Esther Samboh, Jakarta – There is mounting concern that the Financial Services Authority (OJK) will be unable to provide better and more reliable supervision as most of the 21 candidate

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The country's counterterrorism agency has detected continuing activity by terrorist organizations despite the fact that many terrorist suspects have either

Rabby Pramudatama – A coalition of education watchdogs and university students is campaigning to reject a new law on higher education that is slated for endorsement by the House of Repr

In Indonesia, a diagnosis of leprosy can cut patients off from family, employment, public services, even marriage and places of worship, health officials say.

A leading environmental group has called on the government to be transparent about policy changes after the Tripa peat forest in Aceh was scrapped from a protected area.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A bill on mass organizations proposed by the government to replace the current Law No.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – To help cushion the impact of the fuel price and electricity tariff increases expected in April and May respectively, Manpower and Transmigration Minister

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of protesters are occupying Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, as part of a rally against the proposed fuel price hike.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – In the latest violence against soldiers in the restive province of Papua, an infantry soldier was fatally stabbed by an unknown assailant not far from his ba

Bagus BT Saragih, Hong Kong – About 40 people claiming to be Indonesian workers staged a protest near the Shangri-La hotel in Hong Kong where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was stay

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An expert and a lawmaker have questioned the Bureaucratic Reform Ministry's plan to dismiss civil servants who fail the competency test by granting them earl

Jakarta – The preliminary campaign for the Jakarta governor election organized by the Hidayat Nur Wahid-Didik Rachbini ticket is threatening to turn sour as local residents are beginnin

Arientha Primanita, Dessy Sagita & Ivan Dasa Saputra – A week before a likely increase in the price of fuel, customers at markets are already complaining of rising costs for basic g

Jakarta – The Indonesian Police Watch says the Indonesian Military (TNI) must first secure approval from the House of Representatives before deploying troops to help the police handle r

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has announced its intention to join protestors rallying against fuel price increases on March 27.

Dwi Atmanta – The countdown for the Jakarta gubernatorial election has begun, although the provincial poll commission has yet to declare eligible tickets for the race.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Islamic sharia remains the main political sales pitch among gubernatorial candidates to enable them to win the upcoming Aceh regional election scheduled

Zakir Hussain – The Indonesian military's shopping list in recent months has included Sukhoi fighter jets and Leopard main battle tanks, but what the country's defense officials are mos

Made Arya Kencana & Fitri, Denpasar/Mataram – It was an unusual sight for anywhere in Indonesia: Muslim men arriving for Friday prayers in an atmosphere of complete silence, without

Slamet Susanto and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Yogyakarta/Surakarta – At least two regions, one in Yogyakarta and the other in Central Java, have rejected the government's plan to distribut

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – With just a week to go until April 1, the chance of the government's proposed fuel price hike being approved by the legislature is slimmer t

Ismira Lutfia, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Agus Triyono & Ezra Sihite – The government has denied using military force to contain recent protests against a fuel price hike, saying tro

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Wider implementation of Shariah law, greater economic empowerment and better governance were among the platforms espoused on Friday by the five gubernatorial

Ezra Sihite & Agus Triyono – The House of Representatives elected late on Thursday the seven members of the General Elections Commission, even as civil society groups continued to q

Jakarta – Administrative Reforms Minister Azwar Abubakar says he wants regional governments to stop making misleading comments about providing people with a so-called free education.

Novianti Setuningsih – During interrogation by the Corruption Eradication Commission on Thursday, a deputy chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, Tamsil Linrung, adm

Agus Triyono – A recent surge in reports of children being abducted directly reflects the police's lack of seriousness in dealing with the issue, a leading child protection advocate con

Ismira Lutfia – Analysts have encouraged a greater role for the military in peacetime and community-building activities as a way of developing a national sense of responsibility through

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House of Representative's budgetary body deputy head Olly Dondokambey claims that his office is clear of any involvement with the bribery case related to the fund

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The bombmaker Umar Patek, who faces the death penalty for his role in the deadly Bali bombings, was a minor player who had qualms about the attack, his tria

Marni Cordell – Australia plays a key role in training and funding elite Indonesian counter-terror unit Detachment 88 – but wants to distance itself from the unit's violent reputation,

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have not yet been deployed to help reinforce police numbers in handling potential mass rallies protesting the planned f

The commander of the district military command in Jayapura denied that any military operations are taking place in Papua.

Thousands of Indonesians protested across the country Wednesday against a proposed fuel hike, with violence which broke out in one city injuring a policeman, police said.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Antara – Indonesian Labor unions on Wednesday threatened to paralyze the economy if the government carried out its plan to cut fuel subsidies, as protests against

Jakarta – The Makassar Police say they will track down the people who looted and set fire to a truck during a protest against the government's impending fuel price hike on Wednesday.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and university students from all over Greater Jakarta staged a huge rally in the city on Wednesday to protest the g

Olivia Rondonuwu & Stuart Grudgings, Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – A foiled plot by suspected Islamic militants to attack and bomb targets in Bali, including a bar popular with tourists, m

Lutfi Rakhmawati and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With stiff competition expected to characterize the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial election, political parties may attempt to use cand

Jakarta – House Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso says that the alleged split within the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), reported in recent weeks, is nothing

Michael Bachelard – Less than a week after Jose Ramos-Horta lost his bid for another term as president of East Timor he has decided to throw his weight behind the country's third party,

Matt Peacock – Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has blocked the release of cables about East Timor, despite the fact they are up to 37 years old.

Dili – East Timor's parliament has suspended the country's justice minister after a court summoned her to face charges of corruption and abuse of power.

Zubaidah Nazeer – In many ways, the re-election bid of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was doomed even before he threw his hat into the ring.

Foreign investors are bemoaning a new law in Indonesia that strips them of control over mining assets, the latest in a rash of regulations that reflect what they see as growing "resourc

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Low investment in infrastructure development has left many Indonesians with no access to potable water and basic sanitation, and the problem is particula

Jakarta Police have dispatched 14,000 personnel to secure protests by labor unions rejecting fuel price hikes in Central Jakarta, including in front of the Presidential Palace, on Wedne

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Three parties have expressed support for the government's decision to impose stricter requirements for corruptors applying to have their pri

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia became the eighth Asean country to ratify the group's counterterrorism convention after the House of Representatives adopted it into law on Tuesday.

Arientha Primanita – The Yudhoyono administration has denied rumors it bribed university rectors to curb student protests against the government's plan to raise the price of subsidized