Dr. Tarcisius Kabutaulaka – West Papua will be the highest-profile issue at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders' summit in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 24-26 June 2015.

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As if to show their defense of people's interests, House of Representatives members have proposed a whopping budget of Rp 11.2 trillion (US$842 million) for next year to be spent on development pro

Jakarta – The Australian government has paid thousands of dollars to turn back boats of asylum seekers for at least four years, a document reveals.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Kupang, Indonesia – Photographs of thousands of US dollars handed to six people smugglers, which Indonesian police say is proof of bribery by Australian officials,

Roberth Isidorus, Jayapura – An evangelical church in Yambi, in Papua's Puncak Jaya district, was burned down by group of unknown attackers on Monday.

The 3rd Congress of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation has adopted a resolution on the West Papuan self-determination struggle.

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There are further signs from Indonesia's government that it is willing to open up access to the Papua region.

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) was sticking to its stance that Ahmadiyah and Shia believers were deviant from mainstream Islam but nonetheless prosecuting them for follo

Kupang – Against the background of recent claims that Australian authorities paid an Indonesian ship's crew to transport dozens of migrants back to Indonesia, the Indonesian Navy and the Royal Aust

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the reconciliation process between the two camps vying for leadership of the Golkar Party drags on, the camp led by Aburizal Bakrie has announced a plan to take ove

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has lambasted the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which is now led by former police general Taufiequrachman Ruki, for transferr

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Indonesian police have finally named the three generals they intend to nominate as commissioners of the national antigraft body, none of whom actually has any extensive

Jakarta – More than 30 tobacco brands put advertisements and promote their products in school areas, a survey by NGOs shows.

The Corruption Eradication Commission is on the verge of becoming merely a place where proxy wars between the National Police, Attorney General's Office and Indonesian Military take place.

Jenny Denton, Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan – Villagers in remote Central Kalimantan have lodged a claim for legal title to 1,000 hectares of land within BHP Billiton's vast IndoMet coal project

Jakarta – A hard-line Islamic group infamous for its violent brand of intolerance says it will continue efforts to expel Ahmadiyah Muslims practicing in Tebet, South Jakarta.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has echoed Vice President Jusuf Kalla's claim that Indonesia's brand of Islam is a peaceful one, on the same weekend that hard-liners in Ja

Jenny Denton, Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan – Residents of the village of Maruwei in Central Kalimantan claim they were tricked and intimidated in relation to BHP Billiton's acquisition of an are

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police announced their plan on Friday to nominate three generals as candidates to fill positions on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

East Timor has officially dropped its case against Australia before the UN's international court of justice, after Canberra returned sensitive documents relating to a controversial oil and gas trea

The Hague, Netherlands – East Timor has dropped litigation against its powerful neighbor Australia related to a spying scandal, the United Nations' highest court announced Friday.

Jakarta – Dozens of people blocked a group of Ahmadis from performing their Friday prayers at their own An Nur Mosque in Bukit Duri Tanjakan, Tebet, South Jakarta, on Friday.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After being heavily criticized for failing to improve on the moratorium on new concession permits for primary forests and peat lands, the government is set to remedy t

Khoiriyah Helanita, Jakarta – Deliberations on the bill on gender equality and justice have been stalled for quite some time and may not be endorsed by the House of Representatives anytime soon due

Australia would have stooped to a "new low" if reports its navy paid people-smugglers bound for Australia thousands of dollars to turn back their boat are true, an Indonesian government official sa

Ina Parlina and Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has finally signed a new Presidential Regulation that would make a policy to waive visa fees for 30 countries official,

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Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Australia's prime minister on Friday sidestepped charges that officials from his country paid the crew of a boat carrying 65 migrants to return to Indonesian waters, but s

Daniel Hurst, Political correspondent – Tony Abbott has refused to rule out Australian officials paying people smugglers to turn back asylum-seeker vessels, saying the government was determined to

Under Indonesia's Constitution, the division of labor between the executive and legislative branches of governments when it comes to spending public funds is clear-cut: the administration allocates

Women in Banda Aceh are now banned from being outside their homes after 11 p.m., with exceptions for those in humanitarian work, such as nurses and medical practitioners, and if they are accompanie

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has tinkered with fiscal policy as he relaxed the requirements for corporate tax allowances and eased luxury taxes on certain it

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry revealed on Friday that its plans to build 5,000-megawatt (MW) nuclear power plants in the country were still on.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, stating that only government-recognized Islamic organizations, such as itself, should be able to call any people

Indonesia says it's quietly hopeful the change of government in Vanuatu will signal the defeat of West Papua's bid to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The military in Papua arrested a drunk soldier for injuring a civilian in Central Memberamo Thursday.

Indonesia is quietly hopeful a change of government in Vanuatu will contribute to the defeat of province West Papua's bid to join a special club of Melanesian states.

Yustinus Paat, Markus Sihaloho & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Activists and experts continue to criticize attempts by the House of Representatives to introduce a pork barrel scheme, saying that it

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Antigraft activists say they understand the purpose of the police's involvement in the selection process of new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or

With Freeport Indonesia, the local unit of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan, agreeing to work under a Special Mining Business Permit, or IUPK, from its current Contract of Work, or KK, the governme

Public perception that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tends to reserve strategic posts in his government for political parties that supported his election last year is difficult to deny, although a

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Economists from Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase have revised down their growth outlooks for Indonesia as foreign investors' confidence in President Joko "Jokowi" Wido

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Copper-mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia has, in principle, agreed to change the company's contract of work (CoW) into a special mining license (IUPK) as required by th

Erwida Maulia & Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – As the government continues its negotiations with Freeport Indonesia, the local unit of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan, and there are reports that th

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Chris Brummitt and Rieka Rahadiana – Indonesia President Joko Widodo declined to pick an air force officer as his next military chief, a further sign he's concentrating power in the army as his pub