Oyos Saroso H.N, Lampung Barat – In the last few months six people have died after being attacked by Sumatran tigers while logging illegally…

Mustaqim Adamrah and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia has proposed to world's big economies a kind of facility that will help companies…

Muhammad Al Azhari – The country's chief economic minister and a top banking official are apparently at odds about the risks that private sector…

Sally Piri – The government will allow 400 Rohingya boat people in Aceh to stay in the province until a decision is made on where they will settle…

Jakarta – The settlement process of transferring the management of Indonesian Military (TNI) businesses to the state will not be…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Leaders of the Democratic Party and the National Awakening Party (PKB) met Monday to discuss the possibility of forming…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The President's recent assurance that public officials taking leave to campaign would not affect government activities…

Hera Diani – Over 11,200 candidates are vying for 560 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, or DPR, in the April 9 elections. That…

Despite the school operational fund program (BOS) and the increase in the education budget, the government has responded too late to the crucial…

Alfian, Jakarta – The open election system, which will see legislative seats going directly to candidates who win the majority of votes, has led…

Yogyakarta/Malang – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made it clear he will look beyond Golkar Chairman and Vice President Jusuf Kalla for a…

Jakarta – The Army is planning to increase its personnel at security posts in Papua province, particularly in the Tinggi-nambut area…

Alfian, Jakarta – Muslim-based parties may have seen a significant decline in their popularity, but they can still determine who will win the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's state news agency says separatists in the easternmost Papua province have killed a soldier.

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Bandung – University students are often regarded as future leaders but they are jaded in the face of the political climate in the lead-up to next…

Mariani Dewi, Jakarta – Twenty-five days before the legislative election takes place, the candidates have been doing everything possible to win…

Jakarta – Papua police chief Bagus Eko Danto reiterated on Sunday that local police would chase after members of the Papuan separatist…

Ismira Lutfia – Victims of the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java Province, tried a new tack on Sunday in their efforts to claim full…

Jakarta – Education and Sport Minister Adhyaksa Dault revealed Saturday evening that 15,000 Indonesians die of drug-related illnesses…

Arientha Primanita – A director of a state-owned company died in a hospital on Sunday after being gunned down the previous day in a well-executed…

Hera Diani – Neither heat, humidity nor even a national holiday can deter the Indonesian voter, it seems. While most of the country was quietly…

Melbourne's West Papuan community gathered at Flinders Street Station this morning to commemorate a group of imprisoned students on the…

Jakarta – Election hopefuls are pulling the wool over the public's eyes with their outdated campaign methods, a communications expert said Friday…

Jakarta – The Office of State Enterprises (SOE) Minister pledges no layoffs by its companies this year although the global crisis is worsening.…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Five Australians trapped in Papua are in a "race against time" to escape by charter plane before "arrogant"…

Jakarta – On Saturday afternoon, hundreds of workers from trade unions in Jakarta and the satellite cities of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (…

Nivell Rayda – On the surface, the halls of the great imposing compound are lavish and dignified, with imported marble walls and expensive leather…

Febriamy Hutapea – National legislatures come and go, but the outgoing House of Representatives will be long remembered for its handling of a…

Joe Cochrane – With his long, bushy hair and 1960s guitar rock ringtone on his Blackberry, it's not a stretch to say Alvin Lie has a little bit of…

With great hope and fanfare, the reform era that began in 1998 and the democratic elections in 1999 were intended to usher in a new climate of…

Jakarta – West Lombok regency has decided forbid members of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, who have been living in uncertainty at a…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – For many Indonesian villagers, the first signs that an election is around the corner are the posters, colourful flags and…

Jakarta – The Democratic Party remains seemingly unperturbed about a possible coalition between the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Major parties are set to spend huge amounts of money on ads ahead of the upcoming elections, but they remain divided…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – At least five people were injured when a grenade was thrown into a coffee shop owned by an Aceh Party leader in the…

Jakarta – The upcoming elections will see millions of wasted votes because many small and new parties are likely to fail in their bids to meet the…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Soekarnoputri, the heads of the country's two biggest political parties, met Thursday to…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – The country's seemingly militant labor unions, frequently opposed to any government-planned regulation on labor, has…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Siswanto, a resident of Pulo Gadung in East Jakarta, has had to switch jobs to become a motorcycle taxi driver to make…

A wave of layoffs in the manufacturing sector has struck the country hard. The Jakarta Post's Hans David and Faisal Maliki Baskoro visited…

Anita Rachman – A coalition of non-governmental organizations and human rights groups is preparing a draft bill calling for the protection of…

Putri Prameshwari – Hundreds of Sidoarjo mudflow victims staged a rally along Jakarta's main roads on Thursday, demanding the government settle…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Everybody is affected by the present global financial crisis. But not Indonesians Michael Hartono and brother R. Budi…

Five Australians have spent a third day stranded at a West Papua airport as Indonesian prosecutors appeal against their release from jail.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Defense Ministry and the military are committed to eliminating corruption and nepotism, and current management…

The call made during a rally by the National Action Committee of the West Papuan People during a demo at the office of the DPRP earlier this week…

Febriamy Hutapea – The results of a recent survey jointly conducted by four polling institutions, unveiled on Wednesday, show a remarkable level…

Farouk Arnaz, Muninggar Saraswati & AFP – Indonesia is cracking down on books written by the three Bali bombers executed last year in an…

Alfian, Jakarta – The wave of layoffs amidst the economic downturn has affected 237,500 workers nationwide between October and March, far exceeds…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Despite widespread claims that environmental issues featured prominently in their respective campaigns, political…