Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Sri Paku Alam IX, twin monarchs of the Yogyakarta sultanate, will have their positions as governor and deputy governor extended

Nurfika Osman and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With approximately 16.5 million holidaymakers throughout the country beginning their journeys home for the Idul Fitri holidays, the governm

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The origin of the St.

Rizal Harahap and Apriadi Gunawan, Pekanbaru, Medan – Riau Islands province and its surrounding areas were shrouded in a haze that reportedly originated from fires in a number of planta

Lenny Tristia Tambun – TransJakarta bus drivers went on strike Monday morning over unpaid Idul Fitri holiday allowances and what they call an unfair disparity among bus drivers on diffe

A new Islamic social networking site will be launched in Indonesia in November, and will offer "better protection" for young Muslims from "harmful content." The Beta version of the site

Farouk Arnaz – Justice and Human Rights Deputy Minister Denny Indrayana clamped down last year on sentence reductions and parole for convicts involved in terrorism, narcotics and corrup

Sita W.

Bogor – The police on Monday arrested 150 Afghan and Pakistani nationals who planned to take a dangerous boat trip to Australia, a police chief said.

Jakarta – New central government regulations will allow mining and palm oil plantation companies with regional licenses to buy their concessions in state-controlled forests.

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry says that it will collaborate with Internet search giant Google and video-sharing site YouTube to block pornographic websites.

Dessy Sagita – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions has called on the government to crack down on companies shirking their obligation to pay workers their 13th month bonus bef

Ezra Sihite – The list of possible candidates for the 2014 presidential election may be growing, but no one in the lineup has a spotless resume, according to politicians and analysts.

Cirebon – A ticket collector was attacked aboard a Jakarta-bound express train on Sunday after he allegedly told a member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) that he wasn't allowed to sit

When four men were sentenced to eight months in jail in March for the "murder" of orangutans, it was the first time that people associated with Indonesia's booming palm oil industry wer

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will go ahead with its investigation into the graft case in the procurement of driving simulators involving senior Nati

Pitan Daslani – The Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that military personnel and police would not be allowed to participate in 2014 elections because Indonesia's political infr

Pitan Daslani – Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission Abraham Samad vowed on Saturday to continue fighting corruption, even if he and his four deputies have to face the wors

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The government's highly touted program to convert official vehicles to natural gas from gasoline and diesel fuel is likely to miss all its targets this year

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Novianti Setuningsih – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center said on Friday that it submitted a report on suspicious transactions linke

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The much-awaited presidential regulation on land acquisition, which has taken more than six months to draft, failed to impress businesses looking forwar

Ronna Nirmala – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) announced on Saturday that it will throw its support behind incumbent governor Fauzi Bowo for September's gubernatorial runoff to, cit

Margareth S.

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The State Palace has denied claims by former antigraft czar Antasari Azhar that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a high-level m

Several leaders of the House of Representatives (DPR) are backing a plan to hold the presidential and legislative elections on the same day in 2014.

Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups under the collective banner MATA has called on the government to withdraw its support for the World Tobacco Asia (WTA) conference, slated f

Margareth S.

Rizky Amelia – Graft suspect Miranda Goeltom offered up to Rp 500 million ($53,000) each for legislators' votes in her selection in 2004 as senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia, a w

Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – The Jakarta Military Command said Friday that the military police had arrested two soldiers for reportedly assaulting a man near the entrance gate of Taman Min

Despite an ongoing graft investigation into their traffic division, the National Police received government awards on Friday for their traffic management and driver's license services.

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – A local NGO wants the police to reduce their presence in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, following the crackdown after a boy was killed in a standoff with law enforc

Fitri Bintang Timur, Singapore – What makes certain countries great while others are not?

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – A green group has blamed local politics for contributing to the switft enviromnental degradation that eventually led to more frequent natural disasters.

Amid pervasive corruption and illegal shootings, the National Police have come under the spotlight for forming a "brown line" to stonewall investigations into their integrity.

Jakarta – Economic growth, which reached 6.4 percent in the second quarter of 2012, is largely being enjoyed by the middle- and upper-class, because it is not quality growth.

Jakarta – Scattered across 17,000 islands on the Indian and Pacific oceans, the world's largest Muslim country has found its own blend of Islam: equal parts religion, secularism and con

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The number of incidents of violence against women in Indonesia is not easy to calculate as most victims want to protect their privacy, according to a gov

Jakarta – Former Army general Prabowo Subianto seems to be the main contender for anyone contesting the 2014 presidential election as a recent survey points to his growing popularity am

Jakarta – A recent remark made by the current Jakarta Governor and candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election, Fauzi "Foke" Bowo, during his visit to fire victims was a "blunder"

Bagus BT Saragih and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The leadership of National Police chief Gen.

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – An AIDS activist from Surabaya, East Java and a Jakarta-based journalism watchdog have won prestigious awards given by the Alliance of Independent Journalis

Purworejo, Central Java. The Democratic Party said on Wednesday that it would nominate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's father-in-law, the late Gen.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A report on public information requests filed by an NGO in Yogyakarta says several local political parties have been engaged in suspect financial reportin

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar lampung – An angry crowd burned down a police station in Pesawaran regency, Lampung, at 2 a.m.

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Fishermen, who earn a living from catching fish or farming seaweed in the south of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), can only recall the heyday when they sailed into t

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Sita W.

Rangga Prakoso, Farouk Arnaz, Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society has filed a pretrial motion against the National Police at the South Jakarta

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions have threatened to stage a nationwide strike next month if the government does not act to end outsourcing practices.

Jakarta – In the midst of a global crisis, Indonesia's economic growth recorded a positive result.