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A minister is rejecting claims made by the United Nations high commissioner on human rights that the government…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Experts have said that a human rights-based approach was the key to ensuring the success of the family planning…

The Indonesian government has balked at complying with the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) recommendations, issued during its…

Jakarta – Achmad Yamanie became the first Supreme Court judge in the country to resign from his position, citing health concerns. The Judicial…

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Rights activists have lashed out at the Attorney General's Office for refusing to follow up on…

Pekanbaru – Police have arrested four soldiers, three police officers and a civilian who are thought to be part of a drug syndicate operating out…

Jakarta – Parade marches, offerings and unique ceremonies marked the Islamic New Year's Eve 1434 celebrations, or Muharram, in various cities…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – The individuals who eventually brought down oil and gas regulator BPMigas through the Constitutional Court may have been…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The occupational social security programs will certainly raise further problems and worsen the labor situation if…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta Wage Council decided late on Wednesday night to recommend a massive 44 percent increase in next year's minimum…

Former prime minister Paul Keating says Australia needs to dramatically improve its relationship with Indonesia and stop being subservient to the…

Civil servants working in the Pohuwato district of Gorontalo engaging in extramarital affairs now have two options: repent, or get fired with no…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Cabinet secretary Dipo Alam visited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) late Wednesday and…

A former Vanuatu Prime Minister says the move to bring Indonesia into the Melanesian Spearhead Group is unacceptable because Fiji, as…

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan delivered another letter, containing revised names of lawmakers that allegedly…

Zubaidah Nazeer, Jakarta – Thousands of workers took to the streets in Purwakarta, West Java, in ugly protests on Wednesday that saw most roads…

Pekanbaru – Fakhri Rubiyanto, one of the journalists assaulted by Air Force officers when covering a jet crash in Riau last month, has…

Stephanie March, Canberra – Hundreds of East Timorese will be forced to find new jobs when the United Nations withdraws from the…

After weeks of speculation, the Education Ministry has announced that English language lessons will not be scrapped from the nation's elementary…

Jakarta – Believing in the democratic value that everyone has the same right to be a presidential candidate, Rhoma Irama, the country's king of…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of workers from the Medan Industrial Zone (KIM) in Medan, North Sumatra, rallied on Tuesday, calling a proposal…

Jakarta – United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Navanethem Pillay has called for a full investigations into all cases of gross human…

Jakarta – Students took to the streets of Jakarta on Tuesday, demanding the government resolve the Semanggi I riot, which broke out…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), a non-governmental organization advocating human rights issues,…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Yohana Ririhena, Jakarta – The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Navanethem Pillay has strongly urged…

In July, the national human rights body issued its report after four years of investigations – that the witch hunt and widespread abuse and…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – After lengthy and tough negotiations that had been going on since early October, the Riau Remuneration Council…