Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Contenders of incumbent Aburizal Bakrie in the upcoming Golkar Party chairmanship election have complained about alleged "foul play" by

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – More people are calling for the implementation of an electronic voting system (e-voting) in next year's concurrent regional elections.

Eveline Danubrata & Nicholas Owen, Jakarta – Indonesia's new government is launching a bid to convince skeptical foreign investors to pour billions of dollars into improving the cou

Jakarta – Indonesia's new energy and mineral resources minister on Tuesday launched a major shakeup of the graft-tainted ministry, requiring all top directors to re-apply for their jobs

Jakarta – Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are set to deliberate on the presidential regulation in lieu of law that nullified an unpopular law recently enacted by the House, wh

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a hard-line group notorious for violence and intimidation, has reported Jakarta's Acting Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Pu

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Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Justice and National Parliament have made a commitment to change the penal code to specifically outlaw incest.

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Venidora Oliveira – A lack of adequate transportation is severely affecting the efficiency of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIK).

Paulina Quintao – Residents of 244 Timor-Leste sukus do not have access to health services in their villages.

Paulina Quintao – Prohibitive repair costs mean six ambulances will remain out of action, according to national director of hospital support services Horacio Sarmento da Costa.

Paulina Quintao – Gender studies should be offered by tertiary education providers, according to National University of Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL) Gender Studies Centre deputy co-coordinator

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has suspended a decree issued by the law and human rights minister that acknowledges Muhammad "Romy" Romahurmuziy

Paulina Quintao – More than 100 cases of domestic violence have been left pending in the Public Ministry due to the alleged victims' reluctance to give evidence.

Jakarta – Acting Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said he will submit a recommendation letter on the disbandment of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to the La

Jakarta – Greenpeace Southeast Asia has called once again on Singapore and Indonesia to work together and find solutions to what has become a recurrent regional scourge: the annual chok

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from a number of labor associations said they would be rallying in Jakarta on Monday to protest the government's plans to increase the p

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on all ministries to rein in spending for the rest of the year in an effort to save state funds.

Bobby Anderson – Marwan Jafar, President Joko Widodo's new minister for village development, disadvantaged regions and transmigration, announced on Oct.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of workers across North Sumatra have planned a massive rally for next week, rejecting the 2015 provincial minimum wage (UMP), which was set at Rp 1,62

Oyos Saroso H. N., Bandar Lampung – Victims of the bloody 1989 Talangsari tragedy in Central Lampung are demanding that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo instruct his advisor, Gen.

John McCarthy, Canberra – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has moved into Indonesia's presidential palace.

Jakarta – The newly inaugurated Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Hanif Dhakiri, pledged on Saturday to audit all migrant worker placement agencies in a bid to crack down on wide

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Makassar/Medan – A protest on Friday against the planned fuel-price increase ended in a clash between students and police in front of the Makassar m

Adelia Putri Anjani & Robertus Wardhi, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo waded in to a heated debate after suggesting that people have the option of leaving the religion

Surabaya – The Surabaya Council may reject allocating funds in the 2015 draft city budget to pawang hujan (rain shamans), a service often used by local residents in their attempt to pre

Jakarta – The pro-government minority in the House of Representatives has lowered its demand for some control over the legislature as the rift continues.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will impose a moratorium on the issuance of all forest-exploitation permits as part of its effort to slow down the country's rapid deforesta

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Two cups of human blood aday, taken from the severed neck of your dying victim and drunk from a glass, is enough to stave off the madness induced by partici

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, in the job less than a month, has caused waves with his suggestion that the religion field on citizens' ID cards, or KTP, can be left blank.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) central board member, Puan Maharani, who is also Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister, has ins

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara aims to lift a ban on the video-sharing site Vimeo, which has been blocked since May by the previous admin

Kennial Caroline Laia & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Thursday that the government was committed to boosting the portion of defense spending u

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Jakarta – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O Blake expected that there will be no military equipment embargo for Indonesia in the future.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Two teachers at the prestigious Jakarta International School are facing court for allegedly sodomising young boys in their care but, for the first time, pub

Jakarta – The Home Ministry has yet to review problematic bylaws, including the controversial Aceh criminal code, or Qanun Jinayat, that violate rights and carry cruel punishments.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission said on Friday that the Ministry of Home Affairs could resurrect an electronic identity card project even though the

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Yuliasri Perdani and Ainur Rohmah, Jakarta/Semarang – Rights and democracy activists have called on the government to scrap the articles on defamation in the 2008 Electronic Information

Jakarta – Politicians from Islamic-based political parties have opposed the government's decision to grant the wish of people to have the religion column on their ID cards left blank.

Semarang – Hundreds of residents and activists staged a demonstration on Thursday in opposition to the planned development of a cement factory which will be built by state-owned PT Seme

Fadli, Batam – Around 2,000 factory workers from various trade unions in Batam, Riau Islands, held a rally at City Hall in Batam on Thursday, demanding that the municipality raise the 2

Paulina Quintao – The Secretariat of State for Vocational Training, Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) registered 198 complaints regarding labour disputes in the eight months between Janua

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Four religious-based groups gave mixed responses during the hearing of a judicial review case challenging the Marriage Law at the Constitutional Court (MK) on Wed

Martinha Gusmao – The National University of Timor-Lorosa'e (UNTL) donated $200 to student society AKHANA in support of their march from Larigatu, Ossu, to Dili.

Haeril Halim, The Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry has been rocked by another graft scandal, with the Attorney General's Office (AGO) naming on Wednesday five people suspected o