Ezra Sihite – The House of Representatives Ethics Council has welcomed findings by a finance watchdog regarding suspicious "fat" bank accounts belonging to 18 House members, but the cou

Yudith Ho – Indonesia's rupiah fell for a second week on concern the local supply of dollars trails demand as exports are predicted to have dropped for an eighth month.

Jakarta – As part of its house cleaning measures, the Supreme Court pledged on Thursday to step up its crackdown on corrupt judges.

Dessy Sagita – Almost half of pregnant Indonesian women chose to give birth at home in 2012 rather than at health facilities that could help minimize infection risks, according to the H

Hayat Indriyatno – The past year was one of inspired figures, graft allegations and political bickering.

A nine-year-old girl died in Harapan Kita Hospital on Thursday after she was unable to receive immediate treatment in a ward being used by a film crew to shoot an Indonesian soap opera.

Zakir Hussain, Jakarta – Leaders of Indonesia's ruling Democrat Party are seeking to quash talk of a split in their ranks, days after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned them to b

Jakarta – Activists with the People's Voter Education Network (JPPR) have found 13 categories of violations by political parties during the factual verification process at provincial an

Jakarta – Members of two Christian congregations in Greater Jakarta who faced intimidation when trying to worship in their churches during Christmas have again lamented the police's fai

Rizky Amelia – The antigraft commission will request a loan of more investigators from the National Police at the start of next year to make up for its current manpower shortage, an off

Rizky Amelia – Graft convicts who are cooperative in helping to uncover corruption cases are now eligible for a sentence reduction, Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Denny Ind

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Activists with women's advocacy groups have called on the government to clarify stipulations on the minimum age for women to marry, saying different clauses in tw

Jakarta – Despite numerous rules and regulations requiring political parties to promote gender equality, a recent study by the University of Indonesia has found that parties in the coun

A parliament watchdog group blamed poor planning on the part of the House of Representatives as the reason for its failure to implement the National Legislative Program, or Prolegnas.

Jakarta – Members of two Christian congregations whose churches have been forcibly closed down by local governments held a Christmas service in front of the Presidential Palace in Centr

From gang-related violence, to the uphill battle against drugs, and up through the gubernatorial election in Jakarta, the Jakarta Globe is taking a look back at five big issues that spe

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police cut some 300 rogue police officers from its ranks in 2012 as part of an effort to curb corruption in the department.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) claims that a lack of professionalism within the National Police contributed to the deaths of 29 officers who were killed in

Nearly half of the Indonesians questioned about the nation's economy believe things are looking good, according to a survey released this month.

A shoe producer, who allegedly attached halal stickers to shoes which contained leather made from pig's skin, said on Tuesday that all such items had been withdrawn from the market.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Rachmat & Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta/Makassar – A heavy police presence at churches across the capital helped ensure that Christians in Jakarta were able to celebrate

Vento Saudale – Dozens of members from the GKI Yasmin congregation were denied entry into their church in Bogor on Tuesday morning to hold a Christmas service, after local residents blo

More than 200 Indonesian Muslims threw rotten eggs at Christians wanting to hold a Christmas mass near land outside Jakarta where they plan to build a church, police and a witness said.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Conservative Muslim leaders are not stopping with edicts forbidding Muslims from wishing Christians a Merry Christmas.

Zack Petersen – In Indonesia, the sex trade is a wink-and-nod industry – everyone acknowledges its existence, but refuses to talk about it openly.

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Rizky Amelia – Six ministries are failing to effectively implement many of their proposed programs, using less than 20 percent of their earmarked budgets in the first six months of the

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated Adm.

Jakarta – As the United Nations has adopted a resolution urging member states to ban female genital mutilation, the government has been told it has no choice but to revoke a Health Mini

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Amalia Sari revealed on Friday that efforts to bring about gender equality faces cultural barriers, particularly the patriarchal

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers will always be vulnerable unless the government imposes strict policies to protect them throughout the whole process – from re

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In an attempt to further deter corruption, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been urged to consistently require graft convicts to return all the mon

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar has proposed incentives for companies to help resolve disputes between workers and their employers o

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A seminar on agnostics and ancestral beliefs revealed that agnostics and followers of unofficial religions are often denied civil rights in Indonesia because

Nivell Rayda – Health issues have always been a prickly subject in Indonesia and this year was no exception as the country mourned the loss of a minister, heatedly debated the need for

Yudith Ho – Indonesia's rupiah fell to the weakest level since September 2009 as concern the current-account deficit will widen prompted investors to pull funds from the nation's assets

Unfair trade practices in Indonesia are highly prevalent and burdensome to the relevant national stakeholders, according to the Center for Indonesian Law and Policy Studies (PSHK).

Bambang Muryanto – The Sleman administration sealed Elshaddai Pentecostal Church on Jl. Pringgodiningrat in Tridadi village, Sleman, on Wednesday afternoon due to a permit issue.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has found that many judges were dishonest in exercising their judgments and fell short of applying strict court procedures.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia would introduce stiff penalties for the consumption of all alcoholic beverages under a controversial bill drafted by the Islamic United Development

SP/Sahat Oloan Saragih, Pontianak, West Kalimantan – Supporters of the Uud Dhanum Dayak tribe in West Kalimantan's Sintang district have called on local authorities to declare their lan

Jakarta – Islamic organization Hizbut Tahrir is set to hold an International Women's Conference on December 22 at Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta, according to a press release received from t

Antonia Timmerman – Indonesian authorities once again failed to address a host of significant human rights offenses in 2012 as abuses against religious and ethnic minorities, the poor a

Dessy Sagita – For another year running, Islamic clerics have raised a ruckus about the question of whether Muslims can wish others a "Merry Christmas" or celebrate the holiday.

Since 2007, when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched the new deal for Papua, the government has initiated numerous measures to improve the welfare of people in the natural resou

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Jakarta – Muhammad Fajriska Mirza may become the first person in Indonesia imprisoned for making statements on Twitter.