Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of students in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang held a protest action on Thursday October 20 to mark the second year of Presiden

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – A protest action commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono ended in chaos after

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Once seen as a "clean" Islamic party led by young, urban and devout professionals, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is now perceived by some as another practiti

Jakarta – The government should refrain from importing vast amounts of rice to avoid impoverishing farmers, a campaigner says.

An NGO has criticized the Agriculture Minister's regulation No. 61/2011, which would allow transgenic seeds companies to conduct business, as it could harm greater interests.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The much-criticized House of Representatives has finally bowed to public pressure to suspend the Rp 1.3 trillion new House building construction project, a

Indonesia has been accused of attacking Greenpeace after the environmental group said on Thursday that a second campaigner had been deported by immigration officials in less than a week

Jakarta – Mining activities in the vicinity of protected forest areas should be watched carefully as industries frequently neglected environmental conservation, an NGO warns.

Ulma Haryanto – When the long-awaited revision of the 1992 Immigration Law was passed in April, thousands of foreigners living here greeted it with cautious cheers and applause.

Arientha Primanita, Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran – A chorus of disappointed sighs greeted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement of his reshuffled cabinet lineup on

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Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia's wealthy population surged by almost a fifth year-on-year in August, a rate three times the projected economic growth.

Dili – A new bill allowing more diversified investments by Timor-Leste's multi-billion dollar oil and natural gas sovereign fund, which underwrites the lion's share of the country's exp

The Cabinet

Ina Parlina and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Near absolute loyalty to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have been what saved at least three highly controversial ministers from getti

Abepura – Indonesian Brimob Riot Police have forcibly broken up attempts to hold a memorial commemoration at the graveside of slain independence hero Theys Eluay today, where a prayer s

The latest Cabinet shake-up announced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the eve of the third year of his second and last term in office has sent a negative signal to the market a

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has grabbed more power and control of state assets by appointing his close aides to key ministerial posts during the Cabin

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court revived its authority on Tuesday after annulling the latest additions in the newly revised law that had limited its powers of judicial re

Public Housing Minister Djan Faridz

Anita Rachman – It's official. Today marked the kick off of the Indonesian version of Occupy Wall Street: Occupy Jakarta.

E Mei Amelia R and Ari Saputra, Jakarta - Two demonstrators from the University of Indonesia (UI) Student Action Front (FAM) were assaulted during a scuffle with police at the Hotel Ind

Jakarta – In concert with the Occupy Wall Street movement that is calling for reforms to the United States' economic policies, a similar movement has emerged in Indonesia.

Andri Yudhistira, Jakarta – A number of people in the name of "Occupy Jakarta" protested in front of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) on Jl. Sudirman in Jakarta on October 19.

Jakarta – Scores of people attended the "Occupy Jakarta" protest action on the grounds of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building on Wednesday October 19.

Jakarta – The newly-installed National Intelligence Agency (BIN) director, Army Lt. Gen.

Jakarta – A recent research by the Judicial Commission and university researchers has found that many judges both at district and high courts level are still producing "poor" verdicts w

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is considering reducing its commitment to the government coalition in response to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's dismissal of one of i

Banjir Ambarita & Camelia Pasandaran, Jayapura – Dozens of people have been injured after Indonesian security forces pistol whipped or beat protesters with rattan canes and batons d

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Antigraft Society (MAKI) and legislators have questioned the recent acquittal by the Buntok District Court in Central Kalimantan of a Thai i

Greenpeace has lashed out at allegations made by a legislator that one of its top British activists managed to skirt an entry ban into Indonesia by using a false passport.

Olivia Rondonuwu and Neil Chatterjee – When Freeport renewed its contract for one of the world's biggest copper and gold mines, some of Indonesia's top officials were on hand at the cel

Jayapura – Scenes of jubilation and free expression have erupted in Jayapura, West Papua as over 20,000 delegates took part in the historic Third Papuan People's Congress.

Participants of the Papuan Congress in the provincial capital of Jayapura were shocked at being greeted at the venue by five armored vehicles and hundreds of heavily armed police and mi

A local journalist at the scene of the "chaos" at the Papuan Peoples' Congress in Jayapura on Wednesday said shots from a nearby hill rang out as Papuan leaders declared their independe

Warning shots fired by Indonesian soldiers were prompted by the reading of a declaration of independence by high-profile Papuan leaders in Jayapura on Wednesday, a regional military com

Jayapura – Papua interim governor Syamsul Arif Rivai said that the third Papua people's congress, held from Oct.

Jakarta – Indonesian Women's Coalition secretary-general Dian Kartika Sari says that religion and tradition are used to prevent women in villages from accessing public services, such as

Jakarta – Bowing to pressure from the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI), 10 cellular service providers, all members of the Indonesian Cellular Phone Provider Associat

The Prosperous Justice Party has repeated its threat to quit the coalition government if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reduces the party's number of cabinet positions.

Banjir Ambarita & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma, Jayapura – The Indonesian unit of US mining giant Freeport McMoRan announced on Monday that it was suspending its operations in West Papua

Around 5,000 people on Monday swarmed Zhakeus Field in Padangbulan, Jayapura, Papua, to attend the opening of the 3rd Papuan People's Congress, which runs through Oct. 19.

Ali Kutarumalos, Jakarta – Thousands of striking workers blockaded roads leading to Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold Inc.'s mine in easternmost Indonesia on Tuesday, preventing food,

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed in Jakarta on Monday three of his close aides to strategic ministerial posts, a move analysts say is an attempt to st

Jakarta – The chairman of the human rights watchdog Setara Institute, Hendardi, has criticized the results of the Cabinet reshuffle, saying the changes were disappointing.

Jakarta – The immigration office claimed on Monday that it did not issue a warrant to deport Greenpeace campaigner Andrew Ross Tait, prompting speculation that the warrant shown to him

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has resumed palm oil purchases from Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology (SMART) after the planter adopted new green policies, the Indonesia

Sahil Mahtani – In the parlor game of flavor-of-the-month economics, Indonesia is doing rather well.

Agus Triyono, Rizy Amelia & Fidelis E.

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of men from a local Muslim hard-line group occupied the roadway in front of the GKI Yasmin church on Sunday, forcing congregation members to hold their s