Jakarta – Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri said the her popularity had declined because of the lack of media coverage she receiv

Lim Chia Ying, Dili – The breast cancer diagnosis that came just before Christmas was the latest in Kirsty Sword Gusmao's series of continuous battles.

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – Is Brunei, a non-democratic country, much more open than world's third largest democracy Indonesia in terms of press freedom?

East Timor's Oil Fund grew by US$720.94 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and ended the year with a total value of US$11.777 billion, said the East Timor Central Bank.

Banda Aceh – An elderly Indonesian said Monday he had won a rare victory against a noisy mosque, despite being forced to withdraw legal action after an angry mob threatened to kill him.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jayapura/Jakarta – The shooting deaths of eight soldiers and four civilians in Papua on Thursday may be connected to the province's recent gub

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Anti-corruption activists installed a symbolic gallows at the National Monument (Monas) on Sunday as a macabre reminder for former Democratic Party chair Anas

The United States condemned the deadly series of shootings on Thursday that left eight soldiers dead in Papua.

Olivia Rondonuwu – A flood of corruption scandals has seriously undermined the Indonesian ruling party's prospects in 2014 elections and left the outcome of the polls more uncertain tha

West Java's incumbent governor Ahmad Heryawan won Sunday's highly contested gubernatorial race according to quick-count results released by several polling companies.

Jakarta – The Ambassador of Australia to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, has expressed condolences following the deaths of eight soldiers in shooting incidents in Papua on Thursday.

Pemalang – Economic and social gap is the root cause of persistent security problem in Papua, Velix Wanggai, a special staff of the president on regional autonomy, said.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says the national government will use a welfare-based approach rather than a military one to keep the pea

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Darma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the country's security forces to refrain from conducting excessive security ope

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The party of retired military commander Wiranto says it has no objection to a government plan to set up a human rights court that could deal with past cases i

Jakarta – A senior People's Conscience Party (Hanura) politician says he will not stop the government from forming a tribunal to probe alleged human rights violations involving the part

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has inked a deal to provide troubled Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) with humanitarian assistance overseas.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Major confederations of labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the West Java administration regarding the postponement of the 2013 regional minimum wage (UMR).

Open-wheel racers Ananda Mikola and Moreno Suprapto will run as legislative candidates for the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra), the party's chief patron said on Friday.

With pollsters saying most parties will garner less than 25 percent of the popular vote in the upcoming legislative election, the public will see no more than four candidates in the pre

Rizky Amelia – Graft suspect Anas Urbaningrum stepped down from his post as the head of Indonesia's ruling party in a Saturday press conference held less than 24 hours after being charg

Bagus T Saragih, Jakarta – After spending the night in silence following the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) announcement that he had been named a suspect, Anas Urbaningrum ha

The head of Cisarua subdistrict in the Bogor highlands has backed a plan by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to buy up and destroy all the holiday villas illegally built in the Puncak water

Primus Dorimulu & Camelia Pasandaran – Just days before a provincial election, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has signed a deal with the hardline Islamic Defenders Front in which

Hans Nicholas Jong and Yulia Sri Perdani, Jakarta – Things have become considerably easier for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono following the stunning fall from grace of Anas Urbaning

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A transnational movement has entered Indonesia to destroy the Shia sect, which has existed in Aceh since the fourth century, a scholar has said.

Indonesia is seeking to boost its community mental health services in an effort to end the lockdown and shackling of thousands of mental health patients.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it backed a proposal to scrap the "fit-and-proper" test session at the House of Representatives in the selection of justi

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East Timor may carry out its natural gas exploration in the Timor Sea without other partners, thus bringing an end to its partnership with Australia's Woodside Petroleum, the Timorese M

Farouk Arnaz – A military helicopter that was on its way to evacuate the remains of the eight soldiers who were shot dead in Papua's Puncak Jaya district, was forced to return back to i

A 75-year-old man in Aceh has filed a controversial lawsuit against local religious officials alleging that the noise from a nearby mosque's six loudspeakers has negatively impacted his

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Ina Parlina – More people are turning to the Constitutional Court to challenge the 2008 Presidential Election Law, which they believe sets the bar too high for members of the public who

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Employers can no longer use incompetence or a lack of productivity among their employees as a basis to determine wages.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Extensive layoffs in Indonesia's manufacturing and service sectors are growing inevitable as the businesspeople's appeal to the government to suspend the rise i

Banjir Ambarita – Three more soldiers have been killed, after an unidentified group exchanged gunfire with soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya district on Thursday, bringing the total numbe

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is telling the nation's regents to stop whining and follow his example of endurance following eight years of humiliation a

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Dessy Sagita – The recent death of a newborn baby who was denied treatment by 10 Jakarta hospitals has raised questions about the readiness of providers to co

Salim Osman – A few days before Chinese New Year was observed in Indonesia on Feb.

East Timor's petroleum and natural resources minister said Thursday the nation may develop a multi-billion dollar gas project alone, ending its involvement with Australia's Woodside Pet

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian lawmakers will enjoy a lifelong pension even if they don't complete a full term in office, the acting House of Representatives secretary general co

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Candidates in the West Java gubernatorial election seem to have ducked the question of religious intolerance and radicalism despite the province's poor reputation o

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Jakarta – Although the new national curriculum will become effective in only four months, teachers and education experts say that they are still in the dark over details about the new g

Zakir Hussain – When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took direct control of his Democratic Party's reins a fortnight ago, many cheered the fact that the former general was

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The nation's antigraft campaign is now in jeopardy with a rift in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) getting worse and more apparent.

Aris Cahyadi – The beef import scandal that has rocked a major political party involved six different forms of corruption, antigraft investigators have revealed.

Farouk Arnaz – The Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) recent seizure of at least ten homes owned by graft suspect Insp. Gen.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – The deputy chairman of the national antigraft commission thinks President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should reshuffle his cabinet and replace all the ministers f