Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Dessy Sagita & Novianti Setuningsih – All that talk by the Yudhoyono administration about getting tough on corruption took another hit on Wednesday when a

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – A new study has revealed that only 12 groups of companies own almost all print, broadcast and online media in Indonesia.

Aidi Yursal, Medan – Scores of asylum seekers who have been detained for years by immigration authorities in Medan have demanded an end to their limbo and want an immediate decision on

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Even as four major bones of contention remain undecided in the discussion over the draft elections law, two new issues have arisen: limiting

Niniek Karmini – Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel.

Yogyakarta – The commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Thursday was marked by a protest action by hundreds of women from the Indones

Dion Bisara & Tito Summa Siahaan – To better reflect the surge in global oil prices and next month's planned increase in the subsidized fuel price and electricity rates, the governm

Danar Widiyanto, Yogya – The ideals articulated during the momentum of International Women's Day (IWD), which is commemorated each year on March 8, totally contradict the reality of wom

Medan – The commemoration of International Women's Day on March 8 was enlivened by a demonstration by scores of women in front of the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives (DP

Jakarta – The proposed banning of mini-skirts in an around the House of Representatives (DPR) was one of the issues taken up in an action commemorating International Women's Day in fron

Muhamad Al Azhari – Keen to strengthen the country's control over its own natural resources, the government has come out with a new regulation that would force foreign companies holding

Tensions boiled over again in Central Maluku on Wednesday, where the latest in a series of bloody clashes between neighboring villages ended with one dead and four injured.

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Indonesia will force foreign firms to sell down stakes in mines by the 10th year of production, with domestic ownership to be at least 51 percent, in a move likely to hurt existing mine

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Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Anti-graft activists praised the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) latest move to send their former director of investigations, Brig. Gen.

The government is dead serious in entertaining the idea of a plot being underway to bring down President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by creating massive chaos via rioting when the governme

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is questioning the government's plan to deploy Indonesian Army (TNI) personnel to public

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – The government's plan to raise fuel prices continues to draw protests with the most recent coming from students in Palembang on Tuesday.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party is attacking two national television stations for what it calls "biased and imbalanced" reporting on t

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Aditya Suharmoko and Vikram Subhedar, Jakarta/Hong Kong – At the start of 2012, Indonesia was basking in accolades for its economic performance.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate allegations that six Russian-made jets purchased by the Defense Ministry were unduly marked up, Defense Minister Purnomo Yus

Last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tried to reiterate his supposed commitment to fighting corruption when he signed off on new punishments for graft convicts.

This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women.

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – The Corruption Eradication Commission is sending its head of investigations, Yurod Saleh, back to the National Police amid reports of ties to graft susp

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Politicians at the House of Representatives have called for the reinstatement of Brig. Gen.

Ezra Sihite – In the wake of rumors of mounting efforts to unseat the government, the country's second-largest political party, Golkar, vowed loyalty on Monday.

Zely Ariane, in Jakarta – This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Dozens of people under the Forum Nusantara banner protested in front of the Kompas Gramedia building in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Tuesday, claiming the newsp

Atmi Pertiwi, Jakarta – Twenty or so women from the Women's Justice Forum (Forum Keadilan Perempuan, FKP) distributed around 500 stickers on busses and city public transport vehicles at

Ezra Sihite – It's not corruption or fuel prices that has some lawmakers concerned these days – it's cleavage and short skirts.

Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta provincial prosecutors are probing the alleged sale of public assets by the two private companies that operate Jakarta's piped water system.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The chairman of the People's Conscience Party, Wiranto, has denied accusations that he is attempting to topple President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Demo

Nivell Rayda – The sun was rising slowly behind Salahutu Mountain but the island of Ambon remained dark as thunder-infested clouds hid the rays overhead.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Legal activists condemned a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Jakarta High Court verdict which sentenced a defendant to six months in prison for defaming

Bagus BT Saragih and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The government has stepped up security and intelligence surveillance following rumors that massive rallies staged to protest fuel price

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam suggested that the Prosperous Justice Party leave the ruling coalition after the party rejected the government's plan to raise the

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government are still not paying attention to the fate of victims of rape and sexual harassment.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – A transparency activist group has accused a House of Representatives deputy speaker of shamelessness over his reintroduction of a monthly ho

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Households Affairs Committee (BURT) has issued a regulation banning staff from wearing revealing attire at work.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man.

Bayu Marhaenjati – The mastermind behind last year's book bombing plot, Pepi Fernando, was sentenced to 18 years in jail by the West Jakarta District Court on Monday.

Bayu Marhaenjati – Former Global TV cameraman Imam Mochammad Firdaus was sentenced to three years and four months in prison at the West Jakarta District Court for his role in a plot to

Farouk Arnaz – Two police officers in Katingan district, South Kalimantan, suffered first-degree burns after being set alight on Sunday by a motorcyclist they had ticketed the day befor

Erwida Maulia – Indonesia's immigration office said it will immediately investigate the alleged mistreatment of Hollywood actor Taylor Kitsch by an allegedly corrupt Indonesian customs

Indonesia's counter-terror unit Detachment 88 is funded and trained by Australia. Why are we so involved with a unit whose work includes counter-separatist activities?

Arya Dipa – A non-active regent who has been found guilty of corruption has not yet been sent to prison even though the Supreme Court (MA) overturned a previous court verdict that had a

In the home and in the streets, women are being raped. The government and the parliament are ignoring cases of rape and are complicit in sexual violence against women.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislator Tubagus Hasanuddin raised questions on Friday about a recent Defense Ministry purchase of six Russian fighter jets, claiming the deal might have be