Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono paid his last respects to the late former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander and former coordinating political and securi

Bayu Marhaenjati – For a year now, the congregations of two churches in Bogor and Bekasi have been holding joint Sunday services outside the State Palace in Jakarta to draw the presiden

Al Araf and Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – Late last month, National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo and Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm.

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – The Year of the Snake has begun with what seems to be bad omens for two leading Indonesian political parties.

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Jakarta – Media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo's decision to join the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) has renewed hopes for the party and the presidential ambitions of its chairman, Gen.

Carlos Paath – The Democratic Party's caucus concluded anticlimactically on Sunday, making no mention of the previously anticipated dismissal of chairman Anas Urbaningrum following his

Carlos Paath – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) named media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo as its new chief patron on Sunday, following his recent resignation from the National Democrat

"The Act of Killing," a critically acclaimed documentary in which a pair of gangsters re-enact their roles in the 1965 Communist purges in Indonesia, will be honored on Sunday with two

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Jakarta – The reshuffling of high-ranking officials in the Jakarta administration was seen as shock therapy for the bureaucracy which, according to Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is in

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will determine the status of Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum in the Hambalang sports complex graft cas

Jakarta – Following allegations of human rights violations, the House of Representatives announced plans on Friday to strengthen supervision over counterterrorism operations carried out

Camelia Pasandaran – The Home Affairs Ministry claims that there would be less religious conflict between Christians and Islamic fundamentalist groups in Indonesia, if churches simply a

Jakarta – Two groups in Jakarta and Bekasi threatened on Friday to attack two houses of worship, claiming that the mosque and church in question had caused disturbances in the respectiv

Jakarta – Members of the Dayak community are seeking protection from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) over a land dispute with several coal-mining companies.

SP/Erwin Sihombing – The South Jakarta Prosecutors Office have finally arrested spiritual guru Anand Krishna, after the convicted sexual harasser refused to turn himself in to authoriti

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Lenny Tristia Tambun & Camelia Pasandaran – A protest by members of a religious forum that has called on the government to shut down a Catholic church in Tambora, West Jakarta, was

Yuliasri Perdani and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) investigation into the graft case involving former chief of the National Traffic Police

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Three churches in Makassar, South Sulawesi, became on Thursday the latest targets of violent attacks, which were committed by unidentified persons who threw

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesia's women legislators are aiming to get more involved in international forums in their bid to become the best female parliamentarians in Asia.

Jakarta – Indonesia wants to buy a number of combat helicopters from the United States for the army, Defenses Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said.

A group of United Nations independent experts has warned that Indonesia's bill on mass organizations threatens to curtail rights to freedom of association, expression and religion.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A special committee of the House of Representatives said they would prefer to justify Indonesia's bill on mass organizations according to the 1945 Constitutio

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Domestic workers and activists staged a protest in the center of Yogyakarta City, on Friday, urging the House of Representatives to immediately pass the d

Bambang Muryanto and Ainur Rohmah, Semarang/Yogyakarta – Women's activists, university students and housewives in Yogyakarta and Semarang, Central Java celebrated Valentine's Day on Thu

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Neither the scorching heat nor angry bosses could stop over 300 people from attending the One Billion Rising Indonesia flash mob dance at the National Monumen

Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday strongly criticized Lapindo Brantas, the oil and gas company that some scientists blame for the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster, f

Puji Utami, Semarang – Scores of activists from the Legal Resources Center for Gender Justice and Human Rights (LRC-KJHAM) along with a number of Central Java women's organisations in t

Zubaidah Nazeer & Ashleigh Stewart – When Indonesia slashed quotas on beef imports in 2011, the goal was to boost domestic production.

In collaboration with the Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP), the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has found that irregularities are rampant in government agencies in all the

Hans Nicholas Jong and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A rift within the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) leadership has widened with commissioners making contradictory statements

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect suffered another blow on Thursday as Bekasi's mayor announced plans to shutdown a Pondok Gede mosque as part of a city-wide c

Farouk Arnaz – Police in Makassar, South Sulawesi, are standing guard outside churches after would-be arsonists hit two more churches in a second wave of attacks early Thursday morning.

Rebecca Lake, Sandra Siagian & Abdul Qowi Bastian – The wife of a church minister who was jailed two weeks ago for allegedly conducting a service without a permit also faces arrest

Couples across Indonesia had their pre-Valentine's Day plans interrupted on Wednesday as police and public order officers raided parks, hotel rooms and cemeteries in a campaign against

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Nearly 500 elementary school students in Surakarta, Central Java, joined a march to the city's Manahan Stadium on Wednesday in protest against Muslim

The House of Representatives is pushing for an amendment to the 43-year-old Agrarian Law, saying that the regulation is no longer relevant and has paved the way for numerous civilian co

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court upheld on Wednesday the 2011 Land Acquisition Law, which is seen as crucial to removing hurdles that have long impeded key infrastructure

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Industry Minister MS Hidayat warned on Wednesday of massive layoffs in April if relevant authorities failed to postpone the recent rise in the minimum regional

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Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to build more oil refineries to ensure its future energy security.

Jakarta – Presidential Instruction Number 2/2013 on The Handling of Domestic Security Disturbances is easily subject to misuse by regional heads for their own political interests.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Activists and legal analysts grouped under the Civil Society Coalition for a Professional Judiciary filed a judicial review with the Constitutional Court on Tuesd

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SP/Lawrence Dami – The deputy mayor of Depok has called on residents, especially younger people, to not celebrate Valentine's Day on Thursday, as he believed people misinterpret the mea

Jakarta – Indonesia's current account deficit in 2012 was 2.7 percent of gross domestic product, wider than the initial target of 2.4 percent, the central bank said on Wednesday.