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Jakarta – National Education Minister Muhammad Nuh says half of Indonesia's labor force is comprised of primary school graduates, some of whom have not even completed six years of basic

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received a letter from 27 US lawmakers urging him to immediately revoke recent provincial decrees and the 2008 national decree banning Ahmadiyah a

Rights group Amnesty International urged Indonesia on Thursday to investigate allegations of soldiers intimidating followers of a minority Islamic sect and forcing them to renounce thei

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representative's Commission XI overseeing finance and national development are planning visit the US and England to research an accounting bill.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's liberal Muslims said Wednesday they were not deterred by the renewed threat of terror after a liberal Muslim activist was mailed a bomb disguised in

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – A popular singer. A former anti-terror chief. An outspoken critic of Islamic extremism.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri has once again slammed the door on any possibility of joining the ruling coal

Jakarta – Prolonged debate on the bank accounts with implausibly large balances allegedly held by several mid- and high-ranking police officers will end only if the Corruption Eradicati

Heru Andriyanto – Suspected militants testifying in the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir have described the firebrand cleric as an influential anti-democracy advocate with solid links to the A

Nurfika Osman – The country's top antigraft body said on Wednesday that it had no intention of probing the explosive allegations in reports published by two Australian newspapers based

A West Papuan independence group has been angered by a decision to grant Indonesia observer status at a summit meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group next week.

A week after two Australian newspapers earned the ire of the Indonesian government for publishing allegations that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, among other officials, abused his

An Australian newspaper at the center of the controversy surrounding allegations of abuse of power involving President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains unapologetic for publishing the "

Ina Parlina and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Soldiers involved in an operation initiated by the West Java administration to convince local Ahmadis to change their beliefs was "voluntary

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – The House of Representatives has asked the General Elections Commission to suspend by 24 hours the processing of a request by the Nat

Indonesia said on Wednesday that it will press on with plans to build a nuclear plant close to a fault line, despite the atomic emergency in earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan.

Heru Andriyanto – A bill to implement an international antigraft convention will have broader powers than existing legislation by criminalizing private-sector corruption and bribery of

Indonesia admitted on Wednesday that soldiers had been entering mosques of a minority Islamic sect but said they had been protecting followers, escalating a debate about religious freed

Sukabumi – Eighteen more members of the Ahmadiyah sect, this time from four subdistricts in Sukabumi, West Java, renounced their faith on Wednesday.

The WikiLeaks phenomenon has produced an important test for Indonesia's democracy project.

Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor has discussed the so-called East Timor solution with Indonesian officials as Australia prepares to make its case for the plan at the Bali Process

Candra Malik, Magelang, Central Java – Nearly 7,000 minors face criminal trials in Indonesian courtrooms each year, and 90 percent of them end up behind bars either for the duration of

An Indonesian analyst believes Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Jakarta were the work of the United States.

A top Indonesian antiterror official said on Wednesday that regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah was behind a series of 'book bombs' in Jakarta, one of which injured four people.

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – One of three mail bombs sent to Indonesians blamed for "sins against Islam" wounded four people when police detonated it, a new threat coming as re

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – Traffic congestion cost the city up to Rp 46 trillion (US$5.2 billion) last year, the Jakarta Transportation Agency says.

Ade Mardiyati – It is a few minutes past eight in the evening on Jalan Blora in Central Jakarta and nightlife revelers are starting to trickle onto the street, still wet and muddy from

Nurfika Osman – The country's highest authority on Islamic affairs, the Indonesian Council of Ulema, on Tuesday denied that one of its provincial branches had issued an edict banning wo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Having previously called for the blood of Ahmadis, the Islamic Defenders Front on Tuesday suggested that peace with the sect was possible only if a critical r

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – The military denied on Tuesday that it had ordered the Siliwangi command in West Java to encourage mainstream Muslims to occupy Ahmad

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Jakarta – The government said Monday that the transfer of all businesses linked to the Indonesian Military (TNI) was complete, leaving only the settlement of state assets being used by

A provincial branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema has issued a fatwa banning females from running for the positions of mayor.

A bomb exploded at the office of a moderate Islamic group in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Tuesday, injuring four people including a policeman, police and a witness said.

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's Presidential Palace on Tuesday denied reports that a "furious" President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had refused to take a conversation from United States

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A planned telephone conversation between US President Barack Obama and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was cancelled because US diplomats reported to Washington that the

Banking and construction tycoon Tomy Winata has denied WikiLeaks allegations that he "relays funds" to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Eight nurses and midwives have been arrested in Jayapura for their involvement in a strike that resulting in a halt to services at the general hospital in Jayapura – They face charges o

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – One person died and six others were injured when they were held captive by the 744 Infantry Battalion/Satya Yudha Bakti (SYB) Military Command in Atambua, East

Jakarta – Human rights activists urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to sack his religious affairs minister and to lift a ban on a minority Islamic group prac

Jakarta – Women should have greater opportunities in decision-making processes to ensure the effectiveness of policy programs designed to help the poor – especially women and children –

Nivell Rayda – The Alliance of Independent Journalists has condemned the apparent terrorist attack on Liberal Islamic Network co-founder Ulil Abshar Abdalla, calling it "a brutal assaul

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Djoko Suyanto said that he was unaware of the involvement of the military in activities aimed at converting Ahmadis to mai

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has demanded the military answer to allegations that a West Java military unit launched an operation to intimidate Ahmadiyah foll

Palembang – Different from the national education minister's statement, the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) has conceded that many regions in Indonesia still suffer a teacher sho

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