Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Police investigating the July assault of an anticorruption researcher have ruled out personal motives, lending credence to allegations that he was targeted as a re

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Some 1,481 villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTB) are at risk of running short of food following months of inclement weather have caused harvests to fail in t

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – The Association of Indonesian Economists' (ISEI) Yogyakarta branch has called on Bank Indonesia on Thursday to consider writing off the bank loans of debtors i

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government is considering whether it will equip Indonesian migrant workers overseas with cell phones to better enable them to reach officials in the event t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Secretariat says it will inject another Rp 34 billion ($3.8 million) into a project to renovate legislators' homes, des

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta – Indonesia demanded an investigation on Friday into reports that a domestic worker was allegedly killed by her employer in Saudi Arabia and thrown into dumpste

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A speedy resolution to the deadlock over an amendment to the 2007 Election Organizers Law is to let the government, rather than the House of Represen

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Unifying three of six bills regarding general elections that are currently deliberated by the house' legislative council might be the right answer to save mo

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Efforts to alleviate poverty through community empowerment programs are being held back by corruption and vested interests within the government, an official wit

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has fired back at rumors that he met with high-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan in Bali, calling it nothing more than political intri

ng Yuniardi, Semarang – The Central Java provincial administration in the process of setting up Commission on Anti-violence against Women and Children in line with Regional Bylaw No.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Eight members of the House Ethics Council who took part in the controversial trip to Greece are facing possible suspensions after 10 nongovernmental organizatio

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Many transgenders are finding little sympathy from the government as they struggle to obtain vitally important ID cards.

Teguh Surya – Climate change has brought forest protection into the forefront of the global agenda.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yusak Yaluwo will be inaugurated as the new regent of Boven Digoel, Papua, but faces the threat of being immediately suspended after his inauguration for

Aidi Yursal, Jakarta – Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners in Medan took to the streets on Tuesday evening, storming clubs and other establishments they deemed an affront to Muslims prepari

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – After languishing in jail for months, Peterpan frontman Nazril Irham is finally going to trial in Bandung, according to acting Attorney General Darmono.

Kupang – An advocacy team has found that 3,200 fishermen have been affected by the Montara oil spill in Timor Sea.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Besieged by advertisements on the ideal image for women – slim, white-skinned with long straight hair – more women are trying to fit the picture by taking risks

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has acknowledged that the Indonesian people are "not satisfied" with the country's law enforcement system but says he ca

Jakarta – High-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan finally ended speculation about his trip to Bali by confessing that he was indeed the man photographed by the Jakarta Globe in the cr

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan's illicit jaunts away from his detention cell have drawn fierce criticism of the country's prison system, and new hopes of credi

Jakarta – Sumiati binti Salan Mustapa arrived in Saudi Arabia four months ago in search of a better life.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Veteran lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution is livid, saying the latest scandal involving client Gayus Tambunan – bribing prison guards to leave his cell – is just a

Nurfika Osman, Yogyakarta – Thousands of families returned to their villages on Monday even as scientists warned that Mount Merapi remained a threat and more bodies were found buried in

It may be a cliche, but financial constraints continue to thwart Indonesia's efforts to improve the nation's quality of education, prompting universities to seek financial support from

The seven-month imprisonment given to a junior Army officer in Papua, who was shown on YouTube leading the torture of Papuan civilians, defies the sense of justice of any decent and san

Fitri R., Jakarta – Witnesses testifying in the blasphemy trial of an American national on Monday said he would never have insulted Islam, and that the case had been blown out of propor

Jakarta – Mandated to settle local election disputes since 2008, the Constitutional Court has become the shrine for squealing candidates who have lost in local elections.

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Rev.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Golkar Party members are on the defensive against rumors that detained rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan met their party chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, in Bali.

Jakarta – The national human rights body says it would look into reports of human rights violations in Papua, adding that a recent military tribunal only paid lip service in the attempt

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Up to 100 residents accompanied by masses from the West Java Islam Reform Movement (Garis) staged a rally at Jiwanaya kampong, Cimenyan district, Bandung reg

Jakarta – Students of the Islamic College of Da'wah (PTDI) renewed Friday their threat to close down the Ahmadiyah sect's Nuruddin Mosque in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

Made Arya, Denpasar, Indonesia – About 25 percent of Bali's estimated 8,000 sex workers are infected with HIV, according to the National AIDS Commission.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Sujito, a 43-year-old personal driver, remembers the bad old days of the Suharto years, when elections involved just three parties and the results were never

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police has denied naming prosecutor Cirus Sinaga and a lawyer for rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan, Haposan Hutagalung, suspects.

Jakarta – Rights activists have expressed disappointment over the Cenderawasih Regional Military Command (Kodam) military tribunal's verdict in the case of the Papuans that were torture

A US-based Papuan journalist and academic, Octo Mote, says the Indonesian Army's Special Forces unit, Kopassus, operates only under its own agenda in Papua.

Dofa Fasila, Zaky Pawas & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Jakarta's city councilors are considering revising a traffic bylaw to restrict the use of private vehicles on certain days dependi

Jakarta – The Indonesian media and blogosphere continued on Thursday a campaign of condemnation against a conservative Muslim minister Tifatul Sembiring who expressed embarrassment abou

BATAM, Riau Islands – Workers with a number of labor unions in Batam on Wednesday protested the implementation of a law revision that they said would degrade their rights.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers are estimated to contribute US$7.1 billion in remittance to the country this year.

Anita Rachman & Mark Moloney, Jakarta – It has become the handshake seen and discussed around the world.

Medan, North Sumatra – Workers in North Sumatra staged a rally at the governor's office in Medan on Wednesday, demanding the government immediately implement a law on social security.

Mark Moloney, Jakarta – Ridiculing Indonesian Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring has gone global with international television and online news portals taking turns to poke fun at

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bestowed the title of national hero and other honors on several deceased freedom fighters, artists and cultural activists who made significa

Serang – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said coordination between law enforcement institutions such as the Supreme Court, prosecutors, the National Police and his min

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Nariswari Dita Yudianti, Jakarta – Speculation that Krakatau Steel's initial public offering price was kept artificially low to benefit connected investors m

Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation announced that income revenue as of Oct 31 reached Rp 485.1 trillion (US$54.8 billion), a 13 percent increase from the same period last yea