Suryani Ika Sari, Sofian, Jakarta – The high rate of corruption has been the cause for the low economic growth in Indonesia compared to other developing countries.

John Martinkus – Two weeks ago we revealed written orders from East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao to the rebel commander Alfredo Reinado that showed a close relationship between the

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction agency pledged Wednesday to speed up aid to the homeless after police clashed with protesters at a blockade of its offices.

Milla Sundstrvm, Helsinki – "Amid all the destruction and loss the mood was high. People were making bricks, digging fishponds, building fishing boats.

Banda Aceh – Hundreds of Indonesian protesters vented their anger on Wednesday against the state body tasked with reconstructing tsunami-hit Aceh province, throwing stones at police and

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The Education Ministry has rewritten school history books once again, restoring the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) as the sole culprit of the aborted 1

Jakarta – An Indonesian court dismissed on Wednesday a blasphemy case against an editor who published controversial cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad last year, saying the prosec

Jakarta – Indonesian TV shows that feature scantily dressed women are more dangerous than bombs, a militant Muslim cleric who served a jail term for links to the Bali bombings was quote

Isaac Nicholas – The media delegation accompanying Barnabus Suebu, the Governor of Papua province in Indonesia, was chased away in a confrontation with the West Papua community at their

Max Lane – Protest demonstrations continue to sprout every day across Indonesia on almost every kind of issue – socio-economic injustice, political abuse, administrative arbitrariness a

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – A coalition of antigraft watchdogs demanded Tuesday that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) name Justice and Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaluddin as a

On September 10 the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a demonstration at the state palace in Jakarta, demanding that the government set a standard national wage.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The outpouring of foreign aid and donations to Indonesia in the wake of the December 2004 tsunami is being pilfered by corrupt government officials and their affi

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers from around the country staged a rally here Tuesday to protest against the government's plan to import 210,000 kilograms of rice, which they said could des

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Watch says it is concerned over recent allegations that police are using violence to get confessions from suspects.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Three police officers and dozens of villagers were injured during a clash over a land dispute in Kupang's Amarasi Selatan district late Monday.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesia has significantly reduced its child mortality rate over the past two decades and is on the right track to meet its millennium goals, the United Nations

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Bogor – Following its decision to drop the plan to revise the 2003 Labor Law, the government says it will soon issue a regulation detailing termination procedures an

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – A government team set up to deal with the massive mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, said Monday the disaster had not yet reached a level of danger that would

Andi Haswidi, Batam – Some 500 activists gathering in Batam grouped under the International Peoples Forum called Monday on all nations to hold international financial institutions (IFIs

Fadli, Batam – Activists have criticized the lack of transparency in World Bank and IMF policy-making and accused the Singaporean government of violating human rights by preventing acti

Michael Vatikiotis, Jakarta – Two years into his five-year term, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presents himself as a sincere, hard-working reformer, a long-distance runn

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – A campus demonstration by angry students rallying to demand the resignation of their university rector turned violent Monday when the students clashed with

Hundreds of village heads from across the country took to the streets in Jakarta on Monday, demanding what they called an improvement in their living standards.

The Declaration of The preparatory committee of National Liberation party of Unity (KP-Papernas) at the East Java Branch on Sunday (17/09) was intimidated by the militia group, called t

Andra Jackson – Thirty-seven years ago former Papuan politicians Clemens Runawery and Wim Zonggonau boarded a plane on an urgent mission that might have changed the political fate of th

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Another mud retaining pond in Sidoarjo, East Java, collapsed Sunday, prompting a government team to recommend the immediate dumping of water from the mudflo

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The government's plan to reinstate history textbooks that blame the Indonesian Communist Party for the violence after the 1965 coup attempt is reminiscen

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Environmental activists staged a protest Saturday against gold mining operations in Tanggamus regency, asserting that the illegal mining had damaged th

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) Headquarters is currently drawing up internal regulations or guidelines that will assist soldiers in exercising their right to vote in future ele

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to Muslims who were offended by a speech he gave in Germany, saying his comments were misinterpreted and stressing his utmo

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Hundreds of people recently made homeless by hot mudflows camped on Sidoarjo's main turnpike Saturday as the regency gave the go-ahead for the disaster reli

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Leaders of small political parties are fiercely objecting to a plan to increase the electoral threshold from 3 percent to 5 percent.

Jayapura – The Jayapura District Court sentenced Friday three of the last seven defendants on trial for their involvement in the deadly Abepura clash to four and five years in prison.

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Two ponds built to contain the Sidoarjo mud flow burst Friday, forcing more residents to flee the area, while protesters blocked the nearby Surabaya-Gempol

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The beginning of Ramadhan is only one week away and most Muslims traditionally welcome it with great pleasure.

John Martinkus – Violence that ran over four days in May in East Timor and led to the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri was part of a plan instigated by the President Xanana G

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto, who escaped trial for corruption on health grounds, appeared healthy as he attended the wedding of one of his grandsons.

Andi Haswidi, Batam – Only the rich nations that are not affected by IMF policies benefit from the institution's reforms, a speaker at Batam's International Peoples Forum said Friday.

Jakarta – In contrast to Indonesian pollsters who have recently reported poor approval ratings for the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration, an Australian pollster said Thursday the

Pontianak (Agencies) – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia Saturday expressed its concern about the expel of five Australian journalists from Papua when they were ca

Ayapura – The Jayapura District Court on Thursday sentenced two of seven remaining defendants to five years in prison for their part in a fatal clash with police on March 16 in Abepura.

Jakarta – Six of the seven Papuans detained for allegedly killing two US nationals and an Indonesian near the PT Freeport gold mine in Timika, Papua, have gone on a hunger strike to pro

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A new study recommends transferring the job of rebuilding Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam to the incoming provincial administration, in order to bypass problems i

Andi Haswidi, Batam, Riau Islands – Activists said Thursday they had received threats from people claiming to represent local NGOs warning them to call off a planned international antig

Panca Nugraha and Fadli, Mataram/Batam – More than 50 Mataram residents rallied outside the PLN building in West Nusa Tenggara on Thursday over the rotating blackouts imposed in the cit

Jakarta – Although calls to get to the bottom of the murder of human rights activist Munir have come from the very top, the National Police say no one should be getting their hopes up.

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