Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has played down the suggestion that regional sharia-based bylaws have the potential to trigger social conflicts de

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) head Lt. Gen.

During the course of 2010 – 2011, the Indonesian Government has restricted the number of foreign journalists who are given access to enter Papua and report on the situation there.

Rizky Amelia, Ezra Sihite & Novianti Setuningsih – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party called Friday's verdict in the corruption case of its former treasurer Muham

A mob of 150 people ransacked a mosque belonging to the minority Ahmadiyah Muslim sect in Singaparna, West Java, on Friday, smashing windows and breaking equipment inside.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Ronna Nirmala – While six candidates are vying to become Jakarta's next governor, the rivalry between incumbent Fauzi Bowo and Solo Mayor Joko Widodo seems to

Langsa, Indonesia – Sharia police in Aceh, the only Indonesian province to practise the Islamic law, caned a homeless "punk" couple nine times Friday after they were caught having pre-m

Novianti Setuningsih & Rizky Amelia – With the fate of high-profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin now decided, after the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Friday handed down a pr

Rizky Amelia – During his time on the run, the lead-up to his trial, and in court, Muhammad Nazaruddin has levelled a litany of allegations about others involved in the corruption scand

Max Lane – Between March 24 and 30, a wave of quite militant demonstrations against the coalition government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spread throughout Indonesia.

Ronna Nirmala – The recent uproar about a school textbook with a story about a married man's mistress may have ebbed, but the controversial story is far from the only questionable conte

Jakarta – Thousands of workers at a garment factory in Tangerang went on strike to demand a Rp 200,000 increase in monthly wages.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Sharia bylaws drafted and implemented by several local administrations in the country could be a time bomb with the potential to trigger social conflicts

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The enactment of Law No 23/2011 on zakat (alms) management by the House of Representatives has caused controversy during the 6th Zakat Forum (FOZ) national cong

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) patron Taufiq Kiemas considered the latest survey result, which stated that 18 percent of the surveyed audience would vote for

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives are blaming each other for the proposed establishment of the North Kalimantan province, along with 18 new r

Regional autonomy experts are calling on the central government to focus on merging the country's worst-performing provinces, regencies and municipalities, given their failure to bring

Since the introduction of regional autonomy over a decade ago, Indonesia has seen the formation of 205 new autonomous regions – seven provinces, 164 regencies and 34 municipalities – a

Medan – Hundreds of traders at the Petisah Market in Medan, North Sumatra, went on strike in protest over alleged rampant illegal fees and discrimination by the market's management.

Indonesian Corruption Watch immediately criticized the four year and 10 month prison term handed down to Muhammad Nazaruddin on Friday, saying it was far too low for such a high-profile

A conflict resolution meeting with the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin in Bogor, West Java, was marked by the absence of Bogor mayor Diano Budiarto, who suspended GKI Yasmin's

Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry announced that it was ready to provide housing subsidies for 1,500 workers throughout Indonesia.

Conflict between members of a persecuted church in Bekasi and residents was captured on video and posted online on Thursday, showing the residents violently resisting attempts by the ch

Shamim Adam & Novrida Manurung, Singapore – Indonesia's push to lure investment is at risk from "policy slippages" such as the failure to cut fuel subsidies, said Standard & Poo

The second round vote for the President of Timor Leste has been announced.

Max Lane – The second round vote for the President of Timor Leste has been announced.

Over 400 Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flags were flown by scores of people on a demonstration in Tanggal, Serui, West Papua.

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Ezra Sihite, Bayu Marhaenjati & Arientha Primanita – Sudomo, a former cabinet minister, Navy chief and top security commander, died in Jakarta on Wednesday morning at the age of 85.

Jakarta – Several residents of West Jakarta have complained of annoying pictures of the Jakarta governor candidates Hidayat Nurwahid and his running mate Didik J.

Sita W. Dewi and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesians have a strong tendency to refrain from speaking ill of the recently deceased.

Jakarta – Jakarta city residents are complaining about gubernatorial candidates who have posted campaign pictures on residents' houses without the owners' consent.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several leaders from Golkar's regional branches have warned party chairman Aburizal Bakrie of the growing opposition from within the party to his intention

Pitan Daslani – Navy Commander Adm. R.E. Martadinata looked tense as he gathered top officers at the Navy headquarters in early January 1962.

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Victims of the hot mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, are once again demanding that Lapindo Brantas Inc.

Dessy Sagita – Blackened lungs. Gangrenous feet. Yellowed teeth. Indonesia's cigarette warning labels are about to get a lot nastier.

Jakarta – Speaking in Jakarta on Wednesday April 18, Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters information centre chief Rear Admiral Iskandar Sitompul said that intelligence personnel on d

Alina Musta'idah – Indonesian farmers use an alarming amount of pesticides – including some with illegal toxic chemicals – on their crops, the People's Coalition for Food Sovereignty (K

Steve James, New York – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc whose recent profits were hurt by lower output from its strike-hit Grasberg mine in Indonesia, expects production to retur

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Calls have been aired in Medan, North Sumatra, by the Teacher Eye Drop Community (KAMG) for the government to cancel the National Examinations for good due to i

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Newly elected Aceh governor Zaini Abdullah, on Tuesday vowed to make stability and the economy his priorities during his time in office.

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A blast from a possible bomb and a clash between rival Muslim groups marked the sentencing of the Islamic Defender Front's (FPI) Yogyak

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's anti-terror squad arrested four terror suspects in the West Java town of Purwakarta on Tuesday after gathering information from other suspects.

Pandaya, Jakarta – "If I cannot do anything in my first year in office, I'd rather pulang kampung [return to my home village]."

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) urged lawmakers on Tuesday to revise the 2004 Law on regional administration, claiming that loopholes within the regulation have triggered ram

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Antara & Anita Rachman – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday annulled an article in the 2009 Health Law which has stopped building owners across the country from providing a special

With no more than 80 Borneo pygmy elephants left in Indonesia, the massive clearing of forests to make way for palm oil plantations poses a major threat to the survival of the species,

Rights group Amnesty International demanded on Wednesday that Indonesian authorities drop blasphemy charges against Tajul Muluk, a local Shiite leader displaced from his village in East

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs have warned that the 2012 Land Acquisition Law could lead to the massive conversion of farmland in Indonesia, reducing food production.