Jakarta – As of Tuesday, the General Elections Commission (KPU) said the number of eligible voters for the 2014 elections from 30 provinces hit 177 million people.

When Diah Pitaloka took over the youth wing of Indonesia's third-biggest political party two years ago, her male colleagues addressed her as "Pak," which in Indonesian means "Mr."

Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Second Sgt.

Jakarta – A survey published on Tuesday found that the ruling Democratic Party has rebounded from its slump while the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) continued to be in the

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Bantul/Yogyakarta – Indonesia requires better population management so its huge population can be turned into quality human resource potential, acco

The NGO law is a throwback to the repressive Suharto era by subjecting the activities of civil society groups to excessive and unpredictable government control.

Selpius Bobbi – The planned visit by a delegation of member Foreign Ministers of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to Jakarta and West Papua arose as a decision of the MSG Forum held

Suzannah Beiner – Mismanagement and corruption has cost Indonesia's forestry industry an estimated US$7 billion in lost revenue between 2007 and 2011, according to a Human Rights Watch

The return of the smog is only the most tangible evidence of the damage from Indonesia's continuing failure to effectively manage its forests.

Shesar Andriawan & Natasia Christy – Indonesia's controversial new school curriculum got off to a rocky start on Monday as educators and experts continued to debate the merits of th

Jakarta – Labour observer Professor Dr.

Damiana Ningsih & Agustiyanti – Business leaders are protesting a proposal from labor unions that have called for a 50 percent increase in monthly wages for 2014, saying the demand

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – Presidential aspirant Prabowo Subianto topped the list on a survey of electable candidates released by the National Survey Institute (LSN) on Tuesday, beating out ri

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has endorsed the decision by the East Java administration to relocate 235 Shiites from Sampang, Madura Island, to Sidaoarj

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has finally relented to intense pressure on the rupiah by allowing it to trade above the psychological threshold of 10,000 per US doll

Jakarta – Ourvoice Indonesia, an NGO that promotes the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, will discuss advocacy strategies with the Press Legal Ins

Vento Saudale, Novi Lumanauw & Fana F.S.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo, East Java – For the first time in his life, Jawi, 42, a Shiite who was evicted from his hometown in Bluuran village in Sampang regency, Madura, East Java

Jakarta – AIDS organizations were incensed over a statement by Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Wirianingsih, which surfaced over the weekend, that AIDS patients should not be co

Dessy Sagita – A Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker was under fire on Monday for advocating that HIV-positive patients were undeserving of free medication because they needed to be

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Javanese bulls, also known as Bos Javanicus, are on the brink of extinction, according to a study by a government environmental group.

Slamet Susanto, Bantul – The temporary direct cash assistance (BLSM) for poor people in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, may have been inappropriately distributed as more than 25,000, 30 per

Erwida Maulia – Tired faces and lackluster expressions: a sidewalk on Jalan Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon.

Ina Parlina and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – The government said on Saturday it would evaluate a 2012 government regulation on remissions believed to have triggered a prison riot in Medan

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – This week the UN scrutinized Indonesia for the first time regarding its reports on civil and political rights, eight years after we ratified the international co

Jakarta – Terror fugitive Santoso's recent video, posted on YouTube on Sunday, illustrates the contemporary methods used by terrorist cells to employ cyberspace – and social networking

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Bantul – Seven of the eight witnesses in the trial of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members accused of killing four detainees at a penitentia

Satria Sambijantoro and Rendi A.

Michael Bachelard – The towns in Indonesia where most asylum seekers hide out as they wait for passage to Australia have rebelled against their unwelcome guests and are trying to evict

Dessy Aswim – The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, a self-regulating industry body, has defended four out of five of its member companies accused of contributing to forest fires in S

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – In a graft case related to the purchase of traffic equipment, witnesses have testified on the flow of funds to defendant and former high-ranking police officia

Stephen Applebaum – This year's Berlin film festival hosted movies by well-known directors including Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Michael Winterbottom and Ken Lo

Larry Rohter – Early in "The Act of Killing", Joshua Oppenheimer's startling new documentary about mass murder and impunity in Indonesia, a death squad leader named Anwar Congo, dapper

Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Witnesses in the case of the 12 members of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus) charged with killing four detainees at a Sleman prison were not at

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Traffic along the Cikampek toll road was disrupted for three hours on Thursday when some 300 farmers staged a rally at the 44 kilometer point, West Telukjambe distr

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government is planning to allow alcoholic beverage producers to expand their output in a move to meet increasing domestic and overseas demand.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police have handed down a lenient punishment to Comr.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – A Democratic Party executive has corroborated allegations that Anas Urbaningrum, the deposed chairman, handed out bribes to party delegates

Yohanna Ririhena, Geneva – Members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) said they would treat reports of Indonesia's human rights record, presented by NGOs, as essential

Carlos Paath – The government has hailed the passage of new legislation that it says will tackle the chronic shortage of doctors serving Indonesia's rural and underdeveloped areas.

Dessy Aswim – Indonesia's school children are paying the price for entrenched official corruption, with inadequate schools and teaching hindering learning, activists say.

Michael Bachelard – Australia's most wanted people smuggler has been set free by an Indonesian court and granted his wish to return home to Afghanistan.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has detected strong indications of human rights violations behind the settlement of Ahm

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali, in response to criticism from local and foreign institutions that say the country turns a blind eye to religious perse

Dessy Aswim – Pramono Edhie Wibowo has been a Democratic Party member for less than two weeks and already the former Army chief of staff is being hailed as the obvious choice to replace

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing the double burden of malnutrition that refers to the coexistence of both undernutrition and overnutrition affecting its children's hea

Erwin Sihombing – The antigraft body said on Wednesday that the Bank Century bailout scandal was not a case of corruption, but the abuse of power.

Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Police denied on Thursday intimidating an alleged rape victim, while the woman's lawyer claimed she was urged by police to withdraw the accusation.

Jakarta – Several members of the House of Representatives have launched an attack against Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) for releasing a report that they deemed libelous.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The IV/Diponegoro Military Command (Kodam) chief spokesman denied on Wednesday an allegation that the military was intimidating journalists and activists monitori