Muhamad Al Azhari – Consumer confidence rose to the highest level in years, as Indonesians report feeling secure about stable food prices and the nation's economic welfare, according to

Camelia Pasandaran & Dion Bisara – With recently released government data showing that the number of poor people in Indonesia is declining, once again questions are being raised amo

Zaky Pawas & Dessy Sagita – The Jakarta Police have defended the now-controversial arrest of two men selling iPads, saying the pair was selling a large number of devices without pro

The capital recorded its highest number of cases of violence against women in the first quarter of 2011, according to the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan

Vento Saulade, Bogor – Community leaders in West Bogor subdistrict warned on Sunday of anarchy if the GKI Yasmin congregation continued to hold weekly services outside of their sealed-o

Camelia Pasandaran & Dion Bisara – As Indonesia struggles to address poverty and an overburdened health sector, a recent survey has found that spending on cigarettes is the second-b

Jakarta – A human rights watchdog Imparsial says the national security bill currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives has the potential to authorize the president to m

Dessy Sagita – Human rights group Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace on Monday lambasted Islamic vigilante's plans to raid entertainment establishments in the lead-up to the holy

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Amid the growing political turmoil within the ruling Democratic Party, front man Anas Urbaningrum continues to remain silent by refusing to clarify graft all

Teluk Gelam, South Sumatra – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned to an unlikely source to help the nation deal with a number of its serious problems, including terrorism – the

Alvin Soedarjo – Jakarta's traffic chaos costs Indonesia billions of dollars a year in a depressing reminder of the gap between the country's ambitions for growth and its daily realitie

Jakarta – At least four out of Indonesia's 40 primate species are in danger of extinction, in large part because they are hunted for their meat, which is a traditional medicine, animal

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Indonesia's monthly exports reached a new record in May, easing four months of pressure on the nation's trade surplus amid an import boom, the national statisti

Zaky Pawas & Elisabeth Oktofani – Three-in-one. Truck bans. Electronic road pricing.

Ulma Haryanto, Agus Triyono & Made Arya Kencana – Less than a month after a judge was allegedly caught red-handed receiving a bribe, antigraft investigators say they have caught ano

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The number of low-income people in the country continues to slide this year but the reduction is slowing in an irony contrary to Indonesia's globally lauded rap

Camelia Pasandaran, Farouk Arnaz, Ulma Haryanto & Amir Tejo – High-profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin is not convinced he will get a fair trial in Indonesia so would prefer t

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Jakarta – The Health Ministry says that its regulation on female circumcision does not oblige girls to undergo circumcision but merely regulates the standard operating procedure.

Makassar – The hard-line vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) visited nightclubs in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar Friday night, warning owners to shutter their clubs a

Tom Allard – One of Australia's richest men, Clive Palmer, is buying nickel laterite ore for his Yabulu refinery from an Indonesian company that is defying a ban and mining in Raja Ampa

Tom Allard – About once a month, a ship from Townsville makes the long journey to Raja Ampat, a seascape of astonishing beauty and diversity.

Jakarta – Security was heightened in the town of Kwamki Baru, Timika, on Friday after two groups of local residents were caught in brawl, putting the city in fear of further violence.

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Democratic Party politician Muhammad Nazaruddin a suspect over allegations of accepting bribes involving a Southeast Asian Games co

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Industrial and domestic waste originating from the outskirts of Bandarlampung are strongly believed to have polluted the coast of Lampung Bay.

Indonesia needs to watch its debts made by the government or private parties that have continued to increase although comparative ratios are showing improvement, Bank Indonesia spokesma

Democracy in South-East Asia is currently under attack.

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – The Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta has been 'attacked en masse' by scores of labour and youth activists condemning the arrest of 30 Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM)

Jakarta – Activists from several local NGOs have urged the Malaysian government to release Malaysian activists from the Socialist Party of Malaysia who were captured by their government

Farouk Arnaz, Banda Aceh – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has singled out religious-based conflict and violence in his latest call for a crackdown on crime.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed his brother-in-law Lt.

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The newly installed Army chief of staff, Lt. Gen.

Ulma Haryanto – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation will hold a fundraiser Thursday night in an effort to shore up budget shortfalls.

Jakarta – Following Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) deputy chairman Ma'ruf Amien's statement on Monday that it is a sin for private car owners to buy subsidized fuel as it violates the r

An announcement on Thursday about the selection of students at the state university led to a demonstration being held by students who also blocked off the Cenderawasih university campus

Jakarta – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), says it will not use violence to counter a rising number of attacks and intimidation attempts directed at its me

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists warn that the national security bill, currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives, has the potential to threaten freedom of the

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – A ministerial regulation on tobacco control (RPP) currently being drafted is part of a campaign to undermine local producers, tobacco industry lobbyists

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Riyadh – Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday it would stop granting work permits to domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, following hiring conditions imposed by the Asian co

Niniek Karmini – A sweeping crackdown on terrorism in the past decade has spawned a new problem in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation: Militants in jail are recruiting n

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The World Bank says Indonesia's ambitious master plan to become one of the largest economies in the world within 14 years is possible if regulatory bottlenecks

Brad Nelson & Yohanes Sulaiman – The recent arrest and sentencing of Abu Bakar Bashir, co-founder and spiritual leader of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, to 15 years in prison

"Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The country's oldest Islamic political party has announced that its national caucus to select a chairman will begin on Sunday in Bandung, even as the rival ca

The release on June 25 of Erwin Arnada, the former editor of Indonesia's ill-fated edition of Playboy Magazine after serving nine months in prison for outraging public decency, closes a

Arientha Primanita – An official with the country's migrant worker protection board urged that a fee collected from overseas workers and pooled in a fund to be used for legal problems a

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono picked his brother-in-law as the new Army chief, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as speculation grows over who Yudhoyono might pick to as