Serang – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah criticized the Remuneration Council, the tripartite body recommending the minimum wage…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of people attacked on Thursday night a church under construction in Harapan Indah residential complex, Bekasi…

Jakarta – At least six students from Mulawarman University in Samarinda were wounded in a clash with security guards when a rally…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The draft government regulation on bugging, which could limit the antigraft's inception authority, met jeers from…

The December 16 killing of pro-Papuan independence leader Kelly Kwalik by Indonesian police risks further alienation of Papuans and is likely to…

Farouk Arnaz, John Pakage & Anita Rachman, Jayapura – The police-announced death of Papuan pro-independence rebel Kelly Kwalik has inflamed…

Markus Makur and Nethy Darma Somba, Timika, Jayapura – The body of Papuan separatist leader Kelly Kwalik was welcomed by more than 500 supporters…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia could formally embrace nuclear power as early as next year as senior Government members push to revive a proposal…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – About 300 people on Thursday protested the police killing of a separatist leader accused in the deaths of 11 people in…

Dian Palupi & Antara – Golkar lawmaker Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has denied a growing split within the party spearheaded by members who want to…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – All the stars are lining up for Hatta Rajasa, a confidant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to assume control of…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-175-2009

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) continues to receive reports of…

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Surabaya – The Navy has raised doubts about the domestic arms industry's ability to supply the nation's defense…

Jakarta Globe & Antara – The Finance Ministry has confirmed that a bank account at PT Bank Century containing $17.28 million held by the…

Cash-strapped Indonesians are cutting out the middleman and selling their organs online, exploiting a loophole in local laws and fueling a…

Dion Bisara – A group of respected professionals from the financial sector on Wednesday threw their support behind Vice President Boediono and…

Karishma Vaswani, Jakarta – It is a scene of peaceful serenity. Rows of men kneel in deep prayer inside a large hall on the outskirts of Jakarta.…

Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran – Members of the House of Representatives special committee probing the Bank Century bailout claimed to be…

Belinda Lopez, Copenhagen – Indonesian delegates on Wednesday night promoted the country's palm oil industry as sustainable at the UN climate…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) promised to follow up reports on alleged corruption in the issuance of a…

Markus Makur, Timika – Police said Kelly Kwalik, a leader of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM), was shot to death during a raid in the…

Adrienne Francis - There are renewed concerns that one of Australia's worst exotic pests may have hitchhiked to East Timor.

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Yuli Tri Suwarni and Hans David Tampubolon, Bandung/Jakarta – Maj. Gen. Pramono Edhi Wibowo, the younger brother of First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, was…

Adam Gartrell, Jakarta – Australia and Indonesia kicked off 2009 with an orgy of bilateral backslapping. February's Australia Indonesia Conference…

Damien Kingsbury – The shooting of one of West Papua's independence leaders, Kelly Kwalik, has opened up new opportunities for a negotiated…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial administration has set the 2010 provincial minimum wage (UMP) at Rp 800,000 (…

Camelia Pasandaran – Four ministries and the Investment Coordinating Board on Wednesday signed a joint regulation aimed at slashing the time…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The mushrooming labor unions have been left toothless as they have no strong network with the grassroots level nor…

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) is shocked to hear news of the death of OPM leader Kelly Kwalik who was shot by…

Tjahjono EP, Jakarta – Hundreds of residents in Mimika Regency Papua gathered outside the regional legislature office on Wednesday (16…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Police is considering relocating five people to Jakarta after they were arrested during a…

John Pakage & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police announced on Wednesday that they had shot and killed Kelly Kwalik, the charismatic leader of…

Camelia Pasandaran – The government is establishing a team headed by Vice President Boediono to oversee a massive program of bureaucratic reforms…

Theo Hesegem and Chrisbiantoro, Jakarta – Even though Papua became a province of Indonesia by an ambiguous referendum in 1969, peace between the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A military analyst on Wednesday welcomed the army's decision to establish new brigades and military commands, saying…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Maj. Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo, a brother-in-law of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was officially…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said it suspected potential losses from mismanagement of the Special Allocation Fund (…

Wendy Bruere – A young Jose Ramos-Horta, shown as the foreign minister of a newly independent East Timor, implores Roger East, an aging Australian…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The People's Democratic Defense, the fringe nationalist group that blamed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-…

Jakarta – The investigators into the Bank Century's bailout may be hitting a wider target as the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), whose recent report…

Jakarta – Constitutional Court justice Akil Mochtar warned the government it would be breaching the 2002 Anticorruption Law if it pushes ahead…

Rod McGuirk, Jakarta – A journalists' group threatened on Tuesday to fight a ban on the war movie "Balibo" with a constitutional court challenge…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The life story of Barack Obama has become an inspiration for people across the globe, including Indonesia. But for…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Something strange has happened to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono since his sweeping victory in July's…

Camelia Pasandaran – Political forces may be dirtying up and fracturing Indonesia's public anticorruption movement, an analyst said on Tuesday.…

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Following a PT Pertamina pipeline accident last week that left one dead in South Sumatra, Indonesia's leading green group…

The year 2009 marks the 11th anniversary of the creation of the National Commission on Violence Against Women, which was established by former…

Aditya Suharmoko and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati expects allegations that she conspired with Robert…

"Who's next?" "You, who's the sick one? How much?"

Muktiono, who sat behind a reception desk at a registration room at Rumah Sakit Cipto…

Nivell Rayda – The Indonesia Film Censorship Agency's decision to ban the Australian movie "Balibo" early this month appears to have backfired,…