Markus Makur, Timika – The Timika church in Mimika, Papua, has voiced its opposition of the province's planned oil palm plantation project, arguing that it would damage the environment

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – As an investigation gets under way into why a 103-meter stretch of road in North Jakarta fell into the Japat River on Thursday, experts sa

Menduk, Bangka Belitung – Three children from a small Indonesian village have been left paralyzed because their parents could not afford basic medical care for relatively minor sickness

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Billions of dollars Indonesia stands to earn every year in climate change deals could be at risk if it fails to stamp out corruption in its forestry sector, lo

Jakarta – An angry President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered his officials to roast the management of state-owned Telekomunikasi Selular Indonesia after he experienced technical diffic

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar and Democrat party lawmakers on Friday criticized prosecutors' pleas for the president to appoint an insider as attorney general.

Fitri R., Mataram – Poverty, compounded by the absence of proper community policing as well as a lack of trust in the law-enforcement system, is fueling a steady rise in the number of i

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund warned on Friday that Indonesia must make fighting corruption a priority if it wants to build on its progress as one of the wor

Jakarta – Hundreds of people joined two rallies in Jakarta on Thursday demanding the government revoke the 2006 Joint Ministerial Decree on Places of Worship as it resulted many interfa

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – The military deployed soldiers across Manokwari, West Papua, on Thursday as thousands of residents stayed on the streets to protest the killing of two men by

Timika, Indonesia – Indonesian police opened fire and killed two men and injured a woman as a dispute over a traffic accident spun out of control in the restive province of West Papua,

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A team from the National Police headquarters arrived in Ambon, Maluku, on Thursday to look into torture allegations against its counterterrorism unit, as rights

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) should not be the only agency pressured into resolving the long-running Bank Century scandal, a chief justice said

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – An outspoken Golkar legislator has once again called for a criminal probe into Vice President Boediono and former Finance Minis

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Six years after the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, the two militants on death row for the attack say they have no remorse and they are ready to die as "m

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Terrorism and legal analysts on Wednesday hailed the National Police's move to separate the elite counterterrorism squad Densus 88 from the detectives unit, sayi

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Police should not overlook the roles played by local clerics in inciting violence against a Christian congregation in Bekasi, human rights watchdogs have said.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has roundly criticized Religious Minister Suryadharma Ali, joining human rights watchdogs in saying the man

Teddy Lesmana – Poverty remains a serious problem in Indonesia, despite the country's improved economic performance and robust economic growth in recent years.

Jakarta – The government expects foreign direct investment to pick up more than expected to Rp 126 trillion ($14 billion) in 2010, up a third since last year.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry said Wednesday it was open to revision of a 2006 joint ministerial decree requiring local consent on sites for houses of

Jakarta – House of Representatives leaders have defended a system of sending lawmakers overseas on comparative study visits, shrugging off criticism the trips are unnecessary and costly

The alleged torture of six Christians in Maluku at the hands of Indonesia's counter-terrorist police unit, Detachment 88, has thrown a spotlight on Australia's multi-million dollar supp

Eras Poke, Kupang – A nongovernmental organization in East Nusa Tenggara has lodged a claim for a scientific evaluation of the long-term health damage that could result from last year's

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Jakarta Police on Wednesday named the head of the Bekasi branch of the Islamic Defenders Front a suspect for his alleged role in a brutal attack on two chu

Jakarta – Human rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government investigate alleged judicial irregularities in the 1984 Priok Riot trials at the human rights ad hoc court between 2003

Jakarta – The Indonesia Ulema Council said on Wednesday that it opposed France's ban on full-face veils.

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor has rebuffed Julia Gillard over her plan to build a regional processing centre for asylum seekers there, referring the negotiations to a 50-nation meeting o

Jakarta – Indonesia has gained the notorious distinction of being among seven countries that are home to two-thirds of the world's one billion undernourished people, an upcoming report

Nurfika Osman & Antara, Jakarta – Some good efforts, but could try harder.

Jakarta – Mochamad Tjiptardjo, general director of taxation, said on Tuesday that the Finance Ministry was preparing to offer investment incentives in the form of a tax holiday.

Jakarta – The anti-graft commission should keep an eye out for legislators insisting on the construction of an expensive new parliamentary building, the plans for which are suspected to

Daniel Flitton – Julia Gillard's plan to turn East Timor into a regional hub to process refugee claims has been boosted after the government in Dili identified a possible site in the co

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – With the Home Affairs Ministry proposing 11 new provinces and dozens of districts and municipalities by 2025, the House of Representatives and the government

Paul Toohey – Attempts by Julia Gillard to get moving on her proposed asylum-seeker processing centre in East Timor have come at a bad time for Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, who is pres

Damien Kingsbury – As the new consolation prize, Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd's first job will be to try to implement the government's "East Timor solution" for asylum seekers.

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Islamic leaders on Tuesday defended a government regulation that requires local consent before a house of worship can be established, which pluralism advocates

Candra Malik, Jakarta – About 4,000 people have signed a petition demanding that the government do more to protect Constitution-enshrined religious freedoms in response to Sunday's brut

Jakarta – Religious leaders are widely regarded as playing a significant role in promoting the government's family planning program, religious activists say.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Analysts have dismissed the efforts of several small political parties to court former president Suharto's son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra as their

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Australia has sent an official to Maluku to investigate the alleged torture of political detainees by Indonesia's elite antiterror unit Detachment 88 (Densus 88

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Detachment 88 has a legitimate role in countering separatism and will remain in Papua, where a long-simmering independence campaign has been running, the unit's co

There are questions over the benefits of New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces.

Jakarta – Indonesian police said on Tuesday that they will investigate new allegations that political activists have been tortured by members of United States- and Australian-backed ant

Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.

Nivell Rayda – The Australian government has rejected reports it is investigating allegations that Indonesia's elite counterterrorism unit tortured suspected separatists in Maluku.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Twenty-six years after soldiers killed dozens of demonstrators in Tanjung Priok, rights groups are demanding that the next attorney general finally bring to just

Tom Allard, Maluku – Australia has sent an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate claims that Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, which Austra

Jakarta – Indonesia will maintain a conservative fiscal policy despite pressure to fast-track infrastructure projects, the Coordinating Economic Ministry says, insisting on public-priva

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – We are not in competition with each other.