Yohanes Sulaiman – Last week, House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie barged into the headlines, displacing Muhammad Nazaruddin's…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Despite warnings by authorities' condemning vigilantism, members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) took to the…

Cherie Hart – Long-running violence in a district just outside East Timor's capital ended last week with a dance, a prayer, a speech and the…

Ulma Haryanto – As the screening process for senior leadership posts at the Corruption Eradication Commission draws to a close, the remaining…

Ulma Haryanto & Markus Junianto Sihalolo – Adding insult to injury, prosecutors at the Serang District Court on Tuesday recommended nine…

Jakarta – Indonesian youths scored poorly compared to their peers around the world in a reading test conducted by the Organization for…

Tycoon and politician Aburizal Bakrie is one of the candidates being prepped by Golkar Party to contest the presidential electionin 2014.

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Michael Holtz, Jakarta, Indonesia – Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid credibility questions, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appointed a Muslim scholar and a seasoned lawyer to…

Press council chief Bagir Manan asked the police to pay serious attention to investigating the assault of a Tempo TV journalist last…

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The delays schools have endured in receiving School Operational Assistance (BOS) funds that were prompted…

Members of two of Indonesia's most notorious organizations marked the beginning of Ramadan with a brawl on the outskirts of Jakarta on…

John McBeth – A recent public opinion survey showing a drop in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's approval rating from 56.7 per cent to 47.2 per…

Banjir Ambarita & Camelia Pasandaran, Jayapura – Government officials confirmed on Monday that the recent deadly brawls plaguing the newly…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government said it was not worried about demonstrations held in London on Tuesday demanding Papuan…

Nivell Rayda & Banjir Ambarita – Papua was wracked with tension on Monday after an early-morning ambush by suspected separatists in Abepura…

Jerry Omona, Jayapura, Indonesia – A rebel commander in the Indonesian province of Papua on Tuesday denied involvement in an ambush that killed…

More than 100 out of 491 districts in Indonesia are saying that hefty civil servant payrolls are breaking the bank, the Home Affairs Ministry said…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – A lack of law enforcement is the main factor in Indonesia's failure to stop slash-and-burn clearing of forests, which…

Nurfika Osman & Antara – Ramadan may have officially begun today, but some Muslim communities in the country started fasting over the weekend…

Bengkulu – City employees who do not fast during Ramadan would be dismissed from their jobs, Bengkulu Mayor Ahmad Kanedi said on the…

Chrestella Tan – Jakarta's government will attempt to clear the streets in the evenings to provide a more peaceful environment during Ramadan…

Zely Ariane – It was not just for the sake of democracy that the Indonesian people overthrew Suharto's New Order dictatorship in May 1998, but…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – A coalition of environmental groups said on Sunday that they had filed a suit against the Environment Ministry for…

Specialty media have recently reported that China "has sought to take better advantage of the strategic value" of East Timor, "especially bearing…

Index Number: ASA 21/026/2011

On 27 June 2011 security forces in North Sumatra province reportedly used arbitrary and excessive force…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid increasing public distrust of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the agency says it has been left with no…

Anita Rachman – Pick a side and stick with it, the Golkar Party has demanded of its members with one foot in the camp of the newly declared NasDem…

Jakarta – A study by the National Education Ministry shows many schools throughout the nation are still charging students with various obscure…

Jakarta – As candidates enter the next stage of the process to select the next leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), observers…

Jakarta – Seventeen people were killed and dozens injured when the supporters of rival candidates in a local regent election clashed throughout…

Jayapura, Papua – Unidentified gunmen early on Monday morning stabbed and shot dead three civilians and a Defense Forces (TNI) official near Nafri…

Jewel Samad – Suspected separatist rebels killed four people including an army officer in Indonesia's restive Papua province on Monday, the first…

Jakarta – Several people have criticized House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie's latest remarks calling to disband the Corruption…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Embattled Indonesian House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie, who is often criticized for making ill-…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has rejected a plan to disband the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) proposed by…

Ulma Haryanto – As Indonesia's Muslim majority prepares for Ramadan and Idul Fitri, the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect is bracing itself for more…

Violence in Aceh is becoming political, according to a human rights NGO.

"We are facing violence in relation to local political…

The Betawi Brotherhood Forum continued to allege on Saturday that Greenpeace's presence in Indonesia violates the law, and was seeking to compel…

Elisabeth Oktofani – A relatively quieter Ramadan may be in store this year after former Vice President Jusuf Kalla called on the Indonesian…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie is defending his statement that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Jakarta – Regional authorities have warned people against carrying out vigilante street raids as the Islamic fasting month approaches.

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Dion Bisara & Faisal Maliki Bakoro – Profits at some of the largest companies in Indonesia rose in the second quarter, boosting the case that…

Pandaya – It seems that national politics gets more muddled every day. The media is filled with depressing news, from corruption, malfunctioning…

Michael Vatikiotis, Singapore – These days it's so easy to look back at the past decade and marvel at Indonesia's transition to democracy.

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Jakarta – Thousands of members from the hard-line Muslim group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), staged a rally in front of the…

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has expressed renewed concern about continuing violations of religious freedom in Indonesia following the…

Ismira Lutfia – Indonesian Islamic scholars had mixed reactions to criticism launched by Western nations of the apparent light sentences handed…

Hundreds of conservative Muslims have held a noisy but peaceful rally in Indonesia's capital to demand the government outlaw an…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – As his party struggles to cope with a wave of graft allegations, House speaker and Democratic Party politician…