Ari Saputra, Jakarta – At least 30 West Papuans demonstrated at the offices of PT Freeport Indonesia at the Plaza 89 building in the…

Heru Andriyanto – The Banten High Court has ordered the Tangerang District Court to retry the defamation case against Prita Mulyasari, a top…

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – A message posted on the internet and purporting to be from the fugitive terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top has claimed…

Farouk Arnaz – Activists from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute and other nongovernmental organizations are planning to submit a letter to the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – After the economic boom from rebuilding projects in the wake of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, growth in the non-oil…

Ade Mardiyati – In the parking area of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Sulastri sits gazing into the distance. Beside her is a basket…

Bangkalan, Madura – The regional coordinator of the Madura Ulema Association in Bangkalan has come out in support of a proposed bylaw…

Members of the National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement are reported to have raised an independence flag in the border…

The Supreme Court is publicly perceived as a corrupt institution and it is no wonder that the public has little trust in the country's highest…

Indonesia, Asia's third-fastest expanding major economy, needs to gradually build its foreign reserves and follow a "cautious"…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – As the haze from burning forests and plantations continues to choke Riau, nongovernmental organizations are pointing the…

The federal government is warning of a risk of further violence near the Freeport mine in Indonesia's restive Papua province.

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Jakarta – Antigraft activists, officials and judges all admit that the network of corruption within the judicial system, known as the "court mafia…

Bogor – Thousands of the world's frog species are on the brink of extinction and efforts to conserve them are urgently needed, the president of…

Amanda Ferdina, Jakarta – Four demonstrations will be organised this morning on Wednesday July 29. The Corruption Eradication…

Agnes S. Jayakarna, Surabaya – Laborers grouped under the Workers Alliance of Struggle (ABM) are demanding objectivity in the decision over the…

Jakarta – Human rights activist, Usman Hamid, is adamant that Muchdi Purwopranjono, a former Intelligence Agency (BIN) general was involved in the…

Shamim Adam – Indonesia will announce initiatives to spur investment, improve infrastructure and enhance social safety nets within the first 100…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The rupiah may continue to strengthen in the second half of this year as exports look likely to improve due to a…

Jakarta – Human rights activist Usman Hamid says he will not withdraw a statement linking former Deputy Chief of State Intelligence…

Benget Besalicto Tnb, Jakarta – Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand – the world's three largest rubber producers – may further cut their rubber…

Christian Motte, Jayapura – The Papua Church Council is investigating the recent spate of violence in the province, especially near the PT…

Lisa Thomas – Siti Hajar's face – scarred with red blisters and scabs – told of the horror. For the past three years, the 33-year-old Indonesian…

Nivell Rayda – A peaceful rally at Corruption Eradication Commission headquarters on Tuesday turned violent when an unknown group of men attacked…

Ismira Lutfia – Though journalists have long reported on labor struggles across the country, efforts to improve conditions in their own industry…

Janeman Latul – The country's biggest state-owned social security provider, PT Jamsostek, says it will have to allocate as much as an additional…

Jakarta – All presidential candidates have allegedly broken the General Elections Commission rules on campaign funding, having…

Camelia Pasandaran – The National Commission on Human Rights said on Tuesday that the General Elections Commission had violated human rights by…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The campaign team of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto has lodged legal action demanding that the Constitution…

Markus Makur, Timika - Police have named seven suspects, including an employee of mining company PT Freeport Indonesia, for their involvement in a…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry estimates the contraction in the volume of exports will be smaller than previously…

Camelia Pasandaran – Four parties who lost House seats due to a recent Supreme Court decision are asking the General Election Commission to reject…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Despite skepticism that a business breakfast was always the primary target, there is one indisputable fact about the July…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Stephanie Tangkilisan – Moves are afoot within the once all-powerful Golkar Party to replace its unpopular…

Nurfika Osman – The number of women in the country who reported experiencing physical and sexual abuse in 2008 was double that of the year before…

Heru Andriyanto – The Tangerang District Court on Monday found 10 children guilty of gambling in a controversial ruling that sparked outrage among…

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Victims and their families gathered on Monday to mark the thirteenth anniversary of a violent political riot which left…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have detained a suspected financier of the terrorist bombings of two Jakarta hotels 10 days ago.

Nurfika Osman, Farouk Arnaz & Candra Malik – Investigations into the July 17 suicide bombings in Jakarta suffered two major setbacks on Sunday…

Candra Malik, Solo – A Corruption Eradication Commission pilot program for schools in Solo, Central Java, is creating panic among school…

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – Fugitive terrorist Noordin M. Top and his accomplices managed to maintain their presence in the country…

Timika – A vehicle carrying medical supplies between Timika and Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Corporation's Grasberg mine, about 3,400…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) says it will propose an honorary council to reform the nation's…

Camelia Pasandaran – The campaigns representatives of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla are filing suit over their concerns about this year's…

Daniel Flitton – Jose Ramos Horta looks a little abashed. The film Balibo is "largely accurate", he says, in its portrayal East Timor's current…

Alyssa Braithwaite, Melbourne – East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta hopes the new movie Balibo, about the murder of six Australian…

David Curry – Relatives of the Balibo Five have only just received formal government correspondence on the repatriation of the remains of the…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The state secrecy bill, set to be passed in October, has raised concern that Indonesia will step back and revert to a…

Ismira Lutfia – There is still no light at the end of the tunnel for Rohingya refugees now being housed in Aceh, as the United Nations High…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A quarter of all children who finish primary school in Riau do not go on to junior high, and may fall prey to…