Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia will give a tax holiday for investors committing at least 1 trillion rupiah ($117 million) into sectors including metals and energy, an effort to s

Jakarta – Cases of human rights violations during the conflict in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh must be investigated and resolved in accordance with the Helsinki peace agre

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Faisal Maliki Baskoro – After two years with little progress, the government is considering shifting the location of its planned food estate to East Kalimantan from Papua because of the

Anita Rachman, Ulma Haryanto & Vento Saudale – Threats and counter-threats, or at least fears or reports of them, flew back and forth on Monday as the already convoluted scandal sur

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Lawmaker Benny Kabur Harman of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party confirmed Monday that he had been present at two meetings between Muhamm

Anita Rachman – Muhammad Nazaruddin's lawyer has expressed concerns for his client's life, since he has not been allowed to meet with the disgraced politician.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With a few words sent by BlackBerry Messenger in mid-July, Nuril Anwar ended his working relationship as the assistant to the country's highest-profile graft

Heru Andriyanto – A senior Amadiyah member was sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Serang District Court on Monday in relation to the violent mob attack that killed three other

Rahmat, Makassar – Police in the South Sulawesi capital have named the head of the armed wing of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front a suspect in an attack on Sunday against the belea

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Calls have intensified for the Indonesian military to drawdown its extensive operational and surveillance presence in West Papua to ease the oppression of locals a

Leaked military documents show Indonesia is engaged in a vast illegal surveillance operation against ordinary people in the restive eastern region of Papua, Human Rights Watch said Mond

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Sunday questioned the validity of documents cited in Australian media reports on its sprawling military presence in Papua, sayin

Nazaruddin terrorized his former political allies and proteges while on the lam with taunts that they were bandits just like him.

Jerry Omona, Jakarta – The XVII Cenderawasih Military District Command in Papua is still investigating Army Special Forces (Kopassus) documents leaked by the media group, Fairfax Austra

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has yet to fulfill its commitment to realize the Helsinki Agreement in Aceh, a rights group says.

[The recently unveiled barrage of graft cases involving legislator Muhammad Nazaruddin, the former treasurer of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, has added a cha

Hasyim Widhiarto – Having spent big money on the hurly-burly of the 2009 election race, legislators are being squeezed with the need to spend even more money on maintaining not only the

Anita Rachman – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy released a survey on Sunday showing that people saw the government as failing to provide decent education, health care, pros

Ulma Haryanto – The unusual manner by which Muhammad Nazaruddin was brought home and the incidents immediately following his arrival on Saturday have raised a number of questions.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The main opposition party said on Sunday that it would not heed public calls to push for impeachment proceedings against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono an

Three soldiers tried in the killing of a Papuan man were sentenced by a military tribunal to up to 15 months in jail for insubordination, an officer said on Friday.

Dessy Sagita – Labor activists demanded on Friday that four state-owned insurance companies immediately comply with the terms of a pending bill on social security, in a bid to minimize

Tom Allard, Indonesia – It would seem an unremarkable venture – a group of American tourists visiting a cultural centre in the Papuan town of Abepura.

Jakarta – Dozens of retired army generals under the Association of Indonesian Army Retirees (PPAD) gathered at an official meeting with the executives of the Indonesian Democratic Party

Ronna Nirmala – The long wait for fugitive politician and former ruling party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin ended at 8 p.m.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana – The East Java Police have deployed two platoons of the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) to a gold mining concession area in Gunung Tumpang Pitu, Pesanggaran district, Bany

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Australian academics, church leaders, businessmen and journalists have been targeted by Indonesia's military for their supposed support of independence in the trou

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group of 18 professors from the country's top universities have urged the government to end the use of military force in dealing with problems in Papua, th

Arientha Primanita & Rahmat – The Islamic Defenders Front's vow to observe a peaceful Ramadan lasted less than two weeks, as members shut down Restaurants in Makassar on Friday and

Veby Mega Indah – When I ask Indonesian bureaucrats about the latest proclamations from some environmental group, I often get the same question: "Why are you journalists so close to the

Ulma Haryanto & Camelia Pasandaran – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar performed another back flip when he denied on Friday that he had ever said bribery convict Gay

Arientha Primanitha & Camelia Pasandaran – A formal ceremony held on Friday to award prestigious state medals to individuals for their contributions toward advancing Indonesia has b

Jakarta – Mikael Mirdad, the owner of the Beer Garden bar in Kemang, South Jakarta, has little choice but to close his establishment because defying the city's ban on nighttime entertai

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Golkar Party leaders remained confident on Thursday that the newly-established National Democratic Party did not represent a threat, with a senior party figur

Aris Ananta – As Indonesia grows richer and its citizens acquire increasing mobility, domestic migration between the country's five major islands and 30 smaller island clusters, which f

Camelia Pasandaran – Infamous convicted corruptor Gayus Tambunan has had his jail term cut as part of Indonesian Independence Day celebrations because the Ministry of Justice apparently

Kupang – A reverend and several residents from Batuplat sub-district in Kupang have complained about the intimidation they received following their opposition to the construction of a m

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Sharia police in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, on Wednesday, arrested three men buying food in a restaurant during the fasting day.

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has recommended six months' suspension for three judges who presided over the trial of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Ant

Indonesian police carrying out an environmental crackdown in the main tin producing region of Bangka island, should stop targeting small-scale miners as it is hindering domestic smelter

Alex Rayfield and Claudia King – Perched on the western rim of the Melanesian Pacific, adjacent to independent Papua New Guinea is West Papua.

Arientha Primanita – Constructive dialogue and demilitarization are the best ways to prevent human rights violations in Papua, a rights watchdog said on Tuesday.

Asulao Sare – Babies are plentiful in Timor Leste – almost seven per woman on average – and so too are health problems in a country where chronic malnutrition is rampant and access to e

Jakarta – A lawmaker is criticizing a hotel owner's recent attack on a journalist for apparently generating bad publicity, saying that violence has become a viable option in resolving p

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Greenpeace Indonesia defended itself on Tuesday from a new round of attacks, as religious groups called for the environmental group to be investigated for all

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Dessy Sagita, Amir Tejo, Hangga Brata & Dofa Fasila – With Ramadan already into its second week, the Indonesian Council of Ulema has come out to declare two activities popular at th

Anita Rachman & Elisabeth Oktofani – Two prominent corruption watchdogs applauded on Tuesday the arrest of high-profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin but questioned why law enfo

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have expressed doubt that the money trail in the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($784 million) bailout of Bank Century will eve