Indonesia is renewing passports for maids making as little as 500 ringgit (about Rp 1.4 million or $144) per month, not the previously reported 600 ringgit, according to a Malaysian new

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Police dealt a blow to Indonesia's main terrorism network Thursday after confirming the death of top-ranked Islamic militant Noordin Mohammed Top following a

Tom Allard – There was a rather apt detail about the demise of Noordin Mohammed Top in a hail of gunfire in the early hours of Thursday.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made it clear on Thursday night that while some posts in the next Cabinet would be filled by political party figures, others

Jakarta – Political analysts expressed concern Thursday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's aim to ensure that his next presidential term runs more smoothly by embracing both coal

Jakarta – Filmmakers, both independent and mainstream, say they need to unite in their fight against the newly passed film law, deemed by the film community as an instrument to restrict

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Resplendent in star-spangled racing strides, Ariel – with a toothy grin – has the children enthralled as he takes his motorcycle for a spin, accelerating past the

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – A set of global guidelines on freedom of expression in the media – a key element of democracy – were launched Thursday in Jakarta as part of a UN initiative by

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – More woman's groups in Aceh are calling for a review of the new bylaw which allows capital punishment by stoning for adulterers, though the local governm

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia will release DNA test results to remove any doubt one of Asia's most wanted militants was killed, police said on Friday, as neighboring Australia urg

Hannah Beech – The news felt familiar: after a dramatic shootout in central Java, Indonesian police had managed to corner and kill the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed T

Camelia Pasandaran – A government watchdog is claiming that the government is spending too much money – at least $4.7 million to inaugurate new members of the House of Representatives a

Dili – East Timor's opposition threatened on Friday to force an early election in an escalating row with the government over the release of an Indonesian militia leader accused of crime

A Muslim leader on Friday criticized an Indonesian production company for inviting a Japanese adult video star to appear in its new film, a report said.

Febriamy Hutapea – A new survey appears to back the view that mainstream political parties in this country are often indistinguishable from one another and could encourage opposition pa

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Widespread deforestation in the Islamic province of Aceh is threatening some of its rich traditions, including one ancient custom practiced to celebrate

Febriamy Hutapea – Several senior lawmakers on the House of Representatives' defense commission on Friday opposed the government's initial plan to draft laws similar to Malaysia's tough

Candra Malikm, Kepuhsari (Solo) – Thousands of curious sightseers have flocked to the house where the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top, and three other suspects were killed

Sunanda Creagh – Recent moves in the country, including plans by Aceh to stone adulterers to death, have raised concerns about its reputation as a beacon of moderate Islam.

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has joined the chorus of condemnation against Aceh province's passing of a new Islamic law calling for adulterers to be stoned to death and h

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh provincial government will not sign the controversial Islamic bylaw allowing adulterers to be stoned to death, an official said.

Camelia Pasandaran – National Police Chief Gen.

Irawaty Wardany and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he will soon issue a government regulation in-lieu-of-law (perppu) to fill the vacant leadership in

Nivell Rayda & April Aswadi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is readying a government decree in lieu of law, or Perppu, to deal with the vacuum in the leadership of the country'

April Aswadi & Muhamad Al Azhari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has broken his long silence over the controversy surrounding the Bank Century bailout, saying he had officially

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The death of Noordin Mohammed Top is unquestionably a fantastic result for Indonesia's counter-terrorism authorities.

A leading press freedom group has urged Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to resist Indonesian "blackmail" over a war crimes probe into the 1975 deaths of five Australia-based journa

Rizal Sukma, Jakarta – Combating corruption has been often cited one of the most important "successes" of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's first administration.

Joe Cochrane & Nurfika Osman – There was no doubt about it this time.

Catharine Munro – An alleged victim of torture in East Timor says he regrets talking to the Australian Federal Police because he is now in danger after the man he accused flew out of Au

Guido Goulart, Dili – East Timor's Supreme Court is investigating top government officials over accusations they illegally released a war crimes suspect at Indonesia's request – a case

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Hundreds of non-government organisations in Dili have backed the United Nations' condemnation of East Timor's release of an Indonesian man accused of crimes ag

Nurfika Osman – The deputy chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said that a police terror raid operation in Solo on Thursday morning was "inappropr

Jakarta – The public says the 2004-2009 House of Representatives has performed unsatisfactorily, a new survey reveals.

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The President made a rare statement of support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), after the police named two of its leaders a

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has faced a number of severe blows recently with several of its leaders allegedly involved in cases of murder and

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's powerful corruption watchdog, the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, is in disarray after two of its most senior officials were yesterday named

Jakarta – Women's rights activists protested against the new health law Wednesday, which they say does not accommodate the rights of unmarried people to reproductive health services suc

Ismira Lutfia – Union busting, low wages and outsourcing are just some of the many labor issues facing today's media workers, industry activists said earlier this week.

Jakarta – After mounting pressure, the government has finally withdrawn the draft law on state secrecy to allow adequate time for the controversial bill to be scrutinized.

Jakarta – A security guard was wounded in a shooting near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province, a company spokesman said on Wednesday, th

The death of wanted terrorist Noordin M Top in a raid in Central Java on Thursday marks the end of a police chase for a man who the US State Department once said was a suspect in every

Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was among four people who died in a raid on a militant hideout in Indonesia's Central Java province today, the country's police chief said.

Imron Rosyid, Solo – Noordin Muhammed Top, a militant mastermind who eluded capture for nine years and terrorized Indonesia with a string of deadly al-Qaida-funded bombings, was killed

Nivell Rayda – Legal experts and antigraft watchdogs said on Wednesday that police might have exceeded their power by declaring two executives from the Corruption Eradication Commission

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Four welfare ministers have been slammed for their failure to improve the quality of life of Indonesians over the past five years despite increases in budget.

Sydney – An Australian investigation into the deaths of five Australian-based journalists in East Timor will not undermine anti-terrorism links with Indonesia, Australia's Counter Terro

Febriamy Hutapea – Seven of the 10 parties in the House of Representatives have agreed to diminish the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission in the pending Anti-Corruption

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