Hera Diani, Jakarta – The government's plan to extend the ban on polygamy for civil servants to cover all state officials could end up helping in…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An alliance of NGOs filed a lawsuit Wednesday with the Central Jakarta District Court against the House of…

Ati Nurbaiti, Banda Aceh – On the eve of polling day on Dec. 11, Mutia says she will perform special prayers to ask God who to vote for. "I will…

Banda Aceh – Thousands of people flocked to final election rallies on the last day of campaigning for landmark polls in the Indonesian province of…

Alison Guerriere Ciaccio, New York – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has denied claims of environmental mishaps at its operations in…

Jakarta – Nearly 50 percent of Indonesia's population still lives on less than two dollars a day despite progress in recovering from the economic…

Jakarta – Small political parties demanded Tuesday they be allowed to contest the 2009 elections.

The 2004 General Elections Law…

Jakarta – The ongoing ambulance workers strike has affected the public service as it is only responding to less than half of the 50 emergency…

Dili – UN police have arrested 26 people on suspicion of involvement in deadly clashes between East Timor martial arts gangs that have…

Jakarta – Indonesia will reactivate a grass-roots domestic spy network as part of its fight against terrorism, which critics have seen as a return…

Duncan Graham, Lawang, East Java – For those recently heaping praise on Indonesia for its moderate Muslim and emerging democratic credentials,…

Washington – A big US public pension fund announced plans for a shareholder drive to press mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. to…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Former East Timorese living in West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, rallied at the local provincial administration office in…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta Post – Yahya Zaini, the senior Golkar Party lawmaker caught on camera cavorting naked with a dangdut singer, looks set…

Ati Nurbaiti and Hera Diani, Jakarta Post – The government's fight against terrorism is threatening human rights and due legal process in the…

Dili – Rival martial arts gangs staged rolling battles across East Timor's capital today after weekend violence that reportedly saw a man hacked…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Former rebels in Aceh will form a political party within six months, opening up the way for their participation in the…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Bowing to public pressure, the company at the heart of the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, has decided to…

Jakarta – Former Defense and Security Minister Gen. (ret) Edi Sudradjat passed away on Friday. He died at 1 p.m. at Army Central Hospital Gatot…

Tony Hotland and Hera Diani, Jakarta – The next time someone advises you against using a condom, tell them the Vice President ordered you to. That…

Jerry Norton, Banda Aceh – Indonesia will soon set the ball rolling to allow former rebels in Aceh to establish a political party and join the…

Although the number of people with jobs in August increased by 280,000 to 95.46 million compared to February, and exceeded the growth in Indonesia…

Aceh/Bandung/Makassar – As people living with HIV/AIDS observed World AIDS Day on Friday with events around the country, there were calls for…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Drug users and small-time dealers fill the country's jails, but an eight-time convict says putting drug users in…

Jakarta – Indonesia is responding to the sharp increase in HIV prevalence among injecting drug users by issuing a new national policy that will…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Papuans gathered Friday in eastern Indonesia to mark the anniversary of their "declaration of independence" amid…

Dario Thuburn, Moscow – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to expand energy ties and arms…

New Zealand's Peace Movement Aotoearoa says grassroots support for West Papua's right to self-determination is growing. The Movement…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Dozens of people claiming to be victims of the conflict in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam rallied in front of the Independent…

By Peter King, Sydney University

Abstract

This article argues that Indonesia since reformasi remains subject to powerful…

Surabaya – A man died late on Wednesday after suffering injuries from last week's gas pipeline explosion in the Indonesian area swamped by a…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – About 2,000 workers and their employers staged rallies at a number of government institutions in Medan, North Sumatra,…

Jakarta – A joint Indonesia-East Timor commission plans to question former Indonesian military chief Wiranto and other officers over the violence…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono insisted Wednesday that members of the military should not face trial in civilian…

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – Dubbed one of the most influential business gurus, Michael E. Porter, also a distinguished author and a professor at…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Students and teachers can still remember the moment they had to immediately remove their chairs and desks from their…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has agreed to allow soldiers accused of criminal acts to stand trial in civilian courts…

Jakarta – Local elections in Indonesia's Aceh province pose a challenge for former separatist rebels in their transformation from an armed…

Banda Aceh – A second electoral worker has been abducted since the start last weekend of campaigning for milestone elections in Indonesia's Aceh…

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of Amungme and Kamoro tribespeople in Mimika, Papua, held a protest Tuesday to demand giant gold…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An alliance of civil groups and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) joined the chorus of criticism…

Tony Hotland and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – While victims of the devastating mudflow in East Java continued a public protest, Vice President…

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Infighting ahead of the coming landmark Dec. 11 elections in Aceh has hurt the rebel group that stopped its fight to…

Jakarta – People living with HIV/AIDS still encounter stigma in various ways including discrimination, rejection and avoidance, even from medical…

Dili – East Timor's former interior minister will go on trial Thursday on allegations of arming a political hit squad with state weapons as the…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has found four cases of irregularities in the management of public funds during the first…

Contents

I. Overview
II. Institutional changes…

Dili – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao on Tuesday said the worst was now over and his country was recovering from the outbreak of violence…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – After taking on cases of violence against women for the past five years in her hometown in West Nusa Tenggara province,…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Despite public criticism of their overseas trips, dozens of lawmakers will again go abroad – this time to South…