SP/Novianti Setuningsih – A key witness has come forward with evidence that he says establishes Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum as the owner of a holding company implicated i

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Ezra Sihite/Rizky Amelia/Ulin Yusron – It's not just Ahok that has been brought into the central leadership board, but scores of retired generals have also joined the ranks of the Great

Ezra Sihite – A political tug-of-war is taking place over the daughter of one of Indonesia's founding fathers, as two parties offer different versions of just where her loyalties lie.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – In a move to boost the welfare of labor, the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry has revised a guideline normally used to determine the minimum wage for l

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar, Bali – A new corruption scandal has shown that Indonesia's crooked politicians and government officials have no sacred cows – or books.

The government of the Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has started legal action against a number of international oil groups, including Conoco-Phillips, in order to recover taxes th

Jakarta – It was a long, long journey from Sidoarjo to Jakarta, but for Hari Suwandi and Hartowiyono, the journey was the least they could do after years of unsuccessful attempts to obt

Joe Schneider and James Paton – ConocoPhillips, a US oil and gas producer, challenged a new tax assessment by the government of East Timor that may add billions of dollars to the Asian

Simon Roughneen – The party of East Timor's prime minister won the majority of seats this weekend in peaceful parliamentary elections, paving the way for him to form another coalition g

Magelang, Central Java – Separatism of any kind in Indonesia must be stopped because it poses a serious threat to national integrity, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in Magelang

Subang, west java – The government's long-discussed plan to launch a massive food estate in Merauke, Papua in a bid to boost the nation's food production is facing uncertainty amid land

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Jakarta – It could be the moment of truth, not only for the Jakarta gubernatorial candidates, but for pollsters as well.

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Tunggadewa Mattangkilang & Rizky Amelia, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The Corruption Eradication Commission said on Tuesday that it would officially charge at least two suspects fo

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Saturnina da Silva doesn't have a name for her baby boy yet, born just 12 hours before Saturday's parliamentary election in the tropical half-island nation.

Eben Kirksey – West Papua is one of the most difficult places to access on the planet.

Michael Bachelard – A key civil society group in East Timor has warned against the proposed "government of national unity", saying it would reduce scrutiny of decisions and diminish dem

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Sand field farmers in Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta, are strongly opposed to a plan proposed by the provincial administration to open an iron-sand mining project

Ezra Sihite – The famously outspoken Taufik Kiemas is again butting heads with his wife, Megawati Sukarnoputri, telling the former president that it is time to put away her presidential

East Timor is seeking "possibly billions" of dollars from foreign oil companies, including US-owned ConocoPhillips, in unpaid taxes, the government said in a statement received Wednesda

Michael Bachelard and Mouzinho Lopes – East Timor's sometimes fractious politicians are contemplating the extraordinary – forming a government of national unity in which all parties wou

In recent months, West Papua has come under an international spotlight over Indonesian military and police impunity for brutal assaults on civilians and non-violent activists.

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Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front rallied in front of the Bogor District Court on Monday to protest what they said was a lenient prison

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A cabinet minister said on Monday that the government had factored in the views of all stakeholders, especially tobacco farmers, in its proposed tobacco impac

Jacob Zenn – Indonesia's Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) pressure group has this year in turns assaulted Ahmadiya and Christian places of worship, attacked journalists who reported criti

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Scot A.

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Anita Rachman – On June 14, Hari Suwandi embarked on a 25-day journey on foot from his home in Sidoarjo, East Java, to raise awareness of the plight of people from his village, Kedung

Jakarta – Activists have called on the Indonesian government to drop its plan to lend US$1 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and channel the fund instead for domestic pur

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A pro-democracy think tank has expressed concerns over the increasing number of polling agencies releasing survey data on support for polit

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Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the government to be more serious about its commitment to developing infrastructure.

Vento Saudale – A severe beating of a 15-year-old child in Bogor allegedly by a military officer was ignored by police, the boy's father said after trying to file a police report.

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Anita Rachman & Vento Saudale – A human rights activist questioned on Sunday the police's ability or willingness to stop hard-line groups from raiding nightclubs and restaurants dur

Dili, East Timor, and Jakarta, Indonesia – Not until she was at the deathbed of the man presumed to be her father did Alexhia Cordova da Silva's life start to make sense.

Tito Belo, Dili – The party of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has won East Timor's parliamentary election, but was short of a majority, provisional results showed on Sunday, raising the p

Denpasar – Indonesian students and a sister community in Melbourne, Australia, staged a rally in support of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at Federation Square in Denpasar

Bayu Marhaenjati – With the continued flood of high-profile corruption cases rippling through branches of the government, the spokesman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sa

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three more people – one soldier and two civilians – were killed on Saturday in the latest bloody incident in Papua at a time when the authorities have bee

Elections in Puncak Jaya district in Papua must be repeated in six villages in Mewoluk subdistrict after allegations of vote-rigging were upheld by the Constitutional Court on Friday.

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has consolidated his power and extended his lead over the country's opposition, winning the largest bloc of votes in the co

Ezra Sihite – While the government struggles to fund economic development and cover growing fuel subsidy spending, lawmakers, business leaders and bureaucrats continue to steal the publ

Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Friday that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) should expand its list of suspects in the Religious Affairs Ministry's gra

Michael Bachelard, Daniel Flitton – A senior Indonesian official has confirmed Indonesia would object strongly to the Coalition's policy of forcing asylum boats back into Indonesian wat

The number of asylum seekers entering Indonesia has drastically increased by 800 percent, an expert has said.