Michael Bachelard – East Timor is a long way from realising its dreams of prosperity despite its oil revenue.

Indonesia is set to kick off another round of high-ranking diplomatic talks with Singapore on issues deemed contentious in the bilateral ties of the two neighboring countries.

Ulma Haryanto – Depok Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail is never far from controversial policies. He has banned karaoke bars and obliged people to eat using their right hands.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Hangga Brata – Police are bracing themselves for next month's planned fuel subsidy cut as demonstrations become a daily occurrence and speculators began piling up

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Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Five men accused of gambling were caned six times each while hundreds of people watched in Aceh on Friday.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The proposed sexy-outfit ban might be a tactic from the House of Representatives' secretariat general to force a new plan: a uniform project.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The government has launched a guideline to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace, but many victims are still reluctant to file reports for various r

Rangga Prakoso – The Attorney General's Office says it sees no wrongdoing in connection with bank accounts held by nine prosecutors that have aroused the suspicions of the money launder

Novianti Setuningsih – A graft defendant testified that it is normal for members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee to ask for a "commitment fee" when deciding how much mo

Vento Saudale – Finding itself under sustained criticism for the perceived health impacts of high voltage overhead power transmission lines, state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara has

Andi Hajramurni and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Makassar/Bandung – Commemorating International Women's Day, activists and workers took to the streets across the country on Thursday to demand equa

Jakarta – The respected economist and senior New Order-era government official, Widjojo Nitisastro, died at 2.30 a.m. Friday at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta.

Dessy Sagita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Sexual violence in the workplace aimed at women is just the tip of the iceberg because so few victims report incidents, a spokeswoman for t

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The hard-line Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) says it will support Nachrowi Ramli in his bid to become a candidate for Jakarta governor despite it remaining u

Ridwan M. Sijabat, Jakarta – The central government's half-hearted and convoluted plan to raise fuel prices may soon come to a dramatic head.

Iman Mahditama – The schedule of noted cleric Hasan bin Jafar Assegaf appears to be still jam-packed with frequent sermons at various venues over the city, even after a handful of his d

Arientha Primanita & Robertus Wardi – The lineup for July's gubernatorial election in Jakarta came into sharper focus on Thursday, but the picture was bleak for incumbent Fauzi Bowo

Novianti Setuningsih – The leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission has spoken out against plans by the legislature to revise its enabling act, which some fear is part of an

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Golkar Party lawmaker called on graft convicts on Friday to sue the justice minister over his moratorium on sentence cuts for corruptors, which he said viol

Aidi Yursal, Medan – Scores of asylum seekers who have been detained for years by immigration authorities in Medan have demanded an end to their limbo and want an immediate decision on

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Even as four major bones of contention remain undecided in the discussion over the draft elections law, two new issues have arisen: limiting

Dion Bisara & Tito Summa Siahaan – To better reflect the surge in global oil prices and next month's planned increase in the subsidized fuel price and electricity rates, the governm

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives seems to be shooting itself in the foot with a ban on skimpy clothes, as the unit in charge of formulating the

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – The East Kalimantan administration has revealed that 230 degraded coal mining concessions in the province have never been restored by the concessi

Niniek Karmini – Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel.

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – A number of foreigners, mostly wives of diplomats, have been reportedly flowing out of East Timor due to safety concerns ahead of the March 17 presidential ele

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Dessy Sagita & Novianti Setuningsih – All that talk by the Yudhoyono administration about getting tough on corruption took another hit on Wednesday when a

Slamet Susanto and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Yogyakarta/Surabaya – A number of bureaucrats officially declared their disengagement with corrupt practices by signing "integrity pacts", altho

Tensions boiled over again in Central Maluku on Wednesday, where the latest in a series of bloody clashes between neighboring villages ended with one dead and four injured.

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's presidential election race is heating up, with the Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres accusing one of his main rivals of being a "cat's paw"

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – A new study has revealed that only 12 groups of companies own almost all print, broadcast and online media in Indonesia.

Jayapura – In Papua, the Indonesian army, the TNI, always uses the welfare approach towards the Papuan people, including armed civilians who continue to create disturbances in Puncak Ja

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned on Wednesday that security authorities would crack down hard on street protests against the planned fuel price hike

An Indonesia soldier shot Thursday morning during a firefight in Puncak Jaya, Papua has died, Indonesian Military (TNI) officials said.

Muhamad Al Azhari – Keen to strengthen the country's control over its own natural resources, the government has come out with a new regulation that would force foreign companies holding

Several thousand people crammed the grave site of murdered independence hero Ondofolo Theys Eluay on March 7, to hear resolutions from the Pacific regional Feb 29 launch in Canberra of

Nurdin Hasan – An Aceh Party politician was shot in his home Thursday morning in what may be the latest instance of campaign violence leading up to Aceh's elections.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – With this year's International Women's Day around the corner, women in this country continue to struggle in a male-dominated world and efforts to protect th

Oris Riswan Budiana, Bandung – Around 60 women from the West Java Regional Women's Committee (KPR) celebrated International Women's Day in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung wi

Jakarta – The fact is that sexual violence against women often occurs in the workplace.

Mahfudz Jufri, Palu – Hundreds of people from the National Police Crisis Center for Violence against Women and Children (CC-Kapak) held a protest action commemorating International Wome

Yogyakarta – The commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Thursday was marked by a protest action by hundreds of women from the Indones

Danar Widiyanto, Yogya – The ideals articulated during the momentum of International Women's Day (IWD), which is commemorated each year on March 8, totally contradict the reality of wom

Medan – The commemoration of International Women's Day on March 8 was enlivened by a demonstration by scores of women in front of the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives (DP

Jakarta – The proposed banning of mini-skirts in an around the House of Representatives (DPR) was one of the issues taken up in an action commemorating International Women's Day in fron

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Ulma Haryanto – At first glance, 71-year-old Nani Nurani looks like your typical Indonesian granny: Always smiling, always friendly.