Michael Bachelard – Indonesia will consider banning all alcoholic beverages and putting drinkers in jail for two years.

Married women make up the majority of customers to abortion clinics in Indonesia, according to the Indonesian Family Planning Association.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Research has indicated that the violent actions of a local elite in Maluku to gain political and economic benefits after the signing of the Malino Declara

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry has issued a regulation that will allow migrant workers to arrive at the regular passenger terminal of Soekarno-Ha

SP/Fuska Sani Evani, Yogyakarta – Education authorities in Yogyakarta have rejected the Education Ministry's new elementary school curriculum for 2013, saying that it violates prevailin

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore in the new chiefs of the Navy and the Air Force in a ceremony at the State Palace on Monday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In the wake of the outcry over the controversial four-day marriage by a West Java regent, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on men, particularly thos

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) and presidential hopeful Lt. Gen.

Ezra Sihite – The National Mandate Party (PAN) has agreed to nominate Hatta Rajasa, its chairman as well as Indonesia's coordinating minister for the economy, as the party's candidate f

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has questioned high-profile witnesses in its effort to find key evidence in the case surrounding the multibillio

Dessy Sagita – From more than 50,000 bakso vendors in Indonesia, less than 1 percent have secured a halal certificate, according to the Indonesian Ulema Council.

Nurni Sulaiman, Samarinda – Dozens of public school teachers staged a rally in front of the Samarinda City Hall and the Samarinda Legislative Council (DPRD) in East Kalimantan on Tuesda

Ezra Sihite – For all his rhetoric on the importance of religious pluralism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has failed to take meaningful action to maintain tolerance in the country

Pitan Daslani – This year has been one of tight scrutiny for Indonesia's political parties which are being blamed for most of the damage the nation has suffered in political, economic s

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Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Social activists have called for intensive efforts from people across the country to curb violence against women, which is often viewed as normal in seve

Jakarta – Several observers have blamed existing legislation for encouraging political parties to rely on business tycoons to support their operational costs, saying such practices ofte

Jakarta – Members of advocacy groups focused on workers and women rights such as Migrant Care and Kapal Perempuan (Women's ship) demanded the government to take firm action to protect I

Rangga Prakoso – A government watchdog monitoring the performance of prosecutors says it has received about 1,107 complaints from the public in 2012, ranging from allegations of extorti

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Another stumbling block has been put in the way of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's bid for the presidency with the party's board of advisors issuing

University of Indonesia analyst, Iberamsjah, said that as chief patron of the Democratic Party, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had to immediately take action against party chairman

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – The number of Indonesians working abroad could decline in the coming years as minimum wages in various regions of the country rise, some labor activists and work

Fadli, Batam – After days of delay due to health concerns, Riau Islands Governor Muhammad Sani has officially signed a decree for the 2013 Batam minimum wage of Rp 2,040,000 (US$211.51)

Jakarta – The Jakarta Remuneration Board set the 2013 minimum provincial wage for different sectors (UMSP) between 5 to 17 percent higher than the standard wage, despite there being no

Throughout 2012, new names for presidential candidates have emerged in the mainstream and social media, but the old names continue to dominate the news.

Megawati Sukarnoputri

The highest position Megawati Sukaroputri has occupied was president of the Republic of Indonesia from July 23, 2001, until Oct. 20, 2004.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – A London-based political-risk consultancy has cited Indonesia in its newly released Human Rights Atlas 2013 as a country with an "extreme" risk of human rig

Jakarta – A study by the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has found that East Java Governor Soekarwo is the highest-paid local government official for 2012, receiving a

Jakarta – At Jakarta's infrastructure monitoring nerve center, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter fe

Ronna Nirmala & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Calls to bolster the depleting supply of beef in Jakarta have increased after the recent discovery of a meat-processing plant that mixed p

Pitan Daslani – The temperature in Indonesia's political theater will soar next year as potential presidential candidates and political parties intensify efforts to boost their images a

Corruption watchdogs say that overseas trips are no longer needed at a time when lawmakers can easily obtain information online.

Jakarta – Amid internal bickering, the chief patron of the Democratic Party, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is ordering party leaders to start soul searching ahead of the 2014 elec

Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul has been removed from his position as the party's communications and information head, reportedly for his frequent criticism of party chairman

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Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – HIV/AIDS advocacy groups have called for an integrated effort to protect HIV-positive women from becoming the targets of violence.

The Constitutional Court has rejected a request to transfer the full burden of compensation covering all the land affected by the Lapindo mudflow, to the oil and gas company owned by th

The Trade Ministry on Friday said it was conducting random sampling of meatball soup sold by vendors in Greater Jakarta, threatening five-year prison terms to those proven to be mixing

State toll road operator Jasa Marga reported at least Rp 400 million ($41,000) in potential losses on Friday as thousands of demonstrators blockaded the Jakarta inner city toll road, ur

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Victims of serious human rights violations are demanding the government restore their good name and straighten out history with regard to the outrage

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Some lawmakers are questioning the inclusion of a bill to regulate tobacco on their legislative agenda for 2013.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Victims of the 1965 coup blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) have praised a documentary on the alleged killings that took place in the coup's afterma

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Antonia Timmerman – A lack of civil liberties and political rights has caused Indonesia to slide four points on the United Nations Development Program's latest Indonesia Democracy Index

[Indonesia's experience shows to the world how democracy is compatible with security and how the two produce a much more authentic and robust stability and harmony, says the nation's

A journalist group in Aceh has urged local police to investigate the attack against two journalists in East Aceh.