Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The United States Congress on Wednesday held an open hearing on Indonesia's alleged military abuses in Papua as well as…

Nivell Rayda, Banjir Ambarita & AFP, Jakarta – The United States on Wednesday urged Indonesia to move forward on autonomy for Papua but warned…

Aidi Yursal & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Lawmakers visiting the site of Wednesday's terrorist attack on a police post in Medan, North Sumatra, said…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has indicated that its support of the proposed new head of…

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Armed men who attacked a subdistrict police station in Medan in the early hours of Wednesday,…

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The rumbling voices of opposition to lavish spending by the government grew louder on Thursday…

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Under pressure from lawmakers, the government on Thursday offered to reduce next year's proposed electricity rate hike…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – A century-old mess in the land certification system coupled with corrupt officials and opportunistic local people have…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Three lawmakers named by anti-tobacco activists as having been declared suspects by the police over the omission of a…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Got porn? You will now, ever since the much-vaunted block on a host of Web sites deemed offensive by the minister of…

Jakarta – An industry body for sustainable palm oil has made its first public censure of a member, saying Indonesia's Sinar Mas Agro Resources…

Katharine Murphy and Yuko Narushima – Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will head to East Timor to revive plans for an offshore immigration…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia members rallied at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Thursday to…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Academics, religious leaders and students in North Sumatra have called on the central government to immediately issue a…

Today there are rallies at US Embassies in West Papua, Jakarta, Melbourne and Perth, reminding US Senators in a Congressional Hearing in…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A Jambi provincial legislator has floated a potentially controversial idea requiring female students enrolling into state…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Hundreds of lawyers began fighting among themselves on Wednesday in the latest twist to the long-simmering dispute between…

Zaky Pawas, Medan – Ten armed gunmen stormed the Hamparan Perak Police Precinct in Medan, North Sumatra, early on Wednesday morning,…

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – An initiative by the central bank encouraging poor Indonesians to open bank accounts has attracted little interest from the…

Khairul Saleh and Nethy Darma Somba, Palembang/Jayapura – Investigations into the recent deaths of two journalists in separate locations have…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Political parties in the ruling coalition on Tuesday played down speculation fueled by Democratic Party…

Jakarta – About 500 angry Indonesians staged a motorbike protest outside the Malaysian ambassador's residence in Jakarta on Wednesday to condemn…

Dessy Sagita & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Antitobacco activists said on Wednesday that the National Police were lying about three legislators who…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police antiterrorism squad Detachment 88 has come under fire for its methods, with critics calling the elite body…

Jakarta – Denying claims by hard-line groups, many residents from the Pondok Timur Indah housing complex in Bekasi, West Java, say they do not…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The deputy chairman of the House of Representatives' Ethics Council says he has no problem with legislators shopping or…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislator Didi Irawadi from the Democratic Party says that some of his colleagues, who recently went to London…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti& Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – The collapses of a road and an embankment last week are characteristic of the Jakarta…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The president's pick to lead the military will appear today before lawmakers expecting to hear his plans for the armed…

Jakarta – In a confusing ruling that has stumped many, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that Hendarman Supandji is now no longer the…

This month marks the sixth anniversary of the alleged murder of one of Indonesia's most prominent human rights activists, Munir Said Thalib. The…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – How difficult is it to build a church in West Java? On Tuesday, church representatives explained just how frustrating the…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Golkar Party says the House of Representatives must initiate a bill on houses of worship and pass…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – So what did lawmakers learn on their study trips to South Africa and the Netherlands?

On Tuesday, one lawmaker said…

This week the House subcommittee on Asia will hold hearing on West Papua (Wed, September 22, 3 pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg., broadcast…

Jakarta – While in some parts of Bekasi and Bogor relations between Christian congregations and majority-Muslim neighborhoods have soured over…

Jakarta – The actions of several regional heads during the Idul Fitri flew in the face of the nation's fight against corruption,…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Even though Gayus Tambunan is facing trial for the second time this year, attempts to unravel the truth as to how this…

Hendra Teja, Jakarta – Indonesia in the reform era has made significant strides in its efforts to eradicate corruption. Transparency International…

Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government is being far too harsh in its handling of the low-level insurgency in Papua, a…

The right to worship freely is clearly enshrined in our Constitution. But to our nation's chagrin, this guarantee may only exist in theory, and…

Nivell Rayda & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Human rights groups in West Papua are calling on the national rights commission to investigate last…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Despite mounting criticism, the House of Representatives' Commission III is sticking with its decision to send…

Camelia Pasandaran & Eras Poke, Jakarta – The minister of religious affairs on Monday said there were no plans to revise the joint Ministerial…

Theresia Sufa, Bekasi, Bogor – Before the dust has even settled in two congregations' battles to build churches in Bogor and Bekasi, the cities'…

Dessy Sagita, Farouk Arnaz & Armando Siahaan – Three legislators are suspected of having deliberately omitted a key clause addressing the…

Jakarta – Unusually heavy rainfall brought on by the La Nina weather phenomenon have hammered Indonesia in recent months, leading to a pronounced…

Camelia Pasandaran & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that a moratorium on sending domestic workers to Malaysia is still…

Jakarta – An Indonesian human rights group Monday criticized the country's anti-terror police for allegedly killing three people suspected of…

Jakarta – Needling out corruption and overseeing bureaucratic reform should be the new attorney general's top priority, observers said Sunday.…