Heru Andriyanto – The AGO remained defiant in the face of criticism on Wednesday, with its spokesman playing down calls for urgent internal reform within its ranks, including those from

Camelia Pasandaran – Confirming what most of the public already believed, the Constitutional Court declared on Wednesday that the extortion case against Corruption Eradication Commissio

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Bliss was short-lived for antigraft leaders embroiled in opposing an alleged conspiracy against them as the Constitutional Court ruled in their favor.

Nurfika Osman – In an effort to boost the country's campaign against abuse of women, a women's rights watchdog is set to release a compilation of reports on violence against women over

Jakarta – Former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), A.M.

Environmental activists shut down four cranes at a port run by one of Asia's biggest pulp and paper groups on Indonesia's Sumatra island, but overall operations were not hit, the compan

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Muhammadiyah, one of the country's largest Islamic organizations, celebrated its Islamic calendar centenary on Wednesday in Yogyakarta with a pledge to use the

Adianto P.

When Ahmad Dahlan founded Muhammadiyah in 1912, he shocked his compatriots with the "Western" style of his organization.

Daniel Flitton – East Timor has warned it will abandon a multibillion-dollar deal with Australia to exploit natural gas fields in the Timor Sea unless a pipeline is built to deliver the

M. Hilaly Basya, Leiden – Based on the Hijriyah (Islamic) calendar, on 8 Dzulhijjah 1430 (Nov. 26, 2009), Muhammadiyah will mark the one hundredth anniversary of its existence.

Lilian Karunungan – - Coal and palm oil exporters' profit margins may narrow should the rupiah rise another 4 percent to 9,000 per dollar, and the costs of fuel and rice keep climbing,

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Undeterred by their encounter with local police earlier this month, Greenpeace activists once again carried out protests in Riau on Wednesday – and were promptl

Reva Sasistiya – Investors have largely ignored the Energy Ministry's tenders for 17 oil and gas blocks offered in June because of the government's plans to amend cost-recovery regulati

Candra Malik, Batang (Central Java) – After the uproar over the case of Minah, a grandmother who received a suspended sentence for stealing three cocoa pods, the sense of justice of mil

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) no longer has any grounds to postpone submitting a judicial review on the release of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Police chief turned about face and sacked the detective chief implicated in an alleged conspiracy against the antigraft body,

Eleanor Hall: More reports have emerged of decimated fish stocks off the coast of Indonesia near the recent oil spill in the Timor Sea.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Child Protection said here Monday that instances of violence against children committed by teachers had this year increased dramatically compared to

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Foreign citizens have yet again become the target of terror attacks in Aceh, this time against two American citizens staying in a house at the Syiah Kual

Jakarta – The value of mobilized domestic investment doubled this year as confidence in the country's economy increased, the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) says.

May 2

Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Antasari Azhar, is arrested on charges of murdering businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen.

April 6

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Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Indonesians are becoming even more confused over President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's speech, during which he was expected to provide a concrete resolut

Palembang – A group of journalists from various organizations rallied in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Monday morning to voice their opposition to what they termed the criminalization of

Minister of Communication and Information Tifatul Sembiring denied that the summoning of a number of chief editors by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday was a form of governme

Philip Dorling – The Defence Department has blocked the release of 34-year-old intelligence papers that would shed new light on the deaths of the Balibo Five journalists and potentially

Malang – Compared to their predecessors, followers of the Muhammadiyah Islamic group today are less wealthy, its chairman says.

If you are going to steal, make sure you steal big. You're more likely to get away with it, or get off lightly, compared to what a small time thief will get.

Jakarta – Troubled migrant workers have cried out against rampant extortion and sexual harassment at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on their return to Indonesia.

At least 29 people have died when an Indonesian passenger ferry sank in rough waters off Sumatra.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The controversial state secrecy bill is back, with the Defense Ministry planning to meet with a number of prominent public figures who had earlier expressed o

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The record of the police in handling graft cases, has been poor, say experts, prompting demands to government to hand over the authority to probe such cases

Heru Andriyanto – Police and prosecutors have expressed determination to launch an all out-war against so-called case brokers, or middlemen, in legal proceedings but they are struggling

Timika – Residents of Mimika, Papua, hoped the security situation in the area of PT Freeport Indonesia would soon be restored to normal, so that there will be no more employee buses bei

A World Bank study that cited Indonesia as the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases was wrong, an Indonesian report sent to the United Nations on Monday said, although it d

The University of Indonesia's Alumni Association said they would encourage people to take to the streets in protest if the House of Representatives failed to investigate the Bank Centur

Benget Besalicto Tnb., Manado – Regions, which are vital in economic development amid the current regional autonomy regime, will continue to struggle to take the lead role without a bre

The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) revealed its audit result for Bank Century at the House of Representatives on Monday, stating that errors had been made by Indonesia's central bank in the

Nivell Rayda – Activists have called for the empowerment of the toothless and allegedly biased National Police Commission in a bid to clean up the National Police.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to announce his response on Monday to the recommendations made by the fact-finding team tasked with investigating the scandal at the Corr

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh's controversial Qanun Jinayat code, which allows stoning to death for adulterers, would be difficult to implement because it was open to interpretation,

Antara & Nivell Rayda – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono does not want to cut off probes into the the controversies surrounding Bank Century and suspended antigraft of

Amir Tejo & Aidi Yursal – Eradicating the so-called "judicial mafia" is high on the government's to-do list.

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – While many big-time criminals evades justice across the country for corruption, an elderly woman in Banyumas, Central Java, faces the law for stealing three c

Camelia Pasandaran – Claiming to have improved the performance of the Finance Ministry's bureaucracy, the government plans similar reforms in 12 other state institutions next year, Fina

Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran – The National Police drew the ire of journalists and media experts on Friday by summoning two newspaper editors for questioning, after the force

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – At a small cigarette stall in Palmerah, West Jakarta, Syafei, 35, recently installed a 14-inch TV and has been watching the daily spectacle of national TV ne

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – The newly sworn in Army Chief Lt. Gen.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Thousands of workers staged a rally at the Central Java gubernatorial office on Thursday demanding that minimum wages in 2010 be raised to meet the cost of decent