Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Amalia Sari and National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo signed…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – The beheading of Ruyati binti Satubi, a migrant worker from Bekasi, West Java, last month triggered a moratorium on sending…

Jakarta – National Democrat (Nasdem) founder Surya Paloh deplores Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's instruction that all Golkar members…

Cilacap – The construction of the Central Java II steam power station (PLTU) in Bunton in Central Java's Cilacap regency has been…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A forum held by university students concluded that the government failed to bring prosperity to the people.

The…

Nivell Rayda – The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it had withdrawn its defamation claim against a member of the Judicial Commission, the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri remains the hot favorite to run on the main opposition party's ticket in the…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) called on the government and the House of…

Speaker of the House Marzuki Alie called for the dismantling of the Corruption Eradication Commission following the latest controversy surrounding…

A member of the committee tasked with selecting commissioners on the Corruption Eradication Commission has rejected suggestions that…

Indonesia's controversial speaker of the House of Representatives, Marzuki Alie, has come up with a new idea to encourage graft…

Critics have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cancel plans to purchase a private presidential plane.

The $58 million purchase…

Hong Kong – Three to six months in prison was the shocking sentence given to the perpetrators of the mob killing of three Ahmadiyahs earlier this…

Bruce Gale – Visiting Jakarta in the early 1990s, when health officials in Asia were just beginning to wake up to the challenge posed by a global…

Amir Tedjo, Surabaya – Despite pledges not to conduct Ramadan-related raids, hard-line groups on Thursday descended on Surabaya's infamous red-…

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – Foreign governments and human rights groups say the relatively light sentences given to 12 men who…

Heru Andriyanto & Ulma Haryanto, Serang, Banten – A wave of condemnation greeted the lenient sentences handed down on Thursday to 12 men found…

Indonesia on Friday dismissed expressions of outrage and disbelief over the perceived light sentences handed down to Islamic extremists who killed…

Slamet Susanto and Panca Nugraha, Yogyakarta Mataram – With more than 100 hectares of agricultural land converted to residential use every year in…

Robert Finlayson – Your monkey has been following reports that soon some foreign motor car manufacturers might be making very cheap, small cars…

Ismira Lutfia – The Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that a controversial draft bill on national security was not an attempt to return to the…

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The verdicts imposed against 12 people accused of killing 3 members of the Ahmadi community in Indonesia,…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – One of former president Sukarno's most memorable speeches was titled "Jas Merah", an acronym for Jangan Sekali-…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Thursday urged the Democratic Party to publicly reveal its financial reports from…

The United States Embassy in Indonesia has expressed "disappointment" in response to the light verdicts handed down in relation to the…

Jakarta – Pilots with state-run carrier Garuda Indonesia cut short their 24-hour strike Thursday after company officials agreed to…

Indonesian authorities should be making all-out efforts to bring to justice those who kill people because of their religious beliefs. The…

Jakarta – An NGO and representatives from the EU expressed concerns at the rulings in trials over attacks on religious minorities in…

A prominent rights organization said on Thursday that the light sentences handed down to 12 men involved in the deadly February attack on an…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has told Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto to settle once and for all a protracted local religious…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Despite their financial hardships, many poor families in Indonesia prioritize spending on cigarettes rather than on…

Nani Afrida – Paddy farmer Sewi, 50, spent heavily before the harvest in May to save his crops from rats and pests.

"I pay hunters Rp 3,000…

Five hundred men gathered at a television station at the center of a dispute between a daughter of former dictator Suharto and media…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) issued a religious edict, known as a fatwa, on Wednesday, condemning…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Army's top soldier says that the Indonesian Military (TNI) is "not confident" about a recent proposal to involve…

Jakarta – The Nasdem Party, which is linked to the mass organization National Democrat (Nasdem), declared Tuesday its establishment as…

This is the second of two reports on misappropriation in agricultural development. The Jakarta Post's Nani Afrida explores the controversy…

This is the first of two reports on agriculture development in Indonesia – an alleged victim of political misappropriation in many rural areas…

Debnath Guharoy, Roy Morgan – Asked who they would vote for if an election was held today, eligible voters from across the country continued their…

Jakarta – It is not uncommon for Indonesian politicians to spend billions of rupiah to win elections, especially in the regions; but only a few…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Officials from the National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT), the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police have…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Indonesia is bringing the army into the fight against terrorism, authorizing military officers to do everything from…

Jakarta – The State Enterprises Workers Union (FSP BUMN) filed on Monday for a judicial review of the 2004 Social Security Law with…

Jakarta – A wedding was aborted in Banten province after it was discovered that the groom was a woman, Indonesian media reported on…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia may fail to achieve balanced population growth by 2015 without intensifying the family planning campaign…

An Indonesian lawmaker reiterated his position on Tuesday that Greenpeace should be expelled from the country if an investigation finds the…

A graphic video showing the last hours of a rare Sumatran tiger as it writhes in a trap in Indonesia exposes the gruesome toll of rampant…

Jayapura – Syamsul Arief Rivai has been installed as Papua's caretaker governor amid legal uncertainties about the next election.

Nani Afrida – Free seeds, fertilizers, farming tools and financial capital, funded by taxpayer money, are up for grabs for thousands of poor…

East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta says the Australian company Woodside Petroleum is taking a stubborn approach to debate on the…