A team investigating the arsenic poisoning death of a top Indonesian human rights campaigner has found indications of involvement of the state…

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – Aceh's separatist rebels called Friday for an international probe into the shooting of a Red Cross worker in the tsunami…

Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense and the Indonesia Military (TNI) headquarters have agreed to improve communications aimed at…

David Rose – Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is facing MPs' demands to help clear up the mystery surrounding the slaying of two British newsmen 30…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – With unemployment on the increase, more women described themselves last year as housewives, the latest labor data…

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The government has launched a series of measures to tackle the growing incidence of malnutrition affecting hundreds,…

Balikpapan – Following an earlier protest, hundreds of fishermen in Balikpapan demanded on Tuesday that PT Thiess Contractor Indonesia…

Rendi A. Witular and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government has stated that it would not withdraw nor revise a regulation on land acquisition for…

The United States has offered full support in working with East Timor and Indonesia to make the Truth and Friendship Commission formed by the two…

Jayapura – If there are armed separatist groups in society which want to separate West Papua from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Police are set to name new suspects in an alleged graft case involving state-owned insurance firm PT Jamsostek…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Despite constantly rising unemployment, the country last year saw more of its workers enjoying regular incomes and job…

James Balowski, Jakarta – Although no-one has been charged with last year's murder of Indonesia's foremost human rights activist, Munir Said…

Sian Powell – Frustrated with the immense damage the slowly moving Newmont legal drama has had on Indonesia's foreign investment image, the nation…

We condemn in strongest terms the shooting in West Acheh last night of a foreign Red Cross worker by Indonesian security forces.

Of course,…

The armed forces of GAM – TNA – demands a full and immediate impartial investigation of the shooting near Lamno Wednesday night of a Red Cross…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A progressive-thinking Cabinet member during the New Order era once said that to cover up past wrongdoings and avoid…

Washington – Poverty-struck East Timor has made "commendable progress" since wrenching its independence from Indonesia but needs to do much more…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawyers for Mulyana Wira Kusumah, the first defendant in the high-profile graft case involving the General Elections…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – The still unfavorable labor environment continues to be the main cause for the declining number of jobs in key sectors,…

Indonesia is renowned as a nation with a long history rich in culture. That culture apparently has evolved to embrace corruption.

The latest…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The ongoing inquiry into haj pilgrimage funds has revealed more irregularities within the Ministry of Religious Affairs in…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – At least 48 of over 100 people who clashed with police at the Taman Permata Buana housing complex in Kembangan, West…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Observers demanded the House of Representatives on Monday to amend its bill on the military tribunal so as to pave the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Several prominent figures from Nias alleged on Monday that dozens of children had been taken off the island illegally…

Rendi A. Witular and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed disappointment on Monday over the refusal of A.M.…

Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – With the wet season fast approaching, patience is running thin in Aceh. More than six months after the province was…

Jakarta – The National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) has criticized the informal talks between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM),…

Timber felled illegally is being used to rebuild houses in tsunami-devastated Aceh province, a conservation group said, warning the practice could…

Annastashya Emmanuelle, Contributor, Aceh Besar – Six months after the tsunami wrought havoc in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, destroying lives and…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Campaigners for a more democratic Jakarta must work harder to get their voices heard by lawmakers, who did not…

Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has appealed to Indonesia's Supreme Court to overturn his conviction and 30-month jail term for involvement in the…

The fake mass 'release of GAM prisoners,' the ongoing human rights violations and the covert movement of thousands of Indonesian troops from their…

Dan Eaton, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is ignoring the widespread physical and sexual abuse of hundreds of thousands of young girls…

Damar Harsanto, Abdul Khalik and Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – June and July is a traditionally merry time in Jakarta, with all kinds of…

Tejo Pramono, Jakarta – The child malnutrition outbreak has now spread from West Nusa Tenggara, to West Sumatra, Lampung and now South East…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – One demonstration after another in the capital doesn't make Jakarta a democratic city and if the current administration…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Jakarta's water, air and land continue to be heavily polluted by poisonous materials originating from households and…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The haj fund scandal involving billions of dollars at the Ministry of Religious Affairs will likely implicate two…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – After years of delay, the House of Representatives legislation committee will propose a new bill on citizenship, which…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has proposed a bill to revise Law No. 31/1997 on military tribunals, but efforts to do away…

Purwanto, Jakarta – Around 50 people from the Aceh Care for Aceh (Acheh Peduli Acheh, APA) held a protest in front of parliament in…

AK-34, Jakarta – On Monday June 20, hundreds of Achenese citizens living in Jakarta calling themselves Aceh Care for Aceh (Acheh Peduli Acheh, APA…

UK groups monitoring BP's US$5 billion Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in West Papua have expressed dismay that the company entered into an…

Harry Bhaskara, Aceh – The tsunami may have occurred six months ago but reconstruction work on the northeastern side of Aceh has only just…

Jill Jolliffe, Darwin – Indonesia should retry accused war criminals acquitted by a special court in Jakarta because the process was a sham,…

Dean Yates, Aceh West Coast – High school students in the Acehnese town of Teunom drain rain water off the top of their tent before they begin…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is being urged to immediately deliberate on the much-waited bill against human trafficking, a serious…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Candidates for mayor Sjachrazad Z.P. and deputy mayor Rudy Syawal were surely disappointed when 2,000 people…

Rusman, Samarinda – It was 4:30 in the morning and the sun was not yet shining, but 13-year-old Rizki Gunawan and his little sister Astari had to…