Ridwan Max Sijabat, Bogor – Following its decision to drop the plan to revise the 2003 Labor Law, the government says it will soon issue a…

Michael Vatikiotis, Jakarta – Two years into his five-year term, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presents himself as a sincere, hard…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesia has significantly reduced its child mortality rate over the past two decades and is on the right track to meet…

Andi Haswidi, Batam – Some 500 activists gathering in Batam grouped under the International Peoples Forum called Monday on all nations to hold…

Fadli, Batam – Activists have criticized the lack of transparency in World Bank and IMF policy-making and accused the Singaporean government of…

The Declaration of The preparatory committee of National Liberation party of Unity (KP-Papernas) at the East Java Branch on Sunday (17/09) was…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) Headquarters is currently drawing up internal regulations or guidelines that will assist soldiers in…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The government's plan to reinstate history textbooks that blame the Indonesian Communist Party for the violence…

Andra Jackson – Thirty-seven years ago former Papuan politicians Clemens Runawery and Wim Zonggonau boarded a plane on an urgent mission that…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Environmental activists staged a protest Saturday against gold mining operations in Tanggamus regency, asserting…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Another mud retaining pond in Sidoarjo, East Java, collapsed Sunday, prompting a government team to recommend the…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Hundreds of people recently made homeless by hot mudflows camped on Sidoarjo's main turnpike Saturday as the regency…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to Muslims who were offended by a speech he gave in Germany, saying his comments…

The 3rd Annual National gathering for the Australian Coalition of West Papua Support Groups affirms the right of the people of West Papua to Self-…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Leaders of small political parties are fiercely objecting to a plan to increase the electoral threshold from 3…

The beginning of Ramadhan is only one week away and most Muslims traditionally welcome it with great pleasure. However, for many Jakartans,…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's emissions testing campaign ends next week, but there are signs that the city plans to…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Two ponds built to contain the Sidoarjo mud flow burst Friday, forcing more residents to flee the area, while…

Jayapura – The Jayapura District Court sentenced Friday three of the last seven defendants on trial for their involvement in the…

John Martinkus – Violence that ran over four days in May in East Timor and led to the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri was part of a…

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto, who escaped trial for corruption on health grounds, appeared healthy as he attended the…

Andi Haswidi, Batam – Only the rich nations that are not affected by IMF policies benefit from the institution's reforms, a speaker at Batam's…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A new study recommends transferring the job of rebuilding Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam to the incoming provincial…

Pontianak (Agencies) – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia Saturday expressed its concern about the expel of five…

Jakarta – In contrast to Indonesian pollsters who have recently reported poor approval ratings for the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration, an…

Ayapura – The Jayapura District Court on Thursday sentenced two of seven remaining defendants to five years in prison for their part…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – While in the past businesses in Jakarta have largely had their way on environmental issues, that could change as…

Jakarta – Six of the seven Papuans detained for allegedly killing two US nationals and an Indonesian near the PT Freeport gold mine in…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Dozens of teachers complained to the House of Representatives on Thursday that local officials had intimidated them…

Andi Haswidi, Batam, Riau Islands – Activists said Thursday they had received threats from people claiming to represent local NGOs warning them to…

Jakarta – Although calls to get to the bottom of the murder of human rights activist Munir have come from the very top, the National Police say no…

Panca Nugraha and Fadli, Mataram/Batam – More than 50 Mataram residents rallied outside the PLN building in West Nusa Tenggara on Thursday over…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Prosecutors have named two staffers of the Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) as suspects in…

Jakarta – A record-breaking increase in revenue has failed to alleviate high levels of poverty in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, according to a new…

Jayapura – Five Australian TV journalists were being deported from Indonesia on Thursday after traveling to restive Papua province on…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Almost a thousand Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) students rallied in front of the campus' rectory Wednesday demanding…

The ongoing showdown within the Attorney General's Office could raise further doubts about its commitment to law enforcement.

Jakarta…

Jakarta – They are everywhere, the men in helmets sitting on motorcycles at the side of the road; waiting and watching day in and day out.

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Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – About 80 hotel workers protested near Senggigi Beach on Monday in a show of solidarity with two…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Six of the seven Papuan men standing trial for allegedly killing two Americans and one Indonesian in 2002 objected to…

Badriah and Erwin Dariyanto, Jakarta – Around 50 major illegal loggers and thousands of small illegal loggers are still free in Singapore,…

International police deployed to East Timor in the wake of unrest in May have formally handed over their authority to the United Nations during a…

Dili – A UN team probing the violence that erupted in East Timor earlier this year is on track to complete its report by next month, the…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – International women's rights activists called Monday for a reinterpretation of dogmas they said were trapping women in…

Jakarta – The prosecution asked the West Jakarta District Court on Monday to sentence a student to six years in prison for insulting President…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has denied helping the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) lobby the United…

Mark Dodd – Alfredo Reinado, the East Timorese army deserter whose actions ultimately led to the ousting of prime minister Mari Alkatiri, has…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – More than 2,000 displaced people from 14 regencies in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam braved a heavy rain Monday to stage a…

Fadli, Batam – After threatening to break up any gathering of foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Batam, the Riau Islands provincial…

Rusman, Bekasi – It was almost midnight on Thursday when people living around the Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi were woken by a loud roar – a…