Jakarta – Senior education expert Mochtar Buchori told the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday the city administration failed to help…

David Crawshaw – Australia broke international law and endangered the lives of five Papuan asylum seekers by secretly sending the men back to…

Ninin Damayanti/Sutarto, Jakarta – As many as 13 trade unions have sent letters rejecting the Government Draft Bill on Severance Pay being passed…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's richest man last week lost a drawn-out legal tussle over his 40% ownership claim to the country's second-…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Deputy Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Muhammad Nazar is upbeat regarding the implementation of sharia law in Aceh…

Jakarta – Laws that permit polygamy for a man experiencing an infertile marriage or insist on the arrest of a woman seen outside after 7 p.m.…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Indonesia scored worse on the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), but the figure is still better than five years…

Rob Taylor, Canberra – Australia secretly deported five separatist asylum seekers from Indonesia's Papua province, in what rights groups said on…

Jakarta – The terrorisation of the Papuan chief representative of the National Human Rights Commission or Komnas HAM, Albert Rumbekwan, could have…

New York – A joint mission of the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will visit Indonesia in December to set up…

It will be a miracle if, in the next five to 10 years, Indonesian school children can learn about another Timor Leste story.

A new story is…

Ninin Damayanti, Jakarta – The Committee to Eliminate Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) urged Indonesia to regulate that the female…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Another survey – this time from the World Bank – has confirmed that starting a business in Indonesia has become more…

Jakarta – Indonesia's local television stations have been accused of airing "indecent elements" in programs during Ramadhan and the Indonesian…

Ati Nurbaiti, Dili – A former pro-integration leader told a public hearing here Wednesday that many Timorese civilians were forced by poverty to…

Agung Yudhawiranata, Jakarta – The Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) involving Timor Leste and Indonesia is organizing the fifth in its…

Dili – An East Timorese who was a pro-Indonesia activist during the tiny nation's 1999 independence vote said Wednesday that Indonesia's military…

Indonesia was responsible for the bloodshed surrounding East Timor's independence vote in 1999, a former pro-Jakarta militia chief told a…

Ati Nurbaiti, Dili – A Timor Leste government official who said he was once a "double agent" in East Timor's resistance movement and the…

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – During the fasting month of Ramadhan in Indonesia, it seems everything is focused on the country's Muslim population.…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The effort to speed up the registration of businesses by delegating powers to the local level appear to have backfired, as…

Markus Makur, Timika – More than half of the population of Mimika regency, Papua, live below the poverty line and lack access to health care,…

Jakarta – Non-governmental organization International Animal Rescue held a demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy on Tuesday,…

Jakarta – Transsexuals are opposing the Jakarta regional government bylaw on public order that will soon be coming into effect. They say that the…

Jakarta – In relation to his duties and responsibilities as a representative of the National Human Rights Commission or Komnas HAM in Papua,…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The deliberation of the bill on legislative elections at the House of Representatives turned into a tense situation…

Jakarta – The Home Affairs Ministry says it will study the newly endorsed contentious public order bylaw which, among others, bans beggars and…

The manner in which the Supreme Court and the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) resolved their dispute through President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

Jakarta – An organization of scholarship recipients filed Monday a lawsuit intervening in a current civil suit against former president Soeharto…

Jakarta – Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri tops the list of Indonesia's 99 Most Powerful Women, according to the October edition of…

Jon Lamb – On September 12, the new East Timorese government led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, tabled the Government Program for 2007-12. The…

Dili – About 50 people demonstrated in East Timor's capital today, calling for an international tribunal to try individuals who committed…

Paul Cleary – For a country controlling a maritime region of 15 million square kilometres – more than twice the size of its landmass – Australia…

Chad Bouchard, Jakarta – Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao testified behind closed doors Monday on what he knew about the unrest that accompanied East…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The joint Indonesia-Timor Leste Truth and Friendship Commission (CTF) is scheduled to hold its final hearing today,…

East Timor's government fears a jailed former minister, allowed to leave the country for medical care, won't return to serve his sentence for…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An Aceh-linked organization that advocates for environmental issues demanded that the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and…

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – Opposition to Draft Bylaw No. 8/2007 on Public Order established by the Jakarta provincial government is continuing…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government sought Monday for ex-dictator Suharto and a charity he chaired while in power to hand over 1.4 billion dollars…

United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma Ali and several party elites visited the residence of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri…

Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – Few, it seems, share the concern of New Order critic George Junus Aditjondro, who has been warning of the momentum former…

RR Ariyani, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will file a lawsuit against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), following a…

Jayapura, Kompas – The residence of the chairperson of the Papuan Representative office of the National Human Rights Commission or…

Jakarta – An ongoing dispute between the Supreme Court (MA) and the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) took a new turn Saturday, with President Susilo…

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang – The majority of poor people in the South Sumatra city of Palembang are not fasting. The reason being that they are not…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – An attempt to turn the city's main thoroughfares of Jl Jend. Sudirman and Jl MH Thamrin into a car-free zone…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A corruption watchdog and House of Representatives legislators have questioned Indonesia's commitment to fighting…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch has urged the government to respond positively to the UN's Stolen Assets Recovery…

Jakarta – Sutiyoso's Jakarta administration should be held responsible for the massive floods that crippled the city in February this year,…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The campaign season for the Jakarta governor elections may be long over, but political parties are still making…