At first, they attacked churches and prevented Christians from attending Sunday prayers – and the police largely turned a blind eye.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Indonesia seems to face an endless road corruption – an issue that remains at the center of public attention.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The 1945 Constitution identifies the House of Representatives as a honorable state institution with legislative and budgetary rights as well as a control f

Jakarta – The government needs to place more focus on the development of labor-intensive manufacturing industries, and the agricultural and mining sectors in order to maintain sustainab

Jakarta – With several communities concerned about the potential for violence, police officers across the country patrolled churches on Christmas Day to ensure the safety of the congreg

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The Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR), which was given the task of helping to rebuild communities in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami of late 2004, is set

Calang – Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday to remember relatives who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago.

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – The first day of 2007 was marked by a jetliner going missing, in what some later saw as a sign of things to come: It was the first in what was to be

Wawan Irawan, Tawangmangu – Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains left close to 100 people dead or missing on the main Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday, officials said.

Nana Rukmana, Majalengka – A leading ulema in West Java, where yet another attack on an Islamic sect took place Saturday, has demanded that Jakarta intervene in what he said was "unacce

Jakarta – A newly-established political party based on the Hindu principle of good deeds expressed its optimism Saturday that it would run in the 2009 general elections.

Nana Rukmana, Jakarta, Kuningan – Rights activists agreed Friday the government was directly and indirectly responsible for Tuesday's violent attacks against followers of the Ahmadiyah

Jakarta – National student union Cipayung Group criticized the government Friday for arresting nine of its members during a recent rally marking National Solidarity Day in Medan, North

Jakarta – Eight-year-old Thira, whose younger brother Rama died a day after being born in September, commemorated Mother's Day on Friday by taking to the street to call the government's

Jakarta – Chairman of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) Gen.

Jakarta – The government has proposed a new system of anticorruption courts in which each province, regency and municipality would have its own court to deal with graft cases.

Jakarta – While Mother's Day is traditionally a time for rejoicing and love, the Women's Health Foundation (YKP) is using this year to focus on the nation's high maternal mortality rate

Jakarta – The government has pledged to speed up efforts to reduce the country's poverty rate and food scarcity over the next two years.

Alfian, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla ordered police Thursday to "get tough" on those who attacked the Ahmadiyah sect this week, saying the fatwa (edict) from the Indonesian Ulem

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters is reshuffling or retiring 159 high and middle ranking officers in its three military forces, an official said.

Jayapura (UCAN) – Religious leaders in Papua have discussed violations of a six-year-old autonomy law for their province and sent recommendations to various levels of government to rect

Jakarta – Indonesia's latest campaign to lure tourists got off to a rocky start after embarrassed officials acknowledged that a key slogan was ungrammatical and ordered it corrected.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) has warned the government of an increase in the unemployment rate and poorer labor conditions in 2008 if no

Jakarta – The country's economy will remain resilient next year, although it may grow slightly slower than the government's estimate amid tough challenges on both the external and inter

Dili – East Timor's parliament has approved a state budget of nearly $350 million for 2008 that aims to improve security and tackle poverty in Asia's youngest nation.

Jakarta – Leaders from various religious organizations demanded Tuesday that the government clamp down on inter-religion conflicts.

Denpasar – Three Indonesian Islamic militants facing execution for the 2002 Bali bombings will get one month to seek presidential clemency after being officially notified of the rejecti

Alfian, Jakarta – Disaster and post-tsunami support focused on reconstruction and rebuilding in Aceh, Sumatra, has seen tsunami-survivors and others lose the will to work, a social scie

Jakarta – The secretary of Garuda Indonesia chief pilot Rohainil Aini testified Tuesday that she falsified an assignment letter a few days after the Sept.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A number of NGOs focused on development affairs criticized on Tuesday various regional administrations for neglecting Indonesians' basic rights, citing a failu

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government has issued a new regulation increasing compensation for death and occupational accident claims, for eligible workers (or their families) par

Irawaty Wardany and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court rejected Tuesday an environmental pollution lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi

Jakarta – Government officials called for more participation from female educators in efforts to establish a gender-equal education system during the "National Policy Dialog on Gender E

Jakarta – Indonesian women still lack legal protection because law enforcers remain gender biased, the National Commission on Violence Against Women said Tuesday.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Doni Daulay was hesitant to walk close to Merdeka Square in Medan, North Sumatra, on Tuesday, which was being tightly guarded by a security unit.

Agustina Wayansari, Jakarta – "My boyfriend asked me to do squats to get the sperm out so that I wouldn't fall pregnant," said a university student in a recent survey on sex, sexuality

Agustina Wayansari, Jakarta – The National Family Planning Board (PKBI) is taking a creative new approach to sex education and counseling that involves talking face-to-face with teenage

Nana Rukmana, Kuningan – A large crowd on Tuesday reportedly attacked the Ahmadiyah worship complex in Manis Lor village, Jalaksana district, in Kuningan, West Java, leaving four people

Jakarta – A group of Muslim activists have attacked the settlement of an Islamic sect in a village on the main island of Java, resulting in a clash that left four injured, police and re

Jakarta – A recent national survey has shown if the national election was to be held this month, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) would beat the Golkar Party and the

Jakarta – One-hundred-and-sixty local-government water firms (PDAM) in Indonesia, or about 75 percent of the 223 audited by the Development Finance Controller (BPKP), performed poorly t

Thalif Deen, United Nations – When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid his first official visit to East Timor (Timor-Leste) last week, he was conscious of the growing demands for acco

Nurul Hidayati, Jakarta – Two days before the start of the Idul Adha, Christmas and New Year holiday period, Jakarta will be hit by all sorts of protest actions on Tuesday December 18.

Jakarta – Dozens of residents blocked Jl.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Traders from nine traditional markets in Bandung staged a rally at the West Java Legislative council Monday demanding that the government stop issuing buildi

American Samoa Congressman Faleomavaega has written to the Indonesian President expressing his disappointment over a recent trip to Papua, and saying until he can visit Papua properly,

Jakarta – Reconstruction in ravaged areas of the Indonesian coastline is on track nearly three years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a key group of international donors said Tuesday.

Washington – Lawmakers have agreed to boost military aid to Indonesia and the Philippines, but some of the money would be contingent on human rights improvements.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Indonesia should double its budget for reproductive health services in order to reduce the country's maternal mortality rate, said United Nation Population Fun