Tensions were high in Banten early on Sunday when radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was confronted by angry residents and asked to leave their village.

James Balowski, Jakarta – Street protests across Indonesia greeted the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Budiono on October 20.

James Crafti – As workers filed out from their shift at the Buana factory in western Jakarta, they were greeted by members of the Solidarity Alliance for Workers Struggle (GSPB) who han

Emmy Fitri – The residents of Kalisari in East Jakarta used to dread the annual rainy season not just because of the floods.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Golkar, the long-time political vehicle of former President Suharto, presented the deceased dictator with a posthumous award over the weekend for contribution

Dili, East Timor – East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a money maker.

Irawaty Wardany and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Supports is mounting for the two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chiefs arrested by the police on Thursday, including from fo

The Second National Unity Cabinet has finally been formed. For those who had been eagerly tinkering around with possible elite political constellations, many were shocked.

Emmy Fitri – Inextricable traffic jams, even on toll roads, barely breathable air, heavily contaminated water and dwindling open spaces – problems suffered daily by Jakarta residents –

Jakarta – The poor teaching of the Indonesian language is to blame for the low literacy rates of students at the elementary level, according to a study.

Jakarta – The recent arrests of two suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairmen, Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The sharia regulation prohibiting women from wearing pants in West Aceh regency drew strong condemnation from public circles in Aceh province.

Jakarta – Public demand for National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri and chief detective Comr. Gen.

Irvan Tisnabudi, Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman – It took two days and more than 1,500 people to make a wish list for the next 100 days and five years of government.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Thousands of dead fish and clumps of oil have been found drifting near Indonesia's coastline more than two months after an underwater well began leaking in the

Bandung – Hundreds of workers rallied outside the West Java governor's office in Bandung on Thursday, demanding that the governor pressure municipal and regency administrations to raise

Jakarta – Indonesia expects remittances from its overseas workers to rise to around $10 billion next year as the global economy improves, the head of a state agency in charge of migrant

Makassar – Dozens of Papuan students in Makassar staged a protest on Thursday, rejecting the special autonomy status given to Papua in 2001.

Venisa Tjahjono & Aditya Wikrama – Consumer spending is continuing to drive Indonesia's economy, with telecommunications firms leading the gains in major companies' results through

Nurfika Osman – The government's lack of political will was part of the reason why women did not have the same access as men to quality education, health services and economic and polit

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Activists and NGOs signed a statement on Friday requesting that the president establish a team to investigate an alleged plot by the Attorney General's Office

A suspected militia leader accused in a massacre of dozens of women, children and priests in a church in East Timor a decade ago, had been returned to Indonesia, the Ministry of Foreign

Dicky Christanto and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – In a move that has incited a public outcry, the National Police arrested Thursday two suspended antigraft officials, just a day after the

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Tanjung Pinang, and Paul Maley – Senior Indonesian officials have rejected outright a claim by Kevin Rudd that women and children asylum-seekers aboard the Oceanic

John McBeth, Jakarta – Florida's Dade County police special weapons and tactics (SWAT) squad conducts as many as five forced entries a day.

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Indonesia on Friday gave an Australian customs boat another week to end a standoff with 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who are refusing to disembark on

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The local bylaw calling for adulterers to be stoned to death cannot be implemented because lawmakers who passed the regulation did not act with the blessings

Indra Harsaputra, Pamekasan – A number of ulemas in Madura have been urging the regional administration to issue bylaws against the use of torture on cows used in the traditional karap

Berni Moestafa – Indonesia's stocks fell, with the benchmark index set for its biggest loss in almost a year, on concern a global economic recovery is slowing, reducing demand for the n

Nurdin Hasan, Candra Malik & Antara, Banda Aceh – Human rights activists protested on Thursday over a district-wide ban on women wearing tight pants scheduled to take effect in West

Motorists beware – nine demonstrations to be held in Jakarta on Thursday are likely to cause traffic havoc in the capital.

Heru Andriyanto – National Police efforts to make criminal charges stick to two Corruption Eradication Commission deputies were highly inconsistent, antigraft activists said on Thursday

Jakarta – The government must ratify Convention No.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered an investigation into wiretapped telephone conversations in which his name was cited in an alleged effort to weaken the Corruptio

Women trail men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a World Economic Forum survey.

Nurfika Osman – An official warned on Thursday that child kidnapping cases across the country had risen by an alarming 20 percent as traffickers troll the archipelago for vulnerable you

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has expressed doubts over the House of Representatives' commitment to settling past human rights violation

Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police, seemingly unable to find enough evidence to link two suspended antigraft commission deputies to bribery charges, have fallen ba

Emmy Fitri – With the fiery spat between the Corruption Eradication Commission and the National Police unlikely to end soon, activists are bemoaning President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government is likely to reject an Australian push for its navy to be allowed to patrol Indonesian waters, in what could be a blow to Australian Prime Mini

Maarten Kallenberg, Head of Consumer Confidence Index – Indonesian consumer confidence has seen a steady increase over the last six months.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has denied any links to a plot to frame Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders in criminal cases, an allegation revealed in voice r

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Wild animal attacks in Aceh, particularly by elephants and Sumatran tigers, are highlighting the worsening conflict between wildlife and humans owing to the i

An Indonesian political activist has received a number of anonymous SMS messages warning him that he will be killed if he leaves his home, Amnesty International has learned.

Cunding Levi, Jakarta – Indonesian diplomats stationed in European countries faced a protest by dozens of Papuan students during a visit by the diplomats to a university in Jayapura the

Nurfika Osman – The State Ministry for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has successfully pushed seven ministries to implement a gender-responsive budget system, a tool to achiev

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Several major regulations issued over the past five years have made the country's natural resources more prone to exploitation, an environmental law expert says

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – The National Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a decree on the establishment of

Jakarta – The National Police has not changed its old violent culture as it has maintained the use of torture to obtain confessions from suspects during interrogation, a police watchdog

Jakarta – Activists in London demanded Monday that Indonesian authorities bring to justice those responsible for killing Dutch Financial Times correspondent Sander Thoenes in then East