Farouk Arnaz, Indonesia – With the National Police's reputation in tatters, an upcoming leadership change is being seen as an opportunity to help the force win back some of the trust it

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The new National Police chief to replace incumbent Gen.

Camelia Pasandaran, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Arti Ekawati & Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The government on Monday vowed to cap an electricity rate increase for industrial users at 18 percen

Armando Siahaan – It was only months ago that the country was mesmerized by the PT Bank Century bailout saga.

Zaky Pawas & Kinanti Pinta Karana, Tangerang – An Indonesian motorcycle thief was captured and beaten to death by an enraged mob in Banten on Sunday night.

Nivell Rayda – The Supreme Audit Agency may have the answer as to why regional areas – particularly new provinces, districts and municipalities – continue to lag behind in terms of deve

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas – The Public Order Agency is again in hot water after two of its officers were arrested by police in Central Jakarta on Saturday morning for allegedl

Camelia Pasandaran – A woman from Bojonegoro, East Java, whose toddler son suffered severe burns from a 3kg-gas cylinder explosion came to the State Palace to meet President Susilo Bamb

Nivell Rayda & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Disappointed by the National Police's "half-hearted" investigation, Indonesia Corruption Watch on Monday said it would lobby the House of Repres

Heru Andriyanto – The National Police's pledge to provide clarification on the suspicious bank accounts of some of its senior officers appears to be nothing more than a PR statement, an

Heru Andriyanto – It started out as a common corruption case at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights uncovered by mid-ranking prosecutors.

Latif Adam – Well-developed infrastructure has been a key factor in China's success in achieving high and sustained economic growth.

Winarno Zain, Jakarta – The decision by the Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors to maintain its current benchmark interest rate at 6.5 percent in their last meeting was not surprisin

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Some point their finger to poverty, others the hostility of US troops in several Muslim countries, but for security analyst and former journalist Noor Huda I

Two of Indonesia's main Muslim organizations are to meet to decide whether or not to issue a fatwa against "kopi luwak," a famed and highly prized coffee bean that has passed through th

Jakarta – People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa – not Mecca – while praying.

Arientha Primanita, Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas – Peace is a word defined differently by certain religious communities and the Bogor administration, according to controversial Islami

Camelia Pasandaran – Despite its protests to the contrary, the House of Representatives does not appear overly concerned about passing legislation, the Indonesian Budget Center said on

Zaky Pawas – Public order and police officers in Bogor were injured on Monday after being pelted with rocks by protesters who were demonstrating against a building being torn down for o

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Following public protests over daily jams caused by his motorcade, the President is considering travelling to work by helicopter or moving into Merdeka Pala

Fitria Sofyani, Jakarta – The scene was familiar and would not be out of place if it took place during the heyday of the New Order authoritarian regime.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The head of the Central Information Commission says the police refusal to disclose the identities of police officers with massive bank accounts violates the

The chief of Nahdlatul Ulama organization, or NU, has called on its members not to conduct sweepings on entertainment venues throughout Indonesia ahead of the Islamic fasting month.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Tensions are rising within the coalition government as some ministers are dismayed by their poor grades in a recent appraisal sparking calls for a Cabinet reshu

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police believe they have finally found the person responsible for the celebrity sex video scandal that has outraged the country's conservatives and landed a

Farouk Arnaz, Ismira Lutfia & Zaky Pawas – As the police came up empty-handed on Friday in their probe into recent attack on the editorial office of Tempo magazine and an antigraft

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police announced on Friday that only two of 23 reports it had received from the antimoney laundering watchdog linking police officers to shady financial tran

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra, a suspect in a Rp 410 billion ($45.5 million) embezzlement case, says he is being made a scapegoat as part of a

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – Despite police successes against terrorist networks, lessons learned over the 12 months since the July 17 twin hotel bombings in Jakarta show that t

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi responded to mounting calls that the government dissolve violent mass organizations, by challenging legislators to revise exist

Armando Siahaan – Whether it's because of negligence or a malicious intent to hide something, the failure of more than a hundred lawmakers to comply with the law and submit their person

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The next legislative elections are four years away, but debate is already underway on a change to the parliamentary threshold, which will affect the number of p

Nivell Rayda & Setya Adi – The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision it made two years ago and sided with the government in a civil case against Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Put

Rendi Witular/Hans David – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) will not hold its congress for new leadership until 2013, yet several of its elites are already in competition to wrest the ch

Jakarta – More parties have called on the government to crack down on violence conducted by mass organizations, while also raising concern that such violence should not be used as a rea

Indications are rife that the vigilante group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) is degenerating into an unchained organization, allowing various vested interests to use the group's revolt

Heru Andriyanto – Not long after the capital was rocked by twin hotel bomb attacks in the heart of Jakarta's central business district a year ago today, the public was reassured by what

Pekanbaru – Twenty-five Greenpeace activists blockaded a vessel loading thousands cubic meters of timber at a port operated by PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) at Teluk Binjai Vill

Armando Siahaan – Lawmakers from House of Representatives Commission II failed once again on Thursday to reach a consensus on the draft of a revision to the 2007 Law on Election Organiz

East Timorese Deputy Prime Minister Mario Viegas Carrascalao yesterday rejected an Australian proposal to process asylum-seekers.

Arientha Primanita – The millions of people who ride the city's troubled busway system are not a happy bunch, the Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation has found in a recent survey.

Camelia Pasandaran, Dion Bisara, Arti Ekawati & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Smarting from a barrage of criticism from businesses and industries, the government on Wednesday acknowledged

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – The Three-kilogram gas cylinders may be subsidized, but for West Jakarta resident Rahmono, 50, they are little more than cheap time bombs.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators from the oversight commission for home affairs have called into doubt the president's claim that the creation of new administrative regions was a

Camelia Pasandaran & Ismira Lutfia – The government on Wednesday announced plans to block access to pornographic Web sites, but many doubt it actually has the means to effectively e

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Ismira Lutfia – The marriage of two celebrities, the pregnancy of an unmarried actress and the divorce of two musicians over an alleged affair – should reporting these items be consider

Andrea Booth – Australia's failure to consult Indonesia about an asylum processing centre in East Timor is likely to exacerbate tensions between our two northern neighbours.

Indonesia appears lukewarm on Australia's plan to build a regional asylum-seeker processing centre in East Timor.

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – In a move surprising no one, Prabowo Subianto was re-appointed chairman of the country's largest agrarian group, following a much-derided selection by accl