Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has lashed out at critics he says are interfering with his government's ability to implement and run its policies.

Jakarta – A bomb exploded inside the Ekayana Buddhist Vihara in West Jakarta late on Sunday, injuring three people and destroying some parts of the site, which was established in 1995 t

Jakarta – Indonesian legislator Muhammad Najib has called upon the Indonesian people to pray for Egypt so that the Arab country could find its way, without further bloodshed, toward bui

Bumper to bumper traffic jams were reported on several main roadways outside of Jakarta on Sunday, as nearly five million homebound travelers left the capital for Idul Fitri.

Jakarta – Hercules Rozario Marhsal, 55, has been the epitome of Jakarta's seedy underbelly since the 1980s, ushered to the top by a meticulous arrangement of military elites.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's impressive period of 6-plus percent economic expansion is over, after its economy posted only 5.8 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it would follow up on the fresh allegations leveled by former House of Representatives budgetary committee

Wildlife conservation activists in Indonesia marked a somber Global Tiger Day earlier this week with dire warnings about the relentless destruction of the last remaining forests that ar

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Three environmentalists in North Sumatra are going to give up their awards in protest against the national government, which they claim has persistently neglect

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – For some graft suspects who lived large before being detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), spending time behind bars could be excruciati

Rizky Amelia & Novianti Setuningsih – Antigraft investigators have received a compact disc that allegedly contains evidence former Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng bought

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives Commission I overseeing defense will question Army chief of staff Gen.

Rendi Witular, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry will soon issue a regulation that will eliminate value-added tax (VAT) and income tax for the importation of non-fiction books, a move that

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has revealed that more than 90 percent of people diagnosed with schizophrenia in the country have no access to medical treatment.

Luh De Suriyani – Environmental activists staged protests over the planned reclamation of Benoa Bay in front of the governor's office on Wednesday, demanding the governor revoke the con

Novrida Manurung – Indonesia's inflation accelerated to the highest level in more than four years in July, adding to risks facing Southeast Asia's largest economy as growth cools.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has selected former law and justice minister Patrialis Akbar as a Constitutional Court justice, a move many have said could be

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia will likely see its trade deficit breach a record high of US$5 billion this year, more than double the figure last year, as the bleak export outlook

A group of 14 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has signed an online petition urging a drug manufacturer to offer Hepatitis C drugs at lower prices.

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Novianti Setuningsih – The recent arrest of a lawyer for allegedly bribing a Supreme Court official has sparked a debate between those who say the case is just the tip of the iceberg, a

The State Palace on Monday lashed out at foreign governments that allegedly spied on Indonesian leaders, saying the practice was unethical.

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta District Court on Monday sent four defendants involved in an attack against an Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) member,

Jakarta – "I don't want my friends to turn away from me when I tell them who I am," said 13-year-old Ardan, not his real name, on Saturday during a story-telling event at the Jakarta Le

Amir Tedjo, Surabaya – The death of a drug suspect during an allegedly brutal interrogation by Sawahan Police on April 1 has cast a light on what human rights groups call the widespread

Jakarta – Gen. (ret) Djoko Santoso claims he has told Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Agus Suhartono that he wants to run for president in the 2014 election.

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Jakarta – Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya's remark made on July 17 that he would not publish the concession had sparked criticism from environment activists.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In the latest scandal exposing the corruption that plagues the judiciary, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday detained and charged a low-ranking

Carlos Paath – Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie said he is considering asking the Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle to form a coalition with his party in t

Arientha Primanita – Sampang's persecuted Shiite Muslim minority, fearful of another round of forced conversions by Sunni Muslims, called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to ensure

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As pressures mounts for the government to disband a notorious hard-line Muslim group, one activist expressed concerns about how it should be done.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – More than half of children under the age of six have no access to early childhood education, the Education and Culture Ministry says.

Nadya Natahadibrata and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The government cannot disband the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) using the controversial Mass Organization (Ormas) Law following the dea

With fresh police officers hitting the beat just seven months after graduating from high school, it's no wonder some behave childishly, according to the force's top brass.

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The trial of 12 of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members who allegedly attacked a prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, has once again d

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – An animal rights activist who initiated an online petition calling for a criminal probe into the killing of four elephants in Aceh claimed to have faced inti

Jakarta – A survey published on Tuesday has found that the internet has alienated voters who have political efficacy and high interest in politics, but are distrustful of political inst

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Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Prosecutors sought on Thursday a suspended sentence for Abdul Azis, the defendant of a harassment case in last year's attack against the Congregation of Batak Pro

Camelia Pasandaran – Two Ahmadiyah teachers and a school attendant have left a state elementary school in Cianjur following pressure from local residents.

Stephanie Hendarta – Aburizal Bakrie may not be the most popular presidential hopeful, but a new poll suggests the businessman and Golkar politician may at least be the among the most n

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Robertus Wardi – Joko Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, may be the pollsters' favorite to win the 2014 presidential election, but the final decision and th

The national police confirmed on Thursday that it set up a special task force to investigate the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for comments made earlier in the week in whi

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Four candidates for the National Police chief position, including a former adjutant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, have submitted inc

The National Police top brass waded into a row in Semarang on Thursday after 50 officers from its specialist unit, the Mobile Brigade, were found to have visited a Central Java police s

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sydney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966.

SP/Anastasia Winanti R – Disgraced Garut district head Aceng Fikri has filed to run for a vacant seat on Indonesia's Regional Representatives Council (DPD) in a move that left one obser