After months of debate, scores of soldiers from the Bukit Barisan Military Command demolished Al Ikhlas mosque on Jl. Timor in Medan, North…

Camelia Pasandaran – A meeting between presidential staff and a beleaguered Indonesian church at the center of an ongoing dispute with…

Criticism of the House of Representatives Commission VIII is mounting on social media Web sites after a gaffe during a discussion with the…

Anita Rachman – Despite the intense criticism of lawmakers' overseas study trips, members of the House of Representatives' Commission II jetted…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The City Police have launched an investigation to identify the owner of a car that has the license plate number B…

Megawati Wijaya, Singapore – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will weigh this week in Jakarta whether to bring East Timor, also…

John Martinkus – A leaked US diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in Lisbon in 2006 details a senior Portuguese intelligence official accusing…

With the general election now three years off, the political climate is heating up every day as politicians begin jockeying for positions,…

Indonesia said Thursday its economy posted robust growth in the first quarter thanks to rising investment, exports and strong domestic consumption…

E Mei Amelia R, Jakarta – Indonesian police arrested three Malaysian citizens in relation to the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on May 7-8. The…

Jakarta – Puncak Jaya Regent Lukas Enembe has ordered soldiers not to carry weapons during peacetime, particularly when in the town,…

An activist who campaigns for the protection of Papuan forests says an agreement between the European Union and Indonesia over…

Richard Chauvel – I first met Filep Karma in the Papuan capital, Jayapura, in November 2000. Even in the relatively open political climate that…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is engaging in non-combat activities in an attempt to repair its image among locals.…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Lack of education and training has resulted in the sluggish expansion of job opportunities for women in Indonesia…

Nethy Dharma Somba – The election of Hana S Hikoyabi as a member of the Papua People Assembly (MRP) representing women has been rejected by the…

Thousands of demonstrators from the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB) again demanded that a Referendum be held in…

Beyond our imagination, the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) teachings have spread to many layers of society, but the way the government plays down…

Local and provincial Police stopped demonstrators from continuing on their route to the House of Representatives of Papua building in…

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) says it is planning to organize a mass prayer after the killing of wanted terrorist and Al…

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic body on Tuesday condemned the sea burial of Osama bin Laden, as radicals promised a day of mass prayer to mourn…

Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie has asked all party members to avoid Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding School in Indramayu, West Java, which is…

Thousands of people have joined mass rallies in cities and towns around Papua to mark the handover from UN to Indonesian control in 1963.

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Farouk Arnaz & Agence France Presse – In a reaction that hardly came as a surprise, radical Indonesian Islamists on Monday hailed slain Al…

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Eighteen graft defendants previously convicted by district courts across Central Java have been acquitted by the Central…

Ulma Haryanto - A former legislator convicted of taking bribes in the 2004 selection of a senior central bank official testified on Monday against…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) campaign to achieve a top three spot in the 2014 election may face a rough road as it is coping…

Heru Andriyanto – The Jakarta High Court has slapped an additional three years to the seven-year jail term imposed on disgraced taxman…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – An outspoken Democratic Party legislator on Tuesday accused other members of House of Representatives Commission III of…

Dessy Sagita – The Judicial Commission announced on Monday that it had received more than 1,000 complaints so far this year about the conduct of…

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Mataram – Students nationwide marked National Education Day on Monday with peaceful rallies demanding…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – "Non-procedural" forest use in three provinces of Kalimantan has cost the state Rp 311.4 trillion (US$36.38 billion) in…

Jakarta – The government has revoked 4,000 bylaws deemed unjust, discriminatory and in violation of human rights.

"Another…

Nivell Rayda – News of the death of Osama bin Laden reverberated strongly in this corner of the world, particularly in Indonesia, where ties…

Nivell Rayda – After weeks of tweaking and trials and errors, an activist at a prominent human rights group was finally able to connect his laptop…

Nivell Rayda – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's speeches often leave many Indonesians mystified, and the one he made shortly after a series of…

Jakarta – Radicalism in schools is believed to have reached alarming levels, with a recent survey finding almost half of the students in Greater…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After paying the ransom and freeing the crew of 20 Indonesian sailors aboard the Sinar Kudus cargo ship late on Sunday…

Hundreds of dock workers demonstrated on Monday at the Port of Merauke, demanding wage increases from $US8 (70,000 rupiah) to $US23 (…

Jakarta - A similar scene plays out every year on May Day: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono goes out of town while thousands of workers rally in…

Yohan Wahyu – If we look at the still sidelined state of workers and employees, the need to unite and organise oneself should be a big one. The…

Elisabeth Oktofani, Vento Saudale, Dwi Lusiana & Rahmat – The overwhelming message on May Day from the thousands of workers who took to the…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – A plan by Lapindo Brantas Inc. to begin new drilling activity in Kalidawir subdistrict, Tanggulangin, Sidoarjo, East…

Anita Rachman – PKS president Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq told journalists on Monday afternoon that there was a "fifty-fifty" chance that…

Farouk Arnaz – National Police said on Monday that Pepi Fernando, the alleged mastermind behind the foiled Good Friday bombing of a church, had…

A former leader of Indonesian Islamic State (NII) claims that the extremist group has infiltrated political parties in Indonesia,…

Al Araf – Every act of terrorism will be followed by the government's desire to reassess and strengthen the role of state security institutions.…

Jakarta – Academics agree that negligence by the older generation and widespread disappointment over the government's failure to provide economic…

The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front is preparing to hold a rally in front of the offices of film production house K2K, which made…

Solo – Commemorating International Labour Day on May 1, two protest actions were held by workers and students in the Central City of Solo on…