Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – While all eyes are on the House of Representatives (DPR) for alleged extortion by several lawmakers, the…

Credible Reports have again emerged detailing a rampage by troops from the notorious Indonesian Army (TNI) Battalion 756, who have reportedly run…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Two lawmakers say they will take legal action against State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan for…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police, in coordination with the Jakarta Education Agency, plan to send 3,000 disruptive high school students to boot camp…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has given long-overdue recognition to the country's first president and vice…

Nurfika Osman and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Rather than ensuring that the police take firm action against violent or prolonged labor…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Indonesia must improve the quality of its local human resources so that more unemployed people can find jobs amid…

The last contingent of New Zealand troops will return from East Timor this week, ending New Zealand's 13-year presence in the country.

The…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – In spite of the adverse impact from the excessive use of fossil fuels, Indonesia would be unlikely to meet the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Only six provinces in the country have agreed to increase the regional minimum wage for 2013, while 27 others are…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Dahlan Iskan gave the names of two lawmakers who allegedly demanded…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ruslan Sangadji, Poso, Central Sulawesi – A mother of two children could not conceal her contempt for the police while…

Surabaya – The Surabaya office of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has reported that 26 Shia refugees…

Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite – The government has welcomed a peace deal between rival ethnic communities in Lampung, where long-simmering…

La'o Hamutuk recently gave the letter below to the UN Security Council, which is preparing for its final debate on Timor-Leste on 12 November; a…

Jakarta – All of the major political parties still have to undergo the factual verification stage's tough screening process, which is conducted by…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – More than 400,000 jobs were to have resulted for every 1 percent increase in the nation's economic growth rate,…

Jakarta – Indonesia on Tuesday dismissed concerns voiced by human rights groups over its purchase of more than 150 tanks from Germany.

The…

[Note: West Papua Media has again independently verified all contents of this report with contacts in Fak-Fak, and is reprinting the KNPB News…

Information and video footage has emerged from Merauke, Papua, documenting the beating by Indonesian soldiers of the Secretary General of the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The replacement of former Papua interim governor Syamsul Arief Rivai, who held the position for 16 months, with…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Increases in workers' monthly salaries are important as they will help them pay the premiums for the national social…

Jakarta – The third quarter financial reports of Indonesia's biggest banks show that the banking industry in the country remains one of the world'…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Several residents of Kayamanya subdistrict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, will file complaints against the…

Ten big companies will shut down their production in Indonesia as a result of unfavorable employment policies, according to Sarman…

Indonesia's Supreme Court has scrapped a government ban on the export of unprocessed minerals, the country's chamber of commerce said…

Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti – If the caste system existed in Indonesia the 10 elderly people who live in Jakarta's Jalan Kramat would surely be…

Margareth S. Aritonang – The government has been called on to disclose details on a huge amount of insurance funds collected from migrant workers…

Foreign Minister Bob Carr says Australia has been "explicit" in its support for Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua.

Senator Carr told…

Senior Golkar Party officials are divided over the notion of pairing Aburizal Bakrie, the party chairman, with former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani…

Several NGOs are criticizing the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) for poor performance…

Hong Kong/Jakarta – Financier Nat Rothschild is forming a rival consortium, including a contender for Indonesia's presidency, to launch a counter-…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta, East Java, West Java and Jakarta branches of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) have…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Indonesia's vaccine industry has requested to be exempt from a controversial halal bill that would require the raw…

Sydney – Australia's new policies designed to stem an influx of boatpeople will not deter thousands of asylum-seekers from trying to reach the…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Recycling is largely unheard of in Indonesia, but this will soon change.

Each of its more than 500 cities…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Thursday redefined the duty of the city's Public Order squad as a "civilian force to help…

The Judicial Commission said on Friday it will look into claims by a disgraced Bekasi judge that many of his colleagues in Jakarta were drug users…

London – Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a string of agreements on trade, defense…

London – The State Visit to the UK of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been beset by protests against his government's human…

Leaders of 18 political parties that the General Elections Commission (KPU) declared unqualified to contest the 2014 poll came to the…

A demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has marred the start of Indonesia's first state visit to London in…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – An investigative audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) reveals that Youth and Sports…

Nani Afrida and Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta/Palu – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) warned the fight against militants in the area might…

Oyos Saroso H.N. and Bagus BT Saragih, Bandar Lampung/Jakarta – The recent violent ethnic clash in Lampung, which has claimed the lives of at…

Zakir Hussain, Jakarta – More than 100 inmates are on death row in Indonesia, some for well over 10 years.

But no one has been executed in…

Foreign direct investment in Indonesia continued to grow in the third quarter, rising more than 22 percent, year-on-year, to Rp 56.6 trillion ($5.…

Police in London detained Peter Tatchell, an Australian-born human rights activist, on Wednesday after he unfurled the West Papuan Morning Star…

Dozens of protesters have denounced alleged torture in Indonesia and accused Britain of putting commercial interests ahead of human rights on the…

Natalie Powell, London – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become the first world leader on a state visit to the UK during the…