Banjir Ambarita & SP/Robert Isidorus – A police outpost in Papua was set on fire on Sunday night, following the death of a Papuan activist who allegedly tried to attack police earli

A West Papua National Committee (KNPB) activist has been killed, and a farmer has died from his wounds in hospital, after being shot by members of the Australian-trained anti-terror uni

Michael Bachelard – Indonesian police have shot dead two West Papuan activists and burned down a house in the provincial city of Wamena which was used as the "Tribal Council" office for

Jakarta – A study by the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has found that East Java Governor Soekarwo is the highest-paid local government official for 2012, receiving a

Jakarta – At Jakarta's infrastructure monitoring nerve center, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter fe

Jakarta – The Jakarta Remuneration Board set the 2013 minimum provincial wage for different sectors (UMSP) between 5 to 17 percent higher than the standard wage, despite there being no

Fadli, Batam – After days of delay due to health concerns, Riau Islands Governor Muhammad Sani has officially signed a decree for the 2013 Batam minimum wage of Rp 2,040,000 (US$211.51)

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – The number of Indonesians working abroad could decline in the coming years as minimum wages in various regions of the country rise, some labor activists and work

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Another stumbling block has been put in the way of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's bid for the presidency with the party's board of advisors issuing

University of Indonesia analyst, Iberamsjah, said that as chief patron of the Democratic Party, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had to immediately take action against party chairman

Throughout 2012, new names for presidential candidates have emerged in the mainstream and social media, but the old names continue to dominate the news.

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The highest position Megawati Sukaroputri has occupied was president of the Republic of Indonesia from July 23, 2001, until Oct. 20, 2004.

Pitan Daslani – The temperature in Indonesia's political theater will soar next year as potential presidential candidates and political parties intensify efforts to boost their images a

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – A London-based political-risk consultancy has cited Indonesia in its newly released Human Rights Atlas 2013 as a country with an "extreme" risk of human rig

Jakarta – Amid internal bickering, the chief patron of the Democratic Party, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is ordering party leaders to start soul searching ahead of the 2014 elec

Corruption watchdogs say that overseas trips are no longer needed at a time when lawmakers can easily obtain information online.

Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul has been removed from his position as the party's communications and information head, reportedly for his frequent criticism of party chairman

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Dili – Australia withdrew its last remaining police officers from East Timor Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year presence in Asia's youngest nation, where thousands have

Liam Cochrane – The Australian Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, is advocating that East Timor should make moves to join the Commonwealth of Nations, the former British Commonwealth.

Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr is in East Timor on a two day visit, meeting senior leaders including President Taur Matan Ruak and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.

In a landmark decision that will strike a blow against rampant corruption, the East Timor Court of Appeal has dismissed former Justice Minister Lucia Lobato's appeal against her convict

The Constitutional Court has rejected a request to transfer the full burden of compensation covering all the land affected by the Lapindo mudflow, to the oil and gas company owned by th

The Trade Ministry on Friday said it was conducting random sampling of meatball soup sold by vendors in Greater Jakarta, threatening five-year prison terms to those proven to be mixing

State toll road operator Jasa Marga reported at least Rp 400 million ($41,000) in potential losses on Friday as thousands of demonstrators blockaded the Jakarta inner city toll road, ur

Kayt Davies, Edith Cowan University – Last Friday a picture story appeared on page three of The Age that was ostensibly about events in West Papua.

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Victims of serious human rights violations are demanding the government restore their good name and straighten out history with regard to the outrage

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – HIV/AIDS advocacy groups have called for an integrated effort to protect HIV-positive women from becoming the targets of violence.

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Bayu Marhaenjati – Indonesian terrorists have shifted their targets to attack police stations over churches, an analyst says.

Antonia Timmerman – A lack of civil liberties and political rights has caused Indonesia to slide four points on the United Nations Development Program's latest Indonesia Democracy Index

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Victims of the 1965 coup blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) have praised a documentary on the alleged killings that took place in the coup's afterma

[Indonesia's experience shows to the world how democracy is compatible with security and how the two produce a much more authentic and robust stability and harmony, says the nation's

A journalist group in Aceh has urged local police to investigate the attack against two journalists in East Aceh.

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Some lawmakers are questioning the inclusion of a bill to regulate tobacco on their legislative agenda for 2013.

Jakarta – As much as 70 percent of the government's budget for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs come from foreign donations, making the nation's fight against the disease vuln

Surabaya, East Java – Indonesia's retired army general, Wiranto, will run for president in 2014.

Jayapura, Papua – The Police chief of Jayapura in Papua province, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Alfred Papare, has stated that Muslim youths will assist police personnel in ensuring secur

Apriadi Gunawan and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Medan – A widespread industrial strike took place in Medan, North Sumatra, on Tuesday with thousands of workers blockading the Tanjungmorawa-Bela

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Despite massive campaigns in the past five years, the government has failed to convince more people to use contraceptives, a survey has shown.

Jakarta Police arrested four people on Wednesday for running a meat processing factory that allegedly mixed pork into what is supposed to be pure beef meatballs, which are used in the p

Jakarta – Despite allegations of child molestation against a number of local clerics in the city, not one suspect has been detained due to a lack of solid evidence in each case, accordi

Rizky Amelia – A survey by the national antigraft commission has identified the Forestry Ministry as the government institution with the lowest perceived level of integrity.

Jakarta – Mining and plantation companies are among the actors that should be held responsible for numerous human rights abuses in the country, according to a National Commission on Hum

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The People's Consultative Assembly says a resolution it issued in 1967 stripping Sukarno of his presidency for an inability to carry out his duties is no long

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two teams of lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Commission VII have departed for visits to the United States and Brazil in relation to draft laws on

Young prisoners and adults are held in the same prison but PRADET says this will impact their mental health.