Rizky Amelia – The House of Representatives is being urged to scrap proposed legislation on mass organizations by civil society groups that fear the law would cripple freedom of express

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Speculation is mounting that the national polling body is deliberately delaying the announcement of parties eligible to contest the 2

Dessy Sagita – A labor union official has welcomed Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's promise to negotiate a higher minimum wage, but not if it is a product of the media e

Jakarta – Millions of Muslims across the country observed the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, or Idul Adha, on Friday, performing prayers and sacrifices in their hometowns that proceeded more

Dessy Sagita – The rise of new Islamic sects is playing a role in rising intolerance in the country, but police indifference is the main cause, a leading academic says.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Idul Adha celebrations in Bandung, West Java, were tarnished by an attack launched by members of hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) on An-Nasir mosque,

Kuala Lumpur – Reacting to news that 151 Indonesians have been shot dead by Malaysian police in the past five years, the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia has announced that it will soon q

Dessy Sagita – The Indonesian Hajj Brotherhood Association on Thursday criticized Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali for undertaking his pilgrimage to Mecca with a large entoura

Bandung – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Thursday night inflicted damage on a mosque run by Ahmadiyah devotees in Astana Anyar, Bandung.

Bandung – Dozens of Ahmadiyah followers in Bandung, West Java, were barred from performing Idul Adha prayer and slaughtering animals during the Islamic day of sacrifice on Friday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Speaker Marzuki Alie bristled at Indonesian lawmakers' chronic absenteeism before Thursday's half-packed House.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it will summon the regents of Muara Enim and Ogan Ilir to mediate a land dispute spanning their regencies.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia officially added its newest province and four new districts on Thursday, bringing the national total to 34 provinces and 501 districts/municipalitie

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo issued a stern warning to the capital's public officials on Thursday: Shape up in six months or you're gone.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Defying a ruling by the Constitutional Court, the government has insisted that all employees joining the national social security programs must pay the pre

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – Claims that Indonesian lawmakers attempted back-room shakedowns of state-owned enterprises during deliberations of the 2013 state bud

Jakarta – Changes to the national primary school curriculum currently under consideration will not improve education unless the government improves the quality and welfare of its teache

Jakarta – The deployment of the Indonesian Military (TNI) platoons following a string of terror attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, is a contra-productive measure that could potentially

Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – Human rights groups went to the House of Representatives on Wednesday to demand political pressure on the government to act upon the recommendatio

Denpasar – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says that the government will issue a new regulation abolishing labor outsourcing by the end of October.

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers staged a demonstration in front of the Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday, demanding that Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to raise the minimum regional wage and

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Labor unions in North Sumatra have opposed the provincial administration's decision to raise the 2013 provincial minimum wage by only Rp 105,000 (US$10.92), or

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Semarang District Court in Central Java convicted two men for assaulting a member of the Surakarta Islam Defenders Front (FPI).

Ezra Sihite – Chances for the controversial national security bill to pass anytime soon look slim after the government's coalition partners appeared to withdraw their support in the leg

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Bagus BT Saragih and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The National Police have named a middle-ranking officer a suspect in a document forgery case, a move that was allegedly designed to sav

Jakarta – The government's plan to scrap natural and social sciences from the primary school curriculum has met with widespread condemnation from educators and education activists who s

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Amid mounting criticism, Azirwan, a former graft convict who now heads a government agency in Riau Islands province, tendered his resignation to the province

Arientha Primanita – A national poll has highlighted widespread perception of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as indecisive, while identifying two of his Democratic Party subordinate

Jakarta – Indonesia's investment shows no sign of slowing down as the country has booked another record high of realized investments in the third quarter this year, thanks to its econom

Ruslan Sangadji and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A church was set ablaze while a sophisticated explosive device struck a traffic police post in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, early on M

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Jakarta – The National Police officially stopped investigating the Rp 198.7 billion (US$20.91 million) graft case in the procurement of driving simulators, police spokesman Brig. Gen.

Jakarta, Indonesia – The police say they will hold a boot camp for student troublemakers following brawls between rival high school students.

Jakarta – A new survey published on Sunday revealed that intolerance of minorities is growing, with the highest level of hostility directed at the gay and lesbian community.

Ezra Sihite – A survey released on Sunday showed Golkar Party back on top of the popularity list, a position it lost following the fall of the Suharto regime.

National – A researcher from the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) said that Islam-based parties should merge themselves into no more than two parties to survive in the crowded political e

SP/Carlos Paath, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ronna Nirmala – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri could pair with Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to challenge Golkar Party chairman Ab

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Alexander Aan, 31, a South Sumatra civil servant who was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment for defaming Islam after declaring himself an

James Balowski, in Jakarta – Reneging on a pledge to apologise and make reparations for the victims of the 1965 anti-communist purge, when Suharto and the military seized power, the gov

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Jakarta – House of Representatives' Commission II on home affairs and regional autonomy approved on Monday the establishment of five new autonomous regions, including the province of No

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have praised the recently passed Food Law as laying the foundation for boosting food security, but critics contend that it leaves the question of

Pitan Daslani – As Indonesia joined the rest of the United Nations to commemorate World Food Day, politicians and agricultural experts said that our country's food-security policy shoul

Jakarta – Jakarta waved an eternal goodbye to its former governor Lt. Gen. (ret.) Wiyogo Atmodarminto, who ruled the capital between 1987 and 1992.

Jakarta – In a gesture to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Golkar Party is considering picking a family member of the Democratic Party's chief patron to be the running mate of Ab

Grace Susetyo – Fans of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales may remember the story of "The Elves and the Shoemaker."

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government has said that the national rice stock is enough to cover the nation's needs for the next seven months.

Jakarta – An allegation that her plantation company forced villagers to leave their lands came as another blow for businesswoman Siti Hartati Murdaya, a suspect in a bribery scandal.