Indonesia said Monday that gross domestic product grew 5.7 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2010 due to strong domestic demand and low inflation.

Armando Siahaan – The surprising new structure of the Democratic Party-led coalition, of which Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie is the managing chairman of the just-established joi

Damien Kingsbury – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao is not budging over terms of a deal with Woodside on gas reserves in the Timor Sea.

Armando Siahaan – Senior members of both the Democratic Party and Golkar Party have consistently denied that their relationship in the ruling coalition would affect the selection of a n

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A legislator from the Democratic Party says his party has had enough with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the United Development Party (PPP) for

Armando Siahaan – Despite its having endured months of attacks during the PT Bank Century bailout investigation, an independent survey released on Sunday showed the long-running saga ha

Ismira Lutfia – As the government pushes for protection of domestic workers overseas, activists on Sunday said it must start by passing a law guaranteeing their right to fair treatment

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas – The National Commission on Human Rights will conduct a special investigation into the recent spate of vandalism targeting places of religious activities

Farouk Arnaz – The nation's former chief detective, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, was arrested at Police National Headquarters on Monday for alleged corruption and taken into custody.

Jakarta – Some say time and distance will heal any wound, but not, it would seem, the trauma of watching thousands of enraged people bearing down on you and your family with destruction

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnaz – Dozens of clerics gathered at a Central Java boarding school over the weekend to question radical religious leader Abu Bakar Bashir over last week's ar

The recent spate of attacks against Christian places of worship could be blamed on a culture of intolerance fostered over the past decade, according to observers.

Activists demanded Saturday that Marsinah, a labor activist found dead in 1993 in East Java, be honored as a national heroine.

Jakarta – Neonatal maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is considered high despite a significant decline since 2007, with two women dead every hour during delivery.

Nivell Rayda – Rampant corruption is the root cause of most poverty, hunger and suffering in East Nusa Tenggara, say activists.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party has wasted no time in cozying up to the president in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's exit from the nation's political st

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is demanding the government provide better legal protection for female workers both at home and overseas.

Amir Tejo – What happens when two wives of an incumbent district head vie to replace their outgoing husband? Hostility comes out into the open.

Arientha Primanita – Bathing in the morning has always been a daily challenge for Holida, 35, a mother of three.

Armando Siahaan – If you thought the uproar over reports that lawmakers plan to build a new tower costing Rp 1.8 trillion ($195 million) was enough to discourage them, think again.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party's sudden U-turn on the Bank Century case in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's resignation to take a position at the World

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – The House of Representatives did not enact any laws in the first five months of 2010 and may not meet its goal of enacting 58 laws by the end of the yea

Tom Allard – As news spread of the shock departure of Indonesia's reform icon and finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, this week, one senior markets trader in Jakarta gave an almost

Nurfika Osman – For 40-year-old Syarifuddin, serving in the Shariah Police in staunchly Muslim Aceh was his life's calling.

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has received 7,450 reports of illegalities or ethical violations allegedly committed by judges across the country since it was established in 2005

Mega Putra Ratya, Jakarta – Around 200 people from the Indonesian People's Opposition Front (FOR Indonesia) held an action in which 100 candles were lit at the Hotel Indonesia traffic c

Candra Malik, Solo – Extremist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir founded the Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid in 2008, an organization he claims is based on "true" Islamic teachings.

Lindsay Murdoch – The regulator of East Timor's petroleum industry has accused Woodside of failing to comply with its legal obligations before announcing plans to build a floating lique

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As red-faced lawmakers demanded to know why the antigraft commission had not received copies of detailed findings from the House of Represe

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said Thursday it had identified 48 "weaknesses" in the Religious Affairs Ministry's management of the Muslim haj, which could lead

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As Susno's fear over the possibility to be named suspect reportedly led him to evade questioning, the police have prepared a new crime investigation on the f

Dili – Partners in the Sunrise gas field joint venture met East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday after the government angrily rejected plans to process Timor Sea gas on a

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnaz – Tightening the net on wanted members of an armed group in Aceh, the National Police have revealed that they arrested 12 suspects late on Thursday – and

Farouk Arnaz & Zaky Pawas – The premises raided by antiterror police in South Jakarta on Thursday night was the Jakarta headquarters of Jamaah Anshoru Tauhid, a conservative organiz

Jakarta – The chiefs of the six highest state institutions disagree with Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi's proposal to reinstate a clause in the Regional Autonomy Law that would demand cand

East Timor's two official languages are Tetum and Portuguese, but at least sixteen languages are spoken there.

Arientha Primanita – The city administration should crack down on the illegal distribution of faulty gas cylinders feared to be the cause of recent explosions in the capital, consumer a

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Almost six years after the devastating 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 130,000 people in Aceh province, most victims have recovered from physical and

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Residents of Raja Ampat district in West Papua have demanded that police investigate their claims of judicial corruption centering on a mining company continu

Heru Andriyanto – It appears that no one knows for sure when a criminal trial should end.

Ismira Lutfia – The threat of going to jail or under-going a lengthy prosecution under the country's criminal-defamation laws may be pushing journalists to censor themselves.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's fight against corruption has been thrown into doubt after its finance minister and reform stalwart resigned and accepted a senior job at the World Bank

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Olivia Rondonuwu & Telly Nathalia – Indonesian opposition politicians welcomed on Thursday Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's decision to quit, a sign the country faces a prol

It is both "devastating" and a "pleasant surprise" for Indonesia.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie had held a number of meetings recently, House Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso of Golkar said on Thursday,

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Tuesday for the first time in years the military plans to spend more on revamping its weaponry than improving the w

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors who handled the case of tax official Gayus Tambunan at the Tangerang District Court still have not been implicated in wrongdoing, even as a judge was decla

Ulma Haryanto – It had all the elements of a remarkable story – a Japanese porn star, the film industry, an allegedly outraged nation and Islamic extremists promising revenge – but in t

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says that it has not yet received complete documents on the Bank Century bailout from the House of Represent