With pollsters saying most parties will garner less than 25 percent of the popular vote in the upcoming legislative election, the public will see no more than four candidates in the pre

Open-wheel racers Ananda Mikola and Moreno Suprapto will run as legislative candidates for the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra), the party's chief patron said on Friday.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Major confederations of labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the West Java administration regarding the postponement of the 2013 regional minimum wage (UMR).

Jakarta – A senior People's Conscience Party (Hanura) politician says he will not stop the government from forming a tribunal to probe alleged human rights violations involving the part

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The party of retired military commander Wiranto says it has no objection to a government plan to set up a human rights court that could deal with past cases i

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has inked a deal to provide troubled Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) with humanitarian assistance overseas.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Employers can no longer use incompetence or a lack of productivity among their employees as a basis to determine wages.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Extensive layoffs in Indonesia's manufacturing and service sectors are growing inevitable as the businesspeople's appeal to the government to suspend the rise i

Indonesia is seeking to boost its community mental health services in an effort to end the lockdown and shackling of thousands of mental health patients.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it backed a proposal to scrap the "fit-and-proper" test session at the House of Representatives in the selection of justi

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Ina Parlina – More people are turning to the Constitutional Court to challenge the 2008 Presidential Election Law, which they believe sets the bar too high for members of the public who

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Lenny Tristia Tambun & Dessy Sagita – The recent death of a newborn baby who was denied treatment by 10 Jakarta hospitals has raised questions about the readiness of providers to co

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Jakarta – Although the new national curriculum will become effective in only four months, teachers and education experts say that they are still in the dark over details about the new g

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – The deputy chairman of the national antigraft commission thinks President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should reshuffle his cabinet and replace all the ministers f

Farouk Arnaz – The Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) recent seizure of at least ten homes owned by graft suspect Insp. Gen.

Aris Cahyadi – The beef import scandal that has rocked a major political party involved six different forms of corruption, antigraft investigators have revealed.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The nation's antigraft campaign is now in jeopardy with a rift in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) getting worse and more apparent.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian lawmakers will enjoy a lifelong pension even if they don't complete a full term in office, the acting House of Representatives secretary general co

Salim Osman – A few days before Chinese New Year was observed in Indonesia on Feb.

Zakir Hussain – When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took direct control of his Democratic Party's reins a fortnight ago, many cheered the fact that the former general was

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Candidates in the West Java gubernatorial election seem to have ducked the question of religious intolerance and radicalism despite the province's poor reputation o

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is telling the nation's regents to stop whining and follow his example of endurance following eight years of humiliation a

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Bagus BT Saragih – Another public opinion poll found that Jakarta Governor, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is the most electable political candidate for the 2014 presidential election, beating Gr

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – An 18-year-old girl from Ciracas, East Jakarta, has been systematically raped by her biological father since she was 13 and now is one-and-a-half-months pregna

Hundreds of activists from various mass organizations gathered at the House of Representatives on Tuesday to protest the controversial mass organizations bill, which is slated to be pas

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A dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house, set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta. Together they sew, bake and chat.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The hope of getting into the House of Representatives by politicians from parties deemed ineligible to run in the 2014 general elections have been kept alive

Carlos Paath – While convincingly leading two recent surveys on possible candidates for the 2014 presidential election, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo appears unlikely to run.

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) South Sumatra director Anwar Sadat is suing South Sumatra Police chief Insp.

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Democratic Party's popularity will continue to crumble as long as graft-embattled Anas Urbaningrum remains chairman, a polling analyst says.

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Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with SRSG on violence against children

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Jakarta – Police have claimed the firing of tear gas during a book launch by reggae musician Ras Muhamad at the Tee Box Cafe in South Jakarta on Sunday evening was justified.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician and Agriculture Minister Suswono on Monday on his possible

Jakarta – National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) chairman Arist Merdeka Sirait says the Jakarta Police have wasted too much time in investigating a molestation case involv

Bayu Marhaenjati & Dessy Sagita – Hundreds of labor union members demonstrated in front on the House of Representatives' building on Tuesday, demanding that the controversial bills

Hans David Tampubolon – In terms of political survival skills, Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum may have few peers.

In spite of a peaceful finish to the Democratic Party national leadership meeting on Sunday, the chairmanship of Anas remains in peril.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The high assembly of the Democratic Party has agreed to oust graft convict Angelina Sondakh from the House of Representatives and the party, after the Jakarta

Hans David Tampubolon – As graft and accusations of graft drag down the Democratic Party's top politicians, questions are springing up about the party's fundraising for the 2014 campaig

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape.

Yeremia Sukoyo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's focus on retaking control of his scandal-hit Democratic Party has many Indonesians worrying that he

Jakarta – Hundreds of housemaids rallied at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday, demanding that the government and the House of Representatives protect their

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has long attempted to incorporate character building in the nation's education system, but teachers never thought that they would ever be as

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