Rangga Prakoso – An antigraft coalition hit a roadblock on Tuesday in its legal bid to revive an investigation of lawmakers accused of tampering…

Rizky Amelia – A Central Jakarta Court judge was found guilty by a corruption court in Jakarta on Tuesday but received a prison sentence of just…

Islamist militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir blamed the United States for increasing his jail term, two days after Indonesia's top court reinstated…

Jakarta – Two hardline groups, the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) threw stones at each other in…

Fitri, Mataram – More than a hundred displaced followers of the Islamic Ahmadiyah sect who for years have had to live in shelters in Mataram, West…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A member of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and a police informant were confirmed to have died in a mob killing in…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Just like any mother, 60-year-old Maryani (not her real name) hoped that the ties binding her three beloved sons would…

Farouk Arnaz, Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – The police heightened security in the conflict-riven district of Mesuji in Lampung on Monday…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – Scholars and activists in Lampung say that the protest that led residents to set fire to PT BSMI's buildings in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have called into question a recently issued presidential decree that orders the appointment of more…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' ethics council has decided to retain Democratic Party lawmaker M.…

Retired general Prabowo Subianto has again emerged as Indonesians' preferred presidential candidate, this time in a survey by the Center for…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Central Java provincial administration has been urged not to rush into re-sending workers abroad following the…

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court issued a decree on Tuesday updating the definition and treatment of petty crimes, but observers said that…

Nani Afrida – Political competition typically turn friends into rivals; an example evident to many Acehnese in the changing relationship between…

Efforts in Indonesia to save a volunteer-led community health initiative are working, but more is needed to increase the reach of the program,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Members of the House of the Representatives are showing opposition to the government's plan to…

Yohanes Sulaiman & Phillip Turnbull – On Saturday, the violence-wracked Mesuji district in Lampung again grabbed the headlines as a riot took…

The Australian government has denied any involvement in a regional forum supporting the independence of West Papua from Indonesia that was held in…

[Aceh's second direct gubernatorial election is scheduled for April 9, after five delays following unsolved deaths, violence and former…

Nani Afrida – "Jakarta never keeps its promises," the Acehnese used to say. They would point to 1965, when founding father Sukarno promised them…

Surabaya – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry says that the Manpower Law must be revised to protect Indonesian workers overseas…

Ulma Haryanto – To the thousands of would-be asylum seekers sheltering in Indonesia, the years of waiting for placement to a third country is a…

Agus Triyono – Indonesians want more power granted to the Regional Representatives Council to counterbalance the authority of the House of…

Agus Triyono & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Lawmakers are divided over whether there is a need for an expansion of the powers of the anti-money…

[Renewed violence in Aceh killed at least 15 people in at least three regencies since last October, with police saying they cannot identify…

Indonesia's top court on Monday upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier…

Farouk Arnaz – Lampung Police have heightened security around facilities owned by plantation firm Barat Selatan Makmur Investindo in Mesuji…

Inggrid Galuh Mustikawati – The early months of 2012 have seen several violent land disputes in Indonesia. The latest ones – in Bima, West Nusa…

Ezra Sihite & Dessy Sagita – The Prosperous Justice Party has denied it pushed for a change to the Indonesian Red Cross's emblem, saying the…

Ezra Sihite – The House of Representatives (DPR) budget committee approved a Rp 500 billion ($500 million) budget on Monday for…

Jakarta – Residents of Lau Bekeri village in Kutamlimbaru, Deli Serdang, beat up two residents, identified as Ricardo and Kristian,…

Samantha Michaels & Emily Johnson, Banda Aceh – It's New Year's Eve, and a group of young friends have gathered at an outdoor basketball court…

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – A group of West Java residents who admitted vandalizing an Ahmadiyah mosque last week have been charged with an offense…

Tri Listiyarini – The largest Islam-based political party has thrown its weight behind a proposal to tackle a lack of transparency and allegations…

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani & Ronna Nirmala – The US government's decision to declare convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir's Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid…

Police have arrested 16 striptease dancers at a hotel in North Jakarta and charged them with "committing a pornographic act."

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More people will stay away from the ballot box in the 2014 elections as public dissatisfaction with political parties grows, an…

Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is temporarily halting operations at the Grasberg gold and copper mine in Timika, Papua…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh legislative council finally passed a sharia bylaw on regional elections during a plenary session on…

Megawati Wijaya, Jakarta – Since its founding in 1998, hardline vigilante group the Islamic Defenders Front (known by its Indonesian acronym FPI)…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Following its recent survey on presidential aspirants, the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has urged…

The UN Security Council has decided to extend its peacekeeping mission in East Timor until the end of 2012 but to gradually phase it…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The United States has formally included hard-line Islam group Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), an extremist organization…

Organizing a massive movement of people for quite a long period of time with complex human relations and managerial problems, like the 40-day-long…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Carlos KY Paath & Robertus Wardi – Mirwan Amir, head of the House of Representative Budget Committee, has refuted…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Police experts have expressed concerns over the National Police headquarters' decision to promote certain high police…

Ronna Nirmala & Zaky Pawas – Politicians and city officials were horrified when a group of mourners at Gatot Subroto Army Hospital in Central…

Batam – Around 1,000 employees of PT Sanmina-SCI Batam went on strike on Thursday, demanding housing allowances, wage increases and an explanation…

Ronna Nirmala – A retired general who has been dogged by accusations of rights abuses came out on top in the latest survey ahead of the 2014…