Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) and the Jakarta administration launched a website on Friday to reach out to sexual abuse

Camelia Pasandaran – Two more Indonesian churches have been taken out of commission in Sulawesi and West Java over the last week as Christians and local governments once again locked ho

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Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa has given a cautious response to comments by prime minister Tony Abbott that Australia will continue to spy on its northern neighbour.

Camelia Pasandaran – A beleaguered Ahmadiyah congregation in Bekasi was handed a hollow victory on Thursday when a court invalidated a municipal order to board up the group's mosque – t

Kennial Caroline Laia & Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Indonesia ranks second from the bottom in an international education survey conducted to assess students' skill in mathematics, sci

Camelia Pasandaran & Amir Tedjo – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to Sampang, East Java, has done little to resolve long-simmering tensions between local Sunni and Shia M

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Farouk Arnaz – The Deputy Chief of the National Police has responded to the controversy surrounding whether or not female police officers can wear headscarves by telling those who wish

Jennifer Robinson – West Papua's claim to self-determination is gaining grounds internationally.

Dessy Sagita & Kennial Caroline Laia – A senior government health official has sought to distance himself from the controversy over a condom promotion campaign following opposition

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court heard on Tuesday allegations that members of the First Family's inner circle were involved in the corruption scandal surroundi

Tunggul Wirajuda – For millions of East Timorese, Indonesia's 24-year occupation of their country seemed an interminable nightmare.

Angela Dewan – Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Barges loaded with mountains of coal glide down the polluted Mahakam River on Indonesian Borneo every few minutes.

Vento Saudale – Officials from Bogor have since October torn down 75 holiday villas and buildings as part of efforts to eliminate a total of 239 illegal buildings in the Puncak area in

Jakarta – The fight against rampant corruption in the country has not made much progress in the past year, Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) has revealed in its annual Corrup

Andi Hajramurni and Slamet Susanto, Makassar/Yogyakarta – While the government's commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunities for disabled people is being questioned, people wi

Jakarta – A number of travelers have called on the police to take harsh action against workers who launched a blockade on the toll road leading to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Education experts and campaigners have welcomed the Education and Culture Ministry's decision to scrap the national examination for elementary school stud

Ni Komang Erviani and Tassia Sipahutar, Denpasar, Bali – Large contingents of uniformed and plainclothes police officers were sent to guard foreign consulates and strategic facilities i

Terrorism in Indonesia has been reduced to "low-tech, low-competence, low-casualty attacks" by weakened groups – but could shift up to a more deadly threat if Indonesians fighting in Sy

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Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party is the most popular political party on social media, a survey has shown.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police is now reconsidering their policy of allowing female officers to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, on duty.

Amir Tejo, Dessy Sagita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A backlash against a government campaign to emphasize the importance of condoms as part of an HIV/AIDS awareness program could h

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Brace yourself to see more discrimination and persecution of religious minorities in Indonesia, after the House of Representatives formally re-endorsed a law limi

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar, Bali – Dozens of university students and members of non-governmental organizations rallied in front of the American consulate in Denpasar, Bali, on Monday,

Lance Collins – The storm in a teacup sparked by the Snowden leaks and the heated response from Jakarta – when Tokyo, Hanoi, Dili and Beijing were also mentioned – has resulted in predi

Tom O'Lincoln – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may just be posturing about Australian intelligence phone taps. But it wouldn't be surprising if he was genuinely annoyed.

A coalition of activist groups has praised Indonesia for signing an international treaty on mercury emissions, but emphasized that the country has much to do to reduce the use of the hi

Jakarta – Former speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Amien Rais facilitated a meeting between Muslim-based political parties in an effort to set up a coalition known as

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A new organization, the Federation of Women-headed Households and Unions that comprises around 20,000 members across 19 provinces, was established on Thursday in Central Jakarta.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers rallied outside City Hall on Thursday as they once again protested against the Jakarta administration's decision to ig

A week after Indonesia announced the suspension of military cooperation with Australia in the wake of allegations of spying by Canberra, Jakarta said it could re-evaluate bilateral coop

Tri Artining Putri, Jakarta – Despite the rising tension, the Indonesian government decided to accept nine Hercules C-130 airplane donation from Australia.

Jakarta – Members of religious minority groups have again spoken of the misery they have suffered for years due to what they claim is state-sponsored persecution.

Nadya Natahadibrata and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Wednesday's national strike by doctors protesting a Supreme Court ruling that sentenced three doctors to 10 months in jail for the d

Batam, Riau Islands – Noisy crowd of protesting workers are converging on the Hang Nadim cross road seeking to close access to the Batam airport.

Unless the General Elections Commission (KPU) fixes a data entry problem on the final voter list and restores trust with the public, then millions of eligible voters in the 2014 general

Michael Bachelard and Heath Aston – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hopes for a quick resumption of co-operation with Indonesia appear dashed after Jakarta outlined a road map to restoring

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt. Gen.

Activists are up in arms over the Jakarta administration's plan to enforce a little-known bylaw banning beggars, buskers and bards in the Indonesian capital, calling the law, which make

Made Arya Kencana, Nusa Dua – Indonesia's food resilience is considered so weak that it could put the people in jeopardy unless the government immediately took measures to increase food

Camelia Pasandaran – Two Ahmadiyah Muslim families left their homes in Jambi after members of a local Islamic boarding school offered the families an ultimatum: convert to Sunni Islam o

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) have agreed to step up cooperation to enhance the security and stability of the two nations, TNI chief Gen.

Jakarta – Dozens of students from various universities staged a rally in Bandung, West Java, on Thursday to express their disappointment over what had been achieved by the government of

A group of protesters staged a rally in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday, calling for the antigraft body to arrest Edhie "Ibas" Baskoro Yudhoyono, the s

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The invisibility of women-headed households leads to them encountering difficulties when accessing various facilities, said participants in a discussion of the i