Bayu Marhaenjati – A popular Muslim cleric was questioned by the police on Monday about claims by 11 young men that he molested them years ago.

Sukabumi, West Java – More than 70 illegal immigrants attempting to make the 236 mile crossing from Indonesia's seaside village of Loji to Australia's Christmas Island were arrested by

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Erwida Maulia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has formed Indonesia's first anti-pornography task force to oversee the enforcement of the country's controversial 2008 law banning th

Jakarta – Only days after Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum declared that he was ready to suffer capital punishment if he was proven guilty of corruption, a local party head cl

Trisnadi Marjan, Surabaya, Indonesia – The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor.

The government's plan to allow foreigners to buy condominiums could help reduce "illegal purchases" of properties by foreigners that have tended to increase property values in the count

Bayu Marhaenjati – A subdistrict police chief in Bekasi has been arrested for using methamphetamine at his official residence.

Jakarta – A new government regulation scheduled for implementation in May has promised a legal breakthrough that would allow foreigners to own property in Indonesia, albeit restricted t

Anita Rachman – This week, lawmakers representing the nine political factions in the House of Representatives will begin a series of meetings aimed at reaching a consensus on the long-r

Jakarta – A poll conducted by the Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI) shows that at least 86.6 percent of 440 respondents opposed the government's plan to raise fuel prices.

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Mataram – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) warned the government that agrarian conflicts could turn into a conflagration that could foster social unrest in t

Yuli Tri Suwarni – The government has allocated Rp 1.14 trillion (US$125 million) in the state budget this year to build 86 rented flats for members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Wirabuana Military Command, which oversees the Gorontalo, Central, North, South, West and Southeast Sulawesi provinces, spends part of its time on streng

Dion Bisara & Anita Rachman – The government came under fire over the weekend after it released a ruling banning foreigners from occupying 19 types of positions in Indonesian-owned

Catriona Richards – In a year's time, Jakarta's orange bajajs – those three-wheeled, smoke-belching buggies of banged-up steel – will be banished from the city's streets for good.

Meidyatama Suryodiningrat – Some attitudes are hard to change.

Ulma Haryanto – Depok Mayor Nur Mahmudi Ismail is never far from controversial policies. He has banned karaoke bars and obliged people to eat using their right hands.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Hangga Brata – Police are bracing themselves for next month's planned fuel subsidy cut as demonstrations become a daily occurrence and speculators began piling up

Indonesia is set to kick off another round of high-ranking diplomatic talks with Singapore on issues deemed contentious in the bilateral ties of the two neighboring countries.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The government has launched a guideline to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace, but many victims are still reluctant to file reports for various r

Yohanes Sulaiman & Phillip Turnbull – It appears we're having a coup. Or at least that is what some in the government would have us believe.

Vento Saudale – Finding itself under sustained criticism for the perceived health impacts of high voltage overhead power transmission lines, state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara has

Novianti Setuningsih – A graft defendant testified that it is normal for members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee to ask for a "commitment fee" when deciding how much mo

Rangga Prakoso – The Attorney General's Office says it sees no wrongdoing in connection with bank accounts held by nine prosecutors that have aroused the suspicions of the money launder

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Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – At least 23 Shiite followers from Sampang, Madura, in East Java, have been forced to lead a nomadic life after an anti-Shiite group threatened to kill t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The proposed sexy-outfit ban might be a tactic from the House of Representatives' secretariat general to force a new plan: a uniform project.

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Arientha Primanita & Robertus Wardi – The lineup for July's gubernatorial election in Jakarta came into sharper focus on Thursday, but the picture was bleak for incumbent Fauzi Bowo

Jakarta – The respected economist and senior New Order-era government official, Widjojo Nitisastro, died at 2.30 a.m. Friday at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta.

Ridwan M. Sijabat, Jakarta – The central government's half-hearted and convoluted plan to raise fuel prices may soon come to a dramatic head.

Dessy Sagita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Sexual violence in the workplace aimed at women is just the tip of the iceberg because so few victims report incidents, a spokeswoman for t

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The hard-line Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) says it will support Nachrowi Ramli in his bid to become a candidate for Jakarta governor despite it remaining u

Andi Hajramurni and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Makassar/Bandung – Commemorating International Women's Day, activists and workers took to the streets across the country on Thursday to demand equa

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Golkar Party lawmaker called on graft convicts on Friday to sue the justice minister over his moratorium on sentence cuts for corruptors, which he said viol

Iman Mahditama – The schedule of noted cleric Hasan bin Jafar Assegaf appears to be still jam-packed with frequent sermons at various venues over the city, even after a handful of his d

Novianti Setuningsih – The leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission has spoken out against plans by the legislature to revise its enabling act, which some fear is part of an

Mahfudz Jufri, Palu – Hundreds of people from the National Police Crisis Center for Violence against Women and Children (CC-Kapak) held a protest action commemorating International Wome

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – The East Kalimantan administration has revealed that 230 degraded coal mining concessions in the province have never been restored by the concessi

Jakarta – The fact is that sexual violence against women often occurs in the workplace.

Oris Riswan Budiana, Bandung – Around 60 women from the West Java Regional Women's Committee (KPR) celebrated International Women's Day in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung wi

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives seems to be shooting itself in the foot with a ban on skimpy clothes, as the unit in charge of formulating the

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – With this year's International Women's Day around the corner, women in this country continue to struggle in a male-dominated world and efforts to protect th

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned on Wednesday that security authorities would crack down hard on street protests against the planned fuel price hike

Ulma Haryanto – At first glance, 71-year-old Nani Nurani looks like your typical Indonesian granny: Always smiling, always friendly.

Slamet Susanto and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Yogyakarta/Surabaya – A number of bureaucrats officially declared their disengagement with corrupt practices by signing "integrity pacts", altho