Ulma Haryanto – It's all a matter of politics, corruption watchdogs say, when figuring out why efforts to eradicate corruption over the past decade seem to have done very little.

Jakarta – Female activists from the Indonesia Women's Front plan to march for women's rights on Kartini Day in Jakarta on Thursday.

Fitri – Hundreds of residents marched toward the Batu Layar subdistrict office in West Nusa Tenggara on Wednesday to demand that officials immediately cancel plans to split their villag

Jakarta – An independent legal system and strong mass organizations could prevent Indonesia's oligarchy from dominating politics, an American democratic activist says.

Dessy Sagita – The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that it was preparing programs to fight increasing cases of overnutrition among Indonesian children.

Medan – National exams held at senior high schools in Medan have been marred by cheating involving the schools and students, an NGO says.

Amid growing radicalism in Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has reportedly supported the People's Consultative Assembly's call to extend the teaching of national ideology a

Johannes Nugroho – Today marks the 132nd anniversary of the birth of Raden Ajeng Kartini, Indonesia's most celebrated feminist.

Hans David Tampubolon and Nani Afrida – Amid irregularities in the police investigation of the death of a Citibank client while talking to bank debt collectors, the local unit of US ban

Camelia Pasandaran, Bogor – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Tuesday for state an law-enforcement institutions to work together to prevent terrorism, radicalization and inte

Human Rights Watch issued a statement on Wednesday urging Indonesian authorities to provide full protection for everyone attending the trial of 11 men charged with the deadly attacks on

Camelia Pasandaran & Arientha Primanita – The government has said it will weigh in on the long-running standoff between the Bogor administration and a beleaguered Christian congrega

Francezka Nangoy – Amid a bumper day of positive economic news for the country, the Investment Coordinating Board announced that foreign direct investment in Indonesia rose 11.6 percent

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – An angry group of Indonesian Military (TNI) members allegedly tortured and killed a debt collector in Depok, West Java, on Monday.

Loro Horta – After 400 years of inept Portuguese colonial rule and 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation, Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) gained its independence in 2002 following

Woodside Petroleum Ltd says East Timor's government has ignored requests for talks on the stalled Sunrise development and that competitors had shown interest in buying the $7 billion pr

Ismira Lutfia – A US report has labeled Indonesia's Internet as "partly free," citing concerns about the possibility of emerging government attempts to restrict online expression and co

Parwito, Kebumen – A video of a clash between the Indonesian military (TNI) and residents of Urut Sewu in the area of the army's Research and Development Office (Dislitbang) in Kebumen

An internal investigation has found that the soldiers who fired rubber bullets at farmers over the weekend did not violate any procedure, Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Agus Maryono, Kebumen – Authorities have been urged to involve local figures and ulema in the search for solutions to the prolonged dispute between local farmers and the Indonesian Mili

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The opening of the first lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a controversial new office tower for legislators had to be adjourned on Monday when none

Anita Rachman – Despite recent public outrage about their extravagant spending, lawmakers are set to rack up a bill of close to Rp 13 billion ($1.5 million) on overseas "study" trips ov

Banjir Ambarita, Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Officials in Papua on Monday defended the decision to deposit development funds worth Rp 1.25 trillion ($145 million

Makassar – Gowa-Makassar Students' Forum for Solidarity held a rally in front of Makassar City Hall on Monday, demanding a termination of beach reclamation on Jl.

Parwito, Kebumen – Only 16 percent of the ownership of all the land controlled by the Indonesian military in Indonesia is clear.

Jakarta – A report released by the International Crisis Group (ICG) on Tuesday stated that the emergence of small terror groups in the country was accompanied by a change in tactics and

Jakarta – On the heels of House Speaker Marzuki Alie's recent comments on the presence of a United Nations body at the House of Representatives, several NGOs urged the government to eva

Zubaidah Nazeer – Indonesia is losing forest area about four times the size of Jakarta as politicians continue to bicker over a moratorium on cutting down trees.

Jakarta – Activists on Monday alleged that the Indonesian government let violence and terror reign in the country as it resulted in the disbursement of foreign funds in the name of the

Vento Saudale, Bogor – An Ahmadi man was sentenced to nine months in jail on Monday for stabbing a teenager following an attack by hundreds of hard-line Muslims on an Ahmadiyah communit

Putri Fitria, Yogyakarta – In a mind-boggling example of the Indonesian justice system, a search and rescue volunteer who spent more than 100 days behind bars for possessing a weapon –

Anita Rachman – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Arifinto who had announced his resignation last week appeared at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, stating that he s

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – For the first time since being established in 1998, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) celebrated its anniversary in a gloomy mood Sunday, with party leaders

An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced an Islamic extremist to eight years in jail for possession of firearms and explosives, but left out a charge of plotting to attack the Danish Emb

The National Police officially confirmed the identity of the man who bombed At-Taqwa mosque in Cirebon Police Headquarters on Friday, killing himself and injuring 30.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ismira Lutfia – The national human rights body said on Monday that it had sent a team to Kebumen, Central Java, to investigate last weekend's clash there

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ismira Lutfia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the Army to investigate a weekend clash involving soldiers that left several farmers injure

Lynn Lee – Indonesia is backing Timor Leste's bid to join Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) because excluding it would be "economically unnatural" and "politically destabil

Ulma Haryanto – One of the main refrains from members of the House of Representatives who say a costly new office tower needs to be built is, "Our offices are cramped."

Jakarta – LBGT rights group Arus Pelangi is pursuing justice for Faizal "Shakira" Harahap, a transsexual shot dead in a robbery last month, saying transgender groups were frequently tar

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Thousands of people are at risk of starvation and disease after heavy flooding in Papua's Paniai district, an official said over the weekend.

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Bad news may mean good promotion for some, as in the case of prominent filmmaker Hanung Bramantyo's latest pluralism-themed film, the simply titled ?.

Farouk Arnaz & Elisabeth Oktofani – Condemnation of Friday's suicide bombing in Cirebon, the first such attack inside a mosque in this country, came quickly from all corners of soci

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) urges the whole nation to condemn the suicide bomb attack that hit a mosque at the Cirebon Police complex during Friday pra

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As many as 10 non-legislative parties have agreed to merge into one bigger party in an attempt to pass the recently increased electoral requirements ahead of

Indonesia's gaffe-prone speaker of the House of Representatives has done it again, this time suggesting that the United Nations Development Programme should vacate their offices in the

Jakarta – On the heels of the bombing of a mosque at police headquarters in Cirebon on Friday, the head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), Sutanto, said the House of Representat

Bruce Gale – "We are stuck with this bunch of mostly political clowns for four more years."