An Australian newspaper at the center of the controversy surrounding allegations of abuse of power involving President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…

A West Papuan independence group has been angered by a decision to grant Indonesia observer status at a summit meeting of the…

Jakarta – National Education Minister Muhammad Nuh says half of Indonesia's labor force is comprised of primary school graduates, some…

Jakarta – Prolonged debate on the bank accounts with implausibly large balances allegedly held by several mid- and high-ranking police…

A week after two Australian newspapers earned the ire of the Indonesian government for publishing allegations that President Susilo Bambang…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – A popular singer. A former anti-terror chief. An outspoken critic of Islamic extremism. All have been…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri has once again slammed the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's liberal Muslims said Wednesday they were not deterred by the renewed threat of terror after a liberal Muslim…

Rendi A. Witular and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The unusual method of attack and the targets of the three attempted bombings in Jakarta on…

Rights group Amnesty International urged Indonesia on Thursday to investigate allegations of soldiers intimidating followers of a minority Islamic…

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representative's Commission XI overseeing finance and national development are planning visit the US…

Nurfika Osman – The country's top antigraft body said on Wednesday that it had no intention of probing the explosive allegations in reports…

Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a force working against corruption and poor governance in Indonesian society.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received a letter from 27 US lawmakers urging him to immediately revoke recent provincial…

Heru Andriyanto – Suspected militants testifying in the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir have described the firebrand cleric as an influential anti-…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – The military denied on Tuesday that it had ordered the Siliwangi command in West Java to…

Ade Mardiyati – It is a few minutes past eight in the evening on Jalan Blora in Central Jakarta and nightlife revelers are starting to trickle…

The WikiLeaks phenomenon has produced an important test for Indonesia's democracy project. The whistleblowing website has obtained United States…

Nurfika Osman – The country's highest authority on Islamic affairs, the Indonesian Council of Ulema, on Tuesday denied that one of its provincial…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – Traffic congestion cost the city up to Rp 46 trillion (US$5.2 billion) last year, the Jakarta Transportation Agency…

Heru Andriyanto – A bill to implement an international antigraft convention will have broader powers than existing legislation by criminalizing…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – The House of Representatives has asked the General Elections Commission to suspend by 24 hours…

Ina Parlina and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Soldiers involved in an operation initiated by the West Java administration to convince local Ahmadis…

Sukabumi – Eighteen more members of the Ahmadiyah sect, this time from four subdistricts in Sukabumi, West Java, renounced their faith on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Having previously called for the blood of Ahmadis, the Islamic Defenders Front on Tuesday suggested that peace with the…

Indonesia said on Wednesday that it will press on with plans to build a nuclear plant close to a fault line, despite the atomic emergency in…

A top Indonesian antiterror official said on Wednesday that regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah was behind a series of 'book…

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – One of three mail bombs sent to Indonesians blamed for "sins against Islam" wounded four people when police…

An Indonesian analyst believes Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Jakarta were the work of the United States.

Ichsanuddin Noorsy, an economic…

Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor has discussed the so-called East Timor solution with Indonesian officials as Australia prepares to make its…

UA: 77/11 Index: ASA 21/008/2011 Indonesia Date: 16 March 2011

The Ahmadiyah community, a religious minority in Indonesia, is facing…

Candra Malik, Magelang, Central Java – Nearly 7,000 minors face criminal trials in Indonesian courtrooms each year, and 90 percent of them end up…

Indonesia admitted on Wednesday that soldiers had been entering mosques of a minority Islamic sect but said they had been protecting followers,…

Repeated calls by Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali to ban the Ahmadiyah fan the flames of violence against the group…

Jakarta – The government said Monday that the transfer of all businesses linked to the Indonesian Military (TNI) was complete, leaving…

Rendy A. Witular, Jakarta – A relatively secluded 5-hectare compound located in South Sentul district, Bogor, West Java, houses the country's high…

A provincial branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema has issued a fatwa banning females from running for the positions of mayor.…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Under the bill on intelligence, recently drafted by legislators for the government to jointly deliberate, the State…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – One person died and six others were injured when they were held captive by the 744 Infantry Battalion/Satya Yudha Bakti…

Rendy A. Witular – The highly secretive State Intelligence Agency (BIN) spent more than half of its budget on intelligence operations related to…

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's Presidential Palace on Tuesday denied reports that a "furious" President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had refused to…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A planned telephone conversation between US President Barack Obama and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was cancelled because US…

Banking and construction tycoon Tomy Winata has denied WikiLeaks allegations that he "relays funds" to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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Jakarta – Women should have greater opportunities in decision-making processes to ensure the effectiveness of policy programs designed to help the…

Nivell Rayda – The Alliance of Independent Journalists has condemned the apparent terrorist attack on Liberal Islamic Network co-…

A bomb exploded at the office of a moderate Islamic group in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Tuesday, injuring four people including a policeman…

Jakarta – Human rights activists urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to sack his religious affairs minister…

Eight nurses and midwives have been arrested in Jayapura for their involvement in a strike that resulting in a halt to services at the general…

Palembang – Different from the national education minister's statement, the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) has conceded that…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has demanded the military answer to allegations that a West Java military unit launched an…