Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The national polls body agreed Thursday that the presidential election will take place on July 8, 2009, with a runoff, if needed, to be held on Sept.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Former president Megawati Soekanorputri and the current Vice President Jusuf Kalla are the most preferable among workers compared to the incumbent President Sus

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Arientha Primanita – Thirteen East Java Police officers have been formally disciplined over an investigation that led to the convictions of two men for a murder they did not commit, a N

Camelia Pasandaran – The United Development Party, or PPP, is pushing for the formation of a coalition of Islamic parties in order to shift the balance of political power in the country

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The United Nations will continue to monitor the case involving the murder of human rights activist Munir.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The control of state assets by government-linked social foundations to help them operate and raise funds may lead to corrupt practices, a study has found.

Jakarta – Anti-corruption activist Teten Masduki said the Indonesian Ulema Council's threat to sue Transparency International Indonesia would be counterproductive in the fight against c

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The public prosecutor handing the case of murdered human rights activists Munir has submitted a judicial review to the Supreme Court via the South Jakarta Distr

Heru Andriyanto – The conviction of Rohainil Aini last Tuesday could not serve as supporting evidence in prosecutors' attempts to overturn the acquittal of the alleged mastermind in the

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Discrimination remains a major stumbling block for transvestites and gay communities across the country, especially for those with HIV/AIDS or other sexually

Nethy Dharma Somba, Manokwari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited West Papua on Thursday, pouring hundreds of billion of rupiah in projects around the province.

Jakarta – Environmental group Greenpeace urged Indonesia's election watchdog Thursday to investigate funding for political parties linked to deforestation ahead of parliamentary polls i

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police force is seen by the business community as the most bribe-riddled institution, while corruption at judicial institutions is the most costly, accor

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) expressed its commitment Wednesday to investigate the 102 illegal accounts belonging to the Supreme Court.

Jakarta – Dozens of villagers on Indonesia's Sumatra island began a protest march Wednesday to demand the release of 76 people arrested in a land dispute, a farmers' union leader said.

Jakarta – Controversial issues ranging from yoga to abstaining from voting will head the agenda when 700 ulema from throughout the country meet in the West Sumatra town of Padang Panjan

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Prabowo Subianto, who chairs the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, says he still intends to run for president, rather than seeking the number two s

Jakarta – Dozens of transsexuals attended a meeting Thursday at the House of Representatives' Health and Manpower Commission to discuss their discriminatory treatment by the government.

Dessy Sagita – A senior legislator from the moderate Islamic National Mandate Party, or PAN, said he wanted to ensure that as many as 14 jobs out of every 100 are allocated to members o

Febriamy Hutapea – If the legislative election scheduled for April 9 were held today, more than 50 percent of the votes cast would be declared invalid because Indonesians do not know ho

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – As elections draw closer, political party leaders have intensified communications between them, but avoided early talks of possible coalitions.

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Jakarta – The Supreme Court convicted former Garuda chief secretary pilot Rohainil Aini on Tuesday for providing a fake assignment letter to off-duty pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto

Presidential hopeful Rizal Ramli was questioned by police Tuesday for a second time as a suspect in last year's protests against fuel price increases, which became violent.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's top banks Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI have started cutting their lending rates in response to the central bank's rate cut.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Around half the education agency heads across the country's 33 provinces are "incompetent" and only secured their positions because of campaigning they conducte

Mark Dodd – East Timor's Gusmao Government yesterday denied claims by the Fretilin opposition that several million dollars' worth of unaccounted expenditure involved corruption.

Jakarta – According to Transparency International Indonesia (TII), the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) has become one of the institutions that most frequently accept bribes.

Jakarta – The Indonesian chapter of Transparency International has named Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara, as the most corrupt city in Indonesia in a list released Wednesday.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Along the East to North Jakarta stretch of Jl. Gen. D.I.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The regional elections in 2008 have been quite successful considering the low number of election disputes filed with the Constitutional Court, says the Court

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The Papua Customary Council, which represents tribal interests in the Indonesian province of Papua, says some 500 Indonesian police burnt down 30 houses and killed 32 pigs at Tingginere

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – New Year has brought no change to the House of Representatives, which is struggling to fight its chronic problem of absenteeism, despite mounting legislative

Markus Makur, Timika – PT Freeport Indonesia (FI), a gold and copper mining company operating in Mimika regency, Papua, is cutting costs despite a workers union protest in response to t

Jakarta – Political parties participating in the 2009 general election are barred from recruiting children for their political campaigns and other political activities on the field and

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Nivell Rayda – The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is planning to double Indonesia's prison capacity to battle overcrowding in its facilities, the minister said in an annual addres

Nurseffi Dwi Wahyuni, Jakarta – As many as 500,000 casual, contract and permanent workers will loose their jobs if no orders come in to ensure industrial activity continues.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Security officials in Papua have claimed that a clash on Friday between a police unit and members of the Free Papua Movement, or OPM, in Tingginambut, Puncak

Jakarta – Dozens of members from the Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) and the Solidarity for Civilian Victims of Gaza organization staged a rally Sunday at the Hotel Indone

Robin McDowell, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia – Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study

Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has learned the lesson the easy way.

Jakarta – Over a million Indonesians will lose their jobs in the global economic downturn and many will head to the capital, Jakarta, swelling the city's already overcrowded shanty town

Jakarta – A citizen group has criticized the general election commission (KPU) and its Jakarta chapter (KPUD) for having a regulation that keeps the public in the dark regarding their r

Departing from a contentious Constitutional Court ruling on the allocation of legislative seats, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has suggested political parties award one of thre

David Fogarty – Indonesia has delayed releasing complete regulations on using carbon credits to protect rainforests, preferring to fine-tune rules that could earn the country billions o

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[Indonesia is bracing for the return of hundreds of thousands of 'tenaga kerja Indonesia' as the economic crisis sets in.