New York – The European Union concurred with the United Nations Friday on the need to strengthen East Timor's capability to handle its own…

Febriamy Hutapea – Stung by sharp criticism of some of the selections for the new cabinet, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democrat Party on…

Tapaktuan, Aceh. The Sumatran tiger population has continued to decline as the animal is pushed to the brink of extinction.

"There are now…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The newly inaugurated members of the Aceh Legislative Council are set to revise the sharia bylaw passed by former…

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday took the presidential oath of office before Indonesia's 240 million people, marking…

April Aswadi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday reminded the new cabinet that he expected all his ministers, whatever their…

Erwida Maulia and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The government's new economic team has set its goals for the next five years, focusing primarily on…

Anne Barrowclough Kepuhsari (Java) – Until his death in a police shoot-out last month he was South-East Asia's most wanted man; an Islamic…

Jakarta – People living around campuses should be wary of any activities that may aim to recruit terrorist cadres, an official said Thursday.

An investigation conducted by Indonesia Corruption Watch and the Asia Research Center has uncovered major points of concern regarding the…

Ardian Wibisono – The Attorney General's Office announced on Friday that the Rp 6.7 trillion ($710.2 million) bailout of PT Bank Century was above…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives this term is unlikely to provide a strong checks-and-balances mechanism against President Susilo Bambang…

Jacqueline Hicks, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement late on Wednesday of his government's new cabinet was a…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Wives and women's rights activists have raised concerns over the recent formation of the Global Ikhwan polygamy club…

Febriamy Hutapea & April Aswadi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday announced the lineup of his new cabinet, with only one last-…

Calling them "the chosen ones", President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw the swearing-in of 34 ministers and 3 minister-level officials at the…

Febriamy Hutapea – Were they politically motivated appointments made to secure and preserve power, or a political compromise designed to create a…

Nurfika Osman – Labor activists said on Wednesday they were wary that overseas internships offered to vocational high school students could be…

Camelia Pasandaran – One basic problem in the long list of problems related to campaign finance irregularities is bad legislation, according to an…

Jakarta – Civil society groups and the press are expected to serve as opposition functions during the next administration of President Susilo…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesia should start preparing for a likely temperature rise of about 2.5 degrees Celsius and an increase in annual…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo…

Unidentified assailants have shot a soldier near the giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold mine in Papua, police said on Thursday.

Papua…

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita – Local journalists had mixed reactions to a recent report from France-based Reporters Without Borders that…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Markus Makur, Jayapura, Timika – Residents in Nomouwodide, Bogobaida district in Paniai, Papua, seized…

Irvan Tisnabudi & Muhamad Al Azhari – The government had spent less than a quarter of the Rp 11.55 trillion ($1.22 billion) allocated to…

Indonesia's rupiah fell the most in more than two months on concern emerging-market central banks will follow Brazil's example in imposing a tax…

Febriamy Hutapea – Despite being implicated in at least two major corruption scandals, lawmaker Emir Moeis of the Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Damien Kingsbury – As we learned from foreign minister Stephen Smith last night, there is now an agreement between the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd…

Ben Doherty, Lindsay Murdoch and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia will take the 78 asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs ship in a diplomatic…

About 400 students from the students executive board (BEM) throughout Bandung who intended to hold a rally in Jakarta during Tuesday's…

Denpasar – Protesters gathered Tuesday at the Bali Legislative Council to denounce what they claimed was neoliberal economics under…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Markus Makur, Jayapura, Timika – One person was killed and three others injured Tuesday in two separate attacks blamed on…

Febriyan and Apriadi Gunawan, Bandung/Medan – A number of mass demonstrations took place in Jakarta as well as in other regions on Tuesday as the…

Surabaya – East Java's development index may stagnate next year, despite an increase in the 2010 budget, a local councilor said…

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – Papua Police are cooperating with the military as they begin hunting for gunmen responsible for a…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's inaugural speech on Tuesday prompted a round of criticism from experts and civil society groups…

Ben Doherty, Jakarta – Indonesia's President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, yesterday pledged "prosperity, democracy and justice" for the world's…

Agnes S. Jayakarna, Surabaya – Surabaya Mayor Bambang Dwi Hartono said recently he agreed with the local payment body's minimum wage…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Contract teachers and employees in Malang regency, East Java, have demanded that Malang Regent Sujud Pribadi issue…

Farouk Arnaz – National Police detectives on Wednesday again questioned Chandra M Hamzah, one of two suspended deputy chairmen of Indonesia's…

Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri did not attend Indonesia's presidential inauguration on Tuesday because she was not feeling…

Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of…

Dessy Sagita & Putri Prameshwari – A recent survey by the Reform Institute shows that nearly 72 percent of Indonesians hope the new…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono starts a second five-year term today with a mandate to speed growth in Southeast Asia's biggest…

Febriamy Hutapea – Although the ceremony to swear in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a second five-year term was a historic moment for the…

Anita Rachman – Nongovernmental organizations on Tuesday urged the incoming cabinet to establish a new policy protecting the rights of migrant…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should follow up on the anti-corruption statements in his inauguration speech by firmly backing Indonesia's…

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office on Tuesday ridiculed claims by a lawyer that prosecutors and the police had conspired to target…

Heru Andriyanto – Antigraft groups on Tuesday urged the president to pick a new attorney general.

Of the 37 candidates President Susilo…