Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party's sudden U-turn on the Bank Century case in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party has wasted no time in cozying up to the president in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani…

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – The House of Representatives did not enact any laws in the first five months of 2010 and may not meet its goal of…

Armando Siahaan – If you thought the uproar over reports that lawmakers plan to build a new tower costing Rp 1.8 trillion ($195 million) was…

Amir Tejo – What happens when two wives of an incumbent district head vie to replace their outgoing husband? Hostility comes out into the open.…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-058-2010

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Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said Thursday it had identified 48 "weaknesses" in the Religious Affairs Ministry's…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As Susno's fear over the possibility to be named suspect reportedly led him to evade questioning, the police have…

Jakarta – The chiefs of the six highest state institutions disagree with Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi's proposal to reinstate a clause in the…

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As red-faced lawmakers demanded to know why the antigraft commission had not received copies of…

Farouk Arnaz & Zaky Pawas – The premises raided by antiterror police in South Jakarta on Thursday night was the Jakarta headquarters of Jamaah…

Lindsay Murdoch – The regulator of East Timor's petroleum industry has accused Woodside of failing to comply with its legal obligations before…

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnaz – Tightening the net on wanted members of an armed group in Aceh, the National Police have revealed that they…

East Timor's two official languages are Tetum and Portuguese, but at least sixteen languages are spoken there. English and Bahasa Indonesia are…

Dili – Partners in the Sunrise gas field joint venture met East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday after the government angrily…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Residents of Raja Ampat district in West Papua have demanded that police investigate their claims of judicial…

Ulma Haryanto – It had all the elements of a remarkable story – a Japanese porn star, the film industry, an allegedly outraged nation and Islamic…

Heru Andriyanto – It appears that no one knows for sure when a criminal trial should end.

When the Supreme Court upholds a conviction, the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Almost six years after the devastating 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 130,000 people in Aceh province, most…

Ismira Lutfia – The threat of going to jail or under-going a lengthy prosecution under the country's criminal-defamation laws may be pushing…

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors who handled the case of tax official Gayus Tambunan at the Tangerang District Court still have not been implicated…

Arientha Primanita – The city administration should crack down on the illegal distribution of faulty gas cylinders feared to be the cause of…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Tuesday for the first time in years the military plans to spend more on…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's fight against corruption has been thrown into doubt after its finance minister and reform stalwart resigned and…

Rendi A. Witular and Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A breakfast meeting on Wednesday between Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and her top…

Olivia Rondonuwu & Telly Nathalia – Indonesian opposition politicians welcomed on Thursday Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's decision…

It is both "devastating" and a "pleasant surprise" for Indonesia. It is a political compromise that will ease a beleaguered official out of town…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie had held a number of meetings recently, House Deputy Speaker Priyo…

Jakarta – Prita Mulyasari, Khoe Seng Seng and Tukijo are ordinary people who have been branded criminals under the defamation law simply because…

Nurfika Osman & Arientha Primanita – Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri has provoked the ire of commuters and officials alike after…

Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman – The chief of the Jakarta branch of the Islamic Defenders Front said on Wednesday that he would urge members of…

Titania Veda – Seen from Jakarta's glass-walled towers, the government's reform drive is bearing fruit, with rising economic growth and foreign…

Sara Webb – In what could be a setback to a crackdown on graft and tax evasion, it was announced on Wednesday that key reformer Sri Mulyani…

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Kuala Lumpur – Palm oil producers from Malaysia said on Wednesday they had formed a coalition with their counterparts in Indonesia to counter…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday called on politicians to stop interfering in law enforcement matters as the…

Camelia Pasandaran – Politicians should quit interfering with police and prosecutors, and regional governments must stop charging businesses and…

The Vanuatu Free West Papua Association and the leader of the opposition have asked the Foreign Minister, Joe Natuman, not to meet the…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says that it has not yet received complete documents on…

Aditya Suharmoko and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Finance Minister Sri Mulyani…

The Federal Government has told East Timor it cannot invite another company to develop the Greater Sunrise gas fields in the Timor Sea…

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's credentials as a democratic success story are under threat from a worrying trend toward…

Jakarta – Indonesia's shoe exports could reach US$3 billion per year in the next three years thanks to the recent relocation of several branded…

Jakarta – An NGO calls for the Judicial Mafia Taskforce and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to start looking into…

Jakarta – The Public Works Ministry denied a main building at the House of Representatives is leaning 7 degrees, which had compelled…

In a recent drive to quell tax crimes, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati unveiled Monday an all-out investigation into three cases that have…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Farmers and exporters in Lampung who had secured loans with coffee from Bank Tripanca are now demanding the…

Jakarta – Three days after the unruly Islam Defenders Front (FPI) stormed a human rights training workshop for transgender individuals in Depok,…

Markus Makur, Timika – More than 500 elementary school teachers are needed in Mimika, Papua province, to prevent remote areas of the regency from…

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – A day after 18 inmates escaped while guards and their chief ran amok at a Jayapura prison on Monday,…