Fidelis E Satriastanti – A climate expert says the country is far from ready to deal with the harmful effects of climate change on crops, with…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed into law what is considered to be a vague version…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Six national commissions criticized the police on Tuesday for criminalizing two deputy chairmen from the Corruption…

Angus Hohenboken – Two Indonesian suicide bombers were filmed discussing martyrdom and being instructed to target Australians, just weeks before…

Camelia Pasandaran – The head of the Constitutional Court criticized the House of Representatives on Tuesday, labeling the outgoing crop of…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Indonesia's president is pressing the country's 234 million people to wear batik clothes to celebrate a…

Usman Hamid and Yati Andriyani, Liquisa, East Timor – Mentioning Timor Leste not only brings to mind a state that was once Indonesia's 27th…

Oyos Saroso H.N. and Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Bandar Lampung, Padang – Many councilors at Lampung provincial legislature and 11 regency and municipal…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed the hospital bill into law yesterday, granting the government authority to oversee…

Putri Prameshwari & Eras Poke – Concerns over a damaged well leaking crude oil into the Timor Sea near East Nusa Tenggara have prompted the…

Muklis Ali, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who begins a second five-year term next month, may create new ministerial…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – In what critics say is a blow to attempts to reform the military, the House of Representatives on Monday abandoned…

Alwan Ridha Ramdani, Jakarta – The Indonesian airforce began on Tuesday a joint military exercise with the US Airforce at the Husein…

Jakarta – Labor unionists criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's performance in the past five years, saying that the majority of workers…

Jakarta – Media associations and NGOs will draw up their own version of the controversial state secrecy bill to present to the government, after…

Jakarta – Parliament has called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to form a human rights court to try the cases of rights activists kidnapped…

A group of West Papuans and their supporters have called on the Australian government to help mediate a settlement over the province of West Papua…

Thousands of West Papuans have turned out in rallies in Indonesia's Papua demanding international help in mediating a political…

United Nations – East Timor's government is defending its policy of not pursuing war crimes trials for Indonesian officials…

Candra Malik, Solo – Tensions over the burial of a terrorist are not over, with hundreds of residents protesting over the weekend at the two…

Jakarta – Hunched over in brightly lit assembly lines, 300 women churn out 60,000 pairs of sports shoes a month at a factory in Tangerang, an hour…

Timika, Papua – Vice President-elect Boediono, making his first ever visit to troubled Papua, said here on Monday that development in the region…

Febriamy Hutapea – Candidates for the Golkar Party chairmanship are scrambling to secure the support of regional leaders as the competition heats…

Camelia Pasandaran – A nationwide survey released on Sunday by the Institute for Studies on the Free Flow of Information showed that nearly 90…

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura – Dozens of paramedics across Jayapura staged a rally on Monday at the Papua Governor's Office to demand…

Nivell Rayda – Embattled Corruption Eradication Commission deputy chairmen Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto on Sunday rejected police…

Nivell Rayda – The government encountered its first setback in its bid to find temporary replacements for three suspended leaders of the…

Camelia Pasandaran – Despite widespread condemnation, the Aceh Legislative Council said on Sunday that it would implement a bylaw that allows the…

Jakarta – The National Alliance for the Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB) has planned to file a request with the Constitutional Court to…

Jakarta – Activists and a traditional market association have criticized Governor Fauzi Bowo for handing out goods from modern retailers as Idul…

Dianto P. Simamora and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta, Makassar – The Golkar Party has relaxed criteria for chairmanship, paving the way for…

R. Kristiawan, Jakarta – The recently passed film law shows up an irony for democracy in Indonesia, especially in the quality of the public sphere…

Hanta Yuda A.R., Jakarta – Who will replace outgoing Vice President Jusuf Kalla as the next chairman of Golkar when the party holds its congress…

Lynn Lee & Wahyudi Soeriaamatdja, Jakarta – Five months after they were elected in April's parliamentary elections, 560 new legislators will…

Muhammad Cohen, Bali – This year's haze season is in full swing across Kalimantan and residents of Indonesia's portion of Borneo are set for the…

Ade Mardiyati – At this moment in Jakarta, a group of Indonesians are putting the final touches to their plan to invade Malaysia and wage war.…

Brendan Nicholson, Foreign Affairs Correspondent – Indonesia's ambassador has asked the Australian Federal Police to explain why they are…

Jakarta – The future of Indonesia's powerful anti-corruption commission has been put under threat by what activists say is a concerted campaign to…

Camelia Pasandaran – Analysts on Friday said an uproar over the burials of three terrorists in Central Java stemmed from a residents' deep…

Abdul Khalik, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US – Indonesian businesspeople have asked the government to quickly resolve problems…

Nurfika Osman – Now those oppressed at school can say they have a voice. Eleven Indonesian students will head to Thailand next month to attend an…

Jakarta – The World Bank has approved new long-term loans worth $1.1 billion to Indonesia, most of which will be targeted at improving…

Candra Malik, Solo – The suspected terrorists killed here last week continued to cause trouble on Thursday, with anger between groups of armed…

Jakarta – Despite the fact that Thursday was the official day for House of Representatives members to resume work after the Idul Fitri holiday,…

Fidelis E Satriastanti – As the climate talks in Bangkok draw near, environmentalists are worried that the country would be unable to gain much…

Candra Malik – Anyone want a piece of Noordin M Top? Business savvy locals in Kepuhsari village in Solo, Central Java, have opened up small stalls…

Dicky Christanto and Agus Maryono, Jakarta, Purbalingga – Relatives of deceased terror suspects Bagus "Urwah" Budi Pranoto and Ario "Aji" Sudarso…

Local residents and fishermen have allegedly been barred from accessing a beach on Tolandona island in Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, that has been…

Ismira Lutfia – Print media companies in the United States are falling by the wayside in the face of stiff competition from more technologically…

Jakarta – With the next House of Representatives set to see even more female legislators, hopes are being raised that they can perform much better…