Daniel Flitton and Tom Allard, Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono quizzed Julia Gillard and Barack Obama over…

Vento Saudale & Ronna Nirmala, Bogor – The conflict over the GKI Yasmin church has dragged on for so long that West Bogor residents have…

Jakarta – Jakarta's penitentiaries are not conducive for rehabilitation, as life inside is all but ruled by money, activists said.

The lack…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Local tea farmers asked the government on Friday to regulate tea imports, which have reportedly begun to pressure the…

Jakarta – As the Indonesian government looks set to lift a moratorium on sending migrant workers to Malaysia, workers' advocate group Migrant Care…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – The administrations of eight provinces home to a number of labor-intensive industries have…

Karlis Salna – Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pointed to the growing strategic significance of Australia's relationship with Indonesia as she…

Dofa Fasila – The Jakarta Administration announced on Friday that the provincial minimum wage would be raised next year by about 16 percent,…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration denies any religious predilection in sealing off an Ahmadiyah mosque in East Jakarta this…

James Paton – Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (WPL), its partners and the governments of Australia and East Timor are "aligned in their desire" to see the…

Brian Robins – A breakthrough may be in sight for the long-stalled development of the Sunrise gas project which straddles the Australia-East Timor…

Brian Robins – A breakthrough may be in sight for the long-stalled development of the Sunrise gas project that straddles the Australia-East Timor…

Evi Mariani, Washington, DC – US President Barack Obama is expected to raise human rights issues in Indonesia's Papua during his second visit to…

Manokwari – Shouts of "Papuan is independent" enlivened a peaceful protest action at the West Papua Provincial House of Representatives (DPRPB) on…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Busyro Muqoddas says the government should not appoint political party members…

Thousands of West Papuans have marched on the provincial capital of Jayapura demanding a referendum to declare independence from…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police have acknowledged that gambling remains rife in various regions across the province due to the…

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – A protest action against the 19th ASEAN Summit in Balinese provincial capital of Denpasar on Friday November…

Jakarta – East Jakarta officials sealed off a mosque belonging to a group of Ahmadiyah followers in Duren Sawit on Thursday, saying that the place…

When the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather for their 19th Summit in Bali, they will have a slew of issues on…

Bruce Gale – It was a Saturday morning and five-year-old Fitria Judin was playing with her two older sisters outside their house on a plantation…

Jakarta – The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) chief M. Jumhur Hidayat said on Friday…

Timika – Police say gunmen killed a mining company guard and wounded two policemen in a patrol car near the large Freeport-McMoRan…

Dili – "Despite the progress in reducing poverty, greater effort is needed to ensure that growth and international assistance benefits the poorest…

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega and Donald M. Payne, Washington, DC – Ahead of his visit to Bali, members of Congress are calling upon US President Barack…

Elaine Pearson – "Now we are vilified," an Ahmadiyah imam told me last week at a mosque outside Jakarta that is threatened with closure. This is…

Dili/Jakarta/Brussels – Ten years after the demobilisation of its guerrilla liberation army, Timor-Leste must strike a balance between recognising…

Jacqui Baker, John Monash Scholar & Research Fellow, Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention at University of Wollongong – President Barack…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Amid the alarming trend of media moguls wading into politics, the nation's lawmakers are planning to devise…

Anita Rachman – With jockeying for the 2014 legislative and presidential elections already under way, legislators are making the case for campaign…

Overview

More than ten years after the formation of Timor-Leste's army and the demobilisation of the guerrilla force that fought for…

Mark Colvin: As president Obama shifts his country's strategic focus towards our region, US eyes may eventually fall on the situation in West…

Esther Samboh, Nusa Dua, Bali – The government claims a compromise has nearly been reached between a striking workers union and the management of…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Tifa Asrianti, Jayapura/Jakarta – As the government drags its feet amid peace talks with Papua residents, two more…

Jakarta – The Papua Parliamentary Caucus called out to Papuans studying in Java, Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan to stay calm…

Jakarta – The United Nations has declared that Indonesia's detention of Papuan human rights advocate Filep Karma is an infringement of…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A former Papuan political prisoner claimed on Thursday that he and several others were assaulted and spat on by a…

Bagus BT Saragih – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Busyro Muqoddas is facing backlash for sharp remarks directed at lawmakers…

Ezra Sihite – Indonesian House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie has reacted with anger – but little substance – to comments by…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office announced on Tuesday night that it had named suspects in a corruption case implicating…

Chichi Conde, Bali, Indonesia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to set up review…

Jakarta – The government is planning to dissolve 10 national commissions, the duties of which have been overlapping with other state…

Bandung – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) urged West Java Police on Wednesday to release four individuals detained…

Jakarta – Residents of Sritanjung village in Mesuji regency, Bandar Lampung, have urged the government to revoke the land use certificate (HGU) of…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – It's been almost a year since he was found guilty of falsifying signatures in a case that led to the troubles of the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Police in North Sumatra have uncovered a same-sex marriage in Toba Samosir regency, after the "bridegroom" turned out to…

Supreme Court Chief Justice Harifin Andi Tumpa has told Bogor's controversial mayor Diani Budiarto to stop making excuses and…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaked and confidential state documents have unveiled that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have been involved…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) states that mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (FI) has often incited…

Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives accused the government of conducting illegal military operations in poverty-stricken Papua,…