Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Police on Tuesday said 15 public order agency (Satpol PP) officers in Ngada district, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have been named suspects in an investiga

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Total gridlock will occur next year as various construction projects will be carried out, an expert says.

Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday to discuss political and economic developments ahead of the 2014 general and p

Bambang Muryanto, Sleman, Yogyakarta – Sleman Regent Sri Purnomo has been criticized by activists of the Yogyakarta Anti Violence Community (Makaryo) for attending a discussion forum on

An antigraft official has called into questioned why a district head arrested in a major bribery scandal in October is still set to be inaugurated tomorrow by the Home Affairs Ministry.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economy Hatta Rajasa leads other potential presidential candidates from Islamic parties, a survey said.

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With Indonesia preparing for elections in 2014, one underdog candidate is promoting himself in the United States as a president who would crack down on Islamist extremists.

Indonesia has seen a dramatic decline in the number of Javan and Sumatran rhinos over the past eight years, according to a director of an organization dedicated to preserving the animal

Edi Hardum – National Mother's Day, which is celebrated in Indonesia on Dec.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has claimed the government has failed to implement properly Public Service Law No. 25/2009.

Jakarta – As many as 25 companies have sought dispensation to not apply the provincial minimum wage (UMP) for a certain period of time next year.

Fathiyah Dahrul & Kanupriya Kapoor – More than a hundred workers at Indonesia's biggest port in Jakarta have gone on strike demanding the port operator CEO step down, but authoritie

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – There were at least six alleged violations of religious freedom and seven cases of religious intolerance committed across Central Java in the period of 2012 to

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A member of the Consortium for Women in West Java, Fridolin Berek, said female legislative candidates needed to create a joint working network, saying that unity am

Anastrasia Winanti & Carlos Paath – The House of Representatives on Friday passed the civil service bill, designed to ensure that public servants perform to high standards, or else

The Dayak people of Central Kalimantan have expressed their strong opposition to the establishment of an anti-corruption center by the local branch of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)

Surakarta – Air Force chief of staff Air Marshall Ida Bagus Putu Dunia said the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) would purchase 24 F-16 fighter jets from the US to modernize the country's

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the industry bill into law to promote, among other things, the enhancement of downstream activities, replacing

Bagus BT Saragih and Linda Yulisman – The government may provide relief for mineral exporters, who have cried foul over the policy of banning raw ore exports from next year, by utilizin

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives endorsed on Thursday President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to reform the graft-tainted Constitutional Court (MK)

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Amid reports that Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri has begun resisting attempts to nominate Jakarta Governor Jo

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government's inability to set realistic economic targets for this year has resulted in the failure to seek solutions that adequately address the current ec

On Dec. 16, 2013, I visited Abepura Penitentiary in West Papua to deliver postcards and video bearing messages of support and solidarity to West Papuan political prisoners.

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Village Law, a new regulation that, the government claims, will improve the welfare of peopl

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The so-called "People's Convention" initiated by some of the country's top activists and religious figures has named seven presidential candidates, spanning

Carlos Paath & Rizky Amelia – The naming of Ratu Atut Chosiyah, the governor of Banten and a Golkar Party stalwart, as a suspect in at least two corruption cases could change the po

Rizky Amelia – The Jakarta High Court has handed down a heftier sentence to corruption convict Insp. Gen.

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Regina Tantri Tionaomi is among the many Jakarta teenagers who have never been taught about sexual and reproductive health.

Kennial Caroline Laia – State-owned health insurance firm Askes says it is ready to roll out Indonesia's first national health care insurance scheme early next month.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Analysts have said secular political parties are now vying to woo Muslim voters who were unlikely to vote for Islamic parties given corrupt practices tarnishing

Rizky Amelia & Carlos Paath – The decision late on Monday by the national antigraft commission to finally charge Ratu Atut Chosiyah, the governor of Banten province, with corruption

Muhammad Al Azhari – Jakarta will push for policies and efforts to discourage people from using private vehicles next year, Governor Joko Widodo said in an interview on Monday.

Jakarta – Village heads threatened to boycott the 2014 presidential and legislative elections during a mass rally held in front of the House of Representatives, Jakarta, on Wednesday, i

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Carlos Paath – A democracy watchdog has called into question the government's approval of a Rp 100 billion ($8.3 million) budget allocation for security measures by the military for nex

Carlos Paath – Senior officials from country's main opposition party have suggested that former president and two-time losing presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri may have anot

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) released its 2013 integrity survey on Monday, with the Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) receiving the highest

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – Indonesian Vice-President Boediono has quashed hopes of an early end to the standoff between Canberra and his country in the wake of Indonesia's decision to su

Noviani Setuningsih – The latest Corruption Perception Index has revealed that most incidences of corruption in Indonesia are committed by lawmakers.

Novianti Setuningsih – The deliberation of the draft bill, which is aimed at limiting cash transactions and preventing corruption practices ahead of next year's general elections, has s

Yeremia Sukoyo – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo would likely be able to increase the electability of any political party, even those with only a slight chance of meeting the parliamentary

Colin Brown – It has been suggested that SBY himself may have taken a strong position in order to try to shore up support for his Democrat Party in the elections.

After a decade-long fight against illegal logging, the idea of resuming log exports is heating up following a recent proposal by the Forestry Ministry.

Jakarta – At least 5,000 outsourced workers from various state-owned companies (BUMN) plan to stage a rally in Jakarta on Monday to demand that their companies promote them to permanent

Gethin Chamberlain – Even in the first light of dawn in the Tripa swamp forest of Sumatra it is clear that something is terribly wrong.

Clandestine hotel room sex, money laundering and huge bribes to import beef evokes a seedy, criminal underworld rather than conservative politicians in the world's most populous Muslim-

Rizky Amelia & Noviani Setuningsih – A former Democratic Party politician admitted that money was distributed to several party members during the party's national congress in 2010.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The latest political surveys have placed the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) as the most electable party in the country's upcoming legislativ

Jeff Kingston – On a recent trip to Jakarta, I experienced firsthand what an infrastructure bottleneck feels like.