Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Thursday redefined the duty of the city's Public Order squad as a "civilian force to help the government preserve public order and

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Recycling is largely unheard of in Indonesia, but this will soon change.

Several NGOs are criticizing the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) for poor performance.

Hong Kong/Jakarta – Financier Nat Rothschild is forming a rival consortium, including a contender for Indonesia's presidency, to launch a counter-offer to the $1.4 billion Bumi Plc buyo

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta, East Java, West Java and Jakarta branches of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) have blamed the conversion of agricultural a

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Indonesia's vaccine industry has requested to be exempt from a controversial halal bill that would require the raw ingredients of food, medicine and cosmet

Sydney – Australia's new policies designed to stem an influx of boatpeople will not deter thousands of asylum-seekers from trying to reach the country, a top Indonesian immigration offi

Zakir Hussain, Jakarta – More than 100 inmates are on death row in Indonesia, some for well over 10 years.

Foreign direct investment in Indonesia continued to grow in the third quarter, rising more than 22 percent, year-on-year, to Rp 56.6 trillion ($5.9 billion).

Leaders of 18 political parties that the General Elections Commission (KPU) declared unqualified to contest the 2014 poll came to the KPU office in Jakarta on Wednesday protesting the d

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Nani Afrida and Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta/Palu – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) warned the fight against militants in the area might get uglier.

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Ezra Sihite – A senior Golkar Party figure has claimed that the political bloc's chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, has settled all outstanding claims relating to the 2006 East Java mudflow for

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – When officers from Bengkulu and Jakarta Police attempted to arrest the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Comr.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – At least 10 companies are considering closing their businesses in Indonesia and relocating to other countries unless the government settles several labor i

South Tapanuli – Batang Toru district office in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, was closed on Wednesday following a violent protest by residents who oppose the construction of waste pipe

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Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left for Britain on Tuesday for a state visit, packing two issues that could embarrass him at home

In spite of the General Election Commission's (KPU) decision to disqualify them from the next stage of verification, minor political parties continue efforts to gain eligibility for the

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – During his three-day visit to the United Kingdom, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to be bestowed with a prestigious honor by Queen Elizabeth II, in

Debnath Guharoy, Roy Morgan – That is no rhetorical question. In Indonesia, it is a very real prospect.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the public to remain vigilant with regard to "suspicious" residents within their neighborhoods as they might

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) said that some documents seized by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) belonged to the public and the

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry is preparing a new decree that will make it difficult for companies to conduct outsourcing practices – a move that

Jakarta – "Indonesian maids now on sale" advertisement leaflets found by migrant care executive director Anis Hidayat in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, have generated publ

Ronna Nirmala, Rangga Prakoso & Vento Saudale – The Bekasi Workers' Association has slammed recent attacks launched by a group of people on several workers' posts in the Jababeka In

President's visit prompts fresh concerns about arms sales and training of anti-terror police.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Hundreds of Golkar Party members from across the country gathered at the party's national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Monday amid concerns that the part

Nani Afrida and Rabby Pramudatama – The Harakah Sunni for Indonesian Society (Hasmi) group was a relatively unknown quantity until officers from the National Police's Densus 88 countert

Tungadewa Mattangkilang, Penajam Paser Utara – Two married couples have been forced from their village in East Kalimantan after information circulated that they had been infected with H

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Thousands of young people marked the 84th anniversary of Youth Pledge Day in Jakarta and other big cities across the country on Sunday.

Surabaya – The East Java branch of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization has reported Tempo Magazine to the Indonesia Press Council after the publication accused some of its clerics o

Ronna Nirmala – The country's highest Islamic authority has slammed a hard-line group for attacking an Ahmadiyah mosque in Bandung on the eve of Idul Adha last week.

Jakarta – A group of alms agencies have filed a judicial review to challenge the 2011 Law on management of zakat (Alms), which they feel establishes the dominance of the government-run

Ronna Nirmala – Antigraft activists have urged the Jakarta administration to continue overhauling the city's 2013 budget to prioritize pro-poor programs, in the face of calls by a gover

Arientha Primanita – Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will grant a medal of knighthood to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his forthcoming visit to Britain, which is set

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Sunday that 18 political parties had failed the administrative verification process that must be completed to run in the 20

Jakarta – Jakarta will have a new police chief on Tuesday, but doubts linger over whether the incoming chief is capable of making the breakthroughs needed to secure the capital city, wh

A Jakarta-based pollster has found in a survey that the majority of voters want strong leadership for the country.

Ronna Nirmala/Ratna Nuraini – Unidentified individuals have attacked at least 10 labour coordination posts.

A number of investors in the shoe-making sector backed out of their plans involving Indonesia, following the recent wave of labor demonstrations at a major industrial park, an executive

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Police have arrested M.

Matthew Bigg, Jakarta – Indonesia's arrest of 11 suspected Islamic militants it said planned to attack the US embassy and a plaza near Australia's embassy is evidence that legal extremi

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and Vice Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to visit the palace to

Jakarta – The Harakah Sunni for Indonesia (Hasmi) group has denied a statement made by the National Police saying that 11 of the suspected terrorists arrested on Saturday were members o

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested 11 suspected terrorists who they say planned to detonate a number of bombs, including one at a building across the road from

SP/Carlos Paath – Youth of all religions and ethnicities gathered in Manado on Saturday ahead of Youth Pledge Day, which marks its 84th anniversary today.

Michael Bachelard – In August a 69-year-old prisoner died of natural causes in an Indonesian hospital. This was not meant to happen.