Jakarta and Canberra on Monday agreed to boost their fight against people-smuggling, amid concerns that Indonesia's planned visa policies may…

Irfan Kortschak – In the communal violence that afflicted Ambon at the end of the 20th century, up to 13,000 men, women and children died, and…

The mud keeps flowing and people's lives are being ruined. Tom Allard reports from Sidoarjo, East Java, with photographer Quentin Jones.

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At least 900 of 1,300 small enterprises in Malang regency, East Java, dump their untreated waste into the rivers, an official says.…

Agus Triyono & Ulma Haryanto – Corruption eradication may be at the top of the president's agenda, but a new survey out on Sunday found public…

Ezra Sihite, Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha acknowledged on Monday that the government still had…

Bandung – The Independent People's Union Party (SRI) Party is to cooperate with another political party officially recognized as a legal entity in…

Charlie Hill-Smith – The highest mountains between the Himalayas and the Andes are the snow-topped crags of West Papua (4884 metres). A tropical…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Palu Police chief Brig. Gen. Dewa Parsanan received a cold reception when he arrived in Nunu subdistrict, Central Sulawesi…

Vento Saudale – Radical groups added pressure on the congregation of GKI Yasmin church in Bogor as they shouted and chased its members during a…

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's (Gerindra) chief patron, Prabowo Subianto, has stated his willingness to run for…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the body of a victim of the most recent Aceh shooting was flown home on Saturday to Semarang, Central Java, former…

Ulma Haryanto – Standards of living in Papua have continuously risen during the past 13 years, according to the Papua Office of the Central…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – One person was killed and two others injured in the latest act in a spate of violence in Aceh, while dozens of workers…

Bagus BT Saragih and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Observers and human rights watchdogs are saying that recent shootings in Aceh that have killed four…

General John Magai Yogi, the leader of the TPN/OPM Makodam Pemka IV Division in Paniai, declared in a letter that they will not withdraw a single…

Pekanbaru – A satellite has detected at least 45 hot spots in Sumatra, with almost half of them found in Riau, according to a…

Zakir Hussain – Jemaah Islamiyah was set up in 1993 with the aim of establishing a region-wide Islamic state. It traces its lineage to the Darul…

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has established a joint fact-finding team with police following a…

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) warned on Friday that the development of the mining industry and other extractive business, might…

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas as a show of support for…

Ezra Sihite & Ulma Haryanto – The House of Representatives is pushing for the passage of Juvenile Court legislation after controversy created…

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesia's National Police are investigating the shocking deaths of two young brothers inside a police prison in West Sumatra…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – A total of 260 high ranking generals in police institutions currently have no duties but still enjoy institutional…

The trial and conviction of a teenager who stole a pair of flip-flops in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu on Wednesday has sent out the wrong…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – To ensure fairness and impartiality among members of the election-organizing bodies, the Constitutional Court (MK) on…

Sleman, Yogyakarta – Outspoken Indonesian government critic George Junus Aditjondro is facing up to four years in jail for allegedly insulting the…

Adding to the already long list of officials convicted for corruption, courts have sent a former West Sumatra mayor and two senior figures in…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Aceh said on Thursday that it was very important for…

Three construction workers were shot by an unidentified man in the latest shooting spree in Simpang Aneuk Galong, Aceh Besar regency,…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya district shot dead on Thursday a suspected member of a separatist group and…

Workers at a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US company Freeport-McMoRan said Friday they would not return to work, three weeks…

Jakarta – Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas for Kuatno, a man charged…

Jakarta – The Tangerang Police have declared RD, 16, a suspect for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, and charged him with violating…

Ezra Sihite & Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – Human rights groups and press freedom advocates filed a motion at the Constitutional Court on Thursday…

Rahmat, Makassar – Prosecutors are seeking a 10-month jail term for the leader of a hard-line Islamic group that smashed up restaurants in the…

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) has been urged to pull the plug on a scheme to renovate toilets in the…

Efforts to reopen the murder investigation of Munir Said Thalib will not be stymied by the refusal of the Central Information Commission (KIP) to…

Peter Lewis – New Zealand is to send more troops to East Timor ahead of next month's presidential elections. It will take the total…

Rizky Amelia & Anita Rachman – High profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin on Wednesday continued to sow controversy, this time saying the…

Agus Triyono – The Public Information Commission on Wednesday rejected a request from supporters of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib…

Anita Rachman – Siti Jamilah, a scavenger who lives in Jakarta, doesn't think the mainstream media pays enough attention to poverty issues and…

A mentally challenged youth has been charged with stealing bananas in a case that is likely to draw further criticism of Indonesia's…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Government agencies say that several provinces in eastern Indonesia cannot provide basic public services – despite…

Makassar – A police officer charged with beating the 17-year-old boy accused of stealing his sandals was sentenced to 21 days behind…

Ulma Haryanto – A sharp increase in the attacks on the country's police offices and facilities st year is an indication of the public's growing…

John McBeth – When the United States and Australia recently announced that US Marines would begin regular training in the Northern Territory, all…

Jayapura – The Papua office of the National Commission on Human Rights looked into 58 alleged violations of human rights in 2011, and was…

Jakarta – Hundreds of PT Freeport Indonesia workers have returned to work after a three-month strike, but a workers' union official…

Brendan Brady, Dili – The sleeves of his button-down shirt rolled up, standing on an open-air stage before an audience of hundreds, the man read…