Lindsay Murdoch – The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has pardoned 23 rebels involved in attacks in 2008 during which he was shot in…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Jockeying for the 2014 presidential election has begun in earnest with a respected scholar…

Sara Everingham – East Timor's prime minister, Xanana Gusmao, has thanked the Chinese government for funding the construction of the…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – House legislators and population experts are questioning the accuracy of the nation's recent head count,…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Pressure continued to mount on Indonesia's ailing National Police chief on Tuesday after a case was filed against him…

Lisa Siregar – On a Sunday at about 10 p.m., a group of women wearing jilbabs are gathered in one corner of Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta after…

Liwa (Lampung) – Unchecked hunting is feared to wipe out the deer population in Liwa regency within the next 10 years, residents and…

In the past decade, the combined population of Papua and West Papua has grown 64 percent, making them the provinces with the fastest population…

Ismira Lutfia & Made Arya Kencana, Jakarta – The death on Saturday of journalist Ridwan Salamun during a clash between villagers in Tual,…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) said in Papua on Saturday that the police must thoroughly investigate…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Former National Mandate Party chairman Soetrisno Bachir has announced his resignation from the party he once led.

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Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – The Rote Ndao district administration in East Nusa Tenggara will seek Rp 7 trillion ($780 million) in…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Three people were detained by the police for throwing human feces into the Malaysian Embassy on Monday.

They were…

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Lawmakers are expected to discuss banning prisoners convicted of corruption from receiving sentence…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken his ministers to task for doing exactly what critics have frequently…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – No remorse crossed the faces of three terrorists on Monday as they told a court how terror defendant Eko Budi Wardoyo had…

Jakarta – Activists and community figures voiced concern Sunday on corruption in the National Police, and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

Simon Roughneen, Bangkok – Burma Foreign Minister Nyan Win concluded a three-day goodwill visit to Timor Leste on Sunday, after being met by…

An Australia-based Papua specialist says it remains to be seen whether an increase in state funding for Indonesia's Papua region will…

Farouk Arnaz – The government is not serious enough in its attempt to bring to justice those behind the death of Munir Said Thalib, critics said…

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – SUN-TV journalist Ridwan Salamun was killed on Saturday while covering a communal clash between villagers from Banda Ely…

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Although the suggestion that the Constitution be amended to allow President Susilo Bambang…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari – Human rights and labor activists on Friday called on the government to take immediate action to assist 345 convicted…

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Just a day after receiving a sentence reduction, Aulia Pohan, the father-in-law of…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Antigraft activists have slammed the remission system for corruption convicts following the release of high-profile…

Ridwan Max Sijabat – Indonesia seems far removed from Afghanistan, where the Taliban recently stoned to death a couple that had eloped after a…

The New Zealand Police says that its community police training-the-trainers in Indonesia's Papua region is making a positive impact.…

Dili – East Timor's president said Friday his country is seeking to improve relations with Myanmar, including commercial ties.

"We want to…

Dili – Human rights activists clashed with police in East Timor on Friday as they protested the visit of Myanmar's foreign minister…

East Timor has taken exception to comments by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the development of a gas field in the Timor Sea.

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Clifford McCoy – The arrest last week of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was the highlight of a government crackdown on Islamic…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Three logging company executives and a forestry department official are among 10 people arrested and charged with illegal…

Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer on Friday rejected fresh allegations of illegal forest clearing after foreign auditors suggested…

David Fogarty, Jakarta – As part of $1 billion deal with Norway to fight carbon emissions through a partial deforestation ban, Indonesia plans to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The ruling Democratic Party has called for premarital sex counseling for young couples in a bid to stem infidelity and…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A senior Golkar official expressed regret on Friday over a local legislator from the party who mooned female…

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – As the train rattled into Indonesia's capital, 19-year-old Wiwit Wahyuningsih leaned back in a soft, pink-cushioned seat…

Jakarta – Legal experts agree that Indonesia needs to overhaul its legal system, including restructuring judicial institutions and reapportioning…

On 20 August 2010, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Falintil, the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste issued…

Jakarta – The draft law on land acquisition soon to be submitted to the House of Representatives will ensure fair compensation to residents…

Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's biggest Islamic organization with as many as 30 million members, has…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian Council of Ulema have rejected comments from West Aceh district head Ramli Mansur that woman who fail to…

Pandaya – The House of Representatives needs to make a breakthrough to improve its poor legislative performance as indicted by its almost certain…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asserted he had no intention to extend his tenure and would leave office in 2014.

Speaking…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Indonesia has been experiencing its most extreme weather conditions in recorded history, meteorologists warned on…

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – The government on Thursday announced a plan to provide free birth care to all, helping to prevent cases of mothers selling…

Hamong Santono – Last month, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring access to clean water and sanitation a fundamental…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The revelations of institutionalized bribery unearthed in the saga of rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan paint a bleak…

Camelia Pasandaran & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Former police chief of detectives and whistle-blower Susno Duadji was on Thursday refused a…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Legislators have seemingly turned a deaf ear to the recent furor over their poor attendance at House of Representatives…