Jakarta – In a move sure to induce nightmares in the minds of graft suspects, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is preparing holding cells in a military detention center where

The Coalition of Anticorruption Civil Society Groups says that the Supreme Court should not rush its selection of corruption court justices.

Rizky Amelia – The National Police recalled 20 detectives assigned to work with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) amid a tense investigation into the graft-tained purchase of

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – An American-made film insulting Islam is expected to attract more protests at home and abroad.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan – Hundreds of villagers in the North Penajam Paser district on Friday returned home and opened their blockade on the Trans

Apriadi Gunawan and Triwik Kurniasari, Medan/Jakarta – A documentary film about the massacre of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) members in North Sumatra in 1965 has created a stir afte

Luh De Suriyani – Dozens of students from Udayana University marched from their campus building to the Bali Legislative Council building on Friday afternoon to lodge a protest against t

Jakarta – Although already receiving a huge wave of public criticism against its foreign trips, the House of Representatives has now requested a 77 percent budget increase for journeys

Jakarta – Former gang leader Hercules, along with members from his New Indonesia People's Movement (GRIB) visited the Jakarta Police headquarters on Friday to clear his name following t

The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) on Friday asked Muslims here not to be provoked by the anti-Islam movie "Innocence of Muslims," but at the same time demanded that legal action be

Jakarta – The apparent suicide of a teenage girl in Aceh should prompt officials to rethink harsh penalties imposed by sharia, a member of the National Commission on Violence against Wo

The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) will soon submit documents to the Constitutional Court to request a review of the law on the legislative bodies' structure and composition (MD

Jakarta – Only a handful of political parties have fulfilled a legal requirement to provide their financial reports upon request, a corruption watchdog group has said.

More than 350 Muslim fundamentalists and their supporters staged an anti-US demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, spewing anger at America over an anti-Islam film.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Some 100 workers from various labor unions in Semarang, Central Java, converged at the Semarang Manpower and Transmigration Office on Thursday and demanded it i

Stephanie Quine – The access-to-justice system in East Timor is in "crisis", an Australian lawyer working there has said.

A programme to build and repair infrastructure, including roads, bridges, airports, schools, hospitals and power and communication networks, will be carried out over the next five year,

Throughout 2011 and until now, we are seeing new wave of workers radicalization.

Tri Listiyarini & Dion Bisara, Nusa Dua, Bali/Jakarta – A lack of distribution infrastructure is crippling Indonesia's ability to utilize its enormous reserves of gas, Vice Presiden

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Speaker Marzuki Alie said that he supports the idea of a Haram (forbidden under Islam) edict banning money politics, or corruption, and said that such a

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Six Indonesian women groups under the Women's Network for Tobacco Products Control (JP3T) voiced their rejection of the upcoming World Tobacco Asia (WTA)

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several analysts say that the national security bill currently under deliberation by the lawmakers is unclear, substantial Constitutional and legal violati

Jakarta – Families and victims of the Tanjung Priok riot urged the government to pay compensation to those affected by the violence in North Jakarta in 1984 that claimed 23 lives.

Rangga Prakoso – Judges at the South Jakarta municipal court on Thursday rejected a civil suit filed by the Indonesian Human Rights Committee For Social Justice (IHCS) against a subsidi

Abdul Qowi Bastian – About a dozen Indonesian punks held a rally on Wednesday in front of the Russian embassy in Jakarta to demand the release of the Russian female punk rock band Pussy

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Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) grilled active and former leaders of the House of Representatives' budget committee on Tuesday in connection to a graft scandal sur

About 100 Islamic extremists on Tuesday praised the 9/11 hijackers at a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, as they celebrated the 11th anniversary of the deadly attacks.

Former antigraft chief Antasari Azhar refuted media reports that he said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a high-level meeting in October 2008 to discuss a bailout plan for Bank C

Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has promised he will accelerate the implementation of tax incentives to stimulate local investment.

Arya Dipa and Slamet Susanto, Bandung/Yogyakarta – Agriculture Minister Suswono said the drought in various provinces in Indonesia had caused 23,000 hectares (ha) of 13 million ha of fa

The Padang chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) have said that they support the local government's plan to issue a bylaw banning adultery and prostitution.

A police officer reportedly guarding a road project in Jayapura, Papua, was gunned down by unknown assailants on Monday, police said.

Jayapura – Gustaf Kawer, one of the lawyers defending the former chairman of the KNPB – National Committee of West Papua – said that the judges hearing the case of Buchtar Tabuni should

Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – A number of students could be seen Tuesday standing at the traffic circle in front of the Prof.

Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) board of patrons chairperson Prabowo Subianto give a public lecture today at the Diponegoro University (U

Jakarta – Representatives of congregations from two churches in Bogor and Bekasi, West Java, have reported the local police to the Indonesian Ombudsman for ignoring their complaints.

Ezra Sihite – A deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has backed a widely criticized call by the police chief and religious affairs minister for a beleaguered Shiite community

Phil Lynch – It should be a matter of great concern to all Australians that Defence Minister Stephen Smith, says he has "no concerns" about the human rights implications of Australia's

Rangga Prakoso – The National Police's lawyer has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, to retract an agreement signed by both institutions on handling corruption, or to

Made Arya Kencana, Nusa Dua, Bali – The government has finalized the legislation designed to combat the influence of tobacco, and has asked the cigarette industry to halt its opposition

Made Arya Kencana, Nusa Dua, Bali – The gap between urban and rural areas has left nearly half of Indonesia's 240 million people without proper access to sanitation and clean water, Hea

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The nation's objective of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 could remain unfulfilled due to the large number of people still withou

Ronna Nirmala – A religious- and race-based smear campaign being mounted against the challenger ahead of the Sept.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Workers and the poor have rejected the government's idea of gradually implementing social security programs and to impose premiums for the services, saying

Banjarmasin – The central government has expressed interest in constructing a nuclear power plant in West Kalimantan, citing the island large supplies of uranium and geologic stability,

The General Election Commission (KPU) said on Monday that 12 political parties have failed to qualify for the 2014 general election because they have not yet submitted the necessary doc

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Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad Densus 88 arrested six alleged terrorists involved in a series of attacks in Ambon, local police said on Monday.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government's plan to reinstate state-owned logistics firm Bulog's role as a buffer stock agency of several basic commodities, including rice, sugar and soy