Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – There is no such thing as weekend downtime for the teams of defeated presidential candidates former president Megawati…

Farouk Arnaz – A Muslim cleric charged for breaking child protection laws by marrying a 12-year-old girl accused his former lawyer of fraud for…

Bachtiar Effendy, Jakarta – Again, for the second time this year, the moment of truth is finally here. On July 8, just three hours after the…

Yuli Tri Sumarni, Bandung – Strategic industry firms are still seeking ways to do business with the Indonesian Military (TNI), which they hope…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – Residents living outside the areas officially affected by the Lapindo mudflow disaster have demanded…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by prosecutors challenging the South Jakarta District Court's decision…

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Party officials who supported President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign have already begun jostling for positions in…

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – The presidential election may have been widely regarded as being largely free and fair, but the electoral count was still…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Military (TNI) insists military officers suspected of committing public crimes will be processed by military investigators…

Jakarta – Security forces arrested three separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) members following a firefight in the district of Anatowai, Yapen,…

Jakarta – Security agencies should conduct a professional investigation into the fatal shooting on Saturday of Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian…

Jakarta – An Australian worker has been shot dead near the massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province run by a unit of Freeport McMoran…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A civil society group in Aceh has said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election will place the Acehnese people in an…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ferry Irwanto – The Golkar Party, which has suffered two consecutive electoral defeats this year, is facing a…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Retired army general Prabowo Subianto has threatened legal action after coming second in Indonesia's presidential…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) today praised continued congressional attention to…

Adam Gartrell – Lawyers for a Darwin woman who will face trial next week accused of conspiring to assassinate East Timor's top political leaders…

Hotli Simanjuntak and Andi Hajramurni, Banda Aceh/Makassar – Incumbent President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the majority of votes in several…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Several NGOs on Thursday handed over to the House of Representatives their draft on the Corruption Crime Bill saying…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – Hundreds of fish and shrimp farmers in Porong and Jabon districts, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, have…

Jakarta – Indonesia will increase its defense budget by 20% next year to compensate for years of low spending, Indonesian President…

Reports from Indonesia's Papua say continuing clashes with anti-terrorist police in Kapeso of Mamberamo Raya district have left at…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a former senior spy accused of ordering the deadly poisoning of human…

Farouk Arnas, Nivell Rayda & Heru Andriyanto – The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by prosecutors against the acquittal of former top…

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Allegations that East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao signed off on a food contract benefiting a company that listed…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesians have opted for certainty in their lives over the next five years.

That'…

Eras Poke – Residents of a remote district along the country's border with East Timor continue to oppose plans to establish a military…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was on course for a thumping victory in Indonesia's presidential elections, as voters…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will lead the country for another five years, starting in October,…

Febriamy Hutapea & Nivell Rayda – Despite predictions that the current crop of political parties will seek young, fresh politicians untainted…

Ferry Irwanto, Febriamy Hutapea & Heru Andriyanto – Jusuf Kalla's poor performance in the presidential election has prompted several leaders…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The candidates spent Tuesday, the final day before their fates are decided, keeping busy, but…

Simon Montlake, Bangkok – Voters in Indonesia appear to have handed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono a second five-year term, raising hopes for…

Megawati Wijaya and Shawn W. Crispin, Jakarta – As Indonesians headed to Wednesday's presidential polls, the only uncertainty surrounded by how…

Allan Nairn – International Herald Tribune headlined it "A Proudly Normal Election" in Indonesia, and it was – a minimal-choice election, as…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An official at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said while prosecutors were investigating nine suspects in the…

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Former civil servant Filep Karma and student Yusak Pakage were arrested and charged with treason in 2004,…

Hannah Beech – At first glance, it hardly looked like a vision of democratic perfection. One presidential candidate was the nationalist daughter…

Jakarta – The majority of votes made at a polling station near the residence of presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla in Central Jakarta…

Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri won the most votes from her polling station in Kebagusan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday morning, but…

Arientha Primanita – The National Police chief said on Wednesday four men had been arrested over attacks on polling stations in Papua's Yapen…

Febriamy Hutapea – "Everything just goes on as usual. Nothing's changed," Muhammad Riskonhasan, 22, said.

Having spent seven years in a…

Muhamad Al Azhari & Ardian Wibisono – The business community welcomed quick-count poll figures suggesting that incumbent President Susilo…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Early unofficial results in Indonesia's presidential election have Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono being returned to…

Novi Christiastuti Adiputri, Jakarta – Scores of people from the Indonesian Youth Front for Struggle (FPPI) demonstrated at the Hotel Indonesia…

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – A group in Mimika, Papua, blockaded the entrance to the local General Elections Comission (KPUD) office on Monday as…

Papuan independence activists are calling for a mass boycott of tomorrow's Indonesian presidential election.

The vice-president…

Jakarta – Total investment of US$7.3 billion (inward and domestic) in the first semester indicated brighter prospects, although lower than figures…

Eben Kirksey – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said improving relations with Indonesia will be a priority of the Obama administration. As…

Dian Ariffahmi – Indonesia tops a lot of global lists: It is the world's largest archipelago; it has the world's largest Muslim population; and,…