Hans Nicholas Jong, National – Antigraft activists have lambasted the House of Representatives its alleged attempts to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) through bills o

A group of aggressive thugs interrupted a rally organized by the Movement of People with Concern (GMP) in front of the Medan mayor's office on Tuesday.

Joseph Saunders – A long-awaited agreement signed on Monday by Indonesia and the European Union to trade only in legal timber is a critical first step toward reform of Indonesia's notor

Raras Cahyafitri and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia surprisingly recorded a 0.35 percent deflation in September, the first since May, triggered by declining food and transportati

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged President Obama to emphasize human rights and the rule of law in US-Indonesia relations.

Ethan Harfenist, Arientha Primanita & AFP – The United States Labor Department praised 10 countries, including Indonesia, for their "significant advancement" in fighting the worst f

Lea Jellinek – This is a brilliant book, a must read for anybody wanting to understand the Asian city. In Indonesia, kampung dwellers make up over half of the urban population.

Desy Nurhayati, Denpasar – Activists on Monday criticized the ongoing APEC Summit as a way for developed countries to imperialize and exploit Indonesia's natural resources.

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi on Tuesday completed a humiliating climbdown from comments made last week in which he said that an urban ward chief should be transferred on account

Elizabeth Pisani – I'm sitting at a warung in Central Sulawesi, waiting to pay for my coffee. Two coffees, in fact, and two cakes.

Elisabeth Kramer – American whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, revealed that Australian intelligence agencies had been tapping the phones of Indonesia's president, the first lady and a sle

Jacqui Baker – On 3 March of this year, in a Tangerang courtroom, a young warung (food stall) owner named Yeni raised her skinny fist in victory.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Farmers and activists in West Java have slammed the government for implementing agrarian policies that favor large-scale producers at the expense of small farmers.

Max Lane – The systematic political murder of around 1 million people in Indonesia began on 1 October 1965 and lasted around three years.

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – As Indonesia's 1965 communist purge is under the spotlight with the screening of "The Act of Killing" across the United States and other parts of the world, the

With some canny scaling back of his asylum seeker rhetoric and a hardening on West Papua, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has done much to retrieve his first international trip.

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott skirted the question of asylum seekers in talks on Monday in Indonesia, an issue which has threatened to overshadow his

Sandra Siagian – Despite Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's push to strengthen ties with Indonesia during a meeting with business and government delegates on Tuesday morning, a pre

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Criticism by state officials and political figures towards Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo will only serve to further boost his popularity, an analyst said.

Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party chief patron Lt. Gen.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Despite exchange rate depreciation, high inflation and slower growth, the country is not likely to slip into another 1997-1998 crisis, says the International M

An American director working in Indonesia with survivors of the bloodshed relating to the 1965 purge gained trust and stories from first hand sources – killers of thousands of fellow In

Jess Melvin, Melbourne – Forty-eight years ago on Oct.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – US and Indonesian military ties are growing as evidenced by US participation in the recent US-Indonesian joint-funded Counterterrorism Exercise (CTX) held Sept.

Farouk Arnaz, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Being considered the most harmless among a rotten bunch is hardly a ringing endorsement for the man the president

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Rebecca Lake & Sandra Siagian – Indonesian leaders and rights groups have criticized Australia's policy on asylum-seekers, citing its disregard for human rights and ineffective unil

Tom Clarke – The Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, should use his visit to Indonesia on Monday to cast aside the wilful blindness previous Australian governments have had about the human rig

George Roberts, Indonesia – Members of the Indonesian military have been implicated in a fatal people-smuggling operation that may have killed up to 30 children.

Olivia Rondonuwu – Wearing a black T-shirt and leather jacket, the governor of Jakarta thrusts his fist into the air among a sweat-soaked, headbanging crowd at a concert by rock band Me

Jakarta – The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has allegedly been receiving illegal funds from the Australian government with regard to the handling of refugees and asylum s

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seems to have made a safe decision by nominating Comr. Gen.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) condemned on Saturday Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city administration should bow to the demands of har

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The fate of displaced Shia Muslims is in the dark as government officials and ulema on Madura Island, East Java, question the validity of the peace treaty r

Survivors of a boat that sank off Java claim the Australian embassy ignored a distress call.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry decided to retain the national examinations, defying criticism from education experts who said the educational policy w

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has nominated Comr. Gen.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The financial assets of Indonesian households jumped almost three times between 2007 and 2012, but this upward trend was not enough to keep the country from

Prime Minister Abbott should use his first foreign trip as head of state to put human rights at the heart of Australia's foreign policy.

The Bandung State Administrative Court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by four trade unions against the suspension of the 2013 minimum wage plan on 257 companies by West Java Gove

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo & SP/Robertus Wardi, Makassar – The Indonesian Defense Force is set to receive an upgrade with plans to train more pilots and add eight new squadrons of fighter je

SP/Hotman Siregar – Deputy Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama condemned Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city administration should transfer a Christian wa

Bengkulu – A researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Prof Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, said voter turnout would be higher if Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) runs for pr

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The government defended the controversial purchase of US$5.6 million worth of intelligence equipment from a UK-based company, saying the devices were not int

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Anis Matta played it safe during a graft trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday when he testified for co

George Roberts, staff – For the second time in 24 hours, Australian authorities are attempting to return asylum seekers to Indonesia after rescuing them at sea.

Michael Bachelard – A young orang-utan died prematurely on Saturday after a short life spent in the squalid environment of Indonesia's Surabaya zoo.

SP/Hendro Situmorang – The Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport in Pekanbaru has emerged victorious in the Sapta Pesona cleanest airport toilet of the year award.

The recent signing of a peace deal between the Sunni and Shia Muslim communities in Sampang on the island of Madura in East Java was surely more than just typical ceremony.