Jakarta – Three of five Corruption Court judges walked out of a bribery trial session Wednesday after the presiding judge refused to summon Supreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan.

Jakarta – A draft law proposed by lawmakers on the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh will impose Shariah, or Islamic law, on all non-Muslims, the military and police, a local

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The traditional view that most Indonesians live in rural areas will soon be turned upside down.

Jakarta – Every humiliating moment of that day is etched in Lilies Lindawati's memory.

Jakarta – The Indonesian military (TNI) will for the first time take part in a joint military exercise with Thailand, the United States, Japan and Singapore in Konayo, Thailand, on May

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The mortality rate for pneumonia among children under five remains high in the country because parents don't know how to quickly spot the killer disease, an expert says.

Jakarta – Poor students continue to be denied education because the government is not properly monitoring how schools spend their education budget allocations, consumer groups and activ

Michael Vatikiotis, Singapore – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who died in Jakarta on Sunday at the age of 81, never won the Nobel Prize for Literature that he was nominated for more than once

Rob Taylor, Jakarta – The giant Freeport gold mine blamed for a slew of environmental and social catastrophes in Papua is causing far greater damage to the environment than previously t

Pip Hinman – An Australian coalition of West Papua support groups has asked the UN to list West Papua as a non-governing territory requiring a self-determination plebiscite.

Jakarta – Environmental damage caused by Freeport's huge gold and copper mine in Indonesia's remote Papua province is much worse than previously thought, an environmental watchdog said

Dili – When East Timorese guerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao languished in an Indonesian jail, Australian activist and English teacher Kirsty Sword was a crucial link to his fighters and th

Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of workers rallied in major cities and towns nationwide Monday, with revisions to the labor law their collective target of protest on International Worke

Jakarta – Two Indonesian businessmen are on trial in Michigan, the United States, for attempting to illegally smuggle weapons into Indonesia.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Around 500 people, consisting of freedom fighters, war veterans, and their children and grandchildren commemorated Monday the 43rd anniversary of Papua's

Jakarta – Business in the North Sumatra capital Medan ground to a halt Monday, with many companies unable to operate as normal because their employees were taking part in rallies to mar

Ridwan Max Sijabat – Workers have found shared causes for concern and a renewed sense of activism in rejecting proposed revisions to the 2003 Labor Law and hardships they say have been

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Multa Fidrus and Theresia Sufa, Jakarta/Tangerang/Bogor – It was dreaded by some and eagerly awaited by others, but the peaceful World Labor Day rally Monday surpris

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The smoldering, bloody sectarian conflict in Maluku and ethnic warfare in Kalimantan may flare up again unless the government addresses injustices and ling

Shawn Donnan – In recent years, the Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who died yesterday at age 81, came to be known as a chain-smoking curmudgeon and consistent critic of the co

Michael Vatikiotis – I first met Pramoedya Ananta Toer when he was still restricted to a small house in a Jakarta suburb in the dying days of the Suharto regime that had first jailed hi

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Rini Kustiani, Jakarta – The Head of the Central Executive committee of the Voice of Human Rights News Center, Atmakusumah Astraatmadja, said that press freedom in Indonesia declined dr

Jakarta – Acclaimed author Pramoedya Ananta Toer spent much of his life alone, in his solitary art, his years of imprisonment and also as an unyielding voice proclaiming what made the a

Banda Aceh – Acehnese students have again demonstrated – this time in greater numbers – in the thousands.

Jakarta – Delays in passing a bill clearing the way for elections in Indonesia's Aceh province may play into the hands of former separatist rebels, boosting their strength when the ball

Hasrul, Kendari – The chairman of a local Ahmadiya group says dozens of unidentified people have vandalized the Nur Rabwah mosque belonging to Ahmadiyah followers at Ranowila village, K

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Hundreds of sacked soldiers whose anti-Government protests erupted in violence have fled into East Timor's mountains, where many of them spent years waging a gue

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Dili – Thousands of East Timorese were pouring into makeshift refugee camps in Dili last night, fearful of being murdered in an outbreak of ethnic violence.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined calls by international press freedom groups for a thorough inquiry into the recent murder of an Indonesian journalis

Jakarta – Indonesia's most celebrated novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer has died at the age of 81, his family said.

Jane Perlez, Jakarta – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who chronicledd Indonesia's battle for independence against the Dutch in a quartet of sharply drawn novels composed in prison, died Sunday

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh – Thousands of students from universities across the Acehnese provincial capital of Banda Aceh held a demonstration at the Baiturrahman Great Mosque on Sunday Apr

Sydney – Australia needs to do more to help Papua attain independence, but the decision to grant bridging visas to 42 asylum seekers has put the province's struggle back on the world ag

Emmy Fitri, Jakarta – A week after a rally by cultural communities and artists to protest against the anti-pornography bill, activists and artists involved in the demonstration said the

Jakarta – When a labour scout visited 18-year-old Siti Mariam's Indonesian village offering her a job as a factory worker on the outskirts of Jakarta, she thought her prayers had been a

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – For those people who wonder why the sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi remains smoldering, local Muslim and Christian peace activists have a theo

Zakki Hakim, Wonosobo – One of Southeast Asia's most-wanted militants escaped a raid on his suspected hideout Saturday, but two of his accomplices were killed during an hour-long shooto

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Malnutrition in the country is caused by more complex factors than just poverty, experts say.

Greens leader Bob Brown has called for the resignation of Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone after she accused Papuan separatists of racism.

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Thousands of contract employees in the Cirebon municipal administration and at state enterprises in the city are demanding action over their low salaries.

Jakarta – For the second time this month, hundreds of workers of Sogo department store protested the dismissal of their six colleagues.

Dili – Troops have fanned out across the East Timorese capital Dili, a day after a violent protest left two dead, as the president called for calm and urged thousands who fled their hom

Dili – The government ordered the army to help restore order in East Timor's capital Friday, after two people were killed and 34 wounded, including three officers, in clashes between po

One East Timorese police officer was killed by mobs during a protest in support of nearly 600 dismissed soldiers in the capital Dili, police said.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives should stop drafting the state secrecy bill because it will limit public access to important information and legitimize abuses of power, a coaliti

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Hard work still lies ahead for the government despite its expectations of higher growth this year on more investments, with official figures showing actual overs

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Since he was laid off several months ago, Maryadi, 48, has started to behave strangely, at least as far as his wife, children and neighbors are concerned.