Farouk Arnaz, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency said on Wednesday it had failed to convince the National Police headquarters that gr

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Observers expressed worry on Tuesday that the lack of credible figures on the list of candidates for the chairmanship of the Corruption Eradication Commissio

Jon Lamb – The East Timorese government is refusing to accept a proposal by Australian-based exploration company Woodside Petroleum to develop the Greater Sunrise gas deposit in the Tim

Alarm bells not wedding bells are ringing over Indonesian proposals to demand a 55,000-dollar "security guarantee" from foreign men who marry Indonesian women.

Asvi Warman Adam, Jakarta – Since its conception in 1945, Pancasila (the five principles of the national ideology) has gone through four stages of history over several administrations:

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster have been claimed to be the targets of the political elite running in the local elections.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Pundits say elections are a prerequisite for democracy, but for others elections are just a business – or a chance to steal power.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Is the ice beginning to thaw between former President Megawati Sukarnoputri and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono?

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman – Lawmakers on Monday were divided over whether the legislative threshold should be increased from the current 2.5 percent to 5 percent.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Democrats social organization founded by media magnate and former Golkar Party heavyweight Surya Paloh is looking at becoming a full-fledged poli

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Indonesia may face disintegration if its national ideology, Pancasila, is replaced by sharia, said politicians and historians Monday.

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – The hard-line Indonesian Mujahideen Council has sent an open letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in protest of his recent warning that t

Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz – Lawyers for graft suspect Susno Duadji on Monday renewed calls for him to be put into the custody of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK)

Arti Ekawati, Irvan Tisnabudi & Fidelis E Sastriastanti – As producers of coal and palm oil continued to howl, the government on Tuesday offered reassurances that the development of

James Balowski, Jakarta – Worker, student and non-government organisations commemorated May Day across Indonesia, taking up a range of themes.

Jakarta – Both Indonesian and international activists are pressuring the Indonesian government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Dis

Ismira Lutfia – A cabinet minister has promised to sign and ratify an international convention to protect people from enforced disappearance, but critics say it will be meaningless with

Dili – East Timor on Tuesday accused Australian company Woodside Petroleum of trampling its sovereign rights as it again rejected plans to process Timor Sea gas on a floating platform.

Alex de Jong – Twelve years after one of the bloodiest military regimes worldwide ended, the radical left still faces a hard struggle in Indonesia.

Lindsay Murdoch – The Prime Minister of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, has vowed to make a historic stand against corporate giants that plunder the resources of tiny nations, signalling his

Canberra – East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is prepared to block the multi-billion dollar Timor Sea development of the Greater Sunrise gas field by Australia's Woodside Petroleum

A Papuan church leader says creating another province out of the Indonesian half of New Guinea is not the answer to the ongoing conflict in Papua region.

Desy Nurhayati, Denpasar – The Bali Tourism Union is calling on the provincial administration to immediately set a minimum wage for their members.

Sunanda Creagh – Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests under a $1 billion climate change deal signed with Norway las

Jakarta – Indonesia's failure to ban tobacco advertising or enforce laws against smoking in bars and restaurants came under heavy fire Monday as the United Nations marked world anti-tob

Putri Prameshwari – The government's intentions may be good, but education experts have serious doubts about whether the government can pull off its plan to introduce 12 years of compul

Jakarta – Earlier this month on May 3, mass media workers throughout the world commemorated World Press Freedom Day.

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Aditya Suharmoko, Oslo – Existing palm oil contracts will be exempt from a two-year moratorium on new concessions to clear the nation's natural forests and peatlands, says President Sus

Eny Wulandari, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration must work quickly to build a credible public transportation network if it is to curb the rising number of motorcycles in the capital,

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Tanah Abang Police sub-precinct chief Comr.

Allard, West Aceh – As conflict between villagers and the endangered Sumatran tiger becomes increasingly common, Acehnese authorities have turned to a novel solution, hiring a full-time

Anita Rachman – Having passed no legislation since being inaugurated in October, the House of Representatives has scaled back its ambitious goal of passing 70 laws this year, according

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) launched Thursday an empowerment program for former and hopeful fem

Jakarta – More than 60 people have officially expressed interest in leading the country's antigraft commission, many of whom are surprisingly lawyers, including some who have defended a

Mataram – Violence triggered by constant rolling blackouts have prompted the authority of state-owned electricity company PT PLN in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to turn to the police for pr

Jakarta – National Police detectives have launched an investigation into dozens of companies for allegedly bribing junior tax officer Gayus HP Tambunan, who has been arrested for his ro

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has urged for a quick legal settlement of the Bank Century bailout case as it has politically held a number of public offic

A project to create a large agricultural estate in Merauke in Indonesia's Papua province may still to go ahead despite the President announcing a two-year moratorium on new logging conc

Baudoin Koenig, a French independent TV documentary maker due to be expelled from Indonesia has today been allowed to stay in the country.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar (Bali) – What a difference a quarter makes.

Dewi Kurniawati – Yuli Rahmawati stepped into Indonesia's political ring for the first time last month.

Green groups blasted the government on Friday for failing to seriously consider and take action on the lives ruined as a result of Lusi, the gigantic mud volcano which continues to spew

Nurfika Osman – Little good has come of the special autonomy status conferred on Papua in 2001 with most people there left behind by the nation's push for development, activists and com

Tom Allard, West Aceh – "Let me ask you a question," says the regent of West Aceh, Ramli Mansur, leaning back in his chair in his spacious office.

Jakarta – A member of the Regional House of Representatives (DPD) fully supports a plan for the creation of Central Papua as a new province separate from the existing Papua provinces.

Erwida Maulia and Nethy Darma Somba, Jakarta/Papua – When French journalist and lecturer Baudouin Koenig and his student Carole Lorthiois arrived in Indonesia a month ago, they thought

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan independence from the Republic of Indonesia remains a hot topic among Papuans, with many still struggling for a separate state, a discussion heard

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati can leave the country for the US with ease as the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said it could not touch

Kinanti Pinta Karana – On the same day the nation's largest car and motorcycle dealer predicted record sales, a scientist warned that the only way Jakarta would solve its massive traffi