Suherdjoko, Semarang – Hundreds of workers from Central Java staged a rally on Wednesday, in front of the governor's office in Semarang, demanding monthly wages of Rp 2.1 million (US$18

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Dessy Sagita – Activists have lashed out at a Thai university's decision to honor Indonesia's minister of religious affairs, Suryadharma Ali, with a Doctor Honoris Causa title for his e

Rebecca Lake – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has outlined his commitment to stabilize the nation's faltering economy, but as his popularity rises analysts question whether the f

The Indonesian foreign ministry has warned that the Australian government's plan to turn back asylum seeker boats would endanger co-operation and trust in joint efforts aimed at combati

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government says it is becoming more concerned that the weakening rupiah will unexpectedly cause soaring energy subsidies despite its commitment not to

Jakarta – Support for a blogger student who was expelled from Dian Nuswantoro University for criticizing campus management has grown with dozens of students from several campus publicat

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has decided to revise the libel articles in the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law to make it less severe on th

Sidoarjo, East Java – Displaced Shia Muslims from Sampang regency in Madura, East Java, who for months had taken refuge in Sidoarjo, broke down in tears as they hugged members of the Su

Timika, Papua – The National Air Defence Command (Kohanudnas) held an unidentified aircraft interception simulation with two F 16 combat jets of Indonesia Air Force (TNI AU) at Mozes Ki

Jonathan Vit – A leading human rights group has called for increased monitoring of Indonesian Military (TNI) surveillance activities after the defense ministry admitted to purchasing so

Farouk Arnaz – Weak law enforcement by the police has become one of the main reasons why militant groups, thugs and gangsters have dared to take the law in their own hands while at the

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has started working on amending Law No.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Islam-based parties have balked at a proposal from a veteran politician urging them to form a coalition modeled after the so-called "central axis", which suc

New York – Indonesia has issued a warning against Australia's plan to implement its policy on boat people, which violates Indonesia's sovereignty.

Jakarta – Electricity company PT PLN's outsourced workers, who recently threatened to strike if they were not promoted as permanent employees, are increasing the pressure on PLN by thre

Jakarta – The Democratic Party leadership has called on the General Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) to be lenient on the party for forcing state-owned television station TVRI to air

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) said it had uncovered inaccuracies in it's voter data that would affect more than 65 million people nationwide.

Camelia Pasandaran – It had taken 23 years for the parishioners of Saint Bernadet to be granted a permit to build a church in Ciledug, South Tangerang.

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Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The government's universal healthcare coverage program is only three months away from its effective implementation scheduled for Jan.

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Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has said the Papua Police have been unprofessional in their handling of the case concerning Adj. First Insp.

Novianti Setuningsih – A former owner of Bank Century, Robert Tantular, has suggested the bank was allowed to collapse so that the government could initiate a bailout.

The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has reprimanded state-run TV station TVRI for its broadcast of a 2.5-hour meeting of the Democratic Party, calling the report "imbalanced."

Tony Abbott has declared he does not want illegal boat arrivals to dominate the Australia-Indonesia relationship and is aiming for the controversy surrounding his policies to deter peop

Anushka Shahjahan – Indonesia and the Asian region have made substantial progress toward achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, although gaps in poverty reduction r

Carlos Paath – Any talk of Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo joining another party's presidential ticket in 2014 is groundless because of the hugely popular official's strong loyalty to the

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said on Thursday that the preparation of national examinations for elementary school, junior high school and senior high school students was rif

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Probes into the ongoing beef import scandal involving former Prosperous Justice Party president Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq and his close aide, Ahmad Fathanah, continu

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Makassar Mayor Ilham Arief Sirajuddin revealed on Thursday that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) asked him for a hefty sum of money before throwing its s

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) has once again upheld the controversial blasphemy articles that are often used to prosecute minority groups.

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – For a start, the three Bs of Miss World – brains, beauty and behavior – have been replaced by the three Ss: sholehah (piousness), smart and stylish.

Anushka Shahjahan – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's rejection of the so-called low cost green cars has received wide support as analysts unanimously agreed that such cars are not the sol

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – After some inconsistencies, the government made it clear on Thursday that it will not cap minimum wage increase in the presidential instruction that will serve

Jakarta – Former Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo's future as Indonesian Ambassador to Germany has been secured despite student protests as the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Comm

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The release of five men complicit in the murder case at Cebongan Penitentiary, Sleman, has drawn wide criticism due to fears that the move will tarnish th

Indra Wijaya, Yogyakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, informed that Indonesia has recently received six Sukhoi SU-27 SKM and SU-30 MK2 fighter jets from Russia.

William Pesek – Indonesians are taking to the streets to demand the government heed their complaints. Are they livid about corruption? No. Fed up with poverty? Not really.

Jakarta – Indonesia's year-on-year foreign debt growth dropped to 7.3 percent in July 2013 from 8 percent recorded in June 2013, Bank Indonesia says.

Washington – The US Treasury on Wednesday placed sanctions on two Indonesian men it said were closely involved with two radical Islamist groups behind attacks and bombings over more tha

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A minister has retracted his claim that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had signed a presidential instruction that will cap the increase on minimum wages

Linda Pressly – About 15% of the world's gold is produced by artisanal and small-scale miners, most of whom use mercury to extract it from the earth.

Ben Eltham – At what point does the Coalition's obsession with "stopping the boats" collide with Australia's national interest?

Ina Parlina and Margareth S.Aritonang, Jakarta – Supreme Court justice candidate Sudrajad Dimyati was caught allegedly giving what was believed to be an envelope to a lawmaker in a rest

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – New shopping malls will continue to open in Jakarta in the future because a planned moratorium does not annul permits for new malls issued by the previous adminis

Jakarta – The House of Representatives' commission on defense's deputy chairman Tubagus Hasanuddin said a special team was being established to monitor the possible misuse of newly purc

The Indonesian Military (TNI) is reviving the community service program that was popularly known as ABRI Masuk Desa (AMD) during the New Order era.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's traffic-clogged capital needs a comprehensive mass transit system, not cheaper cars, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo reiterated in a le

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite being ousted as the Democratic Party's chairman over his involvement in a high-profile corruption scandal, Anas Urbaningrum is conti