Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The government is considering returning the mechanism in the gubernatorial elections from the current direct system back to vote counting at the Regional Rep

Malang – Suciwati, the widow of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, says she suspects there is a plan to acquit Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, a former Garuda pilot serving a 20-ye

Civil servants in the province are required to wear locally made shoes or face a heavy punishment – 200 push-ups, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan announced on Tuesday.

Dili – At the swearing in ceremony for the national director and department head of the State Inspector General, yesterday (8 June), the Minister for Finance Emilia Pires acknowledged t

Dili – Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao has asked the inspector general of the state to investigate some members of government for having committed acts of maladministration and ir

Zubaidah Nazeer – Resentment of Singapore's perceived role as a safe haven for law-breaking Indonesians is mounting as the authorities here struggle to bring two graft suspects back for

Candra Malik, Solo – The Central Java Police said on Wednesday that officers in the province were being encouraged to find amicable, mediated solutions to frivolous cases and petty crim

Candra Malik, Semarang – Seventeen of the 25 men charged with rioting that destroyed buildings and injured bystanders in Temanggung, Central Java, could be released soon after being giv

Bagus BT Saragih – On the heels of a series of killings and attacks against police officers across the country, the police force have, once again, been criticized on their violent acts

Agus Triyono & Ulma Haryanto – Claiming to have new evidence that could overturn his sentence, the convicted murderer of rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib on Tuesday registered a

Greenpeace on Wednesday accused Mattel, the US maker of Barbie dolls, of contributing to the wanton destruction of carbon-rich Indonesian forests and habitats of endangered species like

Ismira Lutfia – A legislative bill giving intelligence agents authority to preemptively arrest suspected terrorists is still fiercely debated by opposing factions in the House of Repres

The Alliance of Churches in the Land of Papua, PGGP, has called on the government to revise the work contract concluded with the mining company, Freeport.

An article from a former employee of the energy company Woodside has labelled their negotiating style "arrogant" and "adversarial", saying it's largely the company's own fault that long

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Ismira Lutfia – For all the talk of poor infrastructure and rampant corruption holding Indonesia back from its full potential, experts said, health is an equ

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The increasing number of bylaws on HIV/AIDS prevention in Indonesia is apparently ineffective at curbing the spread of the disease among society, an observer

Candra Malik& Hangga Brata – A Central Java official has threatened to shut down two Islamic schools where the principals refuse to hold flag-raising ceremonies, saying the practice

Elisabeth Oktofani – The Social Affairs Ministry and the Witness and Victim Protection Agency on Tuesday announced they were teaming up to provide safe havens for domestic abuse victims

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia's global competitiveness has increased significantly since 2005 but work needs to be done to improve the country's public health, information technolog

Ronna Nirmala – Hutomo Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former President Suharto, announced his first foray into the media industry with an undisclosed investment to launch a news por

Jayakarta Regional Military Command on Wednesday announced a plan to clear Taman Lawang, a public park on Jalan Latuharhary in Central Jakarta, of transvestites.

Jakarta – The lawyer of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the man convicted of murdering human rights activist Munir, says the Supreme Court was wrong to hear an appeal filed by prosecutor

Nurfika Osman – A controversial group calling itself the "Obedient Wives Club" may open a branch in Jakarta this month.

Rizky Amelia – Case broker Ary Muladi on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to bribe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders and the obstruction of jus

Bandung – Dozens of farmers from Pangalengan, West Java, staged a rally at the West Java gubernatorial office in Bandung on Monday, asking the government to mediate their land disputes

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A deputy speaker of the House of Representatives said today that House leaders had agreed to impose a moratorium on overseas trips to help expedite bill delib

Nivell Rayda – It has been a year since I visited the tiny goat shed that brought the town of Karangasem, in West Java's Indramayu district to infamy.

Al Araf, Jakarta – The democratic transition in Indonesia is undoubtedly a complex and fragile process.

Anita Rachman – Debate over the percentage of votes in the legislative election required for a political party to hold a seat at the House of Representatives has again caused a furor, w

Heru Andriyanto – The Supreme Court should reject any request for a case review by the pilot convicted of the murder of Munir Said Thalib because it would have no legal standing, a righ

Jakarta – A solidarity group for murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib called on the Supreme Court to reject a case review petition filed by Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, th

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Soft drinks vendor Sutarto was shocked when he saw a sedan drive into a fountain and tip over with a loud splash last month.

Tom Allard, Jakarta, and Richard Willingham – The live cattle trade to Indonesia will be dramatically restricted under a plan being considered by the Australian and Indonesian governmen

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's push to renegotiate oil and gas contracts with foreign companies would set a bad precedent, industry players said.

Armando Siahaan – Recent political shenanigans have certainly raised questions about how much Indonesian politics have progressed since the end of the New Order regime.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Awakening Party said on Sunday that it was in the process of finalizing its registration in the 2014 elections, but one party leader said her unr

Heru Andriyanto – The recent arrest of a judge for bribe-taking shows Indonesia should start putting in place firm antigraft measures across the country's courts, especially as the prac

The Singapore Embassy in Jakarta on Monday clarified that, contrary to recent reports, the Singaporean government had already signed an extradition treaty with Indonesia and that this t

Jakarta, Indonesia – A radical Indonesian cleric facing life in prison on terrorism charges professed his innocence Monday and rejected the trial as outside Islamic law in a final court

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's detectives unit has a new policy aimed at combating corruption – by requiring its members and visitors to wear an anti-corruption pins whenever they

Garut – About 500 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front attempted to force their way into a shop selling alcohol in Garut district, West Java, over the weekend.

Amir Tejo – A senior Democratic Party official said on Friday that former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati would make an ideal presidential candidate in 2014.

Anita Rachman – Is the Democratic Party attempting to direct the public spotlight away from Muhammad Nazaruddin?

Jakarta - Papua's economy contracted by 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2011, compared with the figure from the same period last year.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists say that Indonesia's environment is at risk due to the government's failure to enforce reclamation and post-mining rehabilitation regulations o

Agus Triyono & Arientha Primanita – The arrest of Syarifuddin Umar, a judge caught allegedly accepting bribes in a bankruptcy case, has prompted calls for a review of the cases he h

Jakarta – As they struggle to restore the tarnished image of their institution, police officers now face increasingly higher risks of violence while on duty.

Jack Hewson, Bentian Besar, East Kalimantan – At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns out of the ground, its nadir filled with brown slurry.

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D.

Karlis Salna – With just over a year to elections in East Timor, it appears almost certain the same political players that have dominated its first 10 years as a nation will again be vy