Arya Dipa, Bandung – A member of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) – identified as Chief Brig.

Bayu Marhaenjati – A brawl between members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police at a Depok, West Java, karaoke bar left two Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers injured

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Yogyakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the Great General Soeharto Memorial at Soeharto's birthplace in Kemusuk village, Sleman, Yogyakarta, in Central Java on Friday.

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo did not say a word to the employee caught playing video games during a surprise visit to the offices of the city's small-and-medi

Fitri, Mataram – As the bodies of four Indonesians shot dead by Malaysian police last week arrived and were subsequently buried in their hometown here on Thursday, demands are mounting

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The government has vowed to minimize political influence in the civil service, particularly in the appointment of senior bureaucrats, including ministers.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Residents of Jatisampurna subdistrict, Jatisampurna district, have filed a lawsuit against Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi for issuing a building permit for the constru

Jakarta – The Global Slavery Index 2013, published by the Walk Free Foundation, an Australian-based organization dedicated to eradicating modern-day slavery, reveals that there are more

Raka F Pujangga, Semarang – An Indonesian labour movement workshop at the Pandanaran Hotel in the Central Java capital of Semarang facilitated by the Trade Union Rights Centre (TURC) ha

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from Jakarta and surrounding areas demonstrated demanding welfare improvements on Thursday October 17. The action created traffic jams between Jl.

SP/Carlos Paath – Indonesia's only candidate to head the National Police promised to crackdown on corruption, terrorism and drugs as the House of Representatives commission on legal aff

Keith Bettinger, Wendy Miles & Micah Fisher – A remarkable study published last week in the highly regarded scientific journal Nature detailed a new method for predicting specific d

Kanupriya Kapoor – Thousands of Indonesian workers took to the streets of the capital on Thursday, demanding that the government raise wages and adding to fears that labor costs in Sout

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Jakarta – Analysts have said that political dynasties, grounded in the constitutional right of every citizen to run for office, are commonplace in the country.

With elections looming, dozens of young Indonesians sprawled out on a driveway roar with laughter as a comedian pokes fun at the country's politicians, many of whom hark back to the day

Former Youth and Sport Minister Andi Alfian Mallarangeng was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday over the Hambalang sports center case.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A lawmaker warned the national antigraft body of the potential dangers of recruiting military personnel as investigators.

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi and Corry Elyda, Jakarta – During the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign, then governor candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Basuki "Ahok"

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Jakarta – Golkar Party deputy treasurer Bambang Soesatyo criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's comments on political dynasties, saying he needed to take a cold, hard look in t

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Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it will only hire retired Indonesian Military (TNI) members, to be assigned as prison guards.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian foreign exchange (forex) reserves are at risk of depleting as no definite solution is in sight to end the current US fiscal impasse.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has called on the House of Representatives to make an assessment of the performance of outgoing National Police chief Gen.

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – One year after Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama assumed the reins of the Jakarta administration, the public has a good idea of their dis

Hugh White – Travelling abroad, Tony Abbott has been saying things very different from what we have heard from him in Australia. There are two ways to interpret this.

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Elaine Pearson – Indonesia is an early test for of the new Australian government's foreign policy.

National – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has rejected speculation that it will recruit members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) as investigators.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, irked by an accusation from a leading member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) that he lied about his ties with Bunda Putri, has ordere

Republika, Jakarta – It was distressing to witness the departure of members of the House of Representatives (DPR) on a haj pilgrimage this year.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A leading member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has accused President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of lying with regard to Bunda Putri, a hitherto littl

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Religious outreach (dakwah) programs aired by a number of local television stations are still laden with ethical violations, shallow content and are not e

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ID/Novy Lumanauw – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attempted to distance himself from "Queen Lobbyist" Bunda Putri in a rare public statement on Thursday, telling reporter

Camelia Pasandaran – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah stepped out of her black Mitsubishi Pajero Sport SUV at the Corruption Eradication Commission's South Jakarta headquarters on Fri

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has put additional pressure on the government to immediately ratify the Framework Convention on Tobac

Benny Wanda – Ever since West Papua was annexed and colonised by Indonesia in 1969 through a referendum ironically called the Act of Free Choice (we call it the Act of No Choice), my pe

The results of a poll by the Pusat Data Bersatu – United Data Center or PDB – announced here on Thursday shows Joko Widodo remained secure at the top of the electability list of potenti

Yeremia Sukoyo – Despite a series of graft scandals that have hit the courts, political parties and other democratic institutions, two out of three Indonesians still believe democracy i

Joseph Nevins – Among the casualties of the US government shutdown is President Barack Obama's trip to Indonesia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC).

Yogyakarta – Dozens of artists in Yogyakarta slammed the city administration for bringing a street artist to justice after he was arrested for drawing graffiti on the wall of an empty h

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SP/Carlos Paath – An official from the Great Indonesia Movement Party deplored a recent survey in which Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama surfaced as the most electable ind

The final verdict on the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, announced on Monday, was not just another puzzling note in our history.

Camelia Pasandaran – Hard-line Islamists shuttered an Ahmadiyah mosque after reportedly threatening to burn it down on Sunday in the latest example of religious intolerance to plague We

Jakarta – The legal fight challenging the appointment of Constitutional Court (MK) justice Patrialis Akbar has gained momentum following the arrest of the court's former chief justice,

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it has ruled in favor of Siti Hardiyanti Rukamana in a dispute surrounding the majority of ownership of MNC TV and returned shares of the TV stat