Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) urged leaders of the country's law enforcement agencies to improve coordination, especially when dealing with graft

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially inaugurated Gen. Moeldoko and Lt. Gen.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Ridwan Hakim, son of Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chief patron Hilmi Aminuddin, thumbed his nose at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday and refused

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Indonesia's religious affairs minister has called for the Miss World beauty pageant to be cancelled, as opposition in the Muslim-majority country mounts the week before the contest open

In a rare show of unity, Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has joined the National Commission on Violence Against Women in the chorus condemning the proposed mandatory virginit

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and several other labour associations have emphatically rejected the issuance of a presidential instruction (Inpres) on lim

inda Yulisman/Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as part of the government's efforts to avert further massive layoffs amid the current economic slowdown, si

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Mid-ranking Golkar Party members are increasingly nervous about presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie's low popularity among voters and plan to raise his nom

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Ethan Harfenist – Director Joshua Oppenheimer will make his acclaimed documentary on Indonesia's 1965 communist purge "The Act of Killing," available as a free download in the hopes tha

Yuli Krisna, Novy Lumanauw & Robertus Wardi, Sumedang, West Java/Jakarta – Need a land or birth certificate? Or a driver's license or car registration?

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Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla says he disagrees with a proposal to ban government officials from playing golf as part of an attempt to prevent bribery.

Jakarta – Around 100 people staged a protest in front of the Lenteng Agung sub-district office in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, demanding the dismissal of a newly installed Ch

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The mark-up in the contracts for government projects could be nearly half of the projects' real values, according to former Democratic Part

Palembang, South Sumatra – Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Moeldoko said Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed personnel to avoid oil stealing that often takes place in Palembang, South

Zulfi Suhendra, Jakarta – A number of companies and industrial zones have been included as Indonesian National Vital Objects (OVNI) in the industrial sector and now come under governmen

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesia must make the most of its high level relationship with the US, which was marked by new commitments on military sales and cooperation, especially to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A government human rights official has joined Islamic organizations in calling for the Miss World contest scheduled for Indonesia next month to be canceled.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Banjir Ambarita & Yeremia Sukoyo – The new chief of Indonesia's armed forces was sworn in on Tuesday following approval by the House of Representatives.

Apriadi Gunawan, Samosir – Millions of hectares of customary territories in Indonesia reportedly have yet to be mapped, which could potentially spark open conflicts among communities, d

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Jakarta – Army General Moeldoko said modernization of the military equipment will come first in his agenda as a new Indonesian military chief.

Carey L Biron, Washington – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced on Monday that Washington is going forward with a controversial sale of eight attack helicopters to the Indones

Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha demanded Indonesian economist Faisal Basri provide evidence to back up his claims that the president had large savings of US dollars.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia & Novianti Setuningsih – The antigraft agency should widen its investigation into the awarding of contracts for the Hambalang sports center, i

Indonesia will buy eight Apache attack helicopters off the United States, it was announced on Monday, as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo

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Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The public considers vote-buying a normal phenomenon, the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) found ahead of Thursday's East Java gubernatorial election.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most influential Islamic groups is urging the government to cancel the Miss World pageant scheduled for next month, saying the exposure of s

Satria Sambijantoro and Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Local financial markets remained bearish with stocks, bonds and currency markets all down on Monday as market players responded negati

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government is trying to calm the debt market, reassuring it that it has sufficient funds at its disposal to pay its dollar debts, as the local currenc

The Democratic Party this weekend sent out invitations to public figures to take part in its convention to pick a presidential candidate.

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) today condemned the US government's decision to approve the sale of deadly Apache attack helic

Farouk Arnaz & Shesar Andriawan – Thousands of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front paraded through the streets of Jakarta on Sunday to commemorate the group's 15th anni

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Gopal Ratnam & Berni Moestafa – The US agreed to sell a fleet of Apache attack helicopters to the Indonesian Army in a transaction valued at as much as $500 million.

The United States will sell the Indonesian army eight Apache attack helicopters in a deal worth $500 million, including radar, training and maintenance, a US defense official said on Mo

Anushka Shahjahan – Displaced Shia residents from the trouble-plagued East Java island of Madura must be allowed to return home safely, voluntarily and with dignity, Amnesty Internation

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Sherr Rinn – During July and August, the Indonesian government firmed up its resistance to any further large increases in the minimum wage.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The ailing Democratic Party kick started on Saturday a preliminary examination to shortlist candidates for the 2014 presidential poll.

Jakarta – The new head of Lenteng Agung subdistrict in South Jakarta, Susan Jasmine Zulkifli, 43, whose replacement on sectarian grounds was demanded on Monday, has won the support of m

Farouk Arnaz & Shesar Andriawan – Thousands of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) paraded through the streets of Jakarta on Sunday in commemoration of the group'

Indonesia's top Islamic authority lashed out Friday at the country's decision to host the Miss World beauty pageant next month, saying that women exposing their bodies went against Musl

Jason MacLeod – Tineke Rumkabu handed me a bright yellow piece of A4 paper, double-sided, and folded in half.

Nadia Bulkin – The Act of Killing, a new documentary on Indonesia's anti-Communist mass killings, is making the rounds globally and earning praise for its innovative cinematography.

The country's far-right religious authority, Indonesian Ulema Council, is voicing their support for Rizieq Syihab, chief of the Islamic Defenders Front as a possible candidate in the up

Bekasi – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) held its 3rd National Conference (Munas) at the Wisma Haji building in Bekasi, West Java, between Thursday and Saturday, August 22-24.