Thea Cowie – The Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Canberra has ordered declassification of a number of documents which the federal government argues may inflame already tense relation

Jakarta – A major faction of the National Awakening Party (PKB) on Thursday declared former Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla as a third contender for the party's presidential nomin

Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan announced on Friday that he was resigning from the Indonesian cabinet, saying he wanted to focus on his presidential bid ahead of this year's election.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Amid the recent financial turmoil in Turkey and other emerging economies, Indonesia's biggest fund managers carry a warning: Watch out for domino effects.

Paulina Quintao – The Disability Working Group (DWG) Timor-Leste President, Joaquin Soares, demands the Government of Timor-Leste ratify the International Convention on the Rights of th

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government's decision to allocate Rp 1.5 trillion ($123 million) towards election witness fees has sparked controversy among political parties.

Jakarta – Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has no idea about the benefits of having fast internet connection speed for Indonesia.

Rose Iser – Concerns about Australia's troubled relationship with Indonesia are behind the government's refusal to release secret 30-year-old documents about the war in East Timor.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The Indonesian government said on Thursday that it would stick to its guns on the export tax for unprocessed ores, defying stern opposition and lobbying a

Indah Setiawati and Multa Fidrus, Jakarta – The floods returned on Wednesday after incessant rain hit the capital overnight, forcing hundreds of residents to wade back to evacuation she

Tunggal Pawestri – In the second week of December 2013, I visited Dili, Timor Leste. It was not my first visit.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Dozens of Russian-made BMP-3F amphibious infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) made a formation as soon as they landed on Asembagus Beach in Situbondo regenc

Ina Parlina, Bogor, West Java – The government said Tuesday it was finalizing the draft revision to the 2001 Papua Special Autonomy Law for the resource-rich region.

Basten Gokkon – Indonesia is facing setbacks in achieving its Millennium Development Goal of reducing the maternal mortality rate, due to a lack of health services for women during preg

Port Vila, Vanuatu – The head of the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation, Andy Ayamiseba, said the Melanesian Spearhead Group's (MSG) fact-finding mission to Indonesia and Wes

Paulina Quintao – Human Rights Activist, Joao Soares Pequinho, believes the Timor-Leste's government failed to implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is expected to be heading for a big win in the 2014 legislative election if it decides to nominate Jakart

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – An alliance of the country's indigenous communities called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to revoke a 2013 decree by the forestry minister that obliged i

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has proposed a set of recommendations for the next government, which is expected to take office in October, to deal wit

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Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Local residents in the Mulia subdistrict of Puncak Jaya, Papua, have yet to resume their normal activities due to an ongoing firefight in the area between fo

The National Police have arrested an alleged member of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) who was accused of recently killing a soldier in Puncak Jaya, Papua.

Kharinda Triananda – Increased awareness and more widely available information about violence against women have encouraged more victims to speak up and report the abuse they have suffe

Philip Dorling – Federal Attorney-General George Brandis has moved to block the release of secret archives that would reveal the Australian government's knowledge of Indonesian war crim

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Watchdog groups have urged the government to immediately review the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law, saying the current regulation could

Auckland (Green Party/Pacific Media Watch) – The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand government to end their $6.3 million police training programme in West Papua in light of new e

A grassroots campaign for presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto steeped in an ancient Javanese prophecy about a just king and the end of the world have begun to appear in the Indonesian

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) aims to destroy all rupiah notes inscribed with the name of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party's chief patron, Prabowo Subianto.

Jakarta – The head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), M.Yusuf, has said the number of suspicious transactions carried out by political parties has increas

Kate Lamb, Banda Aceh – At first glance the oddity of a lone palm tree on the shoreline, or a piece of graffiti with the words "hantu laut", meaning ghosts of the sea – also the words s

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As the government increases the budget allocation for health programs, graft has worsened in the sector, according to an antigraft watchdog.

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Yeremia Sukoyo – Indonesia's eligible voters favor younger presidential candidates compared to older, more experienced politicians, a survey has found.

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Suspecting that politics could be behind the Constitutional Court's (MK) decision to delay the delivery of a verdict on simultaneous elections, p

SP/Fana FS Putra – Booming construction in Jakarta and a precipitous decline in green space have exacerbated flooding despite the existence of years-old legislation requiring at least 3

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Pol-Tracking Institute has revealed that the level of public interest in the 2014 presidential election is high, with 84.9 percent of respondents int

Jakarta – An NGO called upon the government to resolve human rights abuses after Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, an Indonesian domestic worker in Hong Kong, was allegedly tortured by her emplo

Paul Cleary – It was a case of saving the best to last.

Tom Allard – In the International Court of Justice this week, as lawyers from Australia and East Timor traded barbs and legal argument in equal measure, the emotions have been raw.

Jayapura – Three Indonesian guerillas and a soldier were killed in an exchange of gunfire in the latest bout of violence in Papua province, home to a US-owned mine.

Paul Bensemann – The West Papuan farmer showed me scars on his head he claimed police caused nearly two years ago.

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Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court took a bold and landmark stride on Thursday, announcing its ruling that Indonesia would hold the presidential election and legislativ

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision to delay the implementation of a ruling that effectively scraps the electoral threshold for parties to field presidential nomi

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Saudi Arabia and Indonesia on Thursday signed the first defense cooperation agreement (DCA) covering training and education, counter-terrorism efforts and

Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The Indonesian army will be strengthened with 8 units of AH-64 Apache AH-64 combat helicopter, Army Chief of Staff General Budiman said.

Jakarta – Prostitutes are heroines to their families because they can feed their families on their own; therefore, it would be inhumane to close down brothels, a regent has said.

The East Timor spying scandal currently in the Hague is the latest in a long history of Australian aid being used as a cover for intelligence agencies, writes Greens Senator Lee Rhianno

Zubaidah Nazeer, Karo, North Sumatra – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a high-profile visit to Karo regency in North Sumatra, where he met residents displaced by the Mount Sinab

Tangerang – Hundreds of workers laid off by detergent producer PT Sinar Antjol in Manis Industrial Estate in Curug, Tangerang regency staged a protest Thursday, demanding the management

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has warned against rising sectarianism and racism during the polls, with political parties expected to exploit issues related to ethnic