Mike Corder, The Hague, Netherlands – The Dutch government is discussing compensation for relatives of men executed by Dutch forces in a notorious 1947 massacre during Indonesia's battl

Agus Triyono & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – While experts and activists agree that mutual dialogue is the only way to solve problems of growing separatist sentiment and lack of econom

Farouk Arnaz – After a series of violent attacks in the restive region of Papua, the National Police announced on Thursday that they have arrested 12 men believed to be members of the s

Ismira Lutfia – A UN committee has approved a draft resolution presented by Indonesia on violence against women migrant workers, but activists warn that it wields no power unless it is

Fadli and Arya Dipa, Batam/Cimahi – A massive rally involving nearly 10,000 workers demanding a pay rise in Batam, Riau Islands, ended in chaos as six were injured, including one person

Jakarta – Papua Acting Governor Syamsul Arief Rivai has denied allegations the province's special autonomy had failed to bring progress for its people.

Ishomuddin, Edi Faisol, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) as well as public and religious leaders yesterday urged the government to stop violence in Papua.

Jakarta – Bandung Language Center chief Abdul Khalik announced on Wednesday that the writing culture among Indonesian youths was in a worse state than reading culture.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Women continue to make up the majority of victims of natural disasters but not enough is being done to empower women to better protect themselves when a

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Scores of anticorruption youth protesters in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, grouped under the Bantul Corruption Eradication People's Movement (Gebrak), held a

Sandra Parker – Father Domingos Gusmao is passionate about education and its role in the development of East Timor.

Dili – The secretary general of the Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste (FRETILIN), Mari Alkatiri, will host a fundraising party this Friday to raise fund to help organizatio

Singapore – Nigeria, Indonesia and North Korea have the world's highest rates of deforestation while China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas polluters, have the lowest,

Melody Kemp – The low hill in front of us was bathed in golden light as the sun set gloriously over Sumba, Eastern Indonesia.

Puguh Sadadi, London – The call by Eni F. H. Faleomavaega and Donald M. Payne in The Jakarta Post on Nov.

Neil Chatterjee – At a time when many countries are slipping off investors' radar screens, Indonesia is a beacon with stable finances and the fastest growth rate in Asia outside China a

Banjir Ambarita – Two people were injured on Tuesday in the latest ambush on a vehicle on the road leading to Freeport Indonesia's mining concession in Papua.

Jayapura, Papua – Chief of Staff of the Cendrawasih Military Command Brigadier General Indra Hidayat said National Defense Forces (TNI) personnel were in Papua for peaceful purposes.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Bambang Muryanto, Jayapura/Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI), lawmakers and experts all agree that Jakarta must directly talk with Papuans who have separ

Jim Elmslie – NM has kept a close eye on West Papua as pressure in the breakaway Indonesian province builds.

The Hague – Dutch authorities are discussing a possible settlement with families of victims executed by Dutch colonial troops in an Indonesian village in 1947, a foreign affairs spokesm

David McRae – The planned deployment of 2500 US Marines to Darwin has only periodically been front-page news in Indonesia, with coverage in some of Indonesia's main papers confined, wit

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Last year's plan by Surabaya's municipal administration to close down Dolly, one of the most notorious red-light districts in Southeast Asia, has yet to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has maintained that the Corruption Eradication Commission will have four new commissioners on Dec.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Controversial legislator Adang Daradjatun has angrily rejected claims his wife is healthy after a photo was released that allegedly shows one of Indonesia's m

Jakarta – Former Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) chief Yunus Husein says a campaign has been lauched to undermine his credentials as a Corruption Eradication C

Ulma Haryanto – The teachings of radical Islam do not appear to be taking root in Central Java despite it being home to many hard-line organizations, a survey has found.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Traditional fishermen in Medan, North Sumatra, have complained about fish that they allege are being imported by merchants from Malaysia, Thailand, China and In

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Transparency and accountability are universally accepted as the cornerstones of good governance.

Armando Siahaan – Under normal circumstances, the media serves as an institution that covers political stories.

Jakarta – With help from a prominent lawyer who stepped in to negotiate with the Jakarta governor, a building supervisory agency's plan to seal the "private residential" office of Green

John McBeth – A three month-long strike has paralyzed Freeport Indonesia's giant copper and gold mine in the Central Highlands of Papua.

Jakarta – The government's lack of supervision has knocked special autonomy in Papua and West Papua off track, leaving residents in the midst of poverty and a conflict that is seemingly

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Bandung/Surabaya – Rejection of both workers and employers marred the passage of the ruling of the minimum wage (UMK) for 2012 in Bandung, Wes

Bastiaan Scherpen – After a brief controversy, a ruthless former governor-general of the Dutch East India Company is back on his pedestal in his Holland birthplace.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Labor-intensive manufacturers may have to settle with modest export growth targets next year as they grapple with unfavorable market conditions brought on by t

Ulma Haryanto – Ten years ago today, a law was passed that was supposed to accelerate development in the nation's impoverished easternmost province and, consequently, address the simmer

Dofa Fasila – A planned week-long strike by workers across the capital was averted after the Jakarta wage council approved a more substantial provincial minimum wage rise for next year.

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Two groups engaged in a scuffle on Sunday, hurling verbal abuse at each other in defending their position over whether the Bogor municipal administrati

Agus Triyono & Dessy Sagita – Antigraft activists have urged lawmakers to drop a prosecutor and a retired policeman from the list of leadership candidates for the Corruption Eradica

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Camelia Pasandaran – Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa will likely be declared the presidential candidate for the National Mandate Party, a senior member of the party s

Dessy Sagita – HIV/AIDS is a growing health problem in Indonesia, but as the rate of infection shows no signs of slowing down and the disease becomes more prevalent, prevention campaign

Daniel Flitton and Tom Allard, Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono quizzed Julia Gillard and Barack Obama over the new American "base" in northern Austr

Vento Saudale & Ronna Nirmala, Bogor – The conflict over the GKI Yasmin church has dragged on for so long that West Bogor residents have formed a group and taken to the streets to u

Jakarta – Jakarta's penitentiaries are not conducive for rehabilitation, as life inside is all but ruled by money, activists said.

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration denies any religious predilection in sealing off an Ahmadiyah mosque in East Jakarta this week.

Karlis Salna – Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pointed to the growing strategic significance of Australia's relationship with Indonesia as she prepares for a meeting with President Sus

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Local tea farmers asked the government on Friday to regulate tea imports, which have reportedly begun to pressure the domestic market.

Dofa Fasila – The Jakarta Administration announced on Friday that the provincial minimum wage would be raised next year by about 16 percent, setting the stage for a strike by workers ho