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Rizky Amelia – The Corruption Eradication Commission urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to enact a government regulation to give the antigraft body more power to recruit its own i

Francezka Nangoy – Despite hefty minimum wage increases across the country next year, Indonesia remains an attractive destination for foreign companies due to the solid pace of its econ

Jakarta – Political parties in the House of Representatives (DPR) remain at odds on setting the threshold of support needed to nominate a presidential candidate in 2014.

Mikael Niman & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers marched on foreign embassies in Jakarta on Wednesday in the latest labor protest demanding the end of Indonesia's controversia

Fadli, Batam – As many as 130 companies have requested that the Riau Islands administration postpones the implementation of the new Batam minimum wage of Rp 2.04 million (US$212).

David Fogarty, Singapore – Indonesia on Wednesday approved a rainforest conservation project that sets aside an area roughly the size of Singapore and rewards investors with tradeable c

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan – The village of Mulawarman used to be surrounded by lush tropical trees and wildlife.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Despite significant growth, exports to new markets are still unable to offset demand for Indonesia's goods and commodities from the country's existing major tr

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Ethan Harfenist & Erwida Maulia – Berlin-based Transparency International has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2012, with Indonesia sliding in this year's rankin

Linda Yulisman and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest trade deficit, recorded in October, is likely to cause jitters in the currency market, with economists warning of

Salim Osman – After weeks of review, Indonesia's Education Ministry eventually succumbed to societal pressure that English lessons be retained in elementary schools.

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Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Roies Al Hukama, 36, a Sunni religious leader who allegedly masterminded the deadly attack on Shia followers in Sampang, East Java, stood trial on Tuesd

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – After five months of tug-of-war that involved members of the National Police besieging the headquarters of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the

Jakarta – Voters turn to independent political candidates when they feel disappointed in party-affiliated politicians.

Abdul Qowi Bastian – A transgender festival in Jakarta was cancelled on Monday night, after the Islamic Defenders Front turned up to the event and demanded the organizers shut it down.

Jakarta – A survey has revealed that faith and ethnicity have become less relevant for the country's young voters who are expected to cast their votes in the 2014 elections.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Mahfud MD has been elected the next chief of one of the nation's most influential Muslim organizations, boosting his credibility as one of the strongest pote

Malang, East Java – Dozens of disabled people released a thousand birds in front of City Hall in Malang, East Java, on Monday-which coincides with the International Day of People with D

A survey by the Indonesian Youth Alliance (API) shows that among younger demographics, Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan are the most pop

Jakarta – A law think tank wants to protect freedom of speech by scrapping articles in several laws that provide prison terms for defamation.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – In advance of the birthday of Munir Said Thalib, his family has launched a campaign to push the government to resolve the murder of the slain human rights a

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Thousands of people gathered on Sunday in front of the grave of Munir Said Thalib, a prominent human rights champion who was killed eight years ago but whose mur

SP/Arnold Sianturi, Medan – A former senior police officer's wife who has been accused of illegal logging has had key items of evidence returned to her despite prosecutors appealing the

Arientha Primanita – Lawmakers on Monday approved an additional subsidized fuel quota of 1.23 million kiloliters this year, adding to the country's subsidy spending by an estimated Rp 6

Protestors rallied against Garut's embattled district chief on Monday in a demonstration that united Islamic students, university groups and women's rights activists in anger against a

Pitan Daslani – The past week has seen an extraordinary escalation in Indonesia's political temperature leading up to the 2014 presidential election.

Ainur Rohmah and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Semarang/Surakarta – Commemorating World AIDS Day, which fell on Saturday, Dec.

SP/Anastasia Winanti – Prabowo Subianto is moving quickly in the race toward the 2014 presidential election.

Jakarta – Preparations for the 2014 general elections have grown more complicated with a ruling by the Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) that allows 18 parties, previously decla

Kanis Dursin – At the age of 82, former Indonesian political detainee Mudjayin wonders if he will ever see justice served.

Victims of alleged human rights violations in Indonesia, a country where human rights courts set up in 2000 have yet to convict a single case, are facing an uphill battle to bring perpe

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo said he was just getting started after replacing several senior city officials on Friday in a bid to make the capital's bureaucratic

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta administration's plan to raise the salaries of its civil servants will not be effective in either curbing corruption or boosting their performance, an

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Saturday launched the Jakarta Smart Card initiative, which will grant student holders up to Rp 240,000 ($25) in monthly allowance

Jakarta – Political parties need larger amounts of financial aid from the government to help discourage money politics and transactional politics, according to democracy watchdogs.

Jakarta – Top government officials have agreed that Indonesia must develop the service sector if the country wants to avoid the middle-income trap, a situation that many international a

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government has completed its final formulation of the rupiah re-denomination bill and is set to submit it to the House of Representatives to be pass

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Recently revealed letters indicate that Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam may have had an ulterior motive in flagging alleged collusion between the House of Represe

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken a firm stand amid demands from labor unionists to end the international perception that Indonesia is a haven for investors wanting

Amir Tejo & Vento Saudale, Surabaya/Bogor – The groups with the highest risk of contracting HIV in Indonesia has shifted from commercial sex workers to housewives and children.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – At daylight, the street outside Tanah Abang railway station is an illegal parking lot.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A number of business associations from several regions are preparing to file a lawsuit against the regulation governing provincial minimum wages for 2013 at ad

Tom Clarke – Various solidarity gatherings will be held around the world this weekend to mark the 51st anniversary of the first raising of West Papuan "morning star" flag – an act that

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Oyos Saroso H.N, Bandar Lampung – An increasing number of illegal occupants at the Register 45 area in Mesuji regency, Lampung, is hindering work to resolve the violent agrarian conflic

Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi says that more than a thousand civil servants working for regional administrations have been punished or fired for criminal acts.