Megawati Wijaya, Jakarta – Draft legislation to redenominate Indonesia's currency is expected to gain momentum this year as lawmakers and monetary authorities push to drop the last thre

The much-anticipated trial of former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has taken a new twist that may complicate the case after a key witness unveiled the role of powerful

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The South Tapanuli Police in North Sumatra detained 40 people on Thursday for an alleged crime linked to a land dispute.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After ripping into the Defense Ministry over a plan to buy secondhand combat tanks, the House of Representatives now finds itself fending off criticism that i

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Polling officials in Aceh announced on Thursday that they had no choice but to push back the long-awaited local elections there from Feb. 16 to April 9.

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Finger-pointing in the wake of a number of spending scandals continued in the embattled House of Representatives on Thursday, with two polit

Ratih Hardjono, Jakarta – With so much political jockeying going on among the elites in Jakarta ahead of the 2014 presidential election, the fact that 67 million first-time voters acros

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Infrastructure development in Indonesia remains inefficient despite a significant increase in government spending on development projects over the last

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With the House of Representatives recently drawing public ire for a number of questionable big-ticket renovations, a budget watchdog is now accusing the State

Ade Mardiyati – Finishing work may please most Jakartans, but for women burning the midnight oil it's just the start of an uncomfortable and often dangerous journey.

Farouk Armaz – Police on Wednesday said that four military officers had been named as suspects in connection with an overloaded boat carrying asylum seekers that sank off the coast of E

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said that it would not be making quick decisions on whether to deploy its personnel to join the nation's fight against terrorism.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Sinta Nuriyah, the widow of former president and religious pluralism icon Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, lambasted President Susilo Bamb

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Millions of contract-based and outsourced workers will regain their rights, including monthly salaries, allowances, severance pay and social security benef

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma & Anugrah Rasita – Indonesian companies said on Thursday that they now had no choice but to brace themselves for higher labor costs in the wake of the Constit

Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – The National Commission of Human Rights said on Thursday that it would reopen its investigation into the Mesuji case following new evidence of gross

Three men standing trial for their roles in a deadly attack on the Tiaka oil field in Morowali district, Central Sulawesi, last August were on Wednesday sentenced to five months in pris

Camelia Pasandaran – An Indonesian civil servant who posted "God does not exist" on his Facebook page has been taken into police custody for his own protection after he was badly beaten

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police on Tuesday defended officers who had received money from plantation companies in Sumatra, saying the payments had not affected their neutrality.

Marcel Thee – At first glance, Karl Karnadi may look like any other 20-something trying to find his place in the world.

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) believes that the police recruitment and education system are to blame for the numerous cases of police brutality carried out against civilians.

Jakarta – After the Home Ministry recently urged regions to revise their alcohol bylaws, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has turned the tables and requested that the minister evaluat

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has denied allegations that the government is was not taking the GKI Yasmin Church issue seriously after a joint m

Michelle Natalie, Makassar – A South Sulawesi man is facing five years in prison for the theft of ground pepper, despite one assertion that the victim has no interest in seeing the elde

Sampang, East Java – Despite being assured of their safety by police and the local administration, Shiites living in two villages in Sampang, East Java, say they still face threats and

Jakarta – National Defense Forces (TNI) Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono said Indonesia's military remains constantly aware of the possibility of a military embargo being imposed on the

Yemris Fointuna and Oyos Saroso, Kupang/Bandar Lampung – Hundreds of residents from six ethnic Timorese groups in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) occupied the El Tari Airport in Kupang on Tues

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a government-imposed moratorium, the House of Representatives proposed the creation of 20 new regional administration units on Tuesday.

Agus Triyono – An investigation has concluded that former President Suharto was the figure most responsible for human rights abuses during the mass killings of 1965-6, the National Comm

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government said on Tuesday that more than 1.7 million child laborers, mostly female, are still being exploited in horrendous working conditions in the

Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's Indonesian unit has restarted concentrate shipments after a three-month strike ended in December, an official said on Wednesday, a sign th

Rights activist Usman Hamid has blamed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the apparent upsurge in violence by police.

Bambang Muryanto – A workers' meeting in Yogyakarta has called on the government to adopt international regulations to ensure the welfare and protection for workers in the tourism indus

Jakarta – Afandi Saleh has been waiting for justice for 33 years after his release from Buru Island in 1979, where he was held for a decade without a trial for a crime he said he did no

Novan Iman Santosa and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia will start modernizing its military hardware after a decade of internal reform riding on the back of an improving economy, Defens

Jakarta – Several members of the Dayak community came to the House of Representatives on Monday to tell lawmakers that their land has been taken by private companies and threatened to t

Nurmulia Rekso Purnomo, Jakarta – Victims of human rights violations held a protest action on Tuesday January 17 demanding that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) immedia

Dofa Fasila & Dessy Sagita – Health authorities have revealed a startling 31 percent leap in the number of recorded HIV/AIDS cases in Jakarta in 2011, which they attributed to great

Jakarta – The Indonesian Kalimantan Rattan Association (ARKI) says thousands of farmers in Central Kalimantan have now become jobless thanks to the recent rattan export ban.

Jakarta – Scores of victims of the 1965-66 affair protested at the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) office in Jakarta today.

Jakarta – Despite condemning shopping malls as a source of consumerism, Governor Fauzi Bowo said everybody should be grateful for their existence because they have provided a lot of job

Francezka Nangoy – Indonesia could achieve another rating upgrade if it can tackle problems with infrastructure, crack down on rampant corruption and prepare measures to mitigate extern

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of trains – hosing down the scofflaws with red

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – West Java's upcoming gubernatorial race is starting to heat up, as a major party announced on Monday six hopefuls for the election, slated for February 2012.

Ezra Sihite & Agus Triyono – Although the House of Representatives has been coming under intense public criticism over several construction projects or plans deemed wasteful and too

Aidi Yursal & Dessy Sagita, Medan – Calls for an Aceh-style crackdown on the punk community have spread to neighboring North Sumatra, but authorities in Medan are taking a more tole

Ezra Sihite – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso asked the media on Tuesday to back of criticizing the legislature in the wake of a series of budget scandals, sa

Ezra Sihite, Nurdin Hasan & Arientha Primanita – The Constitutional Court has weighed in on the dispute over the upcoming Aceh elections with a ruling that unregistered candidates s

Medan – The police forcefully dispersed a massive rally by public minivan drivers in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday as it was held without a permit.

Jakarta – After 50 years, Papuans still feel that the Dutch government betrayed them by not honoring a past promise to give them independence, a Dutch newspaper reported.