Ronna Nirmala – Faced with a seemingly endless series of corruption cases in the country, only 23 percent of respondents in a new survey said they still believed Indonesian politicians

After a long deliberation process – costing three successive parliamentary hearing sessions – the House of Representatives' Commission I defense, foreign affairs and information and the

Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – For many Indonesians, the news on Sunday that just one-fourth of the population still trusted politicians was not really news at all.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – In the aftermath of last week's suicide bombing by a rogue Islamist of a church in the Central Java city of Solo, messages flew around the social networking site T

Jakarta – PT Freeport McMoran, Indonesia's largest gold producer, has rejected employee demands for a 25 percent salary increase, arguing that the request had exceeded the company's cap

Ati Nurbaiti, Canberra – The habit of tweeting or clicking away at every invitation to your Facebook page might be leading somewhere – the success of local, small scale movements.

Dessy Sagita – Migrant worker advocates said on Friday that the government must be a stronger presence on the international stage if it wants to adequately protect Indonesia's overseas

Padang – Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting suicide attacks.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has escalated its row with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over whether the latter could question the legislative body's

Jakarta – East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak cautioned hundreds of the province's hajj pilgrims to focus more on prayer rather than shopping while on their sacred pilgrimage.

Nivell Rayda – A bouquet of freshly picked flowers stands on an unmarked grave in Mangga Dua, Ambon. Darmin Saiman, a motorcycle taxi driver whose controversial death on Sept.

Nivell Rayda, Ambon – The road that runs outside the Silo Church in Ambon is normally a one-way street, but for the last several weeks cars and motorbikes have been allowed to travel in

Armando Siahaan – In the world of Marvel comics, "With great power comes great responsibility," as the oft-quoted Spider-Man line goes.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission said on Friday that the newly elected Supreme Court justices must break any ties with political parties to avoid conflicts of interest in

Ezra Sihite & Ulma Haryanto – With the much-criticized bill on state intelligence moving closer to ratification, a rights group is raising concerns over the vague language of the la

Vivi Widyawati and Zely Ariane – Around 100 women and men took part in a rally, Miniskirt Protest – Women against Rape, at the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia in Thamrin, Jakarta, on Sunday, S

Max Lane – On September 20, the State Electricity Company Trade Union of Indonesia issued a call for support for a campaign against the privatisation of the state-owned company, and aga

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Perpetual corrupt practices in the educational system have stopped many children from getting a quality education even though the government raises the b

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – An infrastructure company employee has accused members of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee of arranging deals between Manpowe

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said it will ask the West Sumbawa regency administration to fight in court mining giant PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara's plan to ext

Jakarta – In the wake of Jakarta Police plans to seek more evidence to prove allegations of sexual assault implicating an agency's high-ranking official, the National Commission on Viol

Slamet Susanto and Oyos Saroso, Yogyakarta/Lampung – The Yogyakarta mayoral election won by incumbent vice mayor Haryadi Suyuti and running mate Imam Priyono drew only 70 percent of the

Jakarta – Indonesian furniture makers are reportedly closing down their businesses because the local rattan industry prefers to export its products to China rather than sell them domest

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Prosecutors at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday demanded that senior prosecutor Cirus Sinaga be sentenced to six years in prison for obstruction of justic

Jakarta – The Report Desk for Budget Mafia Practices (P2MA) received 20 reports of corrupt practices, implicating 10 lawmakers who have allegedly served as "brokers" for a number of reg

Bagus BT Saragih and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Gayus Lumbuun was among six candidates elected as Supreme Court justic

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and all factions at the working committee have resolved all contentious issues in the intelligence bill and agreed t

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Just as he did following the Cirebon Police mosque bombing in April, after last Sunday's suicide bombing at a Solo church, the minister for communications and in

Model, singer and actress Julia Perez says she is disappointed by moves by a branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) to ban erotic dangdut singers, including herself.

Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Pramono Edhie Wibowo said today that vigilance must be maintained against communists so that the September 30, 1965 (G30S) affair, which was

Jakarta – Constitutional Court Chief Mahfud MD testified at the National Police Headquarters on Thursday for former staff member Zainal Arifin, a suspect in a high-profile forgery case.

Mimika – Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers staged another protest in front of the Mimika Manpower Agency over what they said was a violation committed by the company.

Padang – The Padang City administration has officially revoked the license of Fellas Cafe and Resto for employing strippers.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – It was a bright sunny day when HM Soleh, a social studies teacher, inspected several classrooms to see if everything was OK.

Jakarta – For two years now, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has ignored the House of Representatives' (DPR) recommendation on the forced abduction and disappearance of 13 acti

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Articles stipulating that intelligence bodies must obtain permission from a district court chief to intercept communications have been dropped in the most re

Michael Vatikiotis – A suicide bomber attacks a church in Solo, a homemade bomb is found near another church in Ambon, more bombs are hurled at police posts in South Sulawesi and two me

Jakarta – Indonesia will delay the implementation of a regulation on industrial forests that would have allowed planters, especially those growing palm oil, to cultivate areas reserved

Dili – Atoki Madeira says it started with threats and escalated into armed assaults.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The presidential advisory council has warned the President to be more careful in disbursing social funding to the provinces as the money has allegedly been used t

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers staged another protest in front of the Mimika Manpower Agency office over what they said was a violation committed by the company.

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – In the latest twist in a tiff between the House of Representatives' Budget Committee and the Corruption Eradication Commission, the antigraft body has

Ezra Sihite, Camelia Pasandaran, Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – Police acknowledged on Wednesday that they had received advance warning of an attack against the Central Java ch

Simon Caterson – For local journalists in East Timor, breaking the news could mean being broken themselves.

Bagus BT Saragih – The nation's human rights body says the police are to blame for its failure to complete an examination of the murder case that convicted former antigraft czar Antasar

Ezra Sihite & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia police have revealed that they had installed additional security in anticipation of a terrorist attack on the Bethel Injil Sepenuh (GBIS

Jakarta – The government will introduce a 12-year compulsory basic education program for all children next year, an official says.

Ismira Lutfia & Arientha Primanita – The death of orangutans as a result of human encroachment into their habitats in Kalimantan amounts to nothing less than genocide, a group advoc

Ezra Sihite – The Indonesian government on Tuesday blamed a lack of legal parking spaces in New York City for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid parking tickets its diplomat

Hasyim Widhiarto, Singapore – The Singaporean government on Wednesday said it regarded its current extradition treaty with Indonesia, signed in 2007, as final, despite difficulties the