New York – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday that his government was fully aware of problems in restive Papua and was working to find a way to deliver autonom

Tumbang Saan, Central Kalimantan – In this village near the heart of Borneo's great, dissolving rainforest, Udatn is regarded as a man of deep spiritual knowledge.

Gary LaMoshi, Bali – Indonesia was shocked and shamed on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck a Christian church in Solo, killing at least one congregant and injuring at least 27 others.

Hangga Brata – The head of the country's largest Islamic organization paid a visit on Tuesday to the Solo church targeted by a suicide bomber, in a show of solidarity with the injured.

The government has blocked access to about 300 Web sites that could inspire acts of terrorism, the minister of communication and information technology said on Monday.

Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – Still offended over its questioning by investigators from the antigraft agency, the House of Representatives Budget Committee said on Tuesday that it wo

There was nothing sophisticated about the suicide bombing at an Indonesian church Sunday – using homemade explosives packed with nails, nuts and bolts, the bomber killed only himself.

Agus Triyono & Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government has been accused of "lying" about what it knew before Indonesian migrant worker Ruyati binti Satubi was beheaded by aut

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Five new political parties that have completed the administrative requirements are gearing up to face the government's fact-checking process on the parties'

Given the rising number of female employees in their reproductive years, the health ministry has urged employers to accommodate breastfeeding for mothers in workplaces, to ensure optima

Jakarta – A recent survey conducted by Plan Indonesia shows that 33.5 percent of children aged between 13 and 18 years of age were forced into marriage, with girls having to bear the vi

Nearly 40 percent of Indonesian teenagers have had sex and almost half of them do not use contraception with new partners, a new international survey has found.

Jakarta – A corruption watchdog is urging the nation's antigraft agency to investigate corruption allegations against the forestry industry in Kalimatan, which the group says cost the s

Anita Rachman – Eighty percent of Papuans live in the approximately 3,000 kampongs spread across the country's largest province, so any meaningful understanding of how Papuans live must

Farouk Arnaz – Achmad Yosepa Hayat and Muhammad Syarif were truly friends in life or death.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Following last week's rejection of a government proposal on the state intelligence bill by three political parties, human rights activists voiced similar c

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Facing heavy criticism for failing to anticipate Sunday's suicide bombing in Solo, State Intelligence Agency chief Sutanto has asked the p

Farouk Arnaz – Police believe that Achmad Yosepa Hayat, a possible suspect in Sunday's suicide bombing at a church in Solo, is a member of the hard-line group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid fou

Desy Nurhayati, Denpasar – Environmental activists and university students held a mass prayer and art performance on Saturday to mark National Farmers Day, in protest over what they cal

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A local NGO is urging the government to propose contract renegotiations with Freeport Indonesia to force the company to pay proper royalties for its mines.

Ezra Sihite, Farouk Arnaz, Hangga Brata, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – A politician has criticized Indonesia's intelligence agency's for failing to prevent a suicide bo

Anita Rachman – "What is an ombudsman?" By now, Budi Santoso is used to hearing that question when friends ask about his work as a senior official with the Indonesian Ombudsman's office

Is Indonesia headed for another round of deadly sectarian violence?

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – In the wake of Sunday's bomb attack in Solo, the House of Representatives is saying that it is optimistic that a controversial and much-de

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Bengkulu – The Bengkulu chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) rejected a recent government ruling to classify oil palm as a forestry plant as it would expand plant

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Defying requests from lawmakers to be shielded from graft probes, the antigraft body will continue to question leaders of the House of Representatives' b

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Members of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) congregation clashed with officers from the Bogor Public Order office who prohibited them from condu

Farouk Arnaz – Another homemade bomb was found in front of a church in Ambon on Monday, one day after a deadly blast in Solo and following two earlier explosions in the Maluku capital.

Apriadi Gunawan and Panca Nugraha, Medan/Mataram – In conjunction with the commemoration of National Farmers Day, about 1,000 farmers and university students staged two separate rallies

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A suicide bomber attacked a packed Indonesian church on Sunday killing at least one person, wounding several others and sending terrified worshippers rushing out into the streets.

Dessy Sagita, Farouk Arnaz & Ronna Nirmala – Sunday's suicide bombing at a Protestant church, the first major terror attack in Solo, has exposed the city to scrutiny for its role as

Two days before a suicide attack struck a church in Solo, a priest and a human rights activist warned of a shadowy campaign to exacerbate interreligious tension between Christians and M

Farouk Arnaz – The suicide bombing that killed at least one person and injured 20 at a church in Solo on Sunday may be linked to the recent sectarian violence that broke out in Ambon on

The local leader of prominent Muslim youth group says he will send members to protect houses of worship following the suicide bombing that killed one and injured eight in a church in Su

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers from the Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) rallied in front of the State Palace on Saturday in observance of National Farmers Day.

Niniek Karmini, Rawagede, Indonesia – Six decades have passed, but Kadun bin Siot's voice still trembles as he recalls the morning Dutch troops surrounded his tiny Indonesian village an

Hangga Brata, Yogyakarta – Six activists camped outside the Yogyakarta provincial legislature marked the third day of their hunger strike on Friday in protest against the detention of a

Muhammad Ikhwan, Jakarta – Indonesia will commemorate the 51st National Farmers' Day on Sept. 24.

Nirmal Ghosh, Bangkok – With several weeks still left to go in Indonesia's dry season, the number of hot spots in Sumatra and Kalimantan so far this year has hit 17,000 – more than doub

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo – Residents from affected villages in Sidoarjo, East Java, were hopeful that the government would honor its pledge to pay out the remaining financial comp

Bandung – The West Java Pentecost Church Association has accused the Bandung and Sumedang administrations of failing to empower local Christians in conducting religious activities in th

Hans David Tampubolon – Society at large has been tarnished by an ongoing tolerance of violent culture, as the number of brawls among civilians in Jakarta so far this year has already s

Jakarta – In a corrupt correctional system, nothing comes for free.

Jakarta – A weapons and ballistics expert testified in court on Thursday that two different guns were used to shoot Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, the director of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, in t

Hera – A cornerstone of the government's development plan is a promise to electrify every home in Timor-Leste within just a few years.

Camelia Pasandaran& Zaky Pawas – More than 100 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front have been hospitalized with food poisoning after eating rice packages distributed dur

Freeport Indonesia's labor union plans not to continue with a tripartite mediation involving the government and is seeking to discuss the matter directly with the company in order to en

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The Indonesian stock market saw one of its steepest plunges ever on Thursday, as jittery investors dumped their equity assets over mounting fears of a repeat of