Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government is considering shutting down corruption courts at the provincial level after difficulties in…

Rizky Amelia – Former National Police traffic chief Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo has no intentions of answering the Corruption Eradication Commission's…

In Ramadhan, Muslims are reminded of their obligation to pay alms to the poor. The Jakarta Post's Prodita Sabarini looks at the collection and…

Fitri – It was a solemn Idul Fitri for the 33 Ahmadiyah families who spent the holiday living at the Haj Transito dormitory in Mataram, West Nusa…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After much debate, the House of Representatives has agreed to buy 100 Leopard battle tanks from Germany, a lawmaker…

Warwick Fry – There has been plenty of warm inner glow around East Timor about the exemplary conduct of the general elections in July. But it's…

Tito Summa Siahaan – The government has proposed raising the electricity tariff incrementally every three months starting next year, undeterred…

Ayub Natanubun, head of the forestry agency of Papua's Sarmi district, was shot by an unidentified gunman near the border of Indonesia…

Surabaya (CARE) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's speech on August 16 took up several issues related to West Papua, including that it is not…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta, Yogyakarta – The Independence Day celebration on Friday caused little hype in Jakarta and…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government has vowed to increase spending in the capital to drive infrastructure development next year, but…

Yatna Pelangi – Marking Indonesia's 67th anniversary of independence, members of the transsexual, gay and lesbian community held an Independence…

SP/Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Jakarta is, at heart, a pluralistic city despite the occasional flare-up of hard-line Islamic sentiment,…

Jakarta – Coinciding with the Republic of Indonesia's 67th anniversary of independence, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has criticized the State Palace for its lavish spending on the…

Novan Iman Santosa and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is set for an aggressive upgrade to its worn-out firepower next…

Jakarta – In the past few days, security guards, staffers and those who regularly visit the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters…

Rizky Amelia – Corruption Eradication Commission chairman Abraham Samad said he was not bothered by allegations that the National Police had been…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – Indonesia is one of the top 15 countries in the world in terms of progress in dealing with child malnutrition, a report…

Viriya Paramita & Lenny Tristia Tambun – A civil rights group says it has received dozens of reports of Jakarta-based companies not paying…

Jakarta – GP Anshor, the youth wing of Indonesia's Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has said that the government should not deliver a public apology to the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A coalition of 23 civil society organizations has condemned the move by the National Commission on Human Rights…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Dozens of Papuans rallied in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday, saying that New York Agreement signed 50 years…

Suze Metherell – The "banned" Morning Star flag of West Papuan independence will be displayed in shop fronts across New Zealand next week.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – It appears that members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police will not be able to vote in general…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs focusing on human rights and environmental protection filed a judicial review on Tuesday against…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo's failure to distance himself…

Vitalis Yogi Trisna, Jakarta – Coinciding with the commemoration of 50 years since the New York Agreement, Papuan National Solidarity…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Another graft allegation has been leveled at Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, now implicated in a…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – After the sequestration of evidence of the graft case surrounding the procurement of driving simulators in the National…

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The chairperson of the Anshor Youth Movement (the youth wing of the Islamic mass organisation Nahdlatul Ulama), Nusron…

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The Nahdlatul Ulama's Central Board (PBNU) with the support of retired army officers and mass organisations is strongly…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced on Tuesday that the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, was a human…

Eleven poker players, who were found guilty of gambling on the social networking site Facebook, were sentenced to four months and 10…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says East Timor is ready for UN peacekeeping troops to withdraw as planned by…

Guido Goulart, Dili, East Timor – East Timor is ready to maintain stability on its own without the hundreds of international peacekeepers who have…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Sri Paku Alam IX, twin monarchs of the Yogyakarta sultanate, will have their positions…

Arya Dipa and Fadli, Bandung/Batam – The West Java provincial administration plans to close all pig farms in the Muslim majority province…

Rizal Harahap and Apriadi Gunawan, Pekanbaru, Medan – Riau Islands province and its surrounding areas were shrouded in a haze that reportedly…

James Balowski, Jakarta – The killing of a leading pro-independence activist in West Papua during a raid reportedly led by members of the…

Liberty Jemadu – Gubernatorial candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is throwing exploding tomatoes at corrupt politicians in an effort to…

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – An investigation by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) found that the South Sumatra Police were…

Nurfika Osman and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With approximately 16.5 million holidaymakers throughout the country beginning their journeys home…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The origin of the St. Johannes Catholic church's closure last week in Bogor, West Java, can be traced to one thing: its…

Bogor – The police on Monday arrested 150 Afghan and Pakistani nationals who planned to take a dangerous boat trip to Australia, a…

Cirebon – A ticket collector was attacked aboard a Jakarta-bound express train on Sunday after he allegedly told a member of the…

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry says that it will collaborate with Internet search giant Google and video-…

A new Islamic social networking site will be launched in Indonesia in November, and will offer "better protection" for young Muslims from "harmful…

Ezra Sihite – The list of possible candidates for the 2014 presidential election may be growing, but no one in the lineup has a spotless resume,…

Farouk Arnaz – Justice and Human Rights Deputy Minister Denny Indrayana clamped down last year on sentence reductions and parole for convicts…