Christian Motte, Jayapura – Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto said on Tuesday that suspected separatists had occupied an airport in the…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Women and children were among at least 97 people killed when an Indonesian Air Force Hercules…

Indonesia has sent crack paramilitary police to retake a remote jungle airstrip seized by armed separatists in eastern Papua province.

A 40-…

Sunanda Creagh – Almost 40 human rights groups combined on Tuesday to claim Indonesia's reputation was being tarnished by the inclusion as vice…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The state secrecy bill being deliberated at the House of Representatives will prove to be nothing but a major setback…

Panca Nugraha, Central Lombok – Nearly 2,000 impoverished farmers living in Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, have recently begun improving…

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – The global financial crisis has reared its ugly head as 46 companies in Central Jakarta have reported their plans to lay…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A local party, founded by former rebels of the Aceh Free Movement, was officially announced Monday as the winner…

Markus Junianto Silaholo & Ismira Lutfia – The National Human Rights Commission has demanded the House of Representatives halt drafting the…

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla is selling a line on economic nationalism to top business people, despite his family's close business…

Robin McDowell, Jakarta – One of the world's largest paper companies plans to clear a large swath of unprotected forest in Indonesia being used as…

Jakarta – The palm oil industry has sparked controversy over environmental issues, as well as concerns over security.

The National…

Jakarta – While a handful of oil palm plantations are raking in a fortune from their activities, many villagers are reeling at the loss of the…

Jakarta – A group of movie stars, soap opera personalities and celebrities took a break from their busy agendas Monday to join Greenpeace to…

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Suherdjoko, Bandung, Semarang – Unsupportive regulations and culture have not prevented the increasing representation of…

Jakarta – The murder of businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen may have been set up to remove Antasari Azhar from the Corruption Eradication Comission (…

Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil business, already hit by lower prices, risks an overseas buyers boycott, with NGOs saying government plans for huge…

Nograhany Widhi K., Jakarta – On Monday May 18, 10 separate demonstrations will 'besiege' Jakarta. Five of the demonstrations will be held at the…

Jakarta – Political experts are not sure if the presidential elections will get to a second round, but say incumbent SBY will almost certainly win…

Jakarta – The Democratic Party and its 22 coalition partners signed in Cikeas, West Java, on Saturday what they call as a "coalition…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Indonesia may come under international scrutiny as two former generals alleged to be implicated in past human rights…

Jakarta – Recent moves by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the National Mandate Party (PAN) may have carved deeper scars into the already…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been accused of softening its approach toward combating graft and state…

Ed Davies & Sunanda Creagh – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a clear favorite to win a second term in office in a July election, helped…

The pen is sharper than a blade. This was an adagium used by social observer and woman activist Debra H. Yatim to describe the struggle of the…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – After confusing and at times dizzying maneuvers by nine top political parties…

Febriamy Hutapea – The National Mandate Party continued its flip-flopping over the weekend as rifts again emerged over President Susilo Bambang…

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – All three presidential tickets registered themselves for the July 8 polls with the General Elections…

Hotli Simanjuntak and Rizal Harahap, Banda Aceh, Pekanbaru – Fifty-five boat people allegedly escaping political unrest in Sri Lanka reportedly…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Lower-income residents of Makassar municipality in South Sulawesi are protesting against what they claim is the…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The number of jobs created rose by 1.94 million from August 2008 to February 2009, despite the country suffering…

Jakarta – The bill outlining the guidelines for the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), House of Representatives, Regional Representatives and…

Nivell Rayda & Fidelis E. Satriastanti, Manado – A district court on Friday sentenced two activists from the country's leading environmental…

Dozens of Bali environmental activists Friday stood in front of the Bali Provincial Prosecutor's Office and Denpasar District Court on Jl.…

Katherine Demopoulos, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential hopefuls must announce their intention to run for election in July by this Saturday, and…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The NGO Riau Forest Rescue Working Network (Jikalahari) is urging the central government to reform forestry…

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – On the eve of the deadline for candidates to register for the July 8 presidential election,…

Erwida Maulia and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday declared his bid for a second term in office and…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesian Muslim voters uncertain of parties' economic policies are more likely to vote for Islamic parties than…

Titania Veda – It has been 11 years since the bloody riots of May 1998 led to the resignation of then President Suharto. Ethnic Chinese residents…

Timika, Papua – Papuan police have increased security measures ahead of the upcoming presidential elections to ensure against any…

Agus Maryono, Kebumen – Around 2,000 farmers from the South Kebumen Farmers Association (FPPKS) staged a demonstration Thursday in the Urut Sewu…

Dili, East Timor – UN police returned control of a district to East Timorese police Thursday for the first time since bloody clashes…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The three Islam-based parties that had threatened to quit a Democratic Party-led coalition, after being angered by…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – It seems July's presidential election will be a one-round affair, with incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – Two days before the registration deadline for candidates for the July 8 presidential election,…

Febriamy Hutapea – Religion and ethnicity appear to be losing their hold as factors in voter preferences over the pairing of candidates to run in…

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has shed his customary political caution and chosen a pro-Western…

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – Presidential incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ended months of speculation when news broke early this week that he had…

The media have danced to the tune of politicians' music in the past several weeks as we have been treated with news about presidential-pair…