Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Corruption Eradication Commission on Monday said that it had preliminary evidence that senior Golkar Party politician Priyo Budi Santoso was involved in t

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has departed for the US, where he is expected to accept the World Statesman Award for promoting religious tolerance in the

Jakarta – Tired with corruption and bickering among politicians, young voters have deferred their decisions about who they might vote for in next year's presidential election, hoping th

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While Indonesia still lags behind 29 other countries on a worldwide hunger list, the United Nations has announced it will award the country for its efforts in reducing malnutrition.

Ezra Sihite – Many Indonesians believe that life in the New Order era under President Suharto was better than today and that social elites dominate modern politics and law, according to

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Carlos Paath – A new survey shows that the Democratic Party is losing even more ground among Indonesian voters, with only 7.1 percent of respondents saying they would vote for the party

Despite mounting criticism from interfaith activists, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will accept the World Statesman Award in an upcoming trip to the United States, his staff said o

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Priangan Barat chapter of Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) in West Java say Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali takes side and cheerleads intolerance.

Jakarta – A new report jointly released by Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) says that the period of high and volatile food prices has caused life-changing shifts in

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Prodita Sabarini, Bekasi – Next to a sealed Ahmadi mosque in Bekasi is a plot of land with leafy trees and damp earth.

Jakarta – Former national human rights commission chief Marzuki Darusman encouraged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to accept the religious freedom award despite the polemic.

James Ross, New York – It's not every day that a world leader whose country frequently makes the news for sectarian violence wins a religious freedom award.

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Ari Rikin – A leading scientist has rated Indonesia's water management policies as among the worst in the world, and called for greater use of research and technology improve access to

Jakarta – The proliferation of social media in the country has influenced the way journalists do their job, according to a recent survey.

Gabriel Kereh – Amnesty International has decried a repressive human rights climate in Indonesia and a worrying lack of progress in addressing past abuses, in a report that is also the

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Close aides of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have blasted critics who said that the President did not deserve the World Statesman Award due to his failu

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A US State Department report on religious freedom worldwide has highlighted the growing intolerance toward minority groups in Indonesia, amid a generally negative global trend that Wash

Jakarta – Activists say more work is needed to fight online discrimination against homosexuals and transgendered people.

Ezra Sihite, Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have reacted strongly to the emergency landing by a US military aircraft at Banda Aceh's Sultan Iskandar Muda Airp

Carlos Paath – The investigation into a graft case in which at least two Democratic Party officials have been charged has been intentionally halted to allow the party to focus on the gu

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Jakarta – An activist says that new Health Minister Regulation No.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – It is now official that Indonesia will not ratify the Rome Statute for the accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the near future.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro claims the government is complying with the principles of the treaty underlying the International Criminal Court, even wi

Rangga Prakoso – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday accused the Attorney General's Office of violating human rights in its handling of a bioremediation proj

The twenty first of May 1998 is celebrated by the Indonesians as the birth of reform in their country.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has mooted the idea of a military discipline law to address a recent spate of cases of soldiers involved in criminal cond

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed on Monday Lt. Gen. Moeldoko as the new Army chief of staff to replace Gen.

Camelia Pasandaran – Police and residents in Tulungagung, East Java, allegedly forced a member of an Ahmadiyah community to board up his mosque in order to create the illusion of a volu

Lauren Gumbs, Perth, Australia – Indonesia's booming middle-class is a hot topic these days; they spend more, earn more and will supersize the economy in the next decade.

Lauren Gumbs – Indonesia is indicating increased concern for its territorial integrity and international image in the wake of public pressure over deteriorating situations for minoritie

Jakarta – "I knew something was wrong," Hamidah, 57, said. Her son, 14-year-old Ahmad Zainuddin, or Udin, had never missed evening prayers, but that night, 7:15 p.m.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has warned Muslims against the resurgence of the Indonesian Communist Party, disbanded by the New Order government in 1966.

Popular support for Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to run for president next year continues to mount, despite his insistence that he wants to see out his job at City Hall before consideri

Camelia Pasandaran – Police have halted an investigation into last week's attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tulungagung, East Java, citing an agreement by the victims to stop worshipping

Indonesian religious minorities on Monday slammed a decision by a US interfaith group to honor President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a time when attacks against minority faiths are on t

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a scathing criticism of the poor handling of the Sidoarjo mudflow by the gas exploration firm PT Minarak Lapindo

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia, a country that has been recognized for nurturing hostility against religious minorities, has now also been acknowledged for its low tolerance o

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, may be set to take advantage of the myriad benefits of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) single market due in 201

Randy Fabi & Nilufar Rizki, Jakarta – When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance sche

Yuliasri Perdani – Fourteen years after being separated from the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police remains one of the few state institutions untouched by reform.

Dubious bank accounts worth more than Rp 1 trillion (US$103 million) allegedly owned by a low-ranking Papua Police officer are the latest specimens of how deep the roots of corruption r

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appearing to be preoccupied with the beef importation scandal involving the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)