Jakarta – Working People's Association (PRP) activists demanded police order a thorough investigation into the death of a university…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided to ring in National Children's Day on Friday by giving a speech to…

The decision of the Obama Administration to begin "gradual and limited" engagement with the Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus) ignores more than…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Legislators should be ashamed of their poor attendance record at plenary sessions, and…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ismira Lutfia – The government has acknowledged it needs to run more development programs in Papua and Aceh…

Washington – A key United States senator voiced regret Thursday at the resumption of ties with Indonesian special forces and said the unit must…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Isn't it inevitable that a life of excess brings with it big problems? Children suffering from obesity are proof that…

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Transparency on the part of the city administration is key to improving education and teaching…

Dessy Sagita – Women's renewed focus on their careers and a dearth of information have been blamed for fewer mothers breast-feeding their newborns…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Australia might be asked to fund detention centres in Indonesia to help Jakarta deter asylum-seekers from using the…

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Sanur, Bali – Conservationists from around the world have concluded their meeting in Bali with a declaration of support…

Jakarta – The National Commission for Children's Protection says it had recorded 1,826 cases of violence, sexual assault and incest…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Aceh's Sharia Police censured hundreds of women for wearing tight pants and jeans in Wednesday's raid in Banda…

Stephanie Riady, Jakarta – On the fateful Tuesday morning last week, an LPG gas cylinder explosion claimed the life of Muhammad Sofyan's beloved…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives team monitoring investigations of the Bank Century scandal threatened on Wednesday to…

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring on Wednesday stressed that he would not back down from…

Jakarta – Indonesian Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring says he hopes all pornographic Web sites will be blocked…

Jakarta – Indonesia will seek compensation from a company operating a Timor Sea oil rig that last year leaked into Australian and…

The Obama administration has just failed a key test. This is not the way to encourage reform with a military that has yet to demonstrate a…

Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Despite catching flak last week for failing to follow through on an internal probe into suspicious…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today condemned the Obama administration's decision to resume engagement with Indonesia's…

Ridwan Max Sijabat – One reason behind the various flaws in the election body – in the words of its own chief – is that the body is staffed by…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – The United States announced Thursday it will resume cooperation with Indonesia's special forces after ties were severed…

Urges President Obama to meet the families of those killed by the Kopassus during upcoming visit

Washington – Amnesty International…

With the ongoing second wave of local elections, will regular polls bring a better public awareness of voting and improved competence of election…

A decision that was adopted at a recent congress of the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) along with its armed wing, Tentara Papua Nasional/TPN, made…

Elisabeth Bumiller, Jakarta – The Defense Department said on Thursday that it was lifting a ban of more than a decade on contact with the elite…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has launched an internal probe against several senior Indonesian prosecutors who allegedly…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights pledged on Tuesday to launch its own investigation into the beating of an anti-…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Two high-ranking police officials implicated in the Gayus Tambunan case, Brig. Gen. Edmond Ilyas, the former director of…

Camelia Pasandaran & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The highly divisive 2008 Anti-Pornography Law will be back in the Constitutional Court today.…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – An independent investigation team led by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, or Kontras, has come…

Jakarta – The National Police have dispersed its independent team to investigate possible judicial mafia within the force.

"We…

Jakarta – The stellar performance of Indonesia's financial market in recent years has made investments in securities and also currencies a top…

Camelia Pasandaran – Massive graft at the tax department was "extraordinary crime beyond comprehension," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia is experiencing growing Islamization both at national and regional levels with the enactment of laws…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The government was criticized on Tuesday for not taking the spate of gas cylinder…

Jakarta – National Awakening Party (PKB) leaders are embroiled in a political tug-of-war over how to thwart major political parties' plans to…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Some 400,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Yogyakarta province face collapse due to electricity rate hikes…

Jakarta – Indonesia's target to achieve economic growth of 7 percent a year within the next few years will be difficult to reach if no significant…

The Industry Ministry said Tuesday that the government planned to expand the pulp and paper industry to eastern Indonesia, including Papua,…

Nurdin Hasan, Aceh – Authorities in West Aceh have told three Americans accused of converting local Muslims to leave the district for their own…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The new National Police chief to replace incumbent Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri must posses a commitment to…

Nivell Rayda & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A key piece of evidence that served as the basis for charging two deputies of the Corruption…

Jakarta – A lack of legal protection – and a culture that excuses casual verbal and physical sexual abuse – makes obscene behavior an everyday…

Ismira Lutfia & Putri Prameshwari, Indonesia – The Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) said in a statement on Tuesday that it regretted…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The country's leading financial watchdog is conceding to legislators' rejection of its proposal to investigate suspicious…

Mark Dodd – Negotiations for an offshore refugee processing centre in East Timor appear to have stalled.

Although talks are continuing, The…

Jakarta – International news agencies and newspapers around the world have pounced on an embarrassing mistake by the Indonesian Ulema Council,…

Dessy Sagita, Indonesia – In the face of a suggestion by the nation's main Muslim organizations that a fatwa, or religious edict, be placed…