Helen Brown, Indonesia – A failed election candidate in Indonesia claims that bribes she paid to electoral officials to win a seat in last month's parliamentary polls were not honoured.

Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy secretary-general Aryo Djojohadikusumo says the coalition of parties supporting candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa has established Gerakan Muda

Michael Bachelard – The battle lines for Indonesia's presidential election have been clearly drawn between a political newcomer with small business credentials and a wealthy ex-soldier

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Both teams in the Indonesian presidential election have human rights concerns hanging over their candidates according to the global organisation Human Right

Dili – Taking judicial proceedings to rural areas of Timor-Leste with "mobile courts" is increasing citizens' access to justice as the young country builds its government from the groun

Jakarta – The graft-tainted Constitutional Court (MK) delivered a controversial verdict on Monday divesting itself of the authority to handle complaints about local and regional electio

Thomas Hornall – Twelve years ago East Timor, or Timor-Leste, was recognised as the 191st member of the United Nations after a devastating 25-year Indonesian occupation.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Monday's declaration of two tickets running in July's presidential election evokes at least two questions: Do hopefuls Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto have any

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Purawakarta – Drones, which are unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by the Indonesia Maritime Institute are ready to be operated in border regions to carry out area surveillance missions.

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The New Zealand government has confirmed that its planned community policing training programme in Indonesia's Papua region will not go ahead this year.

Advocates for the independence of West Papua say a UN decolonisation committee should visit the Indonesian province.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – It was a remarkable, yet predictable step for Joko Widodo, the hugely popular presidential hopeful of the Indonesian Democratic of Struggle, or PDI-P, t

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Showing further signs of advanced age, Dionesius Utomo Rahardjo, 69, and his wife Genoveva Misiati, 66, are no longer as outspoken as they were

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's meteoric rise in popularity as presidential hopeful has been conspicuous.

Editorial staff – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) figure Sabam Sirait says that PDI-P vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla (JK) who will run alongside PDI-P pr

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has finally decided to throw its support behind Prabowo Subianto, the presidential candidate from the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerin

Fergus Jensen & Kanupriya Kapoor – Indonesia's Joko Widodo received a major boost in the race to become president of the world's third-largest democracy on Monday when he picked pop

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Joko Widodo, the man most likely to become Indonesia's next president, has gone back to the future in his choice of running mate, picking a significantly ol

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla still holds Golkar Party membership. He is also a former chairman of the party.

Jakarta – Relatives of the victims of the May 1998 tragedy expressed their sincere appreciation on Sunday as the Jakarta administration began the construction of a memorial to their lov

The Pacific Conference of Churches is calling on leaders attending a United Nations meeting on decolonisation this week in Fiji to advocate for West Papua to be added to the UN list of

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police on Sunday said they had arrested three men suspected of involvement in the March shooting of an Aceh National Party (PNA) legislative candidate.

Duncan Graham – Why did Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott cancel his visit to Indonesia? The budget has been suggested. Bunkum!

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has added a new coalition partner after securing official support from the Hanura Party.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), a non-governmental organization advocating human rights issues, wants President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Jakarta – A recent slew of reported child sex abuse cases occurring in places considered safe for children, such as schools, has shaken many Indonesians who previously thought pedophili

Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Military Court on Friday sentenced Chief Pvt.

Camelia Pasandaran & SP/Mikael Niman, Jakarta – The municipal government of Bekasi, West Java on Friday resealed a mosque belonging to members of the beleaguered Ahmadiyah religious

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie on Friday night entered into a deal to name as his running mate Democratic former army chief Pramono Edhie Wib

Kennial Caroline Laia – The involvement of 'reformasi' activists in political parties and during last month's legislative elections has the potential to alter the country's political la

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Goenawan Mohamad, the founder of Tempo Magazine and architect of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has resigned from the party he cofounded in protes

The West Papua Coalition for Liberation says the new Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman will continue the good work of his predecessor in supporting the West Papuan self-determination c

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian presidential advisor has vowed to press the government into setting up an ad hoc human rights court to try those responsible for the forced disappear

Dili (Jornal Independente/Pacific Media Watch) – It was a stunt that arguably in any democratic country on any given day would have led the media headlines and stopped anyone that cared

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) officially announced on Wednesday the composition of the next term of the House of Representatives, which will be filled with a mix of o

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Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, reaffirmed to the public on Wednesday that Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo

Benjamin Soloway, Jakarta – Indonesia's film and tech communities gasped collectively on Monday when Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring tweeted from his personal account that vid

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the presidential candidate nominated by a coalition comprising the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the NasDem Party, the National Awaken

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Jakarta – Researchers from the University of Indonesia's (UI) Center for Political Studies found in a recent survey that women would be less represented among the next batch of lawmaker

Indah Setiawati and Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Even after 16 years, the bitter memories of the May 1998 tragedy are still an open wound in the hearts of survivors and families of the victim

Jakarta – The government will speed up the revision of Law No. 23 on Child Protection to strengthen legal enforcement of and prevention of child abuse and violence.

Andreas Harsono – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's legacy of worsening religious intolerance and related violence will be one of the biggest challenges his successor will

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Deti Mega, Jakarta – The presidential election looks set to be a showdown between Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and former special forces general Prabow

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Members of the Yogyakarta Anti Violence Community (Makaryo) have called on law enforcers in Gunungkidul regency, Yogyakarta, to prosecute perpetrators of

Jakarta – A public opinion poll conducted by pollster the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has found that forty percent of voters have yet to decide who to vote for in the July presidenti

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