Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Former student activists are still looking for their friends who went missing when rioting first broke out on a campus in Medan on May 4, 1998, spreading to man

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Despite having only a few months left in office, members of the House of Representatives are still committed to passing over one hundred unfinished b

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta - May is a good month for Indonesia for it commemorates three major national events.

Paulina Quintao – Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) coordinator Laura Afonso de Jesus says resolving domestic violence criminal proceedings using methods of traditional j

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A politician widely viewed as a leading figure in the 1998 reformation movement that overthrew the New Order regime has come under criticism by human

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) will form a coalition with the Gerindra Party to nominate the latter's chief patron Prabowo Subianto as its presidential candidate, a decisi

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The investment climate in Aceh remains mired by stumbling blocks that have hampered economic acceleration despite foreign and domestic investment this ye

Joko Widodo, the presidential candidate from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, on Saturday took to presenting his vision for the nation through an opinion piece pub

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Jakarta – A flag-raising ceremony at Trisakti University has been held in commemoration of the 1998 shootings that occurred on the campus.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – May 15, 1998. Hundreds of people flooded on to the two escalators and one stairway.

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Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has joined hands with the country's most popular Islamic party, cementing the surpris

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – The order by authorities in Aceh to have a woman and her married lover caned for adultery, even after she had been gang-raped by vigilante enforcers of Shariah,

Jakarta – The Press Council said on Friday that most of Indonesia's media companies do not fulfill their duty to protect journalists' rights.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) was technically able to meet the May 9 deadline to announce the results of the April 9 legislative election.

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Indonesia's longtime opposition was declared the official winner of last month's legislative election, as polling officials finalized the vote count with just mi

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government was controlled by the military from 1966 to 1998 under the reign of four-star general turned authoritarian president Suharto.

Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has criticized the police for not being serious about handling a rape case in Bekasi, West Java.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Indonesian Army (TNI) announced it would build the Army Strategic Reserves Command's (Kostrad) III Division in Central Java, thus, quashing rumors that it wou

Jakarta – As the first serving Vice President in Indonesian history to appear as a witness in a court hearing – which centers on the country's biggest graft case – Boediono shed some li

Jakarta – A human rights activist said it would be somewhat ironic if workers were to vote for a presidential candidate with a military background, given the historic bitterness between

Herman Genie – With people marrying younger, a generally low quality of life for women, and poor infrastructure, Indonesia is unlikely to achieve its 2015 Millennium Development Goals,

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Police in Lahat regency, South Sumatra, have named the head of the Religious Affairs Ministry's office in Pagaralam city, Ramlan Fauzi, who is also caretaker o

Erwida Maulia – To Tifa Asrianti, the polka-dot fabric mask she carries in her bag is multifunctional.

Jakarta – Ratu Atut Chosiyah has been officially suspended as governor of Banten province after being indicted in a corruption case earlier this week, a government official announced on

Paulina Quintao – National Commission on Combating HIV/SIDA Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) General Secretary Daniel Marcal has said education is key to combatting the rise of the rates of HIV/AI

Banda Aceh – The Network for Civil Society Concerned with Sharia (JMSPS) has called on the Langsa City administration to help heal the mental state of a woman who was recently gang rape

Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) has announced its support for Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's bid for the presidency and will join a coalition with Joko's party in the legis

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of activists from four animal rights organizations staged a rally in Yogyakarta on Thursday, calling on people to stop consuming dog meat as it was

Jakarta – Outraged by revelations of the alleged abuse of dozens of children by a single man, an official from Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has said the suspected pedophile And

Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said on Wednesday that it would once again seek to question presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto over

Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – Indonesian immigration deported an American activist for violating the use of his visa by participating in a labor protest on May Day.

Palu – Human rights activists claim police officers are behind the recent two-day clash in Buol, Central Sulawesi, on April 19 and 20, saying the incident was not merely caused by aggri

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned down a proposal to meet with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to discuss the handling of cases relating to en

Villagers were again last night bracing for a new round of Indonesian state violence in the town of Moenemani, in the gold rich Dogiyai district in Paniai, as Indonesian Brimob paramili

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The West Jakarta District Court on Thursday convicted notorious gang boss Hercules Rozario Marshal for a second time in less than a year, handing him a three

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Environmental activists in Aceh slammed the prosecution for seeking what they view as lenient punishment for the director of a palm oil company who is accused

Usman Hamid – The Indonesian Electoral Commission will soon announce the results of April's legislative elections.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Women's rights activists in Aceh have criticized local authorities in the town of Langsa for insisting on caning a woman there for having alleged extramarital

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken an apparent swipe at Prabowo Subianto, one of the men vying to replace him, in a YouTube video warning Indonesians no

Nurdin Hasan & Kennial Caroline Laia, Banda Aceh – A woman in Aceh who was gang raped last week after being accused of having extramarital sex now faces the indignity of a public ca

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The political dynasty of disgraced Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah suffered a major blow on Tuesday after the Home Ministry decided to suspend her from her po

Ina Parlina, Yuliasri Perdani and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta/Bali – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's attempt to repair strained bilateral ties with Jakarta is being stymied by a rec

Paul Farrell – When the asylum seekers board the Ocean Protector they are stacked four by four.

Jakarta – Indonesia has made slow progress in improving the lives of mothers and their children in recent years, falling behind regional neighbors Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam

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Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A mob of hundreds burned down five homes and looted several stores in West Papua's Maybrat district early on Tuesday after the district chief, Bernard Sagrim

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Political parties have disputed the General Elections Commission's (KPU) decision to rush the legislative election vote count process by limiting the right

Ted McDonnell – The East Timorese parliament has passed legislation that will restrict journalists.