Ismira Lutfia & Ronna Nirmala – Media advocates have called for the selection of a board of supervisors for state-owned broadcaster TVRI to be carried out anew, alleging the current

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – The nation's antiterrorism czar has called on the state to toughen laws against hate speech and paramilitary training in the wake of rising security f

Ulma Haryanto – A 17-month jail term handed down to a senior politician on Wednesday closed the first chapter in a high-profile, Rp 24 billion ($2.8 million) bribery scandal that has so

Jakarta – In any metropolis, the government ostensibly exists to protect the powerless. At its best, a city's government helps the people avoid the law of the jungle.

Jakarta – Susiko Triwidiyanto, who is hearing impaired and cannot speak, learned computer skills at a special high school for persons with disabilities, but finding a job after graduati

Dessy Sagita – Hundreds of activists demanded on Thursday that Indonesia's Health Ministry revoke a 2010 ministerial decree regulating the proper procedure for female circumcision.

Jakarta – Researchers say Indonesia loses US$37.2 billion a year, about 7 percent of its gross domestic product, due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, high blood press

Nurfika Osman – Human rights activists on Thursday accused Indonesian police of fanning the flames of religious-based conflicts rather than protecting victims and upholding rights.

Jakarta – Citing a Greenpeace study, the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Wednesday that up to 88 percent of the logging activities in Indonesia were illegal.

Elisabeth Oktofani & Dofa Fasila – A city official has admitted that there would be no end to the dredging of Jakarta's rivers as long as people keep dumping waste in them.

Around 1,000 people died in traffic accidents in the capital city of Jakarta and its environs in 2010, according to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police.

Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court representative judge Heru Susanto cancelled a hearing on Tuesday in a case implicating two Australian newspapers – The Age and the Sydney Mornin

Jakarta – Jakartans have given a low job approval rating for Governor Fauzi Bowo and his deputy Prijanto, especially in their handling of Jakarta's perennial problems involving traffic

The Finance Minister on Wednesday said that number of civil servants (PNS) is too high, burdening the state budget because of the outlays on salaries, pensions and insurance.

Arientha Primanita – The home affairs minister urged regional administrations on Wednesday to tighten their purse strings and reduce the number of contract workers in their ranks.

Padang – The West Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) said that the Obedient Wives Club could not be banned in Indonesia because their teachings did not violate the

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of antigraft activists deployed members to study the track record of the 215 nominees applying to be the next leaders of the Corruption Eradication Co

Shirley Christie – At least one US shoe maker plans to build a factory in Indonesia, and other US companies are exploring opportunities to collaborate with local producers, to make foot

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a revision of the 2003 Constitutional Court Law that will significantly curtail the bench's authority,

Camelia Pasandaran – Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D.

The Indonesian government on Wednesday suspended sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia effective as of August 1, until both countries had reached an agreement to better protect the wo

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's legal staff were outraged when outspoken Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D.

Jakarta – The Press Council and AJI say violence against journalists does not get enough attention from the press and the government, with cases – some led to death – closed without tri

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A woman in Aceh filed criminal charges against her "husband" of less than three months after finding out that he was in fact a woman, police said on Tuesday.

The number of new HIV infections continues to rise in a nation with few testing clinics and the continued prevalence of unprotected sex, the latest health data shows.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Board for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (BNP2TKI) should be held responsible for the beheading of Indonesian worker

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Today is the 41st anniversary of the death of Indonesia's first president and founding father, Sukarno, but the House of Representatives almost overlooked the

Kupang – The Indonesian border zone with Timor Leste, which was previously closed to the media, will be opened to journalists, a military commander says.

Ismira Lutfia – The highest concentration of Indonesians facing the death penalty or who are on death row abroad are in Malaysia, the foreign ministry said.

The Democratic Party's deputy secretary general said that the accusations made by the party's former treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin were completely untrue.

Ulma Haryanto – Antigraft heavyweights like money laundering watchdog chief Yunus Hussein and human rights activist Bambang Widjojanto are among those who have thrown their hats in the

Rizky Amelia – Two former United Development Party lawmakers on Monday were each sentenced to 15 months in jail for their involvement in the corruption scandal surrounding the appointme

Jayapura – Three candidate pairs running in the West Papua election walked out during the draw for their candidate ticket numbers in Manokwari on Monday to protest alleged duplicity by

Jakarta, Indonesia – Three Indonesians radicalized by the teachings of a firebrand Muslim cleric were sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for involvement in a terror plot.

Dofa Fasila – As the Indonesian capital enters the ripe old age of 484 years, its governor stated the obvious on Tuesday: Jakarta has an acute shortage of public transport.

Jakarta – Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) commander Lt. Gen.

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed an amendment to the 2003 Constitutional Court Law, officially limiting the court's authority in the future to verdicts tha

Ulma Haryanto – The Constitutional Court on Monday decided that Busyro Muqoddas would serve a full four-year term as a chairman the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Jakarta – The leading lights of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) say that Indonesia's largest Muslim organization is fragmenting and sliding into irrelevance in the reform era.

Nurfika Osman – Last month, Retno Listyarti served as an exam monitor at a senior high school in North Jakarta. She said that what she observed was mind-boggling.

Makassar – Through their leaders, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and the Pancasila Youth in Makassar signed a peace pact before police officials.

Rizky Amelia – Two former United Development Party (PPP) lawmakers on Monday were each sentenced to 15 months in jail for their involvement in the corruption scandal involving the appoi

Anita Rachman – A lawmaker from the House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal affairs said on Monday that the Constitutional Court was losing its reason after it ruled t

Antara & Jakarta Globe – The Singaporean government on Sunday deported five Indonesian activists who went to the city-state to search for embroiled Democratic Party lawmaker Muhamma

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Since the enactment of Law No. 21/2001 on Papuan Special Autonomy 10 years ago, the law has been obstructed by state officials.

Jason MacLeod – "You can mess with the police," said the Indonesian soldiers, "but if you try it with us, you're dead."

Marcel Thee & Tasa Nugraza Barley – The current dearth of Hollywood movies in our theaters has once again cast the spotlight on the Indonesian film industry's output, specifically t

Ulma Haryanto – A leading human rights watchdog is worried the Attorney General's Office could be deliberately stalling the case review of a Supreme Court ruling in the murder case of a

During the past month, Jakarta has hosted a number of regional and global conferences.

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa – Indonesia's improving economy has triggered foreign investment inflows.