Ismira Lutfia& Banjir Ambarita – The appallingly low wages paid to the majority of journalists in Indonesia may cause some to compromise their professionalism, the Alliance of Indep

Dion Bisara – In a move intended to improve ministry transparency, Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo ordered a reshuffle on Friday, pushing top taxman Mochamad Tjiptardjo out the door.

Anita Rachman – While continuing to deny that they had political ambitions, officials of the National Democrats on Friday vowed that every single province in Indonesia would have an off

Nurfika Osman – Indonesia Corruption Watch on Friday revived allegations that the interest earned on hajj funds paid by prospective pilgrims had been misappropriated by the Ministry of

Anita Rachman – Senior politicians and analysts on Friday dismissed graft convict Gayus Tambunan's claims of political maneuvering and even CIA involvement in his case as nothing more t

Armando Siahaan & Nivell Rayda – Human rights activists criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for playing down human rights violations in the country, saying it was counterp

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesian owners of BlackBerry smartphones will have access to pornographic material severely limited after the manufacturer of the phones agreed to g

Armando Siahaan & Ulma Haryanto – Fresh from his moral crusade to block access to pornographic Web sites on BlackBerrys, the minister of communications and information technology sa

Dofa Fasila, Jakarta – Gooey, black oil. If just the thought disgusts you, the Jakarta administration might have found a way to make people respect road safety regulations.

Jayapura – The Home Affairs Ministry has asked for alteration of the definition of "Indigenous Papuans" amid the ongoing election of new members for Papua People's Council (MRP).

Jakarta – Human rights activists in Papua deem the president's claim that no gross human rights violations occurred in Papua under his administration as a complete farce.

In a statement that may hurt his image as a champion of democracy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday that a vicious torture incident in Papua that triggered global outrage

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday demanded that leaders of both the Indonesian Armed Forces and the National Police to clear

Jakarta – The US Central Intelligence Agency very much dominated the initial consolidation of the New Order regime of former President Suharto.

Camelia Pasandaran, Palembang – In the midst of global worries over food availability, farmers are just as worried about their livelihood.

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A group of lawyers has mounted a bid to challenge the city's new antismoking decree, saying it violated human rights.

Desi Anwar – Now that we're becoming a nanny state, set on protecting our citizens by filtering all sorts of unsavory stuff, why stop at just BlackBerry?

Rendi A. Witular and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Judicial Mafia Taskforce on Thursday warned that claims of a conspiracy by graft convict Gayus H.

Zaky Pawas, Indonesia – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Depok on Thursday as opposition mounted against Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail, who on Wednesday was sworn in for his sec

Indonesian prosecutors have demanded jail terms of up to 12 months for three soldiers accused of disobedience after they filmed themselves torturing Papuan civilians.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three soldiers of the Cendrawasih Military Command in Jayapura, Papua, could face nine months to one year in a military prison for alleged involvement in

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that human rights violations in Papua are still high.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Life is hard for those who operate Jakarta's public transportation.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In its latest hearing with law enforcers investigating the Bank Century bailout, the House of Representatives called on Wednesday for a forensic prob

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' insistence on building a controversial new office tower is an "evil conspiracy" that no amount of public indignation can derail, w

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government will soon abolish import duties for 30 staple commodities starting from the end of this month amid rising concerns over a possible food supply sh

Jayapura – Three members of the Indonesian military (TNI) who are appearing as defendants in a case of torture against civilians in Papua have confessed to being guilty of their actions

Jakarta – A day before its deadline, Research In Motion was able to install the filters necessary to block access to pornography through its ubiquitous BlackBerry devices in Indonesia.

Shirley Christie – The government on Thursday praised Research in Motion for installing filters the day before to block access to pornography through its ubiquitous BlackBerry devices a

Yuli Krisna – Pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham was briefly trapped inside the Bandung District Court on Thursday by Muslim protesters demanding he receive a harsh punishment over a sex-tap

Indonesian prosecutors have demanded jail terms of up to 12 months for three soldiers accused of disobedience after they filmed themselves torturing Papuan civilians.

Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – More than three months after their homes, school and mosque were torched, members of a beleaguered Ahmadiyah community near Bogor continue to be persecuted by

Dili, East Timor – East Timorese police evicted more than 1,000 long-term squatters from a former Indonesian barracks in Dili Thursday, sparking a rowdy protest.

Indonesia – Aside from the rogue taxman and his one-time lawyer, seven others have been tried in relation to Gayus Tambunan's farcical trial at the Tangerang District Court in March.

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Corruption is becoming increasingly rampant in Central Java as shown by the substantial increase in the number of corruption cases found over the last three yea

Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – A new war of words has erupted between members of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force and graft convict Gayus Tambunan.

Jakarta – The jailing of a rogue tax official whose exploits shocked Indonesia will do little to improve President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's standing as a corruption fighter, analysts

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Gayus Tambunan, the tax official at the centre of a scandal that exposed a wide network of corruption among Indonesian law enforcers and bureaucrats, has been sent

Heru Andriyanto & Nivell Rayda – In a verdict widely seen as failing the public's sense of justice, disgraced taxman Gayus Tambunan on Wednesday was jailed for seven years – less th

Peter Alford – Corrupt taxman Gayus Tambunan, whose exposure demonstrated the malignancy of Indonesia's "judicial mafia", has been jailed for seven years.

Ismira Lutfia – Three nongovernmental organizations have joined the chorus of voices calling for the courts to overturn the indecency conviction of Playboy Indonesia editor Erwin Arnada

Camelia Pasandaran – Unfazed by a meeting they had with the president to clarify their accusation that the government has been lying to the public, a group of religious leaders on Wedne

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – The United States government used the social networking media in Indonesia, from blogs, Facebook to Twitter, to spread its influence.

Jia You – Many things could come to mind when one imagines a hospital; but could livestock be one of them?

Bagus BT Saragih and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie called on legislators to reject their newly completed official residences because of the p

Arientha Primanita – Planning and environmental experts have lambasted the Jakarta administration over its draft of the city's spatial master plan, which they argue contains two unlawfu

Hans David Tampubolon – Many believe that the aborted communist coup of 1965 was the result of a global conflict between world superpowers.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Armed Forces on Wednesday kicked off a two-day national leaders' meeting to evaluate its performance last year and to decide on the military's

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A coalition of religious figures has vowed to remain critical of the government's failings, following a meeting on Monday night with President Susilo Bambang

Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has painted a bleak picture of the country's regional heads, saying too many have been implicated in graft s