Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Human rights activists continued to protest on Friday the nomination of Comr. Gen.

Jakartans had high hopes when they picked Fauzi Bowo to be the city's governor three years ago.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – National leaders have taken the president to task for his perceived weak leadership and demanded the government work more closely with community groups to resol

Zaki Pawas, Jakarta – Police in Bekasi arrested a struggling poet and a street singer on Thursday evening, accusing them of involvement in last month's attack on members of the Batak Ch

Labour activists from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM), the Yogyakarta Labour Alliance (ABY), the Greater Jakarta Labour Federation of Struggle (FBPJ) and the United Indonesian Labo

Dicky Christanto and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/medan – Police said Thursday they had evidence suggesting firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir may have masterminded a recent deadly

Jakarta Globe/AP, Jakarta – The South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office say they have launched a nationwide manhunt for the former editor of Indonesia's short-lived edition of Playboy magazin

Reuters, Bloomberg & JG, Jakarta – Heavy rains have hit rice production hard, forcing Indonesia, a top rice producer, to import the crop for the first time since 2007, the State Log

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Lawmakers have denied they are insensitive to the dire plight of flood victims in West Papua by pressing ahead with a study trip to the United States.

Jakarta – A hearing between legislators and leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday turned into an opportunity for several lawmakers to bash the KPK for namin

Bilhuda Haryanto, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights is planning to help teachers file corruption complaints with the antigraft body.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Supreme Court have found in favor of Indonesian mother-of-two Prita Mulyasari, striking out a lower court ruling that she pay Omni International Hospital

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Comr. Gen.

Jayapura – US ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel reiterated his country's full support for Papua as part of the integrated nation of the Republic of Indonesia and for the implementati

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Manokwari – The death toll from flash floods in eastern Indonesia has risen to 110 with bodies still lying unclaimed in the mud four days after the disaster, an official said on Friday.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – In a move criticized as an insult to the dignity of women, an Aceh district speaker has called for the replacement of a female subdistrict head, arguing that

Could President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's skin be any thinner? Once again the president has lashed out after perceiving an incident as a personal transgression against him.

Dili – Australia's Woodside Petroleum has changed its position and will consider processing gas from East Timor's vast Greater Sunrise liquefied natural gas fields on East Timor shores,

Farouk Arnaz & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Despite public calls for the government to disband violent hard-line groups, the sole candidate to lead the National Police on Wednesday did

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and Deputy Governor Priyanto's performance over their first three years in office has been rated mediocre by a local NGO.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The government should openly push for the Netherlands to have a tougher policy on the activities of the separatist group South Maluku Republic (RMS),

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma & Bloomberg, Jakarta – In what analysts labeled a risky move, the government on Wednesday said it would sell about 60 percent of the nation's stock of crude o

Christian Donny Putranto – Just moments before what was to be a historic flight to the Netherlands on Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono surprised quite a few people – his ento

Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – The Indonesian Military (TNI) should work better with the National Police to fight terrorism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday at an e

Tasa Nugraza Barley – Like any Indonesian, Endah Puspita, 27, was taught growing up that she lived in a nation of friendly and polite people.

Anita Rachman & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a revised Anti-Money Laundering Law that gives anticorruption officials more po

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The defense team for former chief of detectives Susno Duadji, on trial for allegedly taking bribes and misusing police funds, on Wednesday became the latest t

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has abruptly postponed a visit to Holland after Malukan activists there launched a court bid in the Hague to ha

Wasior, West Papua – The remote Indonesian town of Wasior was a scene of devastation on Wednesday, with bodies lying unclaimed in the debris of flash floods that killed at least 86 peop

Rizal Harahap, Jakarta – Public pressure prompted the Pekanbaru city administration to finally close down a house of worship owned by followers of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Nivell Rayda, Anita Rachman, Armando Siahaan & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Despite being President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's sole nominee for National Police chief, Comr. Gen.

Stanley A Weiss, Jakarta – One of the mesmerizing dances performed here is Jaipongan, a style that mixes Indonesian martial arts with village ritual music.

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – In the wake of the threats and wrath coming from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the gay film festival in Jakarta, a Democratic Party politician questi

Jakarta – The Ministry of Social Affairs has denied that it has decided to declare former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid a national hero.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police conducted a joint riot control exercise with the National Police on Monday in the wake of a gang brawl last week that killed three people.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The only president-proposed National Police chief candidate, Comr. Gen.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Human rights activists urged the House of Representatives to reject Comr. Gen.

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – As calls for independence in Papua and West Papua intensify, leaders in the restive provinces have rejected the possibility of talks wit

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A group of people imprisoned in the aftermath of the 1965 coup attempt that swept strongman Suharto into power have demanded the government apologize and clear t

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Residents of three villages in Jabon subdistrict in Sidoarjo, East Java, have refused to leave their homes as part of a government plan to use the area as a reserv

Jakarta – Former Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Max Moein on Tuesday admitted to have accepted travelers' checks worth a total of Rp 500 million (US$56,069),

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Despite intense public criticism of a 2006 joint ministerial decree requiring neighbors' approval for houses of worship, ministers on Monday said the gover

Erwida Maulia and Theresia Sufa, Jakarta/Bogor – Ahmadiyah followers continue to encounter challenges in Indonesia in practicing their religion freely, with the government sticking to i

Dili – East Timor on Tuesday got a favourable write-up in a United Nations human rights report that pointed to progress four years after unrest that killed nearly 40 people, despite som

"If you want to borrow some too, I have some [money] here," Gayus Tambunan, a defendant in a tax corruption mega-case told the judge during a hearing last week at South Jakarta District

Arghea Desafti Hapsari and Theresia Sufa, Jakarta/Bogor – In a bid to seek a "permanent solution" to the burning issue of Ahmadiyah, the government will review the controversial decree

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A media watchdog has urged the House of Representatives to repeal a law giving the government absolute power to ban certain books, saying it curtails

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A Golkar Party official has called on the president to use the upcoming annual evaluation of the cabinet as an opportunity to imp

Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party is probably preparing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's brother-in-law, Maj. Gen.