Jakarta – High logistics costs are a serious impediment to higher economic growth for Indonesia, says a report released on Friday by Bandung's Institute of Technology in West Java, in p

The conviction of eight Kopassus special forces members in the brutal jailhouse killings of four men at Cebongan Prison was an important step in ending the culture of impunity surroundi

A military tribunal jailed three members of Indonesia's Kopassus special forces for the extrajudicial executions of four prison inmates in the conclusion of the closely watched trial on

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – According to survey results released on Thursday, 42.1 percent of Indonesians said that the legislature had played no role in representing their aspirations.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia has been ranked 100th out of 176 countries worldwide in terms of health equality for children, according to a report released by humanitarian or

An international environmental group that documented illegal logging activities linked to a rogue police officer in Papua has welcomed the decision by antigraft investigators to probe t

Indonesia is being accused of buying the support of Solomon Islands over the prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo's recent trip to that country.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will have a greater role in domestic security following the signing of an agreement with the nation's counterterrorism agency,

Public ownership of infrastructure in the eastern part of Indonesia has moved a step forward with agreement by US-owned gold and copper mining company Freeport Indonesia to hand over ma

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo may have stolen the spotlight from senior politicians eyeing the presidency in 2014, but his deputy, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, has proven

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has called for engagement with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the way forward for the issue of West Papua.

Jakarta – The Makassar Legal Aid Institute (LBH) has lambasted the acquittal of Nur Ansari, the suspect in the firebombing of five churches in the city, on all charges saying that the v

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Archipelago – Hundreds of supporters of members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) being tried at the II-11 Yogyakarta Military Court staged a

SP/Edi Hardum, SP/Hotman Siregar, SP/Mikael Niman & Bayu Marhaenjati – Some 20,000 Greater Jakarta workers rallied on Thursday to demand a 50 percent increase in regional minimum wa

Jakarta – An estimated 7,000 workers from the city and surrounding areas staged a mass rally, demanding the government significantly raise the provincial minimum wages and retract a rec

Fadli, Batam – Indonesia will continue to modernize its main weapon systems to become, by 2014, Southeast Asia's strongest military power in accordance with its strategic plan.

Fadli, Batam – Workers' rallies, ahead of the 2014 City Minimum Wage (UMK) discussion in Batam, Riau Islands, have raised concern among various parties, especially foreign investors.

Anushka Shahjahan – The right to peacefully advocate referendums is a part of freedom of expression and Indonesian authorities must drop charges brought against Papuan activists, Amnest

SP/Robertus Wardi & SP/Carlos Paath – Under Suharto's presidency, universally denounced as undemocratic, there was no such thing as direct elections for regional leaders.

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SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – According to survey results released on Thursday, 42.1 percent of Indonesians said that the legislature had played no role in representing their aspirations.

Jakarta – Around 20,000 workers from the Confederation of Indonesia Workers' Union (KSPI) staged a mass rally on Thursday from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to the State Palace to

US group General Electric plans to invest in East Timor (Timor-Leste), the country's minister for Public Works, Gastao de Sousa said Tuesday as he welcomed a delegation headed up by the

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) handed a key audit report on the graft-tainted Hambalang project to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday

Jakarta – The implementation of infrastructure projects planned by the government still need to be worked on, following the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) report published by the Wo

Arientha Primanita – The government has no plans to disband the Ahmadiyah congregation in Bekasi, despite a request from the municipality.

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to relax a rule forcing foreign miners to sell majority stakes and allow those who make downstream investments to keep bigger holdings, a spokesman at the Ener

Michael Bachelard – The three soldiers from Indonesia's special forces unit Kopassus who led a murderous attack on a group of prisoners in Yogyakarta in March, have been dismissed from

Michael Bachelard – As 12 of the Indonesian army's Kopassus special forces troops await sentencing for breaking into a prison and gunning down four inmates in March, some of their stron

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's reputation is on the line as a military tribunal into the alleged extrajudicial jailhouse killings of four inmates by members of the nati

Carlos Paath – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has come under fire for reportedly getting riled by the call to prayer, or adzan, that interrupted a speech he was giving at a

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Parents in Aceh were demanding answers from education officials on Wednesday after it emerged that children as young as 11 were told to fill in a survey that

Jakarta – A senior United Development Party (PPP) politician defended the decision from party chairman Suryadharma Ali to walk off stage after his speech was cut short by a call for pra

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The Archipelago – Dozens of activists of the Domestic Workers Protection Network (JPPRT) staged a rally in front of the Yogyakarta State Palace Gedung Agung on Tuesday to demand that th

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Hotman Siregar – Thousands of workers staged a demonstration in front of City Hall to demand a monthly minimum wage increase of 68 percent in the Jakarta area

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National – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has decided not to allow legislative candidates to use billboards in their political campaigns.

Carlos Paath – The Great Indonesia Movement Party says it hopes to get the support of the country's main opposition party as it waits for the right moment to officially declare its chie

Hanoi (Xinhua) – Vietnam and Timor-Leste pledged to further strengthen cooperation in fields of politic, economics, trade and investment, agriculture, forestry and fishery, energy and e

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced on Tuesday former National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) chief Insp. Gen.

Indra Wijaya, Jakarta – Commandant General of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Major General Agus Sutomo said he was formulating several formats for the planned armed forces (TNI)'s

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) should be given a greater role in the war against terror to back up the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad, a top official says.

Made Arya Kencana & Farouk Arnaz, Denpasar/Jakarta – The government is still weighing its decision on holding the Miss World Beauty Pageant amid opposition from several Islamic grou

Anggi Kusumadewi, Erick Tanjung – Indonesia's newly appointed military (TNI) chief, General Moeldoko, will deploy TNI forces to maintain state security and protect investments in Indone

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the trials of 12 soldiers accused of slaying four inmates in a Yogyakarta prison draw to a close, human rights defenders say they have little confidence in the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Thousands of Indonesian migrant workers marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Monday in protest at the Indonesian government's migrant worker identifica

Mark Colvin: East Timor's government has made a new bid to resolve a dispute over the stalled Greater Sunrise gas project in the Timor Sea.

Dessy Sagita – Despite the government's commitment to allocate one-fifth of the state budget to the education sector, there is still a long way to go before all children receiving a qua