Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Members of a traditional community in North Sumatra are protesting a government decision that will see them evicted and…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Bandung's public minivan drivers serving passengers on the Cicadas-Cibiru route went on strike again Thursday…

Jakarta – With only a week left, legislators deliberating the Corruption Court bill at the House of Representatives say they are determined to…

Camelia Pasandaran – A recent audit of the campaign finance reports from this year's presidential and legislative polls was a waste of money as it…

James Thomas – In seeking the truth behind the deaths of six Australian Journalists in East Timor in 1975, actor Anthony LaPaglia and Kevin Rudd…

Camelia Pasandaran & Bati Kartini – Two suspected terrorists killed earlier this month in Indonesia's Central Java province may have been able…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Mijen village in the Central Java town of Kudus protested Wednesday against plans to bury…

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission said on Thursday that it accepted the government's decision to issue a regulation in lieu of…

Febriamy Hutapea, Papua – Golkar Party advisory board chairman Surya Paloh officially announced on Thursday his candidacy for the chairmanship of…

Camelia Pasandaran & Arientha Primanita – Spot checks during the first post-holiday workday revealed shameful numbers of bureaucratic desks…

Problems in Indonesia's Papua province include security at the Freeport mine, high HIV rates, fast-shifting demographics and the ongoing conflict…

Gillian Murdoch, Aceh – For decades, the roar of the chainsaw has meant one thing in the country's national parks: illegal loggers ripping down…

Camelia Pasandaran – Hundreds of Acehnese displaced by the December 2004 tsunami celebrated Idul Fitri in a squalid camp in Aceh Besar district,…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A conflict between a Protestant group and a Muslim group in Cinere, Depok, may continue to heat up as a local group…

Jakarta – More than 300 people have been killed in road accidents in Indonesia during a mass exodus to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr…

Sunanda Creagh – Unbeknown to 12-year-old Andika Bayu Pamungkas and his friends, the seemingly innocuous martial arts sessions in their Indonesian…

Camelia Pasandaran – One of Indonesia's highest authorities on Islam on Wednesday demanded that local government handle burial arrangements for…

Just 5 percent, or two million tons, of the expected crop of 40 million tons of crude palm oil produced in 2009 is expected to be certified as…

The Asian Development Bank raised its growth forecasts for Indonesia on Tuesday, as it did for regional heavyweights China and India,…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang (East Java) – The alleged efforts of the House of Representatives, Indonesian Police, Attorney General Office and…

Elisabeth Oktofani – Previously known as an area of conflict, East Timor is becoming a land of opportunity.

Indonesians often go abroad to…

Classes at some schools in Papua's Mimika district have been at a standstill for the past few months because their teachers are stuck in Timika…

Sara Webb & Olivia Rondonuwu – Tycoon Aburizal Bakrie, who wants to run for president in 2014, believes that better infrastructure is more…

Amir Tedjo, Sidoarjo (East Java) – Idul Fitri celebrations were muted for former residents of a town destroyed by a mud volcano that has buried…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Cabinet Minister Sudi Silalahi says that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a government regulation in-…

Indonesia is renewing passports for maids making as little as 500 ringgit (about Rp 1.4 million or $144) per month, not the previously…

John Aglionby, Jakarta – The final article written by Sander Thoenes before he was murdered in East Timor a decade ago on Monday was headlined: "…

Tom Allard – There was a rather apt detail about the demise of Noordin Mohammed Top in a hail of gunfire in the early hours of Thursday.

On…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made it clear on Thursday night that while some posts in the next Cabinet would be…

Jakarta – Political analysts expressed concern Thursday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's aim to ensure that his next presidential term…

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – A set of global guidelines on freedom of expression in the media – a key element of democracy – were launched Thursday…

Jakarta – Filmmakers, both independent and mainstream, say they need to unite in their fight against the newly passed film law, deemed by the film…

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Police dealt a blow to Indonesia's main terrorism network Thursday after confirming the death of top-ranked Islamic…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Resplendent in star-spangled racing strides, Ariel – with a toothy grin – has the children enthralled as he takes his…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – More woman's groups in Aceh are calling for a review of the new bylaw which allows capital punishment by stoning…

April Aswadi & Muhamad Al Azhari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has broken his long silence over the controversy surrounding the Bank…

Dili – East Timor's opposition threatened on Friday to force an early election in an escalating row with the government over the release of an…

Camelia Pasandaran – A government watchdog is claiming that the government is spending too much money – at least $4.7 million to inaugurate new…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The death of Noordin Mohammed Top is unquestionably a fantastic result for Indonesia's counter-terrorism authorities.

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Febriamy Hutapea – A new survey appears to back the view that mainstream political parties in this country are often indistinguishable from one…

A Muslim leader on Friday criticized an Indonesian production company for inviting a Japanese adult video star to appear in its new…

Sunanda Creagh – Recent moves in the country, including plans by Aceh to stone adulterers to death, have raised concerns about its reputation as a…

Hannah Beech – The news felt familiar: after a dramatic shootout in central Java, Indonesian police had managed to corner and kill the region's…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia will release DNA test results to remove any doubt one of Asia's most wanted militants was killed, police said…

Camelia Pasandaran – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri is urging people to get to know their neighbors better to help fight…

Nivell Rayda & April Aswadi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is readying a government decree in lieu of law, or Perppu, to deal with the…

Irawaty Wardany and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he will soon issue a government regulation in-lieu-of-law (…

Febriamy Hutapea – Several senior lawmakers on the House of Representatives' defense commission on Friday opposed the government's initial plan to…

Candra Malikm, Kepuhsari (Solo) – Thousands of curious sightseers have flocked to the house where the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin M…

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has joined the chorus of condemnation against Aceh province's passing of a new Islamic law calling for…