Novianti Setuningsih & Ezra Sihite – A hard-line Islamic organization has apologized for causing the death of a motorist arising from its attempt to raid a suspected brothel in East

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S.

Angela Buensuceso – Ask the chief executive of one of the country's largest banks what it takes for a woman to excel in the workplace and the answer is clear.

Margareth S.

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

SP/Mikael Niman – Prosecutors demanded a three-month sentence for a man who threatened to kill the pastor of Bekasi's embattled HKBP Filadelfia church during a tense Easter protest by h

Jakarta – More than half of voters are confused about the current political situation.

Jakarta – The latest Indonesian Ombudsman report has found that five ministries could be rife with corruption as indicated by low quality public services and a lack of transparency.

Hotman Siregar – A fatal MetroMini bus accident on Tuesday has led to calls for the Jakarta city administration to take over the long-running public transportation operator.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia may face another downturn in its economy as the slowdown in foreign investment would likely continue at least until the next two years as foreig

Margareth S.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs have joined forces to block an attempt from lawyer and former law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra to relax a 2012 remission pol

Jakarta – Nielsen Indonesia on Wednesday said the Indonesian middle class topped the global consumer index in the second quarter of 2013, making them the most optimistic group in the wo

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Novianti Setuningsih & Rizky Amelia, Jakarta/Malang – As people across the country marked National Children's Day on Tuesday, a minister said sexual harassment ha

Jakarta – On the occasion of the National Children's Day on July 23, the Indonesian people were urged to protect children and fulfill their basic rights as child abuse and child sexual

Carlos Paath & Ezra Sihite – Any mass organization that engages in violence and vandalism should be brought to justice, a senior government minister has said days after a deadly rai

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) came under another round of scathing attacks this week in the wake of the latest violence involving its members.

A central government plan to allow Madura Island's persecuted Shiites to return home from exile in Sidoarjo, East Java, hinges on the proposal's acceptance by local religious leaders –

Jakarta – Dozens of people grouped under a group known as Kendal Community Solidarity for the victims of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) violence, staged a mass rally on Tuesday deman

Yuliasri Perdani and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – A day after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged zero tolerance against vigilante groups, calls are again mounting for the gove

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – With less than one year left for the government to achieve self-sufficiency by 2014, failure is already in sight.

Farouk Arnaz – A man wearing a black mask and a white vest emblazoned with the logo of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stormed through the door of a small shop serving beer

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A former bouncer at Hugo's Cafe, Joko Kurniawan, said there were more than four people involved in the assault and murder of chief Sgt.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Antigraft investigators have confirmed that the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($663 million) bailout of Bank Century in 2008 hinged on a decision to bend banki

Jakarta – The cashier at the meat import company PT Indoguna Utama, Pudji Rahayu Arminingrum, has confirmed that the company paid Rp 98 million (US$9,702) to finance the Prosperous Just

Baradan Kuppusamy, Kuala Lumpur – With a propensity to devour everything in their path and spiral quickly out of control, leaving behind swathes of scorched earth, forest fires are cons

Yeremia Sukoyo & Usmin, Jakarta/Bengkulu – The advent of regional autonomy more than a decade ago has given rise to highly corrupt local cabals who have misappropriated Rp 2.2 trill

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The 2013 national curriculum may end up being changed sooner than expected with two major political parties, deemed frontrunners in the 2014 elections, sa

Jakarta – The 1945 Constitution should be amended to better protect media freedom, a scholar says.

Ezra Sihite & Carlos Paath – The government should use a recently-passed law on mass organizations to disband the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, known as the FPI, if it continue

Margareth S.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators' probe into graft allegations levied against disgraced Democratic Party chair Anas Urbaningrum has only s

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has lambasted the General Elections Commission (KPU) for planning to allow underage children to be

Fana F.S.

Linda Yulisman, Headlines – Indonesia will remove import quotas for beef and live cattle to stabilize domestic prices and curb inflation, a trade official says.

Nadya Natahadibrata and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – The hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) could be subject to sanctions stipulated in the 2013 Mass Organization Law (Ormas), foll

The hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)has been reported to police for raiding a hotel in Mojokerto, East Java, on Saturday last week.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government is planning to issue a new rule that will serve as a reference for tripartite negotiations to set a nationwide minimum wage increase every year.

Suherdjoko, Kendal – A riot broke out in Ngrancah village in Sukorejo, Kendal, Central Java, when residents tried to block members of hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front's (FPI) T

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government has denied making any promises to the displaced Shia community from Sampang, Madura, that they would return home soon.

Tika Primandari, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection has released a data concerning children for the first semester of 2013.

A woman was killed in Central Java on Thursday after a raid by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) escalated into a violent confrontation with hundreds of local residents, despite the pre

Bayu Marhaenjati – After two jailbreaks within a week left convicted terrorists and career criminals on the run from over-crowded Medan and Batam jails, the Jakarta government has respo

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The rupiah extended its losses on Thursday after Bank Indonesia (BI) moderated its market intervention, with the currency declining for the tenth consecut

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With 17 ministers of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 34-member Cabinet coming from six political parties in the government coalition, the misappropriati

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister, in an apparent attempt to downplay the nation's rising tide of religious intolerance, suggested that inter-faith strife is "

SP/Robertus Wardhy & SP/Carlos Paath – With two recent surveys pointing to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's popularity amongst the Indonesian electorate, experts predictably confirmed

Ezra Sihite – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) remained bullish about its 2014 electoral prospects on Thursday despite a new survey indicating it had been relegated to the periphery o

SP/Erwin Sihombing – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo is still the man to beat in next year's presidential election, according to the results of a survey released on Wednesday, a day after

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After declining to comment on the rise of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt.