Arientha Primanita & Dessy Sagita – Lady Gaga was never going to show up at Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno stadium on Sunday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Bayu Marhaenjati – As one of the state institutions subject to a ban on using subsidized fuel for its vehicles as of the start of this month, the Jakarta

Indonesia has resumed sending maids to work in Malaysia three years after a ban was enforced because of numerous abuse cases, but fewer than a third of them had arrived, according to a

SP/Robertus Wardi – The government must be serious about bringing a raft of alleged human rights abuses to trial, in light of international scrutiny of Indonesia's track record, a senio

Amid rising public criticism that the police are being weak against hard-liners such as the Islamic Defenders Front, the force took action and prevented the radical group from destroyin

Arientha Primanita – An audit of government financial reports has identified hundreds of trillions of rupiah from the 2011 state budget still unaccounted for.

The Democratic Party has given antigraft officials until the end of next month to either name their chairman a corruption suspect or exonerate him of any role in a bid-rigging case.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday detained Miranda S.

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia's weak regulations on cigarette sales and advertising make it the last remaining haven for the international tobacco industry, says a consumer protection activi

Development programs cannot proceed and are practically interrupted in times of conflict or violence.

Ulin Yusron & Ardi Mandiri – A high-level member of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) said on Saturday that the organization was having a difficult time controlling some o

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite & Rahmat – Military chief Adm.

Jayapura – According to several journalists working in Serui, Yapen district in Papua, including a journalist from Bintang Papua, they had been warned against publishing information abo

Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Authorities need to quickly arrest the perpetrators of a string of recent shootings in Papua, lawmakers and observers say, with the shooting of a foreig

Surabaya's elementary and high school students will return to school this July. Their cell phones won't.

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Panca Nugraha, Padang/Mataram – Journalists in three cities in the archipelago took to the streets on Thursday to protest the assault of their peers by Marines

Rizky Amelia – Antigraft officials have questioned several witnesses in connection to the corruption charges against Angelina Sondakh as they ramp up their investigation into the Democr

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has come under criticism for its poor performance in promoting human rights protection.

Indonesian diplomacy to allay international concerns about its policy of special autonomy for the province of Papua is slowly bearing fruit, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says.

Tito Summa Siahaan – Indonesia has continued its slide down the economic competitiveness rankings compiled by a Swiss business school, suggesting the country may have failed to make the

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Business and banking operations as well as travel are expected to get a big boost when Indonesia switches to a single time zone on Oct. 28.

Intensification of Indonesian security force repression on Papuan non-violent activists and ordinary villagers is allegedly occurring across Yapen Island, in response to escalating dema

Robertus Wardi – As Prabowo Subianto seeks the support of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a presidential run in 2014, his party is beginning to express its support for some of th

Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party was the political party with the most media coverage from January to April this year in a total of five national newspapers, a recent survey has an

Pangkalpinang – Banning Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert did not go far enough to protect youth, according to a chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI), who demanded that the singe

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions have protested at what they call "cosmetic changes" to a ministerial decree on decent living standards, as the minor revisions will not lead t

Jakarta – Human rights groups have criticized what they call the Indonesian government's complacency in dealing with rampant rights abuses.

Ezra Sihite – The commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Adm.

Margareth S.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A joint team of military soldiers and police officers on Tuesday arrested two members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) in a raid on OPM headquarters in a

Loic Vennin – "I decided to experience the real Jakarta," said a tourist, stepping gingerly between puddles of putrid water and a scurrying rat in a scene that would never make a postca

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The violence in Indonesia's easternmost province appears to be spiralling out of control after an Indonesian and a foreigner were shot by unknown assailan

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono said he had ordered military officers who allegedly assaulted journalists in Padang, the provincia

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have sprung to the defense of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie as he continues to take flak for the

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang & Camelia Pasandaran, Samarinda – As many as 500 people from 12 individual groups have set up a blockade of ships carrying coal on Mahakam River in Samarind

The transitional government declared by the Federated Republic of West Papua organised another peaceful demonstration on May 29, with participants from Yapen, Waropen and Mamberamo gath

West Papua Media with local sources in Jayapura – Questions are being raised again about the willingness of the Indonesian police in Papua to properly investigate suspicious shooting in

For the past month, residents of Sidoarjo district in East Java have blocked the main road running through Porong subdistrict in a bid to bring attention to their cause.

Robin McDowell – Titin Karisma parades onto the stage wearing a rhinestone bustier and matching bottoms, with sequin fringe that jiggles wildly to the rhythm of the beating drums.

Indonesia's Child Protection Commission (KPAI) urged the government to limit condom sales to approved stores, a move that would effectively pull the contraception out of convenience sto

Indonesia is getting older. Life expectancy has climbed to nearly 70 years for Indonesian women and 65 for men, and continues to rise.

At least five countries have used a human rights review at the United Nations to question Indonesia's failure to make any arrests in series of shooting incidents in Papua.

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced five new policies on Tuesday aimed at reducing government expenditures on subsidized fuel, including limiting its sale

Olin Monteiro – Does anybody really believe that a concert can stir a mass of people to devote themselves to the devil, let alone change them to become immoral individuals?

Farouk Arnaz – National Police refused to shoulder blame on Monday after Lady Gaga's management decided to cancel her June 3 Jakarta concert because of security concerns – specifically,

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hardliners threatened violence claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance move

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – As the number of HIV/AIDS infections contracted through sexual contact grow higher in the country, the efforts to combat the condition should primarily f

Margareth S.

Imam Shofwan – In August 2002, a number of Islam-based political parties demanded the Jakarta Charter be included in the Constitution, which would mean that Muslims in Indonesia would h

Indonesia needs its Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces not only to deter external threats but also to deal with internal provocations, according to Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgianto