Ni Komang Erviani, Contributor, Denpasar – As of August this year up to 10.16 million or 6.22 percent of the Indonesian population aged over 15…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Despite progress in certain areas, Indonesia overall is worse off now than the year before when it comes to doing…

Jakarta – The government published a statement on Thursday debating a conclusion of a survey by the World Bank's investment arm, International…

Mark Colvin: The wrong security force may be getting the blame for introducing cane toads into East Timor.

This week the Australian-led…

In East Timor a group claiming to represent 200 former resistance fighters is demanding financial recognition for its contribution to the country'…

Trial by the press, or the press on trial? Those were two viewpoints that emerged when the Central Jakarta District Court ruled Tuesday that Tempo…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A financial watchdog has submitted data on more than 400 traveler's checks allegedly belonging to Bank Indonesia senior…

Ignas Kleden, Jakarta – A political party is there, first of all, to transpose the needs and aspirations of its constituents into a political…

Some analysts have again expressed serious concern over increasing foreign ownership of banks in Indonesia, arguing this makes it more difficult…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday ruled it would continue with the trial of former top intelligence official…

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono defended on Tuesday "brutal" actions committed by the military against insurgents in Talangsari village, Lampung…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – In what is being denounced as a major blow to press freedom in the country, a court – dubbed "the graveyard for press…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a long-awaited bill aimed at strengthening the authority of the National…

Timika, Papua – Hundreds of workers at heavy equipment maker PT Trakindo Utama staged a protest at the Timika Transmigration and…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Improved tax collection by extending the tax base and modernizing the tax system have boosted tax proceeds by 46…

Ika Krismantari and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Indonesian Composite Index slumped Tuesday to its lowest level in 17 months as investors…

Suherdjoko and Desy Nurhayati, Semarang, Jakarta – National Awakening Party (PKB) members affiliated with Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid have…

By Budi Wardoyo¹

In the lead up to the 2009 general elections, the political map of the movements…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in defense field based on mutual trust to create a…

Aceh – Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Special Detachment anti-terror squad (Densus 88) will investigate the bombing of former Free Aceh…

Benget Besalicto Tnb., Contributor, Palangka Raya – Pressures are mounting to save endangered orangutans in Central Kalimantan, where most of the…

Blamed for pushing orangutans out of their habitat, palm oil companies are being urged to help conserve the endangered species in Kalimantan.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji continues to defy public pressure to reopen a probe into a huge loan scandal,…

Skepticism has mounted over whether the Corruption Court bill will benefit the country's fight against white collar crime as some House of…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – A number of non-governmental organizations in Bandung announced Monday an "anti-rotten" politician campaign, asking…

Denpasar – In the campaign to eradicate illiteracy, women need special priority because the illiteracy rate among women is more than twice as high…

Suwardiman – The image presented by elite leaders and a political party appears to be the main consideration that will increasingly be taken into…

Australia's military may be responsible for introducing into East Timor the nation's worst pest – the cane toad.

The resilient and toxic…

For millions of ordinary Indonesian people, it is difficult to understand how President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the holder of a doctorate degree…

Reports are coming in from all around East Timor that the country's poorest people are missing out on a government rice subsidy aimed at relieving…

Jakarta – The national banking industry appears to be controlled by foreign interests. The proportion of foreign ownership has steadily risen to…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Independent Election Committee (KIP) emphasized Sunday that the planned Koran proficiency test for…

Suwardiman – The geo-political map in the 2009 general elections could be very different from previous elections. Shifts in regional control may…

Aditya Suharmoko and Alfian, Jakarta – Businesses have praised the newly endorsed income tax law, saying it will boost the competitiveness of…

Dili – The East Timor government on Monday began emptying the largest displacement camp left in the capital in the first step in helping 2,000…

Last week's passage of the income tax law is the best Idul Fitri gift the country could provide to our businesses and fellow taxpayers. The law…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – At least two development projects linked to the presidential office, which appear to have been hoaxes, have revealed…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Public diplomacy used to introduce Indonesia as a democratic Muslim nation overseas had been hampered by the domestic…

Jakarta – The Rp 100 billion (US$10.9 million) embezzled Bank Indonesia (BI) funds were used to promote certain people into certain…

Hamish McDonald – Younger Australians are less concerned about any security threat posed by Indonesia, according to a new poll, but it remains the…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The conviction of a state prosecutor for accepting bribes from a businesswoman close to tycoon Sjamsul Nursalim has…

[The following are notes intended to be the first in a series of informal commentaries on the 2009 Indonesian election campaign. I will try to…

Jakarta – Candidates of House of Representatives member from Aceh are scheduled to follow Koran reading test next week, as part of…

Jakarta – Former president Abdurahman "Gus Dur" Wahid says he will support former minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra in the presidential…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Misrin, 32, has never received an Idul Fitri bonus (THR) since he started working as a daily-paid employee at Sina Kasih…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – One-half of the Rp 224.4 trillion (US$24.45 billion) in the education budget proposed for next year has been allocated…

Aditya Suharmoko and Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The rupiah suffered its biggest daily drop in nearly 10 months on Friday, falling by 1.3 percent…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The central government is sticking by its decision to dump mud from the Lapindo disaster into the Porong river…

Indra Harsaputra and ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – For 50-year-old Subiyanto, this year's Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is cause for both despair and…

Jakarta – The super hybrid rice known as Super toy HL-2 was planted and harvested by no less than the President himself with great fanfare last…