Jakarta – The minimum wages set by the government in 2009 met an average of 64 percent of the basic needs of workers employed in the textiles and garments sector, a recent survey found.

The Organisation for Solidarity with Human Rights Victims in Papua claims a political prisoner is in intensive care after prison authorities in Indonesia ignored his requests for treatm

The son of the late Indonesian dictator Suharto has launched an attempt to become president, says an aide, despite a "track record on legal matters" that includes a murder conviction.

Febriamy Hutapea – An 11th-hour decision by Tommy Suharto to run for chairman of the Golkar Party would not change the outcome of the upcoming election, two supporters of rival candidat

Hera Diani, Blitar (East Java) – In late June and early July, before the new school year begins, commercials for schools begin popping up on the radio.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian media's over-reporting of terrorism may aid extremists in generating fear in society, observers said on Thursday.

Farouk Arnaz – Terrorism experts defended a police program to fight radicalization on Thursday, dismissing an apparent setback and blemish to its reputation.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) filed a report with the Judicial Commission on Wednesday that singled out 221 judges for often freeing corruption defendants

Ismira Lutfia – Women's rights activists have complained they are frequently subject to intimidation and harassment for counseling the victims of physical and sexual abuse.

Comando Falintil-Forca defeza Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), the armed forces of Timor-Leste, celebrated its 34th anniversary here on Thursday.

Jonathan Pearlman – The United Nations is preparing gradually to wind down its mission in East Timor and believes Australia could do the same, says the mission's chief of staff, Gerard

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court chief said on Wednesday that he is concerned about the absence of a supervisory board for judges at the court.

Dewi Kurniawati – On a recent morning at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, about 100 women are sitting on the floor of the international departure terminal.

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior member of the self-styled separatist government of the Republic of South Maluku said on Tuesday that his movement would reconside

Papua police have identified a group suspected of supplying the ammunition used in a number of armed attacks against US-based gold miner PT Freeport Indonesia in the past month, an offi

Febriamy Hutapea – As shocked senior members of the Golkar Party weighed Tommy Suharto's announcement that he was running for party chairman, there was general agreement on Wednesday th

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The widespread raising of the outlawed separatist Bintang Kejora flag in Papua, even during Monday's Independence Day celebrations, was branded as a form

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – The current intensive police hunt for wanted terrorist Noordin M.

Jakarta – The Mimika regency administration has alloted funds of Rp 200 billion (US$20 million) to establish its own Central Papua province, separate from Papua province.

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – Ties between Middle East extremists and the terrorist cell thought to be responsible for suicide attacks on two Jakarta hotels have emerged after the weeken

[Indonesian defence minister Juwono Sudarsono talks to Clifford Coonan in Jakarta.]

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Dozens of villagers from North Sumatra appealed on Wednesday to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to help them reclaim land that they claim was stolen from t

Ronna Nirmala – The projected national population of about 275 million a decade from now could place serious strains on the country, leading to higher levels of poverty, an expert on d

Singapore – Indonesia appeared to bat away offers from other Southeast Asian countries to help stop haze pollution on Wednesday, leaving the region facing worsening skies as a result of

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Australian forensic experts have identified the remains of three victims of an Indonesian army massacre that took place in East Timor 18 years ago.

Jakarta – The 17-year social security program for workers (Jamsostek) has been criticized for being ineffective as calls increase for an immediate review of the 1992 Jamsostek Law.

Dewi Kurniawati & Hera Diani, Kuala Lumpur – Siti Hajar forced her face, a mass of scarring from years of abuse, into a smile.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The country's most wanted terrorist, Noordin M.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Police in Bekasi will approach "suspicious" people wearing Islamic veils after experts floated the possibility that terror suspect Noordin M Top could be disguisi

Febriamy Hutapea – Tommy Suharto made a dramatic return to the country's political stage on Tuesday, declaring his readiness to run for chairman of the Golkar Party, the political vehic

Camelia Pasandaran – The nation's election commission officially announced on Tuesday that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono had been elected president and vice president of Indones

Camelia Pasandaran – Shaken by uncertainty following separate court verdicts and the threat of legal action, the General Elections Commission will delay today's scheduled announcement o

The new law on local government taxes drew a mixed reaction from the country's business leaders on Tuesday, with some cautiously welcoming the legislation and others saying they needed

Mohamad Abdun Nasir, Mataram – The jilbab (Muslim women's headscarf) has rarely been free from political debate, and is often closely related to sharia-inspired regional ordinances.

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia may consider itself up-to-date with regard to global fashion trends, but when it comes to awareness of the disorder widely associated with the industry, the cou

Jakarta – The Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Imparsial, said the lack of recognition and protection was endangering human rights defenders in Indonesia.

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – A British geologist has criticized the East Java Police for stopping its investigation into the mudflow disaster in the district of Sidoarjo.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – When freelance advertising copywriter Glenn Marsalim went for his regular jog in Jakarta's Senayan stadium soon after the July 17 terrorist bombings he fe

Dessy Sagita – Domestic violence and extramarital affairs are the top causes of divorce in the country, with new figures indicating the rate of broken marriages jumped 40 percent compar

Febriamy Hutapea – The transfer of military-run businesses to government entities run by civil servants, as mandated by law, is expected to be completed by October, Defense Minister Juw

University students in Makassar, South Sulawesi, burned photos of fugitive terror suspect Noordin M Top to demonstrate their nationalism on Sunday night, the eve of Indonesian Independe

Max Lane – Monday was Independence Day, the anniversary of the proclamation of independence by Sukarno and Hatta and the beginning of a four-year struggle by millions of Indonesians to

Erwida Maulia – Indonesian Military Chief Gen.

Indonesia's Human Rights Watch group says eight Papuans detained by police in Timika in connection to last month's deadly shootings near the massive Grasberg mine are unlikely to be inv

Caroline Overington – The family of one of the Balibo Five believes the Rudd government has deliberately inflamed a wrenching dispute over the remains of the dead to avoid having to con

Flags belonging to Free Papua Organization and South Maluku Republic were hoisted on Saturday as thousands of Indonesian nationals living in the Netherlands celebrated Indonesian indepe

Jakarta – Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of US mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, a report said.

[A new film has opened political and cultural wounds. Author Paul Cleary and filmmaker, Robert Connolly present two informed views on its portrayal of history.]

Tom Allard, Jakarta – As the frantic chase for Indonesia's most wanted man Noordin Mohammed Top moved into overdrive, Indonesian police came upon two men at a motorcycle repair shop in

Indonesians must unite to root out the "poverty and backwardness" that led an 18-year-old to carry out the suicide bombing at a luxury hotel last month that ended a four-year pause in t