Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A high-level meeting on the Bank Century case ended right where it started on Wednesday, perhaps marking an end to the case both as a political weapon and as

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Ronna Nirmala – In the wake of a public uproar over a series of trials for petty crimes, Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said on Wednesday that the government would pr

Arientha Primanita & Anita Rachman – After hours of mediation with workers and the government, the Indonesian Employers Association agreed on Wednesday to withdraw its lawsuit again

Shirley Wibisono & Sumisha Naidu – Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world's third-largest community of Facebook users, has become a showcase for the social net

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Presi Mandari, Jakarta – A defiant declaration of atheism by an Indonesian civil servant has inflamed passions in the world's most populous Muslim nation, pitting non-believers and beli

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Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Supreme Court is upholding a guilty verdict for the maid who stole some oxtail meat and a few plates from her boss, sentencing the 60-year-old to time pr

Anita Rachman, Ezra Sihite & Robertus Wardi – The beleaguered Democratic Party held a meeting on Tuesday after it became apparent that some party members were seeking to replace cha

Rizky Amelia – A self-appointed civilian review of several corruption cases at the Social Affairs Ministry has called on the Supreme Court to review a lenient sentence handed down to Ba

Ezra Sihite – The Garuda Employees Union told lawmakers on Tuesday about several cases of potential corruption at the national airline that it said could have cost the state tens of mil

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Surakarta Deputy Mayor F.X. Hadi Rudyatmo has promised to facilitate a meeting of around 600 sex workers in the city at his official residence.

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) said Wednesday that the number of attacks on policemen had risen within the last month.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The ease of doing business in cities across Indonesia, measured by the requirements of starting a business, dealing with construction permits and registering p

Fadli, Batam – Once touted as investment paradise for exporters, Batam City of the Riau Islands has fallen victim to rising costs and bad policy making, hurting its leverage as a free t

Indonesian exports surged 29 percent last year, and January inflation eased, date showed Wednesday, as Southeast Asia's largest economy targeted emerging countries amid weakness in US a

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government together with employers and labor unions will carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the remuneration system and other contentious issues p

The new-look National Republic Party said on Tuesday that it would base its platform on the policies and programs espoused by former President Suharto, who was ousted by popular dissent

Bandung – The central board of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said that the party would nominate some popular figures as candidates for the 2014 presidential poll, including controv

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The rift within President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party appeared to increase on Tuesday, with supporters of party chairman Anas Urbaningrum mak

Bandung – In anticipation of a growing number of social conflicts, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is organizing an antiterrorism drill to help soldiers build synergy among different mili

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Judge Imas Dianasari found herself on the wrong side of the law, and the courtroom, on Monday as the Bandung Anti-Corruption Court in West Java sentenced her to s

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With the Constitutional Court (MK) having recently banned all outsourcing practices, companies that make money by supplying workers to others now have an o

Bagus BT Saragih dan Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum still enjoys support from the party's regional branches despite his alleged involvement in Mu

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Ulma Haryanto – The West Sumatran man facing five years in prison for blasphemy for questioning the existence of God may face additional charges, according to police.

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – The fallout from a violent protests against gold prospecting activities in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, has spread to the country's corridors of power, pit

Fitri – With the case against 46-year-old Muhsan in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, coconuts are joining sandals, cacao pods, bananas and plates as items of evidence in the prosecution of t

Indonesian man Alexander Aan who made international headlines after he was arrested for questioning the existence of god in a post on Facebook was considering renouncing atheism, police

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The fate of the beleaguered chairman of the Democratic Party, Anas Urbaningrum, rests with the little-known supervisory committee now investigating allegation

Pontianak, West Kalimantan – Officials in Pontianak have vowed to thoroughly investigate the alleged assault of a gasoline vendor by two soldiers on Saturday.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – The mix of workers emboldened by recent labor victories and a fear of higher costs from the state's plan to limit subsidized fuel consumption could spark more ra

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia lost as much as Rp 2.13 trillion ($238.6 million) to corruption in 2011, although authorities should have been able to easily detect the methods used for graft,

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With several renovation projects in progress, the House of Representatives (DPR) has built a comfortable nest for the legislators.

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Residents of Bima district in West Nusa Tenggara have demanded that police withdraw the counterterrorism squad sent to the area in the wake of massi

An embattled Indonesian church at the center of a long-running dispute with Indonesian authorities that has attracted headlines around the world, confirmed on Monday that one of its mem

Vento Saudale, Yuli Krisna & Ulma Haryanto – The embattled GKI Yasmin church in Bogor questioned on Monday whether there was police discrimination in the naming of one of its member

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Jakarta – Hundreds of congregation members of the GKI Taman Yasmin church, which is situated in Bogor, Greater Jakarta, staged a protest on Sunday in front of the State Palace.

It was a rare victory for the labor movement.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An expert says she does not understand why the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have decided to detain lawmaker Wa Ode Nurhayati in relation to the on

Indonesian Christians held a prayer vigil in Jakarta on Sunday urging President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to re-open their church and stop intimidation by Muslim hardliners.

Desiree Tay – Glodok was once the vibrant heart of this capital city's Chinese community.

Anita Rachman – Friday's mass labor action in Bekasi which crippled traffic, shut down stores and led to billions of rupiah in losses, showed how Indonesian workers are increasingly fin

Jakarta – Rights activists and religious leaders have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to dismiss Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali for his frequent statements that cou

Jakarta – The country's leading journalist organizations have expressed doubt over the credibility of a report by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RWB), which puts Indonesia a

Tom Allard – With its brightly lit glass cubicles displaying scantily clad women to passing pedestrians, there's no place in Indonesia, or the Islamic world, quite like Surabaya's Dolly

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia is liable to fail to meet its Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) target in reducing mother and infant mortality rates by 2015, given the lack o

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Government workers have apparently found another way to make personal gains by manipulating documents for official travel.