Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – A green group has blamed local politics for contributing to the switft enviromnental degradation that eventually led to more frequent natural disasters.

Amid pervasive corruption and illegal shootings, the National Police have come under the spotlight for forming a "brown line" to stonewall investigations into their integrity.

Bagus BT Saragih and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The leadership of National Police chief Gen.

East Timor's president swore in the nation's new coalition cabinet Wednesday, announcing three additional ministerial posts that the opposition has dubbed an "unnecessary" use of the po

Max Lane – Timor Leste's third parliamentary election since the restoration of independence in 2002 was held on July 7.

Purworejo, Central Java. The Democratic Party said on Wednesday that it would nominate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's father-in-law, the late Gen.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A report on public information requests filed by an NGO in Yogyakarta says several local political parties have been engaged in suspect financial reportin

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar lampung – An angry crowd burned down a police station in Pesawaran regency, Lampung, at 2 a.m.

Rangga Prakoso, Farouk Arnaz, Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society has filed a pretrial motion against the National Police at the South Jakarta

Residents of the Asmat district in Papua have organized a blockade of the local airstrip there, calling for compensation owed for land used in an expansion of the facility, an air trans

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has requested that the security forces not be arrogant in continuing to chase, arrest and interrogate people who do not know anything

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – An AIDS activist from Surabaya, East Java and a Jakarta-based journalism watchdog have won prestigious awards given by the Alliance of Independent Journalis

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Fishermen, who earn a living from catching fish or farming seaweed in the south of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), can only recall the heyday when they sailed into t

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Jakarta – In the midst of a global crisis, Indonesia's economic growth recorded a positive result.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has reprimanded five television stations for broadcasting programs deemed unsuitable for general audiences during Ramadhan.

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Bogor regency administration issued an order on Monday to seal the St. Johannes Catholic church, due to permit issues.

Ronna Nirmala – Despite shedding a few tears, "king of dangdut" Rhoma Irama on Monday refused to apologize or express any regret for his religious slurs which were targeted at Jakarta v

Farouk Arnaz – Six mid-ranking police officers have been named suspects in an internal police investigation of the shooting of civilian protesters at the Cinta Manis sugar plantation in

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has refused to give in to mounting calls that he ask the National Police to allow the nation's top anti-graft body to sole

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions have threatened to stage a nationwide strike next month if the government does not act to end outsourcing practices.

Jakarta – Few ASEAN countries have reliable statistical data on violence against women although the 2004 ASEAN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women underscored the n

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) says it is planning a survey for 2014 to collect reliable data on violence against women in Indonesia.

The Indonesian Council of Ulema said on Tuesday that Muslims could vote for non-Muslim candidates in elections under certain conditions.

Viriya Paramita – A prominent human rights group accused police in East Nusa Tenggara on Monday or torturing 17 people suspected of killing a police officer.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A crowd on Monday went on the rampage at the Pancur Batu District Prosecutor's Office in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, following the death of a detainee who was

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Farouk Arnaz, Rizky Amelia & Rangga Prakoso – Antigraft watchdogs attacked a cabinet minister on Sunday for saying the National Police should be allowed to

Rizky Amelia – The Corruption Eradication Commission's decision to name Insp. Gen.

Alex Tinsley – The case of Benny Wenda, leader of the West Papuan independence movement, is a perfect illustration of the need to reform Interpol and its abused red notice system.

Danny Shaw – A tribal leader from an Indonesian province who was granted asylum in Britain has won his battle to be removed from an Interpol wanted list.

Joe Leribun, Jakarta – The government of East Timor did not take over any land in the region of the border in the Nusa Tenggara Timor Province.

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Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin and the Congregation of Batak Protestant Churches (HKBP) Filadelfia stage a rally in front of the State Palace to show

Rahmat – Hundreds of people in Makassar, South Sulawesi, demonstrated on Monday against the construction of a church at a housing complex.

Investigators "strongly suspect" that police officers fired live rounds into crowds of unarmed civilians while containing a land dispute with local residents in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra

Jakarta – The Golkar Party officially joined the United Development Party (PPP) on Sunday in endorsing incumbent Governor Fauzi Bowo and his running mate, Nachrowi Ramli, in the guberna

Ronna Nirmala – A chance encounter during the weekend between the two candidates in Jakarta's increasingly nasty gubernatorial election runoff did little to ease the tensions stoked by

Jakarta – The National Police revealed on Saturday that they had arrested four suspects, including high-level police officials, allegedly linked to the scandal involving the of procurem

Jakarta – A drunken police officer identified as Brig.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar has asked all employers to pay the Idul Fitri bonus on time so that workers can celebrate the upcomi

Yemris Fointuna – The situation on the border of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province of Indonesia and East Timor remains tense following a clash between residents from Timor Tengah Utara

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Working mothers in Indonesia are still facing barriers to exercising their rights to breastfeed their babies, as employers are somewhat reluctant to take

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Land Agency (BPN) has been urged to impose Article 19 of Law No.

Indonesian poet Seno Gumira Ajidarma followed in the steps of several intellectuals by refusing to the 2012 Achmad Bakrie Award, which comes with Rp 250 million (US$26,250) of prize mon

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Nasaruddin Umar, the deputy minister for religious affairs, says Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali should be held accountable in the ongoing Koran pro

Rizky Amelia& Markus Junianto Sihaloho – "Let's say you have someone who goes on trial for embezzling Rp 10 billion through corruption," says Uchok Sky Khadafi, coordinator of the I

Ahmad Najib Burhani – In June, the Fund for Peace issued a failed-states index.

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Jakarta – Something is missing from the city streets during the fasting month of Ramadhan this year.

Farouk Arnaz, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The naming of two police generals as suspects in a corruption case has once again revived the national debate about whether th