Jakarta – To achieve improved maternal health, in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) involves overcoming several hurdles, with the…

John Braithwaite – US President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Indonesia is an opportunity to congratulate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…

Nurfika Osman – Poorly trained and poorly paid, public order officers, better known as Satpol PP, at times commit acts of brutality, experts admit…

Semarang – Students affiliated with the Indonesian Muslim Students for Unitary Movement (KAMMI) demanded the police rid the system of…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Forgetfulness, rebuttals and claimed ignorance of events seem to plague the hearing of the multimillion dollar…

As the Corruption Eradication Commission prepares to summon Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati over the bailout of…

The rupiah hit its highest level since July 2007 on Monday as foreign investors continued to snap up Indonesia's financial assets,…

Armando Siahaan – The Indonesian military might have concealed the truth regarding its role in a number of armed civil conflicts, but it did help…

Jakarta – Two people were killed when gunmen approached a group of workers in the remote Papua regency of Puncak Jaya at 11.00 a.m. on…

Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – Residents of Benteng, Tangerang used various ways to show their rejection of the eviction that will be carried…

Clashes have broken out outside the headquarters of the Tangerang Public Order Agency in Banten during a demonstration by members of the Benteng…

Indonesia says Australia's decision to stop processing asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will be "positive" for the region's fight…

Indonesian police have arrested a key militant strategist involved in a 2004 bomb attack on the Australian Embassy.

Abu Musa was arrested…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – There is no way the City Council will be able to legislate 38 bylaws this year, given the councilors' notorious work…

James Paton – Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, continues to face opposition from East Timor's…

The Australian government is standing by its aid program in East Timor after a scathing assessment of the performance of donors by Prime Minister…

Adianto P. Simamora and Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Activists have called the steps a palm plantation giant was taking to clear itself of Greenpeace…

An author of a new book about peacebuilding in Indonesia says governments like New Zealand's can and should do more to help resolve…

The Netherlands-based advocacy group Foundation Pro Papua has written to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs about its concern for…

Tom Hyland – Indonesian Papua risks erupting in bloodshed, with huge loss of life and disastrous consequences for Indonesia and Australia, a new…

Budi Otmansyah, Pekanbaru (Riau) – Arson could be behind the razing on Sunday morning of a camp set up by Greenpeace in the middle of the Kampar…

Nivell Rayda, Indramayu (West Java) – Darmi is no Gayus Tambunan, whose case is gripping the nation and opens the door to bring corrupt officials…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The naming of Prosperous Justice Party lawmaker Mukhamad Misbakhun as a suspect is a warning to the eight other…

Armando Siahaan – The recent case of tax official Gayus Tambunan showed that bureaucratic reform at the Ministry of Finance had failed, with high…

Indra Harsaputra and Agnes S. Jayakarna, Sidoarjo, East Java – In contrast to the recent rift in the coalition and despite the outcry over the…

Armando Siahaan – The threats had been long and loud, but in the end, they were all bark and no bite.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Several environmental NGOs met Thursday to compile data on illegal logging activities at the request of the…

Eko Ari Wibowo/Joniansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian NGO activist monitoring police performance reported on Friday (9/4) abuse sent at his private…

Hans David Tampobolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri officially won the re-election as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)…

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's defiant statement that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle will…

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle faces a perilous road ahead after voting to stick with Megawati Sukarnoputri as chairwoman, political…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Three months after the Bekasi administration sealed off the small plot of land where they had been conducting church…

Anita Rachman – If he felt shock at being needled instead of complimented for his whistle-blowing efforts, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji did not show it…

The National Police's chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi on Friday denied knowing the identity of "Mr. X," whom former chief of detectives…

Farouk Arnaz – A defiant Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji on Thursday fired another salvo at the National Police, accusing the force of having studiously…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – In a fiercely anti-Western speech, East Timor's Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, has accused Australia of sacrificing the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Authorities in Dili have appealed against the acquittal of the Australian Angelita Pires on charges of…

Indonesia on Friday promised a full investigation into the public humiliation, mob beating and possible caning under Islamic law of two people…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia staged a rally at the Environment Ministry on Thursday, demanding Environment Minister Gusti…

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YBHI) recently found that about 80 percent of detainees…

Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – Indonesian migrant workers overseas sent Rp 100 trillion in remittances to their families in their hometowns in 2009,…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Experts argued that the minimum criminal prosecution age of eight years is too young and must be amended, during a…

Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan – After surviving criticism from the public and lawmakers over his part in approving the Bank Century…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The six-month impasse between Indonesian authorities and a group of about 240 asylum seekers who refused to leave their boat…

Nivell Rayda – The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force on Thursday agreed to examine a criminal case involving a farmer from Indramayu, West…

An official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Aceh Barat and the married woman he was caught having intercourse with were paraded naked…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – For the second time this week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed concern over illegal logging, ordering…

Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, the country's former most senior detective, is at it again, attacking National Police for what he alleges is their…

In yet another blow to the Directorate General of Taxation, Jakarta Police have launched an investigation into a former tax official after Rp 70…

Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri was re-elected chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle during the opposition…