James Balowski, Jakarta – Human rights groups have reacted angrily to an announcement by Washington that it will restore military ties with Indonesia's abusive special forces Kopassus,

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Controversial businessman Anggodo Widjojo has been jailed him for four years after the Anti-Corruption Court convicted him of attempted bribery.

Farouk Arnaz & Antara, Jakarta – Recent anti-Malaysia sentiment took a criminal twist on Monday when an ultranationalist group stormed into two Malaysian-controlled banks in Makassa

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised on Tuesday to replace Indonesia's much-maligned chiefs of police and prosecutors but denied the reshuffle was linked to corruption

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Anen, a man in his mid-50s, recalls the years 2000 and 2001 as the darkest days of his life.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – About 13,000 workers staged a sit-in rally outside PT Panarub Industry shoe factory in Tangerang city to protest the management's decision to cut their Idul Fi

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring's porn-free Internet plan got a boost on Tuesday when 10 civil society organizations told h

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Government leaders agreed on Monday to push for law enforcement to act firmly against any organization that disturbs public order or promotes anarchy

Jakarta – A heavily criticized and costly new office building for Indonesian lawmakers will feature a swimming pool, gym and spa facilities, the head architect confirmed on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The government is committed to imposing a "rewards-and-punishments" mechanism to promote accountability in regional budgets, since less than 3 percent of the budgets for 2009

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said Monday that the Jamaah Ahmadiyah faith – who claim to be Muslim – had to be broken up, as followers violated regulations and we

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission had laid a second charge against an official from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in connection with a solar e

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The search for the next head of the Corruption Eradication Commission has taken a distinctly partisan turn even before the House of Representatives has begun sc

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government must rethink its relationship with Papua as soon as possible if it wants to avoid further civil violence and more adamant calls for independence,

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – If this was a race, the Communications and Information Technology Ministry would be the heavily panting, sweaty out of shape runner who drags his feet

Jakarta – The mass organizations Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and Barisan Muda Betawi conducted 107 violence acts between 2007-2010, the National Polic

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The ubiquitous prayers broadcast from mosques nationwide during Ramadan usually fade into the background for those not inclined to join in them.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party on Monday criticized an attempt by lawmakers to tie the selection of an antigraft commissioner to the 2008 Bank Century bailout thro

The two sentiments that define the political impasse in Papua are frustration on the part of many Papuans that "special autonomy" has meant so little, and exasperation on the part of ma

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday celebrated its 65th anniversary with a muted response to mounting public criticisms of its recent performance.

Peter Alford – Australia remains East Timor's key strategic partner, says its Foreign Minister, Zacarias da Costa.

Report Alia Swastika – Muhammad Yusuf, also known as Ucup, is a 35-year-old artist who first found recognition with the populist posters he designed during the student-led protests agai

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – The State Ministry for the Environment is finalizing regulations that would oblige all companies to manage their waste according to prescribed standard

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years Sunday, spewing a vast cloud of smoke and ash into the air and sending tho

Jakarta – Anticorruption activists are throwing their support behind Bambang Widjojanto and Busyro Muqoddas as nominees for a key post at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), sa

Jakarta – Islamic hard-liners have launched a full-scale campaign in cyberspace seeking the release of Indonesia's best-known radical cleric.

Anita Rachman& Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A lawmaker from the main opposition party has made the radical suggestion of having two legislative thresholds, just the latest twist in

Jakarta – Indonesia's exponential annual growth rate of 1.49 percent will overload and over-stretch the country's limited resources, potentially ushering in a host of new problems in co

Putri Prameshwari& Arientha Primanita – FPI flexing its muscle again. The Brown Shirts in Nazi Germany did that too – and no one stood up to them – and look what happened.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar, Bali – Six years ago, academic Greg Barton understood why Indonesian moderates were reluctant to clash with the country's radical Islamist minority.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A flurry of recent controversies that rocked the Democratic Party will not dent the party's voter base during regional elections because of the widespread pop

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s appealed for evidence from those alleging that House legislators accepted a Rp 5 billion (US$555,000) bribe to pass a bill giving

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Lawmakers should settle their differences and reach a consensus on the draft of a revision of the 2007 Law on Election Organizers, a watchdog said on Friday.

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As the government on Friday announced the two final candidates for the vacant chairmanship of the Corruption Eradication Commissio

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ronna Nirmala & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Indonesian officials have denounced an anti-Malaysia campaign by the ultranationalist People's Democratic Defens

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Irvan Tisnabudi, Jakarta – As the economy gains steam, banks are growing more aggressive in marketing credit cards to increasingly wealthy consumers, targeting 25 percent increases on t

Jakarta – The leader of a fringe group that has managed to put a serious dent in relations between Malaysia and Indonesia after hurling human feces at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta a

Robert M Cutler, Montreal – Jakarta's principal stock market index has more than doubled since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the July 2009 presidential elections with a margin

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Around 20 members of the Islamic Defenders' Front gathered in front of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on Friday demanding the arrest of Playboy's Editor-i

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Lawmakers drafting an amendment to the 2003 Money Laundering Law say they agree with the government about giving new powers to the Corruption Eradica

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A court ruling against the former chief editor of Playboy Indonesia, Erwin Arnada, sets a bad precedent, threatening the freedom of the press, the Pres

Jakarta – The acquittal of graft suspect Gayus Tambunan by the Tangerang District Court in March was engineered by a prosecutor, a police investigator testified at the South Jakarta Dis

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Lawyer and academic Bambang Widjojanto and Judicial Commission chairman Busyro Muqoddas have been named as the final two candidates for one of Indonesia's most f

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Lawmakers on Thursday defended their opposition to granting the Financial Transaction Reports Analysis Center expanded powers, saying it was necessary to keep t

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – When Wina decided to shed her jilbab, the headscarf symbolizing, for most people, a woman's commitment to Islam, her husband commented, "It's up to you, but

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The South Jakarta Prosecutors' Office said Wednesday it would immediately detain the former chief editor of the now-defunct Playboy Indonesia magazine, Erwin

Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is urging the government to provide better protection to people living with mental illness following the lynching of two

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle hopes to tap into the country's substantial and often politically apathetic youth to win more votes in th

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie visited a number of Islamic boarding schools in East Java on Thursday and played down the provincial legislative council's plan to set up