The Indonesian government denied accusations of a conspiracy to oust Shiite Muslims from the conflict-prone district of Sampang, Madura Island, following the forced relocation of 162 Sh

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Nearly $1 billion in funds intended for social aid programs was misused by just two government ministries, a government audit body has found, prompting claims

Opposition lawmakers have branded the government's temporary direct cash assistance program as mere pork barrelling, as ministers with no connection to the scheme scramble to be seen di

Sri Wahyuni and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Twelve members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of killing four detainees at a Cebongan Penitentiary in Sleman, Yogyakarta,

SP/Robertus Wardi – With his popularity steadily skyrocketing, political analysts have said that Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo is considered the man to beat in the 2014 presidential elec

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) warns of politicians bribing journalists ahead of the 2014 general elections to write favorable stories.

Diska Putri Pamungkas – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's much-publicized tree-planting campaign in a Bali mangrove forest on Wednesday was nothing more than hollow posturing to burn

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After busting politicians from almost every major political party for graft, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now casting its beady little ey

Police on Tuesday expressed surprise that prosecutors only demanded a six-month prison sentence for gang leader Hercules Rozario Marshall despite him being charged with three crimes wit

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court decided on Tuesday to proceed with the class-action lawsuit over the privatization of the city water supply by PAM Jaya and its two

Rizky Amelia – Antigraft investigators raided the central bank on Tuesday as part of a widening probe into alleged irregularities in the Rp 6.7 trillion ($677 million) bailout of Bank C

Jakarta – The political system in Indonesia is controlled by a capitalist oligarchy.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ambition to make the country self-sufficient in beef, among other main commodities, will likely remain out of sight, tha

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Kasparman Piliang, Pekanbaru, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities have arrested eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island to clear land after numerous blazes created a th

Prodita Sabarini – The government is signaling the possible restitution of customary forests to indigenous communities after the Constitutional Court annulled the government's ownership

Carlos Paath – The fact the country's biggest Islamic party remains in the ruling coalition despite its opposition to a fuel price hike signals the increasingly tenuous grip that Presid

Jakarta – Former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq went on trial on Monday for his part in the imported beef bribery case.

On May 16, the Constitutional Court issued a ruling favoring the country's indigenous peoples.

Prodita Sabarini – Rahmat Sulaiman, information and documentation manager with the Community Mapping Network (JKPP), sat facing his laptop at his office in Bogor.

Novianti Setuningsih – The scope of the beef import quota scandal that dragged down former Prosperous Justice Party chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq seems to have ensnared the party's chief

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Carlos Paath – The House of Representatives decided to postpone the passage of the highly-debated mass organizations bill on Tuesday after several poli

Jakarta – Despite the recent increase of fuel prices and inflation on the horizon, the Employers Association (Apindo) indicated there will be no wage increase this year.

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Monday demanded a six-month prison term for former gang lord Hercules Rozario Marshal despite the nine-year jail sentence he faced initial

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, objects to the House of Representative's plan to ratify the mass organization bill since it would threaten the freedom of t

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Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Makassar/Medan – The disbursement of the temporary direct cash assistance (BLSM) to low-income households began on Saturday, but grumpy residents ha

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – All signs point to a less than rosy outlook for Indonesia, as weaker purchasing power is poised to drag down economic growth, which is already under press

Jakarta – Indonesia detains and neglects migrant and asylum-seeking children, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Jakarta – Not only are political parties nominating more female candidates for the 2014 legislative election but some are placing 10 at the top of their candidate lists, a study has sho

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Quick count results show only some 57 percent of voters in Bandung turned up to vote in the mayoral election as Ridwan Kamil and his running mate lead the count on

Indonesia is locking up hundreds of child asylum-seekers and migrants in squalid detention centers where they are sometimes assaulted, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

Novianti Setuningsih – With poverty rates still high across the nation, a budget analysis and advocacy group has reported that government officials in one of the country's least-develop

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Rights activists have called on the New York-based interfaith organization the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) to reconsider its decision to grant Pres

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Indigenous communities will be erecting placards in their customary forests, stating that they do not belong to the state, following the Constitutional Court

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Witness and Victims Protection Agency (LPSK) has said that the latest developments in the trials of 12 of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members

According to a recent survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI), nearly 80 percent of Indonesian citizens oppose the government's decision to increase the price of subsidiz

Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) accused the National Police of using brute force, including by hiring local thugs to harass protesters, mostly students, in street protests ag

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – In 2012, Indonesia reached a milestone. For the first time in recent history, the number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Indonesia topped 1,000.

Rizal Harahap and Nurfika Osman, Pekanbaru – Preliminary investigations have singled out eight plantation companies owned by Malaysian investors as the source of forest fires in Riau th

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) fears intimidation of witnesses at the trials of 12 of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members a

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Up to 20 percent of Indonesian migrant workers have fallen victim to human trafficking, a figure that suggests that the criminals involved are just as well

Jakarta – Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra, which have cloaked Singapore in record-breaking smog, are raging on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies

Diska Putri Pamungkas – Greater cooperation between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia may be on the horizon following a three-day visit by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and 100 of the count

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Agustiyanti – Payments for the poor designed to compensate for the impact of the fuel price rise will undermine the benefit to the state budget of the

Bayu Marhaenjati – Students across the capital rallied and closed down some streets following the government's announcement of a hike in the price of subsidized fuel on Friday.

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Amir Tejo, Camelia Pasandaran, Arientha Primanita & Ezra Sihite, Surabaya/Jakarta – The bedraggled group of 162 men, women and children had since August last year been forced to liv

Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite – The head of Indonesia's largest labor union promised strikes that could paralyze the country as thousands of workers walked out on Friday and police pre