Jakarta – A government watchdog is criticizing lawmakers from the House of Representatives (DPR) for a Rp 1.6 billion (US$168,332) junket to…

Ismira Lutfia – Indonesia is taking advantage of a scramble by major powers to boost their influence in the Asia Pacific to build its defense…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The police arrested a Koran recitation teacher in Wanaherang village in Bogor after he admitted to having sexually molested…

Hayden Cooper and Lisa Main – An elite counter-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia is being accused of acting as a death squad in…

Hayden Cooper and Lisa Main – Resistance leaders in the restive Indonesian region of West Papua say they are losing their struggle for…

Pitan Daslani – A powerful wave of aspiration for a total overhaul of the presidential election system has begun to take shape over the past month…

Viriya Paramita – A noted legal expert has said that the hugely increased state budget allocation for the legal sector indicates the government's…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Two Shia followers were reportedly killed in a melee involving Shia community members and an anti-Shia group in Sampang…

Pitan Daslani – The biggest difficulty in Indonesia today is finding capable democratic leaders with statesman qualities. Strangely, this is the…

Mimika, Papua – A senior member of the Mimika Legislative Council called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate the "…

Andreas D. Arditya and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Political campaigns in the race for the governor of Jakarta are turning nastier, as…

Vento Saudale, Bogor, West Java – Police have arrested a Koran recitation teacher in the Wanaherang village in Gunung Putri, Bogor,…

Jakarta – Police say 686 people were killed in 3,927 traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri holiday exodus between Aug. 11 and Aug. 21.…

Rizky Amelia – Corruption Eradication Commission investigators looking into the alleged bribery of two Anti-Corruption Court judges are widening…

The House of Representatives Commission I on defense affairs has supported the government's initiative to require all Indonesian men…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Parliament watchdog, Formappi, has criticized the national legislation program set by the government and the House…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said on Thursday that his ministry had recommended local administrations to repeal 824…

Dion Bisara – The government has been forced to set aside hundreds of trillions of rupiah from an already-strained state budget to prepare for a…

Zakir Hussain, Jakarta – Indonesia's defense spending will once again top that for all government agencies, spiking to a record 77.7 trillion…

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Former prisoner of conscience Yusak Pakage is being denied access to medical treatment while in…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it plans to use data about the bank accounts of the senior police officers…

The death toll from traffic accidents involving holiday revelers traveling to and from their hometowns for Idul Fitri had reached a staggering 574…

Banjir Ambarita & Arientha Primanita – Authorities in the Paniai district of Papua have imposed a curfew after a police officer was shot and…

Ezra Sihite – From defending the rising political star of Solo Mayor Joko Widodo for next month's Jakarta gubernatorial election to easing the…

Sukabumi, West Java – Indonesia's highest clerical body says more than 100 followers of a minority Islamic sect in Sukabumi have apologized for…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has warned it will take all necessary measures to locate those responsible for the recent…

Michael Bachelard and Jill Stark – Many people have seen the smoking baby on YouTube – the chubby, cheerful two-year-old from Sumatra with a pack-…

Ezra Sihite – The police have arrested 14 people allegedly involved in the killing of a Muslim cleric that triggered a recent attack on a minority…

Ezra Sihite – One month after Golkar Party deputy chairman Priyo Budi Santoso stirred controversy by asking the nation to forget the 1965 massacre…

Jakarta – The police have arrested the leader of the At Tijaniyah sect and evacuated 138 of its members following attacks on the group on Sunday…

Ezra Sihite – Lawmakers on Wednesday called upon police to be extra vigilant in some districts in West Java, a province with increased incidents…

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – Speaking at a press conference in Jakarta, Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) coordinator Martheen Goo called for the…

The National Committee for West Papua (KNPB) has urged the police authorities in West Papua to agree to the transfer of Buchtar Tabuni who is now…

Jakarta – Despite its earlier plan to summon graft suspect Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo after Ramadhan, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is…

Ulma Haryanto – She's eight years old, but Anita Nurhasanah is small for her age. With her tiny, squeaky voice, the little girl from Yogyakarta…

Ivan Dasa Saputra – The Indonesian government is set to provide tax incentives to textile machinery industries next year as part of a move to…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The relative infrequency of indictments in forest fire cases highlights an acute shortage of investigators to probe…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives Commission III, the body that oversees legal affairs, is planning to summon the National…

Kediri, East Java – Eight police officers who allegedly beat an innocent man by mistake are under investigation in East Java, a police chief said…

Salim Osman – The polemic over a non-Muslim candidate ahead of next month's Jakarta governorship face-off election has rekindled the age-old…

Ezra Sihite/Wisnu Cipto – Mass organisations (Ormas) that are part of the Pancasila Front are ready to oppose any follow up on the recommendations…

Agus Rahmat, Jakarta – One of the Golkar Party's mass organisations, Kosgoro 1975 (Mutual Assistance Cooperative) is opposing the recommendation…

Febriamy Hutapea & Ronna Nirmala – Despite a prohibition against political campaigning at houses of worship, a mosque near Jakarta Governor…

John Mcbeth – German biologist Pieter Helmut and his wife were walking up the beach after swimming near the Papua provincial capital of Jayapura…

The district police chief in Paniai, Papua, on Wednesday said investigators had narrowed their search for suspects after the fatal shooting of a…

Rangga Prakoso & Tito Summa Siahaan – Little progress has been made in attempts by the government to renegotiate the mining contract held by…

Prodita Sabarini – Come Ramadhan, mosques in Indonesia bustle with people donating and collecting alms, or zakat, for the fasting month.

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Jayapura – An unidentified shooter shot a policeman to death at Enarotali airport in the Paniai district of West Papua on Tuesday…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Post-fasting Idul Fitri celebrations have become a great event, not only for devout Muslims, but also for graft…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – To remind mall-rats that their money can serve other purposes than simply shopping, Islamic charity organizations have…