The political, economic, social and cultural situation, over which there has been great apprehension of late, has resulted in the public almost entirely loosing trust in those who run t

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono (HB) X and Vice Governor Sri Pakualam IX received another one-year tenure extension over

Vento Saudale – Bogor public order officers violently dispersed worshipers outside the controversy-plagued GKI Yasmin church on Sunday.

Jakarta – The People's Liberation Party (PPR) reports that a person was shot dead by security forces during a clash with thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia employees at the Gorong-Goron

Indonesian security forces opened fire on striking workers at Freeport-McMoran's gold and copper mine early Monday, killing one and critically wounding another, a union official said.

Jakarta – A clash between striking workers and police near Freeport Indonesia's copper mine killed one protestor and injured others, complicating a pay dispute that appears far from bei

In another blow to the credibility of the General Elections Commission, the AGO announced on Monday that KPU chief Abdul Hafiz Anshary was named a suspect in a forgery case in August.

Jayapura – With the forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan continually shrinking, Papua's timber fields now face a grave threat, a Greenpeace campaigner for the far-flung eastern province sa

Peter Ker – Woodside Petroleum has opened the door on East Timor's biggest-ever resource project, with the company agreeing to revisit the concept of processing gas from the "Greater Su

Jayapura – About two thousand people intending to attend the Third Papuan People's Congress due to open on 16 October have already arrived in Jayapura from other parts of Papua.

Jakarta – "I'll pray for GKI Yasmin so that [the church] will open again and people can pray there. Keep the spirit! Lord Jesus loves GKI Yasmin."

Aloysius Unditu & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Massive intervention by Bank Indonesia has cost the country billions of dollars from its foreign exchange reserves over the last month to

The arrest of a 14-year-old Australian boy in Bali on drug possession charges will test Indonesian-Australian relations, an NGO said.

Jill Jolliffe – East Timorese hotel manager Alice Goncalves has survived many bad moments in the hospitality business.

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has no intention of making senior prosecutor Cirus Sinaga a scapegoat to restore its tarnished image, an official says.

Robert Connolly – In 2009, I took a small film crew to East Timor to make the feature film Balibo, a story depicting the events surrounding the Indonesian invasion of this newly indepen

Jakarta – Noted economist Faisal Basri officially announced Friday that local politician Biem Benjamin would become his running mate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, which is expe

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is reportedly now short-listing the names of new ministers for his first Cabinet shake-up during his second term in office.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Amid escalating friction between the two state institutions, the House of Representatives said it would suspend the selection process for the eight Corrupt

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Police played down the possibility of a terrorist link in the explosion of an automated teller machine (ATM) in Yogyakarta early on Friday.

Indonesia's counter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested five people in connection with a suicide bombing of a mosque in April, a spokesman said.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Depok municipal administration in West Java said it will close all karaoke businesses in the city, saying local bylaws don't permit them.

A religious teacher from a state high school in Madura, East Java, is likely to face sanctions after he was caught having sex with a married woman during Ramadan.

Workers at one of the world's largest gold and copper mine in the remote Indonesian province of Papua vowed on Friday to paralyze production, as their strike over pay enters its second

Workers at the world's largest gold and copper mine in Indonesia have promised to strike indefinitely until their demands are met.

Alex Rayfield and Claudia King – Workers at the Freeport McMoRan mine in West Papua resumed strikes on 15 September after more than six weeks of unresolved negotiation talks with compan

Indonesian police have detained ten West Papuan activists in Jayapura on Thursday ahead of a critical meeting for the pro-independence West Papua National Authority (WPNA), according to

Jakarta – Noted international environmental organization Greenpeace has announced its concerns regarding the Indonesian government's stance toward massive forest clearing, destroying th

Bruce Gale – Indonesia ranks 61st out of 65 countries when it comes to 15-year-olds' proficiency in mathematics.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Eight years after its establishment in 2003 as an adhoc agency on the frontline of the nation's fight against systemic corruption, the nati

Zakir Hussain – Two recent moves by global tech giants to bypass Indonesia and set up shop in neighboring countries have put a damper on Jakarta's efforts to woo big-name investors and

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry has agreed to settle the Rp 6.5 billion (US$750,000) parking fine bill incurred since 2002 by Indonesian diplomats in New York City.

If criticism is analogous to nutrient food that helps democracy mature and grow stronger, the persistent demands from Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Fahri Hamzah for the diss

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – Politicians and analysts warned on Thursday that the outcome of an internal inquiry by the Corruption Eradication Commission could set a ba

Lisa Siregar – More women in Jakarta are standing up to support one another and condemn sexual assault in the capital.

Karima Anjani – The multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the wor

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Once perceived as the nation's most corrupt institution, the House of Representatives has garnered a slew of condemnation from the public for

Jakarta – Members of the Islamic Student Assocation (HMI) clashed with riot police during a rally in front of the Kediri Regional Representatives Council (DPD) office on Thursday.

Camelia Pasandaran – Outraged at being referred to as "Patrialis Mini" on a Metro TV program, the justice and human rights minister has filed a complaint with the Indonesian Broadcastin

Antara & Camelia Pasandaran, Bandung – Bandung's factory outlets are open to Miss Universe, but its charity functions are not, according to the West Java branch of the Indonesian C

Jakarta – Indonesian teachers are protesting a ministerial decree that requires them to publish academic papers or scientific work to qualify for promotion and demand instead that promo

Jakarta – Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, West Java and Banten are the three provinces most vulnerable to Islamic radicalism, a recent survey shows.

Elisabeth Oktofani & Dessy Sagita – More than 60 percent of Indonesian minors do not have a birth certificate, depriving them of a range of civic services, including enrolling at sc

Jakarta – Up to 67 percent of children below the age of 13 in the East Nusa Tenggara capital of Kupang have accessed porn sites, mostly via mobile phones, a survey has found.

Karima Anjani – Union workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's extended their strike at a massive Indonesian gold and copper mine on Thursday for a second month, the longest

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite & Faisal Baskoro – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the Indonesian military on its 66th anniversary that the government will continue to raise

Nani Afrida and Hasyim Widhiarto – The seemingly bohemian appearance of Soeryo Guritno, 68, is not the well-dressed and cunning arms dealer as played by actor Nicholas Cage in the film

Nani Afrida and Hasyim Widhiarto – Around 50 top military brass, arms vendors and officials from several ministries gathered at the Defense Ministry in mid-September to hammer out decis

Nani Afrida and Hasyim Widhiarto – Indonesia may be Southeast Asia's biggest economy. But the nation's status as a regional military power has dissipated.

Jakarta – Poor infrastructure and human resources have hampered the enactment of the 2009 Environment Protection and Management, law a minister says.