Karlis Salna – Julia Gillard has flagged offshore refugee processing through East Timor as she seeks to reposition Labor on the asylum seeker…

Abe Silangit, Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday stepped into the fray between the police…

Achmad Sukarsono – Indonesia's Islamic jihadi movement, which drove deadly attacks in the country with the world's largest Muslim population since…

The father of militant Islam in Indonesia, Abu Bakar Bashir, is back under a police microscope for his alleged support of terrorist activity, a…

Sara Everingham, Kerri Ritchie and staff – East Timor's deputy prime minister says his country does not have the capacity to set up a regional…

Despite monumental concerns about the lack of professionalism of Indonesia's Public Order Agency, Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has signed a…

Rohan Sullivan, Sydney – Australia's new leader proposed Tuesday to stop an influx of asylum seeker boats by making East Timor a hub for…

Neles Tebay – Last Friday indigenous Papuans – through the provincial legislative council – symbolically handed back the 2001 Law on Special…

Not many people can claim that they were literally part of history. But retired Australian journalist David Jenkins, who was banned by President…

Sara Schonhardt, Semarang, Java – A pitched argument is unfolding between convicted terrorists and high-level criminals detained in a prison in…

James Van Zorge – Is Indonesia's democracy and long tradition of secularism under threat from an onslaught of Islamic fundamentalism?

For…

Jakarta – The National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Monday that his institution would not file a lawsuit against…

Ismira Lutfia - A rights activist on Sunday criticized the National Police for missing the point when they filed a criminal complaint against…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Activists renewed calls Saturday for the government to stop issuing fishing permits to large vessels, because fish…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police recently commemorated its 64th anniversary amid controversies and criticism from the public over…

Jakarta – Muslim group the Islam Defender Front (FPI) has admitted the role of local military in its raid on a health bill…

The Committee of Action and Solidarity for Munir, or Kasum, and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, or Kontras, said they…

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Golkar Party are encouraging smaller parties to join with them so that they can lobby the…

A number of politicians have pounced on Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie's comments that when it came to Indonesian politics it was best for…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – To quell public confusion on the state of Indonesia's military relations with the US, the Defense Ministry confirmed…

Niniek Karmini – A banner with a picture of a young, bespectacled Christian man is draped in front of a mosque, a fiery noose around his neck and…

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission is struggling to find indications of graft linked to accounts holding Rp 95 billion ($10.5…

Erwida Maulia and Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A specter is haunting Indonesia – the specter of communism. Not likely, an observer and an…

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission on Violence Against Women has said that the Anti-Pornography Law was not properly able to combat the…

Ahmad Pathoni – Twenty-five teenagers were crammed in a 20-square-meter cell in the main prison in the Indonesian city of Bogor. The smell of damp…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Sitting on a red plastic chair at a small, green Betawi People Communication Forum (Forkabi) guard post on Jl. KS…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Aceh is currently the fourth-biggest distributor of illegal drugs in the country and a major producer of marijuana…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Voters would be better served by smaller political parties joining together to form confederations rather than agreeing…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The imposition of sharia-based bylaws is a political maneuver designed by aspiring regional heads who want to…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – West Nusa Tenggara Police investigating an Internet sex video featuring a prominent local legislator who…

Jakarta – "Why does marital status seem to be the panacea for everything about the future of an eastern woman? Does marriage constitute insurance…

Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda – The chief of the National Police, an institution constantly battered by criticism, showed his candid side by…

Armando Siahaan – Continuing its effort to court smaller parties, Golkar on Thursday signaled the possibility of a partnership with the Reform…

Jakarta – A new study by the National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) says massive safety flaws are to blame for a spate of almost 100 gas…

The National Nuclear Power Agency has conceded defeat in its controversial attempts to construct a nuclear power plant on the Muria…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Prominent Muslim organization Muhammadiyah has been told to stay alert to attempts by "Islamic purification" and…

Pandaya, Jakarta – The police's threat to sue Tempo magazine over its piggy bank cover is both amusing and intimidating at the same time, although…

Tempo magazine appears to have thumbed its nose at threats of legal action from the National Police.

Police had been threatening…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police officially filed a criminal report with their own detectives Thursday alleging the cover…

Jakarta – The recent expansion of the Indonesian Military's territorial command in Kalimantan is opening up a room for illegal military businesses…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police have taken offense at the cartoon piggy banks depicted on the cover of Tempo magazine's latest…

Arientha Primanita – A legislative watchdog on Thursday urged the City Council to be more open and transparent over the alleged bribes received by…

Flower garlands and a downpour of congratulations will mark the 64th anniversary of the National Police today, but the celebration has already…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The public cannot count on the government to overturn sharia-based bylaws and should push for controversial laws…

The Indonesian Council of Ulema say they have reminded the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front not to resort to violence and…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Residents, politicians, activists – and at least one actor – in Depok and Tangerang urged their cities to reject…

Elisabeth Oktofani, Yogyakarta – The media wield enormous influence in informing public opinion, and in Indonesia this power has often been used…

Anita Rachman & Made Arya Kencana – Critics have denounced the General Elections Commission's decision to merely dismiss member Andi Nurpati,…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Recent maneuvers by the Golkar Party to court smaller organizations connected to the United Development Party are…

Anita Rachman – Muhammadiyah, the country's second-largest Muslim organization, has stopped short of denouncing hard-line groups committing acts…