Jakarta – The conservative Indonesian Ulema Council in Tasikmalaya, West Java announced a ban on Valentine's Day on Friday, citing its…

Amir Tejo & Fidelis E Satriastanti – In response to new report by British geologist Richard Davies that said the Sidoarjo mudflow was caused…

Paris – Drilling firm PT Lapindo Brantas, owned by Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie, was to blame for unleashing a mud volcano in East Java…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Civil society groups insist that there were no urgent reasons to develop nuclear power plants in Indonesia, citing…

Nurfika Osman – The head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Palembang, South Sumatra, has warned people, especially women, not to wear sexy…

Febriamy Hutapea – In an increasingly hostile political environment, a number of lawmakers on the House of Representatives special committee…

Heru Andriyanto – Police documents released for the first time reveal how the JW Marriott Hotel suicide bomber was able to talk his way into a…

Nurfika Osman – Devout Muslims should not spend Sunday gazing at their sweethearts across a romantic, candle-lit dinner, the Indonesian Ulema…

Jakarta – A number of sex workers returned to the street after undergoing a rehabilitation program at Bina Karya Wanita Harapan Mulia…

Locals unwittingly forced two women into a same-sex marriage in Labuhanbatu, North Sumatra, because they thought the pair were having premarital…

Some employers choose to hire a girl rather than an adult because they want someone who will work for less money and who will be easier to boss…

Adam Gartrell – One of Australia's top forensic pathologists has added to doubts about the official account of the alleged attempt to assassinate…

The increasingly bitter political battle over the House of Representatives special committee investigation into the Bank Century bailout grew more…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The final conclusions of the ongoing investigation into the Bank Century case by the House of Representatives'…

Ulma Haryanto – A coalition of civil society organizations led by Indonesia Corruption Watch is set to report to the Attorney General's Office a…

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission pledged on Wednesday to release the names of all the lawmakers who allegedly received a total…

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – The East Timor government said on Thursday that it still has not awarded a contract to any company to…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Noordin Mohammed Top would have been pleased to have died a "martyr" in a hail of gunfire but his terrorist network is now…

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – The days of the pollution-belching, three-wheeled bemo may finally be numbered, the Jakarta city…

Tobias Basuki, Jakarta – Indonesia, the third-largest democracy in the world, may be facing gloomy days ahead. In December 2009, the late former…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono once said that finding Munir's killers was the test of Indonesia's history. The human rights team has shown…

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A sensational murder case that combined high-wire politics, sex and dark rumblings of conspiracy…

Former anticorruption agency chief Antasari Azhar has been found guilty of ordering the murder of state firm director Nasrudin Zulkarnaen and was…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A case review on the 2004 murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib will open up the possibility of charging…

Padang – More than 2,000 people, most of whom were affected by the Padang earthquake in September, stoned the mayor's house to protest…

Ahmad Pathoni – Siti Maemunah says her son has been delusional for more than seven years, often talking to himself and sometimes becoming angry…

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – A hundred activists and domestic workers in Yogyakarta staged a rally Tuesday, protesting a governor decree that…

Golkar Chairman Aburizal Bakrie said on Wednesday that he did not have any new political deals with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and denied…

Febriamy Hutapea – Indonesia's House of Representatives special committee investigating the Bank Century scandal has claimed the country's money-…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people rallied outside the Constitutional Court (MK) building in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, urging the court…

From its inception we understood that the House of Representatives' inquiry committee into the Bank Century bailout would be a political process…

Ulma Hariyanto – A prominent senior journalist, author and cultural expert appeared as a witness at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to speak…

An East Java hospital has been accused of denying a family the right to take home and bury the body of their deceased newborn baby because the…

Nurfika Osman – A spate of crimes targeting Indonesian teenagers using social networking site Facebook has raised questions about whether parents…

Camelia Pasandaran – A noted forum of religious leaders became the latest in a line of organizations supporting the judicial review of the 1965…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attended the commemoration of the 64th National Press Day in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Tuesday,…

In what may have been a warning shot at Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie over the investigation into the Bank Century bailout, President…

Febriamy Hutapea – Most of President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono's coalition partners lined up against him on Monday, with seven out of nine factions…

Nivell Rayda – Strict implementation of the 2004 National Social Security System Law is needed to prevent millions of Indonesians from slipping…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The military on Monday said the promise of 130 blocks of flats by the State Ministry of Public Housing was not enough…

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Regional elections across Central Java province are two months away but many regencies and municipalities are allegedly…

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – Thousands of female protesters took to the streets in Aceh Province on Monday (8/2) to demand the release of…

Anton Septian, Jakarta – A group of students from at least six universities rallied outside one of Bakrie & Brothers' property on…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A Cabinet reshuffle could backfire on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, contradicting his earlier claims that…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Residents of Pondok Timur Indah housing complex ran a massive rally against the Bekasi Protestant church congregation…

Putri Prameshwari – One out of every four ships operating in Indonesian waters does not have a safety certificate, the chief of the Indonesian…

Camelia Pasandaran – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD on Monday warned the government and the House of Representatives against using…

The upcoming bylaws that discriminate against women and limit their freedom are mostly copies of existing bylaws of similar nature, Masruchah,…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Malaysia and Indonesia are close to signing a comprehensive agreement on migrant workers that will better protect…

The Attorney General ignores the recommendation of the National Commission for Human Rights while victims commemorate the 21st anniversary of…