Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – States should play a bigger role in the realization of people's rights to clean water by not only providing larger fund allocations for water but also co

In the latest blow to Indonesian lawmakers trying to shake off their reputation for incompetence, members of a House of Representatives commission visiting Australia embarrassed themsel

Petaling Jaya – Three Malaysians were queried by Jakarta police Thursday for suspected participation in a demonstration at the Indonesian capital, where the 18th Asean Summit is being h

Dion Bisara – In an unprecedented move, the central bank has barred Citibank Indonesia from acquiring new credit card customers for two years, priority banking customers for one year an

Phillip Coorey & Kirsty Needham – The Gillard government is believed to have given up on establishing a regional processing centre in East Timor and is now focusing on Papua New Gui

Elisabeth Oktofani – The last person jailed in relation to the brutal attack on members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church of Pondok Timur Indah in Bekasi late last year was relea

Jakarta – Activists from several legal organizations grouped under the Justice Monitoring Coalition said the Judicial Commission should not have the authority to wiretap as it was not a

Medan – Hundreds of journalists rallied in front of Medan Police headquarters to protest the closure of TOPKOTA and an attack on Orbit, two local daily newspapers.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A former member of the outlawed Indonesian Islamic State movement claimed on Thursday that the group had links to the co-founder of the Islamic-based Prospero

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Papua and West Papua has jumped by more than 30 percent to over 17,000 in just four months, an official said on

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – A terrorist group behind last month's suicide attack at a police mosque in Cirebon, West Java, had planned at least six similar attacks elsewhere, Indonesian pol

Solo – Scores of Indonesian men rallied on Friday to publicly vow their readiness to sacrifice their lives to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, in a sign of the Al Qaeda leader's pop

Jakarta – Suspended Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Mohamad is still receiving a government salary and benefits even though he is imprisoned in Kebon Waru Penitentiary in Bandung municipality, Wes

Camelia Pasandaran – The Corruption Eradication Commission on Friday said Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs had yet to implement 38 recommendations involving its controversial H

Camelia Pasandaran – A meeting between presidential staff and a beleaguered Indonesian church at the center of an ongoing dispute with the Bogor administration was delayed on Thursday.

Barry Wain – Government officials, analysts and academics continue to debate the merits of admitting Timor Leste this year to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, seemingly unawa

Megawati Wijaya, Singapore – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will weigh this week in Jakarta whether to bring East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, into the 10-membe

John Martinkus – A leaked US diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in Lisbon in 2006 details a senior Portuguese intelligence official accusing Australia of fomenting the violence in Eas

E Mei Amelia R, Jakarta – Indonesian police arrested three Malaysian citizens in relation to the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on May 7-8.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The City Police have launched an investigation to identify the owner of a car that has the license plate number B 8360 SBY, which has been construed as

After months of debate, scores of soldiers from the Bukit Barisan Military Command demolished Al Ikhlas mosque on Jl.

With the general election now three years off, the political climate is heating up every day as politicians begin jockeying for positions, heightening the rivalry.

Indonesia said Thursday its economy posted robust growth in the first quarter thanks to rising investment, exports and strong domestic consumption.

Fitri R. – Thirteen islets in West Lombok district in West Nusa Tenggara have been illegally sold to private individuals, companies and foreigners, officials alleged on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Puncak Jaya Regent Lukas Enembe has ordered soldiers not to carry weapons during peacetime, particularly when in the town, saying it scares residents.

An activist who campaigns for the protection of Papuan forests says an agreement between the European Union and Indonesia over illegally sourced timber probably won't save kwila hardwoo

Anita Rachman – Despite the intense criticism of lawmakers' overseas study trips, members of the House of Representatives' Commission II jetted off to India this week, claiming they nee

Criticism of the House of Representatives Commission VIII is mounting on social media Web sites after a gaffe during a discussion with the Association of Indonesian Students in Australi

Jakarta – The hefty cost of local bureaucracy has hampered the provision of basic services throughout Indonesia, according to an official.

Richard Chauvel – I first met Filep Karma in the Papuan capital, Jayapura, in November 2000.

Thousands of demonstrators from the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB) again demanded that a Referendum be held in Papua.

Nethy Dharma Somba – The election of Hana S Hikoyabi as a member of the Papua People Assembly (MRP) representing women has been rejected by the Home Ministry for the 2011-2016 term due

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Lack of education and training has resulted in the sluggish expansion of job opportunities for women in Indonesia, experts say.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is engaging in non-combat activities in an attempt to repair its image among locals.

Beyond our imagination, the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) teachings have spread to many layers of society, but the way the government plays down the lurking danger that may cost the ex

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Mataram – Students nationwide marked National Education Day on Monday with peaceful rallies demanding free education, better infrastructure a

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – "Non-procedural" forest use in three provinces of Kalimantan has cost the state Rp 311.4 trillion (US$36.38 billion) in losses, according to a government report

Jakarta – The government has revoked 4,000 bylaws deemed unjust, discriminatory and in violation of human rights.

Thousands of people have joined mass rallies in cities and towns around Papua to mark the handover from UN to Indonesian control in 1963.

Farouk Arnaz & Agence France Presse – In a reaction that hardly came as a surprise, radical Indonesian Islamists on Monday hailed slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a "martyr"

Local and provincial Police stopped demonstrators from continuing on their route to the House of Representatives of Papua building in Jayapura.

Nivell Rayda – News of the death of Osama bin Laden reverberated strongly in this corner of the world, particularly in Indonesia, where ties between Al Qaeda and local terrorist groups

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic body on Tuesday condemned the sea burial of Osama bin Laden, as radicals promised a day of mass prayer to mourn the Al Qaeda leader's death at the hand

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) campaign to achieve a top three spot in the 2014 election may face a rough road as it is coping with a fight with its former founder, Yusu

Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie has asked all party members to avoid Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding School in Indramayu, West Java, which is allegedly operated by the Indonesian Islam

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) says it is planning to organize a mass prayer after the killing of wanted terrorist and Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by US troops on the wee

Heru Andriyanto – The Jakarta High Court has slapped an additional three years to the seven-year jail term imposed on disgraced taxman Gayus Tambunan.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – An outspoken Democratic Party legislator on Tuesday accused other members of House of Representatives Commission III of using their power to protect business

Ulma Haryanto - A former legislator convicted of taking bribes in the 2004 selection of a senior central bank official testified on Monday against his former colleagues in the same case

Dessy Sagita – The Judicial Commission announced on Monday that it had received more than 1,000 complaints so far this year about the conduct of judges.