Ina Parlina and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – Members of the Sampang Shia community have been evicted from a sports complex where they had sought refuge for the past year, and have be

Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index stood at a record 400 at 11 a.m., a level deemed hazardous, the National Environment Agency, or NEA, said on its website.

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie said he was confused claims by several leaders of the House of Representatives that they were unaware of an article in the 2013 revis

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Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Government spending on improving infrastructure and transportation facilities will likely fall significantly in 2014 as legislators have proposed a sizable cut

Ina Parlina and Slamet Susanto, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – The first trial in the Cebongan Penitentiary murder case at Yogyakarta Military Court was marred when National Commission on Human R

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) released on Wednesday a report on its inquiry into the execution-style killing of detainees in Cebongan Penit

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Attorney General's Office has been urged to take a hard line on corruption suspects by issuing travel bans and detaining them during investigations.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Edi Hardum – A legislator and workers' rights activist has highlighted what she says is a massive scam facilitated by the Manpower Ministry to fleece mill

Camelia Pasandaran & Arientha Primanita – A fatal mob attack on a community in East Java that displaced 160 Shiite Muslims took another turn today when authorities began their forci

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George Roberts, Indonesia – Indonesia's Human Rights Commission is under fire from supporters of 12 soldiers who stormed a prison and executed 4 suspects.

Ethan Harfenist – The national human rights body has called on judges in the court martial of 12 soldiers charged with the summary execution of four men in police custody to ensure tran

Bagus BT Saragih and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Pekanbaru – Amid criticism from its neighbors, Malaysia and Singapore, over the cross-border haze and deteriorating air quality affecting the

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Indonesia on Thursday accused Singapore of "behaving like a child" by complaining about severe haze from raging forest fires on Sumatra island that has cloaked the city-state.

The House of Representatives is expected to pass the draft revision to the 1985 Mass Organizations Law next week, as all factions in the House have reportedly reached compromise on seve

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – A group of female activists voiced their rejection on Wednesday of the planned fuel-price hike, which they said would put more burden on low-income women work

Rizal Harahap – Singapore's worst air pollution in 16 years sparked diplomatic tension on Tuesday, as the city state urged Indonesia to provide data on companies and concession maps to

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Jakarta – The Sunni majority in Sampang, Madura, East Java, had no problem welcoming the return of ostracized Shia community members; the main issue that bars them from returning to the

Criticism has mounted over the government's lack of discussion regarding the Rp 155 billion ($15.7 million) fund allocation in the 2013 state budget for the management of the Sidoarjo m

Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Police have arrested 88 people after forcibly breaking up a protest against Monday night's fuel-price vote at the House of Representatives building, police sa

SP/Hotman Siregar – A group supporting Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's presidential candidacy has officially set itself up as a formal organization, one of its executives said o

The notorious former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin is maintaining his power and influence despite being locked up in jail on charges of corruption.

Jakarta – The US Department of State's 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom has revealed that the Indonesian government has failed to properly address the banning and assault

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A team of psychologists examining 42 witnesses in the attack that took place in Cebongan Penitentiary, Sleman, Yogyakarta, said 10 witnesses would require

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The brouhaha over the National Police's ban on the hijab (headscarf) is about to get political with the House of Representatives' Commission III on human rig

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament voted to approve a budget package on Monday that lays the groundwork for the slashing of government fuel subsidies, as police fired tear

Jakarta – Some rallies against the proposed fuel-price hike staged across the archipelago on Monday were tainted by violence.

Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) members launch a long march to the State Palace in Jakarta to protest against the recent subsidized-fuel price hik

Tito Summa Siahaan – Economists and business leaders have urged the government to treat the decision to reduce fuel subsidies only as a first step in a pricing reform project, saying th

Indonesia's political parties are hardly paragons of consistency, but the sheer number of flip-flops in the past week, culminating in Monday's grueling debate and vote over raising the

Singapore – Air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia rose to unhealthy levels on Monday thanks to illegal forest clearing in Indonesia, prompting Singapore to advise people against stayi

Jakarta – The Indonesian government received an award from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented to recognize its consistent work in reducing hunger and malnourishm

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is calling on the government to ratify ILO Convention No.

Woodwing Importer – Djoko Santoso, the former military chief of staff, has thrown his hat into the ring for next year's presidential election, adding to the already swelling ranks of ex

Bayu Marhaenjati & SP/Bernadus Wijayaka – Jakarta Police shut down access to the Jakata-Tangerang toll road Monday morning as labor unions attempted to flood the capital in protest

Rizky Amelia – A leading antigraft watchdog has highlighted corruption in Indonesia's natural resources sector as an "unlimited" font of ill-gotten wealth that will only run dry when th

It was perhaps the worst possible time for officials in Surabaya to host students from two US universities hoping to learn about pluralism and democracy.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Muslim and human rights groups called on National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to revoke a 2005 ban on hijabs in the police corps.

A number of protesters and police officers, as well as two journalists, were reportedly injured as rallies against the proposed fuel price hike turned violent on Monday in the North Mal

Batam – An expert on Saturday accused the government of not being serious about increasing export growth from non-oil and gas products, as indicated in the continuous decline of the val

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Hans Nicholas Jong – Four factions at the House of Representatives have officially rejected the government's plan to directly distribute financial assistance (BLSM) aimed at cushioning

Fadli, Batam – An expert on Saturday accused the government of not being serious about increasing export growth from non-oil and gas products as indicated in the continuous decline of t

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia was Sunday shrouded with haze from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra causing "unhealthy" levels of pollution in six areas.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – After receiving approval from legislators to increase the price of subsidized fuel this month, the government plans another price increase next year to cu

Jakarta – The International Labor Organization, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and local NGOs want the government and industry to put a stop to child labor.