Jakarta – Monopolistic media ownership in Jakarta is to blame for insensitive and biased reporting on conflicts beyond the island of Java, critics have said.

More than one-third of 24,000 junior high school graduates in Central Java's Banyumas are unable to afford their tuition fees, the Banyumas Education Agency reported.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The growing numbers of HIV infections and the maternal mortality rate pose serious threats to the nation's efforts to achieve the Millennium Development

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A human rights activist says he was fired from his position as a lecturer at a Defense Ministry-owned university after criticizing the government's decision t

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's move to limit bank ownership is not likely deter foreign investors, although the move will expose it to lobbying and political pressure to gran

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The chiefs of local commercial banks are the highest paid among their peers in four Southeast Asian nations surveyed, according to the central bank.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Excessive use of imported hybrid seeds in local farming to boost rice production will affect local plant varieties and eventually lead them to extinction

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Jakarta – The government needs to show its authority and power in their actions toward religious violence carried out by radical organizations, otherwise minority groups will remain the

Ismira Lutfia – Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said on Wednesday that the government should not be defeated by groups that resort to violence.

Bayu Marhaenjati – The Betawi Brotherhood Forum on Tuesday attempted to launch an attack on the rival Pancasila Youth group – but unwittingly vandalized property belonging to a third gr

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police have arrested two more suspects in connection with plot to use a military escort to smuggle 45 Iranian and Syrian asylum seekers to Australia, police

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – More married women in the city were infected with HIV and AIDS in 2011, Jakarta AIDS Prevention Commission (KPAP) says.

Michael Bachelard – In the space of a few minutes at the start of his visit to Indonesia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, outlined two apparently contradictory ambitions.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The pornography case involving Bandung-based pop band Peterpan frontman Nazriel Irham, better known as Ariel, seems to have drawn not only strong media interest, bu

Protests over a gold mining plan in Balaesang Tanjung, Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, turned into a brawl as local residents fought with police officers on Wednesday.

Arientha Primanita – Police blamed Bogor's Ahmadiyah community on Tuesday for inciting violence against them by being "introverted" and not being involved in social activities.

Indonesia's central bank Wednesday announced new regulations limiting bank ownership to 40 percent.

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – There are signs members of the Golkar Party remain divided over the decision to declare its chairman Aburizal Bakrie as the party's presiden

Indonesia is probing whether 45 Iranian asylum seekers arrested Wednesday, as they prepared to undertake a hazardous sea journey to Australia, had a military escort, a police spokesman

Lindsay Murdoch and Michael Bachelard – Indonesia will send its front-line Sukhoi jet fighters to take part in Australia's largest air combat exercise this month, signalling a new era o

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Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – A land dispute in East Kalimantan saw hundreds of families gather outside the local government office in South Balikpapan on Tues

Ulma Haryanto – The government needs to do more to combat religious violence and improve prison management to better combat terrorism, the International Crisis Group said in its latest

Indonesia's Communication and Information Ministry plans to up efforts to scrub pornographic websites from the nation's Internet in time for Ramadan, Communication and Information Minis

Bayu Marhaenjati – In a move few could have predicted, Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threw their support on Wednesday behind calls to curb the excessive use of lou

Vento Saudale, Bogor – A 17-year-old suspect who said he killed a member of a hard-line Islamic group known for its violent actions in self-defense was sentenced on Tuesday to three and

Jakarta – Human rights groups have called for the release of Shiite cleric Tajul Muluk who was sentenced to two years for blasphemy against Islam.

Ismira Lutfia – Australia has praised Indonesia for its efforts in combating people-smuggling and curbing illegal entry to Australia as both countries vow to boost their cooperation in

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia's food exports are suffering as foreign nations are declining to admit locally produced goods that they say contain tainted ingredients, a top

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Farouk Arnaz – No one will be charged in Friday's mob attack on members of Bogor's Ahmadiyah community, the National Police said on Monday. "There are no suspects," Sr. Comr.

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Jakarta – An anti-graft outfit has said that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is the most corrupt state institution as indicated by the total amount of state loss potentially incurre

Surabaya – The National and Jakarta Police have made contradicting statements regarding hard-line Islamist groups making punitive "sweeps" of business open during Ramadan.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan – As the month of Ramadan approaches, hard-line Islamist groups are demanding that authorities close night spots and brothels.

Jakarta – The hard line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) promised not to conduct any raids during the Ramadan fasting month and let police carry out the task, secretary general Sobri L

Jakarta/Brussels – Almost ten years after the 2002 Bali bombing, Indonesian extremists are weak and divided but still finding partners for new operations.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD said on Sunday that no one could be punished for being an atheist or communist, reaffirming his controversial statement on Indonesia's

Dessy Sagita & Ismira Lutfia – Activists have raised alarm over Indonesia's anti-abortion laws, saying that criminalized abortion encourages women to turn to illegal practices that

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Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Labor activists have demanded that the labor minister apologize over a statement he made on Thursday apparently belittling work that does

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo admits that there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure efficient budget spending, which has been considered a

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Anita Rachman, Fitri & SP/Natasia Christy Wahyuni – The government and the House of Representatives heralded a new era of greater access to university education with the passage on

Arientha Primanita & Lenny Tristia Tambun – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed government officials to reach a deal with laborers who took to the streets of Jakarta o

Iman Mahditama and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – More than 30,000 workers from the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) marched on the Presidential Palace on Thursday, deman

National – Lawmakers want to require all NGOs receiving money from overseas to submit a financial report to the Home Ministry for auditing.