Dion Bisara – Indonesia's energy subsidy costs are rising, which international rating agencies have warned about in their forecasts on the country…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Nowadays, people are witnessing the Holy Koran being corrupted not only on the interpretation of its content, but also on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Finance Ministry admitted that they have funds deposited in an account designated for "unplanned programs," which…

Jakarta – Without internal reforms, the National Police will continue to use excessive force when dealing with demonstrations.

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Vincent Souriau – The abject poverty visible only an hour's drive out of East Timor's capital illustrates the challenge facing the government that…

Helene Hofman, Dili, East Timor – Grace Gunawon, 22, remembers Dili before East Timor gained independence from Indonesia, when it wasn't safe to…

Dili – East Timor is about to face a crucial test of its fragile democracy in parliamentary elections that will determine if UN peacekeepers can…

Dili – The UN peacekeeping force is on track to begin withdrawing from Timor-Leste in October 2012 after a "remarkably peaceful" parliamentary…

Meagan Weymes – The UN, after presidential polls were held peacefully over two rounds in March and April, says it will pull out its remaining 1300…

Ulma Haryanto – The government needs to take back its statement boasting about Indonesia being a tolerant country after a recently released report…

Indonesia has a serious rival to the Wall of China – the thicker, longer and more formidable wall of resistance against combating graft.

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – With the controversy over the 2011 Koran procurement project barely over, the House of Representatives said it…

Indonesian and Australian leaders have signed deals on defence cooperation this week and Australia has given Indonesia four refurbished heavy…

Pekanbaru – Indonesia has the worst drinking water in Southeast Asia, a freshwater researcher at the Indonesian Research Institute (…

Bung Wir, Bandung – Representatives of the Papuan people from the group National Papuan Solidarity (NAPAS) held a protest action at the Merdeka…

A civilian was killed and another wounded on Wednesday by an unidentified group of people in Siepkosi village, Walelagama district,…

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has told Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Papua is an integral part of…

Michael Bachelard – The carbon-rich peat forests of northern Sumatra are burning again as palm oil companies break Indonesian law to clear the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – All nine parties at the House of Representatives have rejected the Corruption Eradication Commission…

Ulma Haryanto – The Sampang prosecutors office in East Java on Wednesday demanded a four-year prison term for a local leader of the Shiite branch…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) admitted to having fired gunshots at a military motorcade but denied any…

Banjir Ambarita, Made Arya Kencana & Farouk Arnaz – Armed resistance group the Free Papua Organization on Monday claimed responsibility for…

Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has announced its readiness to call a cease fire and end the violent conflict in the province…

Yogyakarta – Scores of activists from the Yogyakarta Women's Network (JPY) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta demonstrated at the regional…

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers from the Indonesian Tobacco Growers Association (APTI) rallied against a draft regulation on tobacco on…

Bayu Marhaenjati – A simmering turf war exploded again late on Sunday when a Pancasila Youth post in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, was attacked by…

Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police chief has responded to the president's call to crack down on vigilante hard-line…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Despite its stated commitment to supporting the UN Population Fund's (UNFPA) reproductive health programs, the…

Jakarta – After previously insisting that vasectomies were banned under Islamic law, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has softened its stance on…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have approved a bill on juvenile criminal offenders that…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Zaky Pawas – Police have named an official from a leading state high school in Jakarta a suspect for libel after he accused…

New Zealand MPs will be among official observers of East Timor's parliamentary elections this weekend. Foreign Minister Murray McCully…

Michael Bachelard – "If I've got $600 million a year... you'll partake in it," Olgario de Castro reassures his mates, his voice caught by a secret…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is having to abandon most of its programs due to steep…

Jakarta – Jakarta is home to hundreds of civil society organizations whose activities range from community empowerment to disturbance of the peace…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In spite of public support for a new building for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), lawmakers are…

Jakarta – A survey by human rights watchdog Setara Institute found that although the number of instances of religious violence this year had…

Oktovianus Pogau, Jakarta – Scores of youths and students from the group Papuan National Solidarity (NAPAS) held a peaceful action in front of the…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday proposed joint military disaster exercises with Australia and the United…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith signed deals on defense cooperation…

Oei Eng Goan – The uncongenial relations between the House of Representatives and the Corruption Eradication Commission have again been in the…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – No matter who wins the gubernatorial race, voters only want a governor who can prioritize the resolution of Jakarta's…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army has decided to procure up to 100 refurbished Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks (MBT) worth…

Farouk Arnaz – A police station and local office of a youth organization were allegedly vandalized by members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI…

Bandung – Dozens of university students in Bandung, West Java, staged a rally against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whom they…

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie made a show of strength after securing his party's nomination for the 2014 presidential election…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has appointed a former National Police deputy chief to chair the deliberation of another bill on terrorism…

One of the country's largest labor unions rejected on Monday the government's "inconsequential" proposed revisions to the Reasonable Living Cost…

The East Timor government believes that the choice of the south coast of the country for the new gas pipeline running from the Greater Sunrise…

Damien Kingsbury – In 2010, a senior Timorese political figure remarked in private conversation that Timor-Leste had never been better. This…