Armando Siahaan – Sometimes we applaud the police. Sometimes we criticize their actions. And sometimes we just have no idea what they were thinking.

Is Indonesia a nation that abides by the rule of law? Do its elected officials respect the law and govern in accordance with the edicts of the courts?

Erik Meijaard – In December 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched Indonesia's orangutan conservation strategy and action plan, which calls for all wild orangutan populations

Yohanes Sulaiman – The debate on the legacy of Suharto and the New Order began immediately after his fall in May 1998.

Jakarta – A number of teachers launched on Tuesday a new association called the Indonesian Civic Teachers Association (IGCI), amid growing concerns on a need for character education to

Nurfika Osman – A worrying rise in sectarian and religious conflicts around the country could be traced back to the poor implementation of civic education in schools, experts said on Tu

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Dozens of National Education University (Undiknas) students have called on the public and the local government to end discrimination against the transgendere

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – Two former lawmakers accused of taking bribes in the selection of Miranda Goeltom to a senior post at the central bank told a court on Mond

Jakarta – Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (Kasum) members expressed disappointment after a meeting between the Central Jakarta District Court and PT Garuda Indonesia Airlines was

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Golkar Party legislator Ade Komarudin denied allegations that his party fabricated a recent survey that showed public interest favoring his party.

Semarang, Indonesia – An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a cleric one year in jail for inciting hundreds of people to burn churches and attack police.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Supreme Court has demanded the Bogor administration comply with its order to allow the GKI Yasmin church to reopen.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Political analysts say the Democratic Party needs a breakthrough to halt its recent popularity slide triggered by graft allegations levelled at its former

Lauren Zumbach – Although young Indonesian Muslims are models of some traditional Islamic practices, they are less strict in their beliefs and observing religious rituals, according to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior Democratic Party official conceded on Monday that allegations of graft surrounding former treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin had hurt the party.

East Timor's Council of Ministers has approved revisions to the Petroleum Fund Law that will see one of the smallest countries in the world move its money out of the world's biggest eco

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Three prominent civil society groups opposed the recent World Economic Forum on East Asia today, saying it would bring more irresponsible foreign investment to In

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial said Lt. Gen.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The food estate policy that has encouraged foreign investment in agriculture may not prevent potential food crises, activists say.

Ismira Lutfia – The government says that at a market-based wage for Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia accommodates the interests of all parties.

Jakarta – Community-based organizations can play big role in providing a place for former child laborers, preventing them from returning to the worst form of labor, activists marking Wo

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police said Saturday the force could continue investigating 14 timber companies operating in Riau following protests from civil society and the

Jakarta – Tourism and Culture Minister Jero Wacik has announced that the government will increase a tax on foreign film imports by 100 percent.

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The much-criticized bill on Yogyakarta's status will regulate the royal household's ownership of vast tracts of land, an official said on

Farouk Arnaz – Counterterrorism police have arrested 16 suspects involved in different terror plots, including a plan to carry out a mass poisoning of police, the National Police spokes

Anita Rachman – The ruling Democratic Party has taken a serious hit in public perception after being rocked by graft scandals implicating its former treasurer, Muhammad Nazaruddin, acco

Jakarta – The Bandar Lampung branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has expressed concern that the intelligence bill, currently being deliberated at the House of Repres

Indonesia and the United states on Friday started a joint military exercise dubbed "Garuda Shield 2011" in Bogor, West Java.

Vento Saudale – At 18 years old, Fitriasih has already been married 11 times in the past eight months, each time to a different Arab man.

Manokwari – Hundreds of people rallied on Friday, under the banner of the West Papua National Authority (WPNA) calling for the release of all Papuan political prisoners.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The dominant security and military approaches to addressing problems in Papua have slowed development and have given way to human rights violations, a study

Agus Triyono – In two years time, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be flying on the Indonesian version of Air Force One.

A legislator from the Labor Party has requested that a street be named after Indonesia's second president, Soeharto, in Manado, North Sulawesi.

Agus Triyono – An internal investigation by the Supreme Court has found no other judges were involved in the bribery scandal that led to the arrest of Central Jakarta Court judge Syarif

The Judicial Commission (KY) has received 1,414 reports of judges violating their professional code of ethics in the past four months, a discussion revealed.

Indonesia has arrested eight terror suspects who were plotting a mass poisoning of police personnel, an anti-terror officer said Saturday, as one report said they had planned to use cya

Jakarta – The newly-established One Republic Party denied rumors of Soeharto family involvement.

Nila Ardhianie, Semarang – Time has passed quickly. The privatization of piped water service in Jakarta will mark its 13th anniversary on June 6.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Heru Andriyanto – A lawmaker who recently irked leaders of the House of Representatives by calling them "budget crooks" was herself linked to a budget-bro

Indra Harsaputra and Hyginus Hardoyo, Surabaya/Jakarta – Cheating in exams constitutes a fraudulent action classified as an achievement that is not praiseworthy, like corruption.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's denial that he was grooming a successor from within his family ahead of the 2014 presidential polls should be taken with

Jakarta – Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Pramono Edhie Wibowo have been touted as presidential candidates from the Democratic Party following the President's statement about not grooming pot

Protestors brought business to a halt in Cikarang, Bekasi, on Friday as demonstrators demanded the passage of a bill that would create a social security agency.

Dessy Sagita – A string of state institutions agreed on Thursday to tighten regulations and improve standard operating procedures at penitentiaries and detention centers across Indonesi

Amir Tejo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Surabaya – Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Lindsay Murdoch – The Timorese-born Australian woman acquitted last year of conspiring to murder East Timor's President, Jose Ramos-Horta, plans to stand for his job next year.

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Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday that he was not grooming anybody for a presidential run in the 2014 general elections.

Lenita Sulthani, Karawang, West Java – Ngadiyo, a farmer in Indonesia's West Java, worries that there won't be anyone to grow rice once he retires.

New York – Indonesia should use its election to the United Nations Human Rights Council to implement reforms on the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and religion, Human Rights