Aditya Suharmoko and Vikram Subhedar, Jakarta/Hong Kong – At the start of 2012, Indonesia was basking in accolades for its economic performance.

Indonesia will force foreign firms to sell down stakes in mines by the 10th year of production, with domestic ownership to be at least 51 percent, in a move likely to hurt existing mine

Last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tried to reiterate his supposed commitment to fighting corruption when he signed off on new punishments for graft convicts.

The government is dead serious in entertaining the idea of a plot being underway to bring down President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by creating massive chaos via rioting when the governme

East Timor's incumbent president Jose Ramos-Horta says he remains firm in the view that Australian and United Nations troops stationed in his country must withdraw before the end of the

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – The government's plan to raise fuel prices continues to draw protests with the most recent coming from students in Palembang on Tuesday.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is questioning the government's plan to deploy Indonesian Army (TNI) personnel to public

Concerns have been raised about possible intimidation of voters in a number of electoral districts in East Timor by members of the military loyal to their former chief and presidential

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Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Anti-graft activists praised the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) latest move to send their former director of investigations, Brig. Gen.

Damien Kingsbury – (Unknown) 1937-6 March, 2012.

East Timor's first and shortest-serving president Francisco Xavier do Amaral died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a presidential spokesman said.

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Damien Kingsbury – (Unknown) 1937-6 March, 2012.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party is attacking two national television stations for what it calls "biased and imbalanced" reporting on t

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate allegations that six Russian-made jets purchased by the Defense Ministry were unduly marked up, Defense Minister Purnomo Yus

This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women.

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – The Corruption Eradication Commission is sending its head of investigations, Yurod Saleh, back to the National Police amid reports of ties to graft susp

Karlis Salna – Former guerilla commander Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres has warned ahead of East Timor's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections that the young country must resis

Atmi Pertiwi, Jakarta – Twenty or so women from the Women's Justice Forum (Forum Keadilan Perempuan, FKP) distributed around 500 stickers on busses and city public transport vehicles at

Zely Ariane, in Jakarta – This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women.

Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta provincial prosecutors are probing the alleged sale of public assets by the two private companies that operate Jakarta's piped water system.

Ezra Sihite – In the wake of rumors of mounting efforts to unseat the government, the country's second-largest political party, Golkar, vowed loyalty on Monday.

Ezra Sihite – It's not corruption or fuel prices that has some lawmakers concerned these days – it's cleavage and short skirts.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Dozens of people under the Forum Nusantara banner protested in front of the Kompas Gramedia building in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Tuesday, claiming the newsp

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Politicians at the House of Representatives have called for the reinstatement of Brig. Gen.

Nivell Rayda – The sun was rising slowly behind Salahutu Mountain but the island of Ambon remained dark as thunder-infested clouds hid the rays overhead.

Bearing in mind the continual terrorising of defence lawyers during the makar (treason) trial [now under way in Jayapura] and of human rights activists as well as journalists covering t

Erwida Maulia – Indonesia's immigration office said it will immediately investigate the alleged mistreatment of Hollywood actor Taylor Kitsch by an allegedly corrupt Indonesian customs

Arya Dipa – A non-active regent who has been found guilty of corruption has not yet been sent to prison even though the Supreme Court (MA) overturned a previous court verdict that had a

Indonesia's counter-terror unit Detachment 88 is funded and trained by Australia. Why are we so involved with a unit whose work includes counter-separatist activities?

Bayu Marhaenjati – Former Global TV cameraman Imam Mochammad Firdaus was sentenced to three years and four months in prison at the West Jakarta District Court for his role in a plot to

Bayu Marhaenjati – The mastermind behind last year's book bombing plot, Pepi Fernando, was sentenced to 18 years in jail by the West Jakarta District Court on Monday.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government are still not paying attention to the fate of victims of rape and sexual harassment.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Households Affairs Committee (BURT) has issued a regulation banning staff from wearing revealing attire at work.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – A transparency activist group has accused a House of Representatives deputy speaker of shamelessness over his reintroduction of a monthly ho

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam suggested that the Prosperous Justice Party leave the ruling coalition after the party rejected the government's plan to raise the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The chairman of the People's Conscience Party, Wiranto, has denied accusations that he is attempting to topple President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Demo

Farouk Arnaz – Two police officers in Katingan district, South Kalimantan, suffered first-degree burns after being set alight on Sunday by a motorcyclist they had ticketed the day befor

Bagus BT Saragih and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The government has stepped up security and intelligence surveillance following rumors that massive rallies staged to protest fuel price

Lindsay Murdoch – They were East Timor's stolen generation.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Legal activists condemned a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Jakarta High Court verdict which sentenced a defendant to six months in prison for defaming

Emmy Fitri – The word "preman" is believed to come from the English words "free man," to describe someone who has no master.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislator Tubagus Hasanuddin raised questions on Friday about a recent Defense Ministry purchase of six Russian fighter jets, claiming the deal might have be

Michael Leach – Timor-Leste goes to the polls again on 17 March to elect a new president for a five-year term.

Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD) is commemorated every year on March 8.

Edwin Firdaus, Jakarta – Cases of rape and sexual harassment against women occur often and repeatedly in Indonesia.

Three police officers in Ciamis, West Java, were assaulted by a mob after they killed a motorcyclist in a hit-and-run car accident.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The first trial of bribery suspect Nunun Nurbaeti looks to implicate another politician as prosecutors mentioned the alleged involvement of Emir Moeis, an Indones