Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Amid growing pressure from larger political parties, six medium-size parties have proposed increasing the parliamentary threshold to 3 percent in an upcomi

Trade unionists from around the world including Australia are in Jakarta, to try to resolve the bitter dispute at the Freeport mine in the Indonesian province of Papua.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) reported on Thursday that it had found that 96 out of 387 participants at the third Papuan Peoples Congress had been assaulted by po

p>Jakarta – A General Elections Commission (KPU) member said that the upcoming gubernatorial election in Aceh had been prepared under the existing regulations.

Camelia Pasandaran – Businesses in Indonesia are the fourth-most likely in the world to offer bribes in their dealings, according to a new report by anticorruption group Transparency In

Jakarta, Indonesia – Ten suspected militants have gone on trial for allegedly planning to bomb an Indonesian church before Easter mass and to film the inferno for broadcast.

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Lower production of Indonesian key crops this year coupled with a global rice shortage may threaten food security and boost prices, as the country counters the

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI) on Wednesday.

Gareth Evans – Noam Chomsky, in Sydney on 2 November, repeated his familiar attack on my handling, as Australia's foreign minister from 1988-96, of relations with Indonesia over East Ti

Agnes Winarti and Niken Prathivi – At the last minute, it was named as one of the soccer venues for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Then it was promised funding for preparation.

Agnes Winarti and Niken Prathivi – At Palembang, the story is no different. Starting behind schedule, the developers are left hustling in the final days to finish on time.

A week before the opening ceremony of the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, organizers are still working to finalize the construction of venues in the host cities of Palembang and Jakar

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – "Vested interests" are behind sluggish official efforts to upgrade the nation's antiquated and overburdened air traffic control (ATC) system, despite the pot

Jakarta – Six mid-tier political parties formed a coalition in an effort to stop the government's proposal to set a legislative threshold in the 2014 election to 4 to 5 percent during t

Faisal Maliki Baskro – Poor infrastructure has led to the skyrocketing cost of distributing goods, according to an influential business grouping.

Elisabeth Oktofani – Unions both local and international have voiced support for their colleagues in Papua and defended wage demands by striking Freeport miners as justified, considerin

Four housewives from Jakarta are facing the prospects of five years' jail after they were caught playing an Indonesian version of poker on Wednesday.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Mining company PT Freeport Indonesia claims that funds given to security personnel guarding project sites in Papua are allowed under a multi-national pact.

Jakarta – The central government and representatives from Papuan organizations must involve mediators before engaging in further talks to resolve a string of conflicts in the easternmos

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police announced on Tuesday that nine municipal and district police chiefs across Papua were rotated, but denied the move was a response to allegations of a

Sidney Jones – If President Yudhoyono is looking for one simple step that could change the ugly political dynamic in Papua, he should announce that police will stop using live ammunitio

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers and workers unions are questioning the constitutionality of the recently passed Social Security Providers (BPJS) Law, claiming that the House vio

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Regency Administrations (Apkasi) has called on the central government to directly finance local elections and phase out the s

Bandung – Around 150 workers who say they are members of the Indonesian Labor Movement (KASBI) union, staged a rally demanding 100 percent wage increases next year.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took time out ahead of the G20 Summit in France to launch a book on his leadership in one of Paris's finest hotels.

John McBeth, Jakarta – He is a mechanic with a single name and a mysterious past, but the man called Sudiro is almost single-handedly leading the eight-week-long strike that has played

Badrus Sholeh – Aceh is due to hold its elections for governor in December, an event that underscores the significant contribution democracy has made to peace since Aceh's 2006 ballot,

The tough response of the Indonesian armed forces to the Third Papuan People's congress has strengthened calls for freedom.

Yanto Soegiarto – Once again, Timika's Rimba Hotel was the site of a negotiation between Freeport workers and the mining company's management on the wages of the former.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has quashed Paskah Suzetta's hopes of walking out of prison on parole.

Maire Leadbeater – It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own "Arab Spring".

Maumere – Hundreds of people, including dozens of Catholic priests in Maumere diocese, rallied in front of the Sikka Legislative Council in Maumere, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monda

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people from traditional communities in North Sumatra rallied at the governor's office in Medan on Monday, demanding the return of customary land se

Banjir Ambarita, Ezra Sihite & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Police have set a deadline of today for thousands of striking workers at Freeport-McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Pap

Jakarta – Police officers who accept gifts are breaking the law and can be prosecuted for corruption, according to a legal expert.

Jakarta – The government intends to retain the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) authority, in the midst of a House of Representatives initiative to revise the 2002 Corruption E

Elisabeth Oktofani – In a nation plagued by seeds of disintegration – as hard-line radicals spread intolerance and separatist clashes dominate news out of the archipelago's east – there

Despite widely held grievances against corruption, a growing culture of violence and rising intolerance, the vast majority of Indonesians are proud of who they are, according to the res

Banjir Ambarita – The separatist group that claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a subdistrict police chief in Papua has been identified by authorities as "Kodap X," a group

Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his slow response to the Papua conflict, highlighted by the fact he has yet to install a

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported payments of security funds by PT Freeport Indonesia to the police from 2001 to 2010 totaling around US$79.1 million.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The bashing of an unarmed student protestor by presidential guards has been decried by civil society organizations that say the incident casts doubt on the gu

The Asian Development Bank has clarified that its data showed poverty in Indonesia was in fact decreasing, and not on the rise, as a local nongovernmental organization recently reported

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several worker and employer association groups say they will file a judicial review request of the recently enacted Social Security Providers (BJPS) Law to

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) was again confronted by Muslim hard-liners outside its place of worship in Bogor,

A 10-year-old girl with a tumor was been refused treatment at two hospitals simply because her family is poor.

Mangadar Situmorang, Bandung – The number of casualties related to two inseparable incidents in Papua is likely to increase.

Armando Siahaan – The calendar says it's November 2011.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The 2104 presidential election will likely see a duel between general-turned-businessman Prabowo Subianto and Golkar Party chairman and business tycoon Aburizal

Renewed demonstrations are being held in Jayapura today demanding Indonesia take formal and legal responsibility for ongoing human rights abuses in Papua region.