Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – The central government under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is committed to continue establishing constructive dialogue with Papua.

Nicholas Jones – East Timor will lose more than revenue if a dispute with Woodside Petroleum over where gas from the Greater Sunrise field will be processed is not resolved, says an aca

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Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – The government's lack of comprehensive strategy in preventing erosion along the country's coastlines will pose a threat to the livelihoods of those living along

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – Environmental activists have voiced suspicions of forest-clearing permits being issued illegally to palm-oil producers, raising the specter of even mor

Jakarta – Much-needed reform at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is being held off by a reciprocating culture of nepotism and corruption that has bled into the institute's recruitmen

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia observes the anniversary of the death of seven generals in the 1965 abortive coup, that led to a pogrom against hundreds of thousands of alle

Jakarta – Religious intolerance among Indonesian Muslims has increased in the last 10 years, a new study shows, indicating a link with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the country.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday announced plans to bring together descendants of those involved in the alleged Sept.

Jakarta – Newly-installed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office, and not the president, is to blame for the lack of resolution in the forced disappearance of student activists between

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled gay and lesbian film festival has been forced to cancel another screening, this time at the Kineforum, the Jakarta Arts Council's cinema

Jessica Harkins, Zaky Pawas & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Fresh from protests against the presence of two churches in Bekasi, the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front has now turned its w

Karon Snowdon – Woodside Petroleum has denied reports it is willing to consider processing gas from the Greater Sunrise field in East Timor.

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission has criticised Australian training for the controversial Special Forces unit, Kopassus.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Following a deadly riot that resulted in a man's death, National Police Chief Gen.

Jakarta – Despite a number of recent incidents stemming from interfaith issues in the country, political parties still do not consider it a priority, a discussion heard Wednesday.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two men reportedly died in a brawl and a policeman was shot in front of the South Jakarta District Court where the trial relating to the over a deadly Blowfis

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has dispatched his three coordinating ministers and their officials on a quick trip to Papua as part

Australia's Woodside Petroleum has promised East Timor it will re-examine Dili's demands for gas from the Greater Sunrise field to be processed on East Timorese soil, an official said o

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Environmental activists have called on the government to abandon its business-as-usual approach to granting forestry concessions and suggested an action plan to

Defence Minister Stephen Smith has defended Australia's involvement in a joint training exercise with Indonesia's controversial special forces Kopassus.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives urged the government on Tuesday to establish information commission offices across Indonesia in efforts to preserve national unity.

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Undeterred by their arrest on Monday night, some 50 family members of activists who were kidnapped in 1997 and 1998 took to the st

American Samoa's US congressman, Faleomavaega Eni Faleomavaega says the Pacific should not turn its back on the Indonesian region of Papua.

Bali – Soldiers from the Indonesian Military's controversial Special Forces and the Australian Army's Special Air Service held joint antiterror operations at Bali's Ngurah Rai Internati

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As widely expected, the House of Representatives has unanimously approved the president's sole candidate, Navy Vice Adm.

Siti Ruqoyah, Jakarta – Thirty or more people from the Indonesian Association of the Families of Missing Persons (Ikohi) and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has made the widely expected announcement that he will run for president in 2014 – but only with solid and well

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The House of Representatives speaker, Marzuki Alie from the Democratic Party, says that each faction within the legislative body has its own favorite ma

Jakarta – The new interim Attorney General, Darmono, said Monday he had no plan to follow up on police testimonies implicating prosecutors in high-profile tax evasion cases.

Heru Andriyanto & Irvan Tisnabudi, Jakarta – Rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan on Tuesday again claimed to have received bribes from companies linked with the Bakrie Group, saying h

Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Tuesday dismissed a provincial lawmaker's proposal to force teenage schoolgirls to undergo virginity tests before they can enter state schools.

Dili – About 400 protesters shouted anti-Australia slogans on Tuesday asofficials from Canberra held talks with their East Timorese counterparts over a troubled joint gas development pr

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – More than 100 members of the Islamic Defenders Front launched protests against foreign-run venues participating in Indonesia's gay and lesbian film festival o

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday approved Navy Vice Adm. Agus Suhartono as the new head of the Indonesian Military.

Jakarta – Newly appointed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Agus Suhartono has positively welcomed a plan to join the newly established National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT).

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The antigraft commission is intensifying its investigation into a high-profile bribery scandal surrounding the election of a central bank deputy govern

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission says it has crucial evidence that might confirm that two of its deputy chairmen have been framed.

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology wants to employ the public as an ally in the battle to eradicate Internet pornography.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring is adopting a new strategy in his ongoing crusade to rid Indonesia of Internet pornography.

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Like the hundreds of thousands of other repeat flood victims in the capital, Andi and Sudarmati have no furniture on the ground floor o

Jakarta – Jakarta Police have predicted that about 12 million motor vehicles will burden the capital's roads by 2011.

Jakarta – In addition to traffic woes, Jakarta is under threat of soil degradation and rising sea surface levels, experts say.

Nivell Rayda & Anita Rachman – Five candidates for the Judicial Commission have questionable track records and the House of Representatives must not select them, antigraft watchdogs

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Jakarta – Critics doubt that Deputy Attorney General Darmono will be able to lead the Attorney General's Office (AGO), now that Hendarman Supandji has left.

Jakarta – The number of cases of violence against children has increased and shows more sadistic modus operandi, reports the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA).

Jayapura – A new detachment of 140 Mobile Brigade personnel from Bogor, West Java, has been dispatched to Puncak Jaya.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – After the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry elected Suryo Bambang Sulisto as its new chairman on Saturday, questions quickly arose over his ti