Camelia Pasandaran & April Aswadi – Outrage has greeted the appointment of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ally Rizal Mallarangeng to a…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Following the House approval of the 2009 Corruption Court Law, the Corruption Eradication Commission may have to…

Febriamy Hutapea, Pekanbaru (Riau) – Aburizal Bakrie on Thursday began his six-year term at the helm of Golkar, the country's second largest…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Dozens of the Kaukus Peduli Jalan Tol (Toll Road Concerned Caucus) activists rallied outside the office of…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Scientists who examined last week's devastating earthquake in West Sumatra have come to an alarming conclusion: it was not "…

Jakarta – The debate about whether to review Aceh's bylaw that allows adulterers to be stoned heated up Tuesday, with religious leaders voicing…

Azis Edward – Anticipating a forced eviction, hundreds of residents blocked a road in Cakung Cilincing, North Jakarta, on Thursday morning armed…

Camelia Pasandaran – Graphic pornographic images made a return to the Constitutional Court on Thursday, much to the discomfort of some of the…

Jakarta – A survey by Transparency International has revealed Indonesian business players are deeply entrenched in corruption, with 60 percent of…

Heru Andriyanto – A court showdown between a Papuan tribe and US mining giant Freeport McMoRan resumed on Thursday after negotiations to settle…

Farouk Arnaz – National Police on Thursday said they would provide support for the Attorney General's Office to review the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Analysts say newly elected Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie will solidify support for President Susilo Bambang…

Jakarta – An NGO has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a presidential decree concerning the establishment of an ad hoc…

Dili – Pay hikes for lawmakers and high-level officials passed Thursday in East Timor are "out of proportion with the economy", the…

Dessy Sagita – The limited authority and small budget provided to the national body responsible for family planning and birth control have put the…

Nurfika Osman – Past failures and alleged scandals, especially the Lapindo mudflow disaster, will hound Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare…

Pekanbaru, Riau – Golkar advisory board member and Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, Aburizal Bakrie, was officially elected…

Ruslan Sangadji and Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Golkar Party's eighth national congress is awash in money, with rival candidates for the…

Camelia Pasandaran – Analysts on Tuesday attacked the House of Representatives for its poor attendance record, during a judicial review hearing in…

Al Araf and Anton Aliabbas, Bandung – The swearing-in ceremony of the 2009-2014 House of Representatives' members is a sign that democratization…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Although their plans have been widely condemned by officials, the People's Democratic Defense (Bendera) announced on…

Camelia Pasandaran – Hundreds of flawed local bylaws have been quashed by the central government since the country began the shift toward regional…

Jakarta – On this day two years ago, Governor Fauzi Bowo and his running mate, retired army general Prijanto, were sworn into office after…

Jonathan Pearlman with agencies, Padang – Unable to reach the bodies buried beneath them, workers have begun demolishing buildings damaged in…

Farouk Arnaz – National Police on Tuesday warned they would take firm action against a group of Indonesians who were apparently putting the final…

Febriamy Hutapea, Pekanbaru (Riau) – The mud slinging between candidates vying for the leadership of the Golkar Party was well and truly thrown…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office was under strong pressure on Wednesday to immediately form an ad…

Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda – It's official. Internal investigators on Wednesday cleared the National Police's chief of detectives of all…

Eric Talmadge, Kampung Laweh (Indonesia) – Children swarmed into the streets clutching begging boxes and yelling "please help me" Wednesday as an…

Indonesia is considering declaring four villages mass graves after they were buried by landslides in last week's earthquake.

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Kendari – Hundreds of students from various universities staged a protest on Tuesday at the Southeast Sulawesi legislative council…

Didi Syafirdi, Jakarta – Five protest actions and one silent action will enliven Jakarta today. In order to avoid traffic jams, road…

Dili – Tiny East Timor reached a new low in the UN's annual measurement of human development, falling even further down the list of…

Although rival candidates consider Tommy Suharto's 10-year absence from politics as a critical drawback in his chances of being elected chairman…

Farouk Arnaz & Made Arya Kencana – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri on Tuesday stood fast in the defense of his beleaguered…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The President has approved three people to serve as interim leaders of the beleaguered Corruption Eradication Commission…

Febriamy Hutapea, Pekanbaru (Riau) – The Golkar Party's national congress descended into chaos and required a police cool-down on…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Two years into the job, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo still has to work extra hard to make good on his campaign promises…

Febriamy Hutapea, Pekanbaru (Riau) – Though Golkar yellow dominates the landscape in Pekanbaru, there is an unmistakable undercurrent of black…

Text messages have been circulating since last week linking the timing of Wednesday and Thursday's earthquakes in Sumatra with verses about…

Padang – As West Sumatra begins rebuilding after last week's earthquake, questions are being raised about whether corruption and shoddy building…

Aubrey Belford, Bunga Pasang (West Sumatra) – Indonesian housewife Edib Mulyati stands in the ruins of her quake-hit house and smiles bitterly at…

The rupiah strengthened to its highest level in a year on Tuesday, as the country's strong economic prospects and comparatively high interest…

Dion Bisara & Muhamad Al Azhari – Sluggish government spending is giving rise to fears that the country will fail to meet the projected 2009…

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Hong Kong – Between 1997 and 1998, 24 student activists in Indonesia, who challenged Suhartoe's New Order regime…

Farouk Arnaz, Nivell Rayda & Heru Adriyanto – Lawyers for two suspended Corruption Eradication Commission deputy chairmen on Monday filed a…

Nivell Rayda – Analysts on Sunday warned that Taufik Kiemas's successful bid to become chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly marked the…

Camelia Pasandaran – The swearing in of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono on Oct. 20 will "more or less" cost the…

Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – Some superstitious Indonesians are blaming a supposedly unlucky president and not shifting tectonic plates for the…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Padang (Indonesia) – The earthquake devastated west Sumatran city of Padang is slowly trying to drag itself to normalcy today…