Ezra Sihite – From defending the rising political star of Solo Mayor Joko Widodo for next month's Jakarta gubernatorial election to easing the Rohingya's plight in Myanmar, former Vice

Ezra Sihite – The police have arrested 14 people allegedly involved in the killing of a Muslim cleric that triggered a recent attack on a minority Islamic sect in Sukabumi, West Java, a

Jakarta – The police have arrested the leader of the At Tijaniyah sect and evacuated 138 of its members following attacks on the group on Sunday in Cisalopa village in Sukabumi, West Ja

Ezra Sihite – Lawmakers on Wednesday called upon police to be extra vigilant in some districts in West Java, a province with increased incidents of religious violence, after residents a

Michael Bachelard and Jill Stark – Many people have seen the smoking baby on YouTube – the chubby, cheerful two-year-old from Sumatra with a pack-a-day habit.

Ezra Sihite – One month after Golkar Party deputy chairman Priyo Budi Santoso stirred controversy by asking the nation to forget the 1965 massacre, senior party official Leo Nababan cal

Ulma Haryanto – She's eight years old, but Anita Nurhasanah is small for her age.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives Commission III, the body that oversees legal affairs, is planning to summon the National Police and the National Commission on Hu

Kediri, East Java – Eight police officers who allegedly beat an innocent man by mistake are under investigation in East Java, a police chief said on Wednesday.

Ivan Dasa Saputra – The Indonesian government is set to provide tax incentives to textile machinery industries next year as part of a move to boost the ailing textile sector, Industry M

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Salim Osman – The polemic over a non-Muslim candidate ahead of next month's Jakarta governorship face-off election has rekindled the age-old interest in having a non-Muslim as president

Ezra Sihite/Wisnu Cipto – Mass organisations (Ormas) that are part of the Pancasila Front are ready to oppose any follow up on the recommendations by the National Human Rights Commissio

Agus Rahmat, Jakarta – One of the Golkar Party's mass organisations, Kosgoro 1975 (Mutual Assistance Cooperative) is opposing the recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission

Febriamy Hutapea & Ronna Nirmala – Despite a prohibition against political campaigning at houses of worship, a mosque near Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo's house has posted a leaflet u

Jakarta – Despite its earlier plan to summon graft suspect Insp. Gen.

In Ramadhan, Muslims are reminded of their obligation to pay alms to the poor.

Rizky Amelia – Former National Police traffic chief Insp. Gen.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Post-fasting Idul Fitri celebrations have become a great event, not only for devout Muslims, but also for graft suspects and former convicts as they attend g

Prodita Sabarini – Come Ramadhan, mosques in Indonesia bustle with people donating and collecting alms, or zakat, for the fasting month.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – To remind mall-rats that their money can serve other purposes than simply shopping, Islamic charity organizations have gone to the malls and opened for busin

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After much debate, the House of Representatives has agreed to buy 100 Leopard battle tanks from Germany, a lawmaker said on Monday.

Fitri – It was a solemn Idul Fitri for the 33 Ahmadiyah families who spent the holiday living at the Haj Transito dormitory in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government has vowed to increase spending in the capital to drive infrastructure development next year, but economists say that the percentage is insuffici

Tito Summa Siahaan – The government has proposed raising the electricity tariff incrementally every three months starting next year, undeterred after a similar plan ended abruptly this

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SP/Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Jakarta is, at heart, a pluralistic city despite the occasional flare-up of hard-line Islamic sentiment, the Indonesian Council of Churches said on Wednesda

Jakarta – Coinciding with the Republic of Indonesia's 67th anniversary of independence, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested two judges with the ad-hoc corruption court

Yatna Pelangi – Marking Indonesia's 67th anniversary of independence, members of the transsexual, gay and lesbian community held an Independence Day commemoration in Ndalem Notoprajan i

Novan Iman Santosa and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is set for an aggressive upgrade to its worn-out firepower next year as the United States has made a f

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has criticized the State Palace for its lavish spending on the Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday.

Jakarta – GP Anshor, the youth wing of Indonesia's Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has said that the government should not deliver a public apology to the victims of the 1965 purge.

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Viriya Paramita & Lenny Tristia Tambun – A civil rights group says it has received dozens of reports of Jakarta-based companies not paying employees their holiday bonuses, but the c

Elly Burhaini Faizal – Indonesia is one of the top 15 countries in the world in terms of progress in dealing with child malnutrition, a report says.

Rizky Amelia – Corruption Eradication Commission chairman Abraham Samad said he was not bothered by allegations that the National Police had been wiretapping his telephone to keep an ey

Jakarta – In the past few days, security guards, staffers and those who regularly visit the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta have begun to notice a

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo's failure to distance himself from anti-Christian fringe supporters coul

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Eleven poker players, who were found guilty of gambling on the social networking site Facebook, were sentenced to four months and 10 days in prison at Medan District Court on Tuesday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – It appears that members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police will not be able to vote in general elections anytime soon as President Susi

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced on Tuesday that the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, was a human rights violation and that the oil and ga

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The Nahdlatul Ulama's Central Board (PBNU) with the support of retired army officers and mass organisations is strongly opposed any form of apology by the gov

Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The chairperson of the Anshor Youth Movement (the youth wing of the Islamic mass organisation Nahdlatul Ulama), Nusron Wahid, says that the government does no

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Liberty Jemadu – Gubernatorial candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is throwing exploding tomatoes at corrupt politicians in an effort to root out Jakarta's evils and save the city in a new o

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – An investigation by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) found that the South Sumatra Police were responsible for the shooting of civilians dur

Arya Dipa and Fadli, Bandung/Batam – The West Java provincial administration plans to close all pig farms in the Muslim majority province following the implementation of a ban on pig fa