Farouk Arnaz, Indonesia – With the National Police's reputation in tatters, an upcoming leadership change is being seen as an opportunity to help…

Camelia Pasandaran, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Arti Ekawati & Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The government on Monday vowed to cap an electricity rate…

Camelia Pasandaran – Despite its protests to the contrary, the House of Representatives does not appear overly concerned about passing legislation…

Zaky Pawas & Kinanti Pinta Karana, Tangerang – An Indonesian motorcycle thief was captured and beaten to death by an enraged mob in Banten on…

Armando Siahaan – It was only months ago that the country was mesmerized by the PT Bank Century bailout saga. But now, with no end in sight,…

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas – The Public Order Agency is again in hot water after two of its officers were arrested by police in Central…

Nivell Rayda & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Disappointed by the National Police's "half-hearted" investigation, Indonesia Corruption Watch on Monday…

Nivell Rayda – The Supreme Audit Agency may have the answer as to why regional areas – particularly new provinces, districts and municipalities –…

Heru Andriyanto – The National Police's pledge to provide clarification on the suspicious bank accounts of some of its senior officers appears to…

Heru Andriyanto – It started out as a common corruption case at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights uncovered by mid-ranking prosecutors.…

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Following public protests over daily jams caused by his motorcade, the President is considering travelling to work by…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Some point their finger to poverty, others the hostility of US troops in several Muslim countries, but for security…

Latif Adam – Well-developed infrastructure has been a key factor in China's success in achieving high and sustained economic growth.

Beijing…

Winarno Zain, Jakarta – The decision by the Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors to maintain its current benchmark interest rate at 6.5 percent…

Camelia Pasandaran – A woman from Bojonegoro, East Java, whose toddler son suffered severe burns from a 3kg-gas cylinder explosion came to the…

Zaky Pawas – Public order and police officers in Bogor were injured on Monday after being pelted with rocks by protesters who were demonstrating…

Two of Indonesia's main Muslim organizations are to meet to decide whether or not to issue a fatwa against "kopi luwak," a famed and highly prized…

Jakarta – People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa – not Mecca – while praying.

Indonesia's…

Arientha Primanita, Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas – Peace is a word defined differently by certain religious communities and the Bogor…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The head of the Central Information Commission says the police refusal to disclose the identities of police officers…

Fitria Sofyani, Jakarta – The scene was familiar and would not be out of place if it took place during the heyday of the New Order authoritarian…

The chief of Nahdlatul Ulama organization, or NU, has called on its members not to conduct sweepings on entertainment venues throughout Indonesia…

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police believe they have finally found the person responsible for the celebrity sex video scandal that has outraged…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Tensions are rising within the coalition government as some ministers are dismayed by their poor grades in a recent…

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police announced on Friday that only two of 23 reports it had received from the antimoney laundering watchdog linking…

Re: Pacific Islands Forum

Dear Prime Minister,

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) is writing to you concerning the issue of…

Farouk Arnaz, Ismira Lutfia & Zaky Pawas – As the police came up empty-handed on Friday in their probe into recent attack on the editorial…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi responded to mounting calls that the government dissolve violent mass organizations, by…

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – Despite police successes against terrorist networks, lessons learned over the 12 months since the July 17…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra, a suspect in a Rp 410 billion ($45.5 million) embezzlement case, says he…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The next legislative elections are four years away, but debate is already underway on a change to the parliamentary…

Armando Siahaan – Lawmakers from House of Representatives Commission II failed once again on Thursday to reach a consensus on the draft of a…

Pekanbaru – Twenty-five Greenpeace activists blockaded a vessel loading thousands cubic meters of timber at a port operated by PT Riau…

Nivell Rayda & Setya Adi – The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision it made two years ago and sided with the government in a civil…

Heru Andriyanto – Not long after the capital was rocked by twin hotel bomb attacks in the heart of Jakarta's central business district a year ago…

Jakarta – More parties have called on the government to crack down on violence conducted by mass organizations, while also raising concern that…

Indications are rife that the vigilante group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) is degenerating into an unchained organization, allowing various…

Rendi Witular/Hans David – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) will not hold its congress for new leadership until 2013, yet several of its elites are…

Armando Siahaan – Whether it's because of negligence or a malicious intent to hide something, the failure of more than a hundred lawmakers to…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti, Sanur, Bali – Conservationists, wildlife experts and government officials are set to meet today at an international…

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – The Three-kilogram gas cylinders may be subsidized, but for West Jakarta resident Rahmono, 50, they are…

Camelia Pasandaran, Dion Bisara, Arti Ekawati & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Smarting from a barrage of criticism from businesses and industries,…

Arientha Primanita – The millions of people who ride the city's troubled busway system are not a happy bunch, the Indonesian Consumer Protection…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators from the oversight commission for home affairs have called into doubt the president's claim that the…

Camelia Pasandaran & Ismira Lutfia – The government on Wednesday announced plans to block access to pornographic Web sites, but many doubt it…

Ismira Lutfia – The marriage of two celebrities, the pregnancy of an unmarried actress and the divorce of two musicians over an alleged affair –…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – In a move surprising no one, Prabowo Subianto was re-appointed chairman of the country's largest agrarian group,…

Banda Aceh – An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed two Islamic policemen for gang-raping a young woman in custody, a case that has sparked…

East Timorese Deputy Prime Minister Mario Viegas Carrascalao yesterday rejected an Australian proposal to process asylum-seekers.

Mr…

Indonesia appears lukewarm on Australia's plan to build a regional asylum-seeker processing centre in East Timor.

Foreign Minister Stephen…