Arientha Primanita, Dessy Sagita & Agus Triyono – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have been flirting with political suicide when he…

Agus Triyono, Rizy Amelia & Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Days after immigration officials courted criticism for denying entry to a top Greenpeace…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of men from a local Muslim hard-line group occupied the roadway in front of the GKI Yasmin church on Sunday,…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Members of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) performed their Sunday service under the watchful eyes of the…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Dion Bisara – Indonesia's business community hailed the latest in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – While showing too much concern about his image and potential strikes from his coalition partners, President Susilo…

Sahil Mahtani – In the parlor game of flavor-of-the-month economics, Indonesia is doing rather well. It offers, as usual, a heaving population on…

Should the nation let itself be trapped by greedy elites and their cronies, and should we simply wait for a miracle when President Susilo Bambang…

The Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) said on Sunday that Vice President Boediono is one of the reasons behind President Susilo Bambang…

Jakarta – The recent decline in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's public approval rating was influenced by his "burdensome" cabinet…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) public approval rating has dropped to 46.2 percent this year reportedly due to public…

Timika, Papua – Police said they have identified six people involved in an ambush on Friday at Mile 37, Tanggul Timur, Mimika, Papua, that left…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's political opponents say he can do little to improve his administration's performance…

Jakarta – Environmental group Greenpeace accuses the Indonesian authorities of trying to suppress freedom of speech with its recent…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The government has blamed parents' reluctance to get their children vaccinated for the recent diphtheria outbreak…

Rizky Amelia – John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, was denied entry to Indonesia because he would "threaten the stability of the…

Governor Fauzi Bowo's decision to issue a gubernatorial decree to restrict the issuance of shopping mall construction permits is commendable,…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesia could face an energy crisis and environmental disaster unless it makes drastic changes to its current policies…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – When it comes to public complaints, it is the police force that most people complain about to the Judicial Mafia…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A group of workers has opposed the bill on social security and insurance that mandates the merger of the existing…

Bandung – Siliwangi Military Commander Maj. Gen. Muhamad Munir has urged the families of Indonesian Military (TNI) members to help…

Ali Abdullah Wibisono, Nottingham, UK – Indonesia is not alien to the use of military in counterterrorism. From the counterinsurgency against the…

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to announce his new Cabinet lineup very soon. His aides have been…

Emerging nations in Asia, including Indonesia, may feel the bite of the global economic crisis after all, according to the…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Bekasi municipality has officially banned the religious practice of the Ahmadiyah sect on Thursday, a move…

Brace yourselves, germaphobes: Indonesia's toilets are some of the dirtiest in Asia, according to the non-governmental World Toilet Organization…

Camelia Pasandaran & Antara – A proposal for a new law on religious issues that may soon make its way to the House of Representatives has been…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Judges with questionable track records are threatening the nation's fight against corruption in the regions, a problem that…

Agus Triyono & Rizky Amelia – The Anti-Corruption Court judges who controversially acquitted the suspended Bekasi mayor of graft charges are…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives is fed up with the antigraft agency and is just waiting for public approval before…

Bruce Gale – On July 15 this year, when members of the thuggish Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) staged a rally outside the headquarters of…

Greenpeace on Friday accused Indonesia of waging a vendetta against the environmental group, after the head of its British branch was denied entry…

Index: ASA 21/032/2011

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Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has suggested that being part of a government coalition and the opposition is much the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The remains of Petrus Ayamiseba, 36, a PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) worker who was shot dead on Oct. 10 during a…

Banjir Ambarita – At least three people were killed in an ambush on Friday near the Freeport-McMoRan Grasberg mine in the Mimika district of Papua…

Indonesian activists are encouraging mobile phone users to turn their cellphones off on Saturday to protest against unwanted mobile phone service…

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Thursday a former teacher at West Nusa Tenggara's Umar bin Khattab (UBK)…

Jakarta, Indonesia – An Indonesian militant was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for helping set up a terrorist cell plotting attacks…

Jakarta – The Indonesian army's elite detachment 81 antiterrorist squad has organized a joint exercise with the National Police…

Yogyakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the People's Mining Militia held a free-speech forum in front of the Gedung Agung Presidential Palace in…

Nick Chesterfield and local sources – Plain clothes Indonesian police agents in Jayapura opened fire late on October 12 outside a student…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) and economic analyst Hendri Saparini have voiced concerns over the government's prolonged…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The world's largest publicly traded copper mining firm, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., may have to wait a…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Ombudsman commission on Thursday sent a letter to the president and Supreme Court reporting the Bogor mayor's continued…

Setyo Budi – The Jakarta-Papua dialogue is a test of political will for the Indonesian government and the West Papuan leadership in their search…

Jakarta – Although reportedly prompted by the poor performance of some ministers, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says that the Cabinet…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In an open display of the relationship between media companies and political parties, television czar Hary…

In connection with the shooting dead of Petrus Ayamiseba who worked at the catering department for workers at Freeport, the Dewan Adat Papua has…

Dozens of journalists demonstrated in Manokwari to protest against the beating of a colleague, Duma Tato Sanda, a journalist working for Cahaya…