Jakarta – Actress Khadijah Azhari, popularly known as Ayu Azhari, returned money she received from graft suspect Ahmad Fathanah, a close aid to former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) cha

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Raymond Prasetya, a 24-year old employee at a Japanese company, was driving alone on Jl.

Graft convict Susno Duadji is now in detention after surrendering to authorities on Thursday evening.

Bayu Marhaenjati & AFP – Hundreds of members of radical Islamic groups on Friday called for "jihad in Myanmar" during rallies in front of the Myanmar embassy in Menteng, Jakarta, to

Michael Bachelard – Islamic terrorists in Indonesia have a new target after militant godfather Abu Bakar Bashir threatened holy war against the Buddhists of Myanmar.

A Koran teacher in Cakung, East Jakarta, has been accused of sexually harassing 14 of his students.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed serious concerns over the crackdown on mass demonstrations across Papua since Tuesday, which reportedly includes ar

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Administrative Court on Friday ruled in favor of a palm oil company in its lawsuit against the Aceh governor's revocation of its permit to clea

Activists slammed the Sampang government in East Java for halting food and clean water supplies en route to displaced Shiites who had to evacuate their village after religious extremist

Sabine Siebold, Berlin – The German government has approved the sale to Indonesia of about 100 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers but has put off a decision on a tan

Ina Parlina – While many citizens are enjoying new freedoms, minorities are still persecuted.

East Timor is seeking to tear up a treaty on the sharing of oil and gas revenues with Australia because it says Australia spied on it during the negotiations.

Hundreds of workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian mine returned to work on Friday after a three-day strike over pay, the US firm said, ending the latest bout of industrial action to

Jakarta – The latest violence carried out by the security forces in Papua and West Papua provinces on April 30 and May 1, 2013, have been met with a strong response from the United Nati

In an open letter to three UN Special Rapporteurs, the Human Rights Working Group-Indonesia decries the unfair legal process against and the criminalization of Rev.

For the 13th year in a row, Indonesia has been included on a watchlist of countries with appalling religious freedoms.

Hans Nicholas Jong – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned swimsuit model and actress Khadijah Azhari, popularly known as Ayu Azhari, as a witness on Wednesday in the b

George Roberts – Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says his country should strive to have a more powerful military than Australia.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – An activist criticized former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Bagus BT Saragih and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Surabaya – When workers decided that the front of the State Palace would be the main location for their rally on Wednesday, they must

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Jayapura – While people all over the world commemorated May 1 as a day for workers, residents in Papua celebrated on Wednesday the integration of Papua province into Indonesia.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With Indonesia joining more than 80 other countries by declaring May 1 a national holiday from next year, thousands of workers in Jakarta kept calm for Int

International Workers Day, or May Day as it is more popularly called, was commemorated differently across the archipelago on Wednesday, ranging from entertaining performances to street

Hundreds of workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian mine have gone on strike demanding better pay, the US firm said Wednesday, in the latest industrial action to hit the operation.

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Arientha Primanita & Ethan Harfenist – Despite being touted as the Muslim world's largest democracy, a new survey released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday revealed that 72 per

Alex Rayfield – For many people around the world the first day in May is a time a celebration, a day to remember how ordinary people won the right to the eight hour working day.

Banjir Ambarita & SP/Robert Isidorus, Jayapura & Sorong – The Indonesian government's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the integration of Papua on Wednesday was shadowed b

Indonesian police and army units have conducted heavily armed security sweeps across Jayapura ahead of mass demonstrations to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Indonesia's annexation

Biak – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is inviting native Papuan high school graduates to enlist as cadets in the military.

Bagus BT Saragih and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A string of criminal acts committed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the first four months of 2013 have raised concerns ov

Indonesian workers converged on Central Jakarta in Wednesday's massive May Day rally, halting public transportation and closing down major arteries as workers and labor unions marched t

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Dozens of legislative candidates vying for the 81 seats in the Aceh provincial legislature in the 2014 general election have flunked a Koran proficiency test

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Akil Mochtar said on Tuesday there was no need to fret about Aceh's official flag, which resembles the flag of the now-defunct separati

Bagus BT Saragih and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has prolonged the uncertainty over subsidized fuel, saying he needs time to discuss relief for the

Yuliasri Perdani and Ansyor Idrus, Jakarta/Palembang – The National Police say two senior generals have been sent to investigate the deadly clash on Tuesday between protesters and polic

Padre James Bhagwan – At next month's Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in New Caledonia, leaders from Melanesia will be asked to respond to the cry for liberation by their brothers an

Mohamad Yusuf – Scores of women furnished with bamboo sticks held a sweeping action at the company PT Hangsai 3 in the Cakung Nusantara Bonded Zone (KBN) in Cilincing, North Jakarta on

Jakarta – An unidentified group of people assaulted two journalists on Tuesday.

Dhoni Setiawan, Jakarta – Thousands of labors from Welfare Labor Union Confederation (KSBSI) urged the government to meet their seven point demand when commemorating the World Labor Day

Indramayu – A peaceful International Labour Day action ended in chaos when members of the Pancasila Youth (PP) attacked protesters during a May Day action in the West Java city of Indra

Imam Santoso, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from Jakarta and the nearby cities of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Karawang, Purwakarta, Serang and Cilegon are gathering at the Hotel I

Ina Parlina – A survey by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) found that the majority of journalists in Jakarta are underpaid, a condition that could have an adverse impact on

An International Labour Day (May Day) demonstration in Bogor, West Java, descended into chaos when police and military tried to prevent hundreds of workers from the National Trade Union

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung – Shouts of "Free Papua" resounded from a megaphone belonging to the Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in the midst of a demonstration by hundreds of workers c

Timika – Thousands of workers employed in the PT Freeport Indonesia mining concession area in Mimika regency, West Papua, commemorated May Day by observing a moment of silence and readi

Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from the Labour Joint Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) held a protest action at the General Election Commission (KPU) building on Jl.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of workers and students from a number of different organisations in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action commemorating May Day today

Banda Aceh – As many as 1,231 legislative candidates from across Aceh will take a Koran recital test organized by the Aceh Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIP) as part of a r