The presidential election campaign has drawn criticism for being bereft of debate on specific social, economic and political policies. To help you…

Olivia Rondonuwu and Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Complaints of voter list irregularities by the two challengers for Indonesia's presidency soured…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Febriamy Hutapea & Ferry Irwanto – The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that eligible…

Febriamy Hutapea, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidates, politicians and analysts broadly welcomed…

Prodita Sabarini – Writer Christopher J. Koch, in his book about 1965 Jakarta on the brink of political tumult, The Year of Living Dangerously,…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A coalition of activists warned that there would not be substantial changes in policies dealing with budget,…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's rivals in next week's presidential election claim the incumbent is clutching at straws to retain…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – The fast-deteriorating Transjakarta busway system has forced Jakarta resident Ratih Puspitasari back to using taxis to…

Jakarta – A survey released Saturday has revealed presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto benefited the most…

Jakarta – Indonesia will launch a new system of independent certification for all timber exports to combat widespread illegal logging…

Judi Prasetyo, Jombang – Workers from the Independent Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNPBI-Independen) have agreed to boycott the…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The presidential and vice presidential debates, particularly on the peace-maker issue, have considerably…

Dili – Police in East Timor have arrested 10 members of an alleged human trafficking ring who brought women into the tiny country as…

In a letter to the Australian Prime Minister, Australian-West Papuan support groups have called on the Prime Minister to cease all ties between…

Tom Benedetti – Legislative election results in April indicate that incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will likely win Wednesday's presidential…

[The following article is compiled from an article by Dominggus Oktavianus and reports by Ulfa Ilyas and Rudi Hartono. It has been translated by…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – A new regulation which lays down a one-stop service for the processing of investment licenses is a step forward in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence index rose to its highest in 4 years in June, boosted by spending ahead of a presidential election and a…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Just over a decade ago, mobs torched buildings across Indonesia's capital in an uprising that toppled a 32-year…

Daniel Ten Kate and Arijit Ghosh – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is projected to win a second five-year term with an enhanced…

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has written individually to the 16 Pacific Island Heads of Government to urge them to make West Papua a…

Jombang – Thousands of workers have declared their opposition to participating in the July 8 presidential elections. The agreement emerged out of…

Ferry Irwanto – There is an old local saying that bureaucrats will always turn something simple into something complicated. The Indonesian…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still the favorite to win next week's presidential election, says the latest…

Norimitsu Onishi, Jakarta – The five men and one woman vying to become president or vice president in Indonesia's election on Wednesday are…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – Papuan activist Bucthar Tabuni was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for "provocation" at a pro-independence…

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – The police and the general public are not ready to be partners in establishing community policing, with the former still…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court announced Friday the media were allowed to publish any election-related news during the campaign-free period…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Sealing a political contract with a labor association is no guarantee of automatic support from the voters that…

Jakarta – ICW's head of public service monitoring division, Ade Irawan, said here Friday that his team had found discrepancies amounting to US$127…

Jayapura – Dozens of employees of the state-run RRI public radio station staged a rally in front of the Papua People's Assembly (MRP)…

Jakarta – The retail sector is doing better than most, but weakened purchasing power could dampen demand, so 2009 full-year growth in sales could…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Who should be blamed for the increasing violence against Indonesian migrant workers overseas? Foreign employers and…

Agus Maryono and Oyos Saroso H.N., Purwokerto, Bandarlampung – Parents of students enrolling at state-run senior high schools have protested over…

Joint statement by the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has played down the importance of an independent Corruption Court, stating it was "not…

Ed Davies & Sunanda Creagh – Presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri on Friday defended her choice of a running mate accused of human…

Katrina Nicholas, Singapore – Indonesia's improving economic outlook has pushed it out of the world's 10 riskiest issuers of sovereign bonds,…

Muhamad Al Azhari – The government says the national poverty rate has fallen due to steady economic growth, stable prices for staple foods and…

Sukabumi, West Java – National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said police would act firmly against anyone intending or…

Dicky Christanto and Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Jusuf Kalla criticized his rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his frequently…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's replacement at the helm of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle may not necessarily come…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri, who has placed well behind Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in recent polls, has blamed the incumbent…

Nurfika Osman – Continued dialogues between religious and tribal leaders from Papua and Jakarta are necessary to bring about a mutual…

Jakarta – Imagine Indonesia with a population of 470 million, nearly half a billion by 2060. Or perhaps this would be easier to picture: Jakarta…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – In what seems to be a last minute decision, television news network Al-Jazeera English decided not to premiere on Thursday…

Armando Siahaan – The night of Oct. 21, 1965, was one that Putu Oka Sukanta will never forget. After returning from a movie theater in Pasar…

Matt Crook, Dili – Pressure to resign is mounting on East Timor's Prime Minster, Xanana Gusamo, amid claims that he misused authority when he…

Jakarta – Activists and legislators on Wednesday blamed the stalemate in the four-year protracted military tribunal bill on the "psychological war…

Jakarta – The state will likely suffer more than Rp 100 billion (US$9.6 million) in losses, if the House of Representatives is unable to complete…