Responding to recent moves to hold a dialogue between Jakarta and Papua, the chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, Forkorus Yaboisembut, said that such a dialogue will not be

Tom Allard, Jakarta – It is a ubiquitous sight, and sound, across the cities and villages of Indonesia: the bakso vendor tapping a steady rhythm on a large steel pot, quite literally dr

Jakarta, Indonesia – East Timor has applied for a membership in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations. Its application was submitted Friday by East Timor's foreign minister.

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Yuli Krisna & Eras Poke, Bandung – West Java joined a string of other regional governments on Thursday in banning activities of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Nivell Rayda – For corruption convict Anggodo Widjojo, appealing the four-year sentence handed down to him in September likely seems like a bad idea in hindsight.

Jakarta – International rights group Amnesty International has strongly urged the Indonesian government to promptly investigate the stabbing of journalist Banjir Ambarita, which took pl

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is pushing for corporations, both national and multi-national, to be deemed as parties that can also be held liable for human

The chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, Forkorus Yaboisembut, is reported as saying that the process of elimination of the Melanesian Race which is currently turning the in

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono voiced support Thursday for East Timor's bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, his spokesman said.

Adam Gartrell – Malaysia's support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposed East Timor asylum seeker processing centre could hinge on who's expected to pay for it.

Canberra – Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday he remained undecided on supporting Australia's plan to make East Timor a regional hub for processing asylum seekers, adding that cost

Karlis Salna – East Timor's main opposition party has reaffirmed its objections to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's regional refugee processing centre plan, vowing to make it a

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An Indonesian journalist has sustained minor injuries to his arm after being beaten by a police officer in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Following in the footsteps of East and West Java, South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo issued on Thursday a ban on the Ahmadiyah sect from practicing their religion pub

Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – There was plenty of fiery rhetoric on display during Tuesday's rally by hard-liners demanding the Ahmadiyah sect be outlawed, but the calls for revol

Jakarta – United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Robert S.

Jakarta – Indonesia's education development index (EDI) dropped to 69th in 2011, down from its rank of 65th last year.

Jakarta – The number of impoverished people in the country may increase should the government pass into law a bill on poverty alleviation that will redefine who is categorized as poor,

An East Java lawmaker whose sex video has been circulated on the Internet says the video might have been taken from his laptop which he had sold recently.

Papua journalist Banjir Ambarita, was stabbed by unknown assailants in Jayapura on Wednesday night.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) says there is nothing wrong with their monitoring system and that the recent extortion case involving a Tangerang prosecutor w

Ina Parlina – A coalition of NGOs has challenged the government with its own version of the state secrecy bill, saying this one was more "humane" and the government's one posed a threat

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday demanded a review of the increasing numbers of discriminatory bylaws being enacted by regional governments throughout

Indonesian police said on Thursday that four officers would be charged over the "unforgivable" gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Papua province.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Dion Bisara – Controversy generated during recent initial public offerings by state companies has not stopped the government's plans to list even more of its

Marni Cordell – Protests in North Africa have sparked renewed interest in citizens' rights – and media coverage has helped.

Ririn Radiwati Kusuma & Reuters – An Energy Ministry official urged legislators on Wednesday to rethink the cabotage law as it could hurt oil and gas production in a nation already

A Papuan pro-independence alliance is calling for Indonesia's application for observer status at meetings of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to be declined.

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo, East Java – A new application for a gas drilling project by the company widely blamed for triggering a mud volcano that devastated the region must be accepted first

Elisabeth Oktofani & Antara – The Indonesian film industry appeared lukewarm to the government's plan to allocate a special budget to subsidize the production of films that "instill

Jakarta – Wahid Institute executive director Yenny Wahid said Tuesday that East Java Governor Soekarwo's decision to ban the Ahmadiyah sect in her province was not an effective solution

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has supported the issuance of several bylaws that ban Ahmadiyah activities.

Camelia Pasandaran, Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – As thousands of hard-liners gathered at Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia traffic circle demanding the immediate disbandment of the Ahmad

Nivell Rayda – Security analysts warned on Wednesday of growing alliances between hard-line Muslim groups and fundamentalists with close ties to terrorist cells, as the nation is grippe

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Heru Andriyanto – Activists on Tuesday said the Attorney General's Office should now have enough ammunition to launch further legal action against former top intelligence official Muchd

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives deputy speaker implicated in the country's latest sex video scandal claims it is a ploy to undermine his party ahead of the 2014

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Banjir Ambarita – The family of a female detainee who was forced to perform oral sex on three officers at the Jayapura Police's detention center has reported the case to the National Co

Jakarta – Of 524 local administration heads across the country, there are 160 who are undergoing legal processes, an official says.

Zoe Kenny – The story of women in Indonesia is inseparable from the development of the Indonesian nation itself.

John Magai Yogi who is said to be the commander of the TPN/OPM in the district of Paniai and who has for some time been on the police 'Wanted' list, has been arrested by the police in N

Rendi A. Witular – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched on Feb. 22 a blueprint for the nation's economic development for the next 14 years.

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police announced on Tuesday that they will set up a new unit to deal with riots and violent clashes.

The Indonesian government is planning to allocate a special budget to subsidize the production of films that "instill love to the nation, raise patriotism and national defense."

Makassar – An Ahmadiyah community in Sigi, Central Sulawesi, says the local House of Representatives (DPRD) was discriminating against them by demanding they stop using a house in the a

Jakarta – A decree regulating restrictions on Ahmadiyah activities issued by the East Java governor is against the Constitution and harms the nation's value of pluralism, noted lawyer T