Lenny Tristia Tambun & Muhamad Al Azhari – The Jakarta government is set to increase the monthly minimum wage by 44 percent in the nation's capital.

Indonesian lawmakers' working visit to Germany to learn about engineering legislation is expected to be met with hostility from Indonesian communities in the Western European country.

Jakarta – A new survey published on Sunday revealed that most people do not want their children or future children to work as lawmakers due to the growing negative perception of the pro

Jakarta – Like any other citizen in the country, celebrities are granted a constitutional right to run for a political position.

Jakarta – Nurul Arifin, a Golkar lawmaker at House Commission II on regional autonomy, says the House will summon Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi to clarify an internal rift within the Gene

Hundreds of Indonesian Muslim students protested in Jakarta Sunday against fresh Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Rangga Prakoso & Rizky Amelia – Analysts have blamed the recent string of terrorism-related violence in Central Sulawesi's Poso district on the government's failure to solve underly

Indonesians with an appetite for beef may find themselves out of luck this month, as skyrocketing meat prices have caused several vendors to close shop and go on strike.

Pitan Daslani – The dissolution of oil and gas regulator BPMigas by the Constitutional Court this week highlighted the weakness of Indonesia's lawmaking abilities, some political and le

Pekanbaru – Police have arrested four soldiers, three police officers and a civilian who are thought to be part of a drug syndicate operating out of Riau.

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Rights activists have lashed out at the Attorney General's Office for refusing to follow up on landmark findings of gross human rights viol

Jakarta – Parade marches, offerings and unique ceremonies marked the Islamic New Year's Eve 1434 celebrations, or Muharram, in various cities across the archipelago on Thursday.

The Indonesian government has balked at complying with the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) recommendations, issued during its quadrennial "Universal Periodic Review" in Ma

A 46-minute video showing Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama getting tough on public works officials has gone viral on YouTube, getting more than a million views since it wa

Jakarta – Achmad Yamanie became the first Supreme Court judge in the country to resign from his position, citing health concerns.

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Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Experts have said that a human rights-based approach was the key to ensuring the success of the family planning program.

Zubaidah Nazeer, Jakarta – Thousands of workers took to the streets in Purwakarta, West Java, in ugly protests on Wednesday that saw most roads closed.

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan delivered another letter, containing revised names of lawmakers that allegedly asked state-owned companies' officials for kickbac

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Cabinet secretary Dipo Alam visited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) late Wednesday and submitted reports of alleged budget mark-ups within three

Civil servants working in the Pohuwato district of Gorontalo engaging in extramarital affairs now have two options: repent, or get fired with no allowance.

Former prime minister Paul Keating says Australia needs to dramatically improve its relationship with Indonesia and stop being subservient to the United States.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The occupational social security programs will certainly raise further problems and worsen the labor situation if they are implemented under the current em

Pekanbaru – Fakhri Rubiyanto, one of the journalists assaulted by Air Force officers when covering a jet crash in Riau last month, has once again been physically attacked, this time by

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta Wage Council decided late on Wednesday night to recommend a massive 44 percent increase in next year's minimum wage, much to the dismay of business re

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In July, the national human rights body issued its report after four years of investigations – that the witch hunt and widespread abuse and killings in the 1960s entailed a gross violat

After weeks of speculation, the Education Ministry has announced that English language lessons will not be scrapped from the nation's elementary school curriculum after all.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), a non-governmental organization advocating human rights issues, has received the Emilio F.

Jakarta – Students took to the streets of Jakarta on Tuesday, demanding the government resolve the Semanggi I riot, which broke out exactly 14 years ago.

Jakarta – Believing in the democratic value that everyone has the same right to be a presidential candidate, Rhoma Irama, the country's king of dangdut music, says that he is ready to g

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of workers from the Medan Industrial Zone (KIM) in Medan, North Sumatra, rallied on Tuesday, calling a proposal to raise the monthly minimum wage (UMK

Jakarta – United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Navanethem Pillay has called for a full investigations into all cases of gross human rights violations in Indonesia.

After a peace pact in 2001 that ended three years of bloody sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, extremists linked to and directed by al-Qaeda affiliated Jamaah Islamiyah (JI)

Jakarta – Blame it on Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

The UN human rights chief on Tuesday condemned violence and discrimination against Christians and Muslim minorities like Shiites in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation

Approximately 50 students and one teacher affiliated with an Islamic boarding school and allegedly involved in terrorist activities were taken into police custody on Tuesday.

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Bagus BT Saragih and Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta – The police and military personnel combed Maros regency in South Sulawesi on Monday for two individuals implicated in an incident on Sunda

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Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – After lengthy and tough negotiations that had been going on since early October, the Riau Remuneration Council eventually agreed to a monthly 2013 Provincial

Arientha Primanita – After creating a stir by banning government officials from colluding with lawmakers, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam has caused further controversy by suggesting that p

After a period of relative peace, Poso, Central Sulawesi, was again rocked by a series of incidents that have occurred in the past three months.

Jakarta – The decision by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to dismiss the National Commission on Human Rights' (Komnas HAM) finding that the 1965 communist purge was a gross violatio

Andylala Waluyo, Jakarta – The chairperson of the Institute for the Study of the 1965-1966 Massacres (YPKP 65), Bejo Untung, told Voice of America (Indonesian language) that the victims

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – "Rahman" and his four colleagues were apprehended by the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism personnel in a house in Pejaten, South Jakarta, in 2010.

Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) announced over the weekend that out of 16 political parties, 13 had passed the factual verification stage at the national level.

Ezra Sihite – Former State Enterprises Ministry secretary Said Didu has backed up claims made by current minister Dahlan Iskan that lawmakers have engaged in extortion.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has issued a regulation that raises the non-taxable income threshold of individual taxpayers to Rp 24.3 million (US$2,524) per year