Jakarta – Both praise and criticism showered the government's plan to tax the export of minerals and base metals starting next year.

Ronna Nirmala – While police are saying that three protesters were killed in Saturday's shooting at Sape port in West Nusa Tenggara, a human rights organization claims the number killed

Agus Triyono – Indonesian politicians have been blasted for wasting almost Rp 85 billion on "insignificant activities," including ceremonies and official visits in 2011.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – A World Bank report shows that despite challenges facing Indonesia, manufacturing is poised to grow as consumer-oriented companies set up businesses in the count

Farouk Arnaz, Fitri, Agus Triyono & Ismira Lutfia – Police defended their use of force on Sunday after the deaths of two men they shot while trying to disband a mob occupying the Sa

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Confrontations between locals and police officers, as in the recent clash in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, that left two people dead, are attributable to police

Jakarta – The Bima Police have named 47 people as suspects in a clash between residents and authorities on Saturday morning in Lambu district, Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara.

The National Police dispatched 500 police officers on Sunday from the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) division to Bima, West Nusa Tenggara following a deadly incident between local police and p

Two men were killed and about 20 were injured Saturday when police opened fire on demonstrators during a rally in Indonesia against a proposed gold mine, authorities said.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The US Embassy in Jakarta expressed on Thursday its concern over many' "misperceptions" of US intentions in Indonesia, emphasizing that the US has no hidden age

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Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Most legislators are unconvinced by the results of the Supreme Audit Agency's (BPK) second audit of the Bank Century bailout that found no trace of Pres

Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) has raised the alarm on a new corrupt practice among local government officials who use their private bank accoun

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya/Banyuwangi – Members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) at the Brawijaya Military Command are suspected of having engaged in unscrupulo

The continuing saga of the Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin church in Bogor, West Java, is a stark example of the government's inability to protect minority groups despite le

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Despite potential disturbances involving disputes over the presence of places of worship in residential Bogor areas, the congregations of the Indonesian Christian

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Peace on Earth and good will to men may be thin on the ground this Christmas in Bogor, where one congregation is being told there is no room at the inn, or at the

Ardi Mandiri, Bogor – A local mayor in Bogor has ordered a Catholic church in a residential area to halt its activities, winning the support of a Muslim group but fuelling fears of grow

Francis Kan, Singapore – Indonesia's inability to meet the rising energy needs of its businesses, from steelmakers to hotel resorts, threatens to put the brakes on growth in Southeast A

Slamet Susanto and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Yogyakarta/Boyolali – Representatives of farmers from 10 regions across Java, attending a two-day congress in Yogyakarta, pledged Thursday to

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – The year 2011 found the predicament of human rights in a state of decay.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says that no beheadings occurred in Sodong village, Mesuji district in South Sumatra, during alleged conflicts involving l

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, Banyuwangi – The Madiun Military Police (Denpom) is still investigating the alleged involvement of three Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel i

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned international green groups not to meddle in the country's domestic affairs, saying that their campaigns against fore

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Ezra Sihite – The lack of a clear favorite in the 2014 presidential election leaves the door open for retired general Wiranto to make another run for office, an analyst has suggested.

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Nana Rukmana and Apriadi Gunawan, Cirebon/Medan – The Ansor Youth Movement (GP Ansor), a youth wing of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has prepared 2.6 million of its members to help secure Chris

Rizky Amelia – A former lawmaker involved in two different corruption cases said on Thursday that he did not deserve to be punished because his actions had a noble mission: building a m

Ardi Mandiri, Bogor – A group of people in Parung, Bogor, asked the local government on Thursday to close down a church built in a residential area, adding another religious dispute to

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives speaker Marzuki Alie defended the Rp 48 billion ($5.3 million) the government had allotted for leaders of the House

Farouk Arnaz, Ezra Sihite & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – The National Police released a video on Wednesday that they said proved villagers were the ones guilty of brutality in several

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Graft defendant and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin made further allegations against his former colleagues on Wednesday, claiming that the p

Neles Tebay, Jayapura – Papua, under Indonesian rule since May 1, 1963, has been a land of conflict. It has to be transformed into a land of peace.

Noble mothers, wives and workers, with no troublesome demands – this is what Soeharto's New Order wanted of its female citizens. And every Dec.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women revealed on Thursday that this year saw more than 105,000 cases of violence against women.

Indonesian youths are nationalistic, a survey conducted by Genta Pemuda Indonesia Foundation says.

Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, the convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, will receive remission of 45 days to coincide with the upcoming Christmas hol

Ambon – Officials say a passenger ferry with more than 150 people on board sank off the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.

The Hague – Widows of Indonesian men killed by the Dutch colonial army in 1946 and 1947 on Sulawesi island are planning to seek justice before a court in the Netherlands, their lawyer s

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party is expected to struggle over the next few years in "grooming" some of its members as potential candidates for the country's top j

Ulma Haryanto, East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan – When the Constitutional Court dropped two articles from the 2004 Plantations Law back in September for potentially discriminating

Hasyim Widhiarto, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra – Residents of Mesuji district, in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, have difficulty moving forward without recalling the brutal kil

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – The Bogor church at the center of a major dispute that has highlighted growing discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia, on

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Despite an improvement in female participation in the public sector, more effort is needed to fully end discrimination against women, with the government leadin

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Ronna Nirmala – Former director of state power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Eddie Widiono, was sentenced to serve five years in prison by the Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday.

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – A rights watchdog revealed on Tuesday that violations against workers' rights were still prevalent in Jakarta in 2011.

Graft defendant and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has accused Democratic chairman Anas Urbaningrum of splashing out almost US$7 million to have votes swayed his

Jakarta – The General Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) has received 1,718 reports of poll violations in 92 local elections in 2011