Half a century ago, the Dutch encouraged the people of Western New Guinea, now generally known as Papuans or West Papuans, to look forward to independence.

Dewi Kurniawati – It has been seven years since Suciwati, a petite, soft-spoken yet bravely determined woman, lost her activist husband to a poisoner.

Denpasar, Bali – Indonesia Sunday released a 14-year-old Australian boy convicted of drug possession on the resort island of Bali after two months in detention.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Police officers were forced to deploy to Central Jakarta on Friday in response to an unusual public order issue caused by a flock of superstitious enthu

After months of interviews and auditions, which included a tug-of-war within the House of Representatives over trivial procedural technicalities, the House's Commission III on legal aff

Ulma Haryanto – More than a few eyebrows were raised when a relatively unknown young legal activist and lawyer from Makassar, South Sulawesi, emerged as the country's new antigraft czar

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has elected the next four leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), prompting angry cries from critics who say that the victors were

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has again used a public press conference to criticize the performance of members of his cabinet, this time because he was informe

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The firms in charge of building and maintaining the Mahakam II Bridge that collapsed and killed at least 19 people on Saturday continued to deny all liability

The Jakarta city administration has moved with exceptional speed to cut down an old mahogany tree said to harbor two distinct forms of Indonesian ghosts.

Yogyakarta – The home of high-profile Indonesian activist George Junus Aditjondro was raided by an enraged mob on Friday after the outspoken democracy campaigner made a pun about the Yo

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Political observers have blamed both the reluctance of political parties to reform their financial systems and toothless law enforcement measures as the majo

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially lifted the two year moratorium on sending migrant workers to Malaysia.

Awis Mranani – A six-year-old Indonesian girl was kicked out of her elementary school on World AIDS Day because her father is HIV positive.

Cypri Jehan Paju Dale, Jerusalem – With Special Autonomy unable to address long-standing problems facing Papua, development acceleration is the latest government policy in place in the

Ezra Sihite – Lawyer Abraham Samad was selected by lawmakers on Friday to chair the powerful Corruption Eradication Commission for the next four years.

Ulma Haryanto & Nani Indarti – Transparency International Indonesia criticized the government on Thursday for failing to fight corruption and eradicate poverty.

Ezra Sihite & Rangga Prakoso – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says he has no idea why the Corruption Eradication Commission ranked his ministry as one of Indonesia's mos

Tom Clarke – Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has staked Australia's UN Security Council candidacy – and international reputation – on the claims that Australia is a "principled advocate of

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Condom use remains unpopular in the world's largest Muslim majority country despite the fact that most HIV/AIDS infections in Indonesia are now spreading

Ulma Haryanto – Transparency International Indonesia criticized the government on Thursday for failing to fight corruption and eradicate poverty.

Genevieve Woods – In October 2010, Indonesia faced a diplomatic milestone - the inaugural visit of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to The Netherlands.

By Max Lane – The simmering discontent throughout Indonesia regularly overflowed throughout October and November.

Jakarta – In the wake of a much-discussed online video of a house burglary, which was uploaded by the victim reportedly due to his distrust of the police, a study reveals that only 30 p

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – "A politician who portrays himself as caring and sensitive because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Before moving forward with a bill on illegal logging, the government and the House of Representatives should focus on a revision of the Forestry Law, a legal ex

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The former treasurer of Indonesia's ruling party appeared in court on corruption charges yesterday, striking a defiant tone in a case that has already seriously da

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Golkar Party and the Democratic Party factions at the Bogor Legislative Council (DPRD) support Mayor Diani Budiarto's stance to keep GKI Taman Yasmi

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Experts say that the East Java Legislative Council's recently approved draft bylaw on water management does not reflect the public

Jakarta – The chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB), who is also the manpower and transmigration minister, Muhaimin Iskandar, has submitted a letter to the Law and Human Rights

Ulma Haryanto – Islamic hardliners rallied in front of the Bogor City administration on Wednesday in support of the mayor's internationally condemned decision to revoke a building permi

Jakarta – In the absence of transparent political funding in the country, alleged misuses of state funds for the interests of those in the navel of power have become banalities of daily

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The threat of terrorism in Indonesia remains high, with police and government bodies deemed to have transgressed against Islamic teaching now the main targets

Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) says the National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88) antiterrorist unit has "borrowed" several terrorist convicts from prison but has not provided any informa

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Democrat Party and other new parties may be unable to field candidates in the 2014 election due to a just-missed age requirement.

Oei Eng Goan – Veteran actor Pong Harjatmo unveiled a banner reading "Arrest Nunun or Else Busyro Resigns" during a protest at the office of the Corruption Eradication Commission on Fri

Elly Burhaini Faizal – A survey shows that HIV positive people and AIDS victims are still being denied access to social security schemes needed to help mitigate the impact of the epidem

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Indonesia's growing energy needs make the building of nuclear power plants unavoidable in the long term, a senior government official said on Monday.

John McBeth – For all the democratic space created after the fall of President Suharto, with Indonesia signing on to the core principles of freedom of association and the right to colle

Jakarta – A document, purportedly the result of the government's assessment of the eight candidates for the nation's antigraft leadership, seems to favour the House of Representatives s

Rizky Amelia – The Jakarta administration and the Religious Affairs Ministry were among the worst scorers in the Corruption Eradication Commission's national integrity survey this year,

Ezra Sihite, Agus Triyono & Markus Sihaloho – Even before the fit-and-proper tests for antigraft candidates get under way today, some parties at the House of Representatives have al

Indonesian political parties spent upwards of Rp 300 trillion ($33 billion) from 2007 to 2010, a member of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said on Monday.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Nine years ago housewife Mirza "Vivi" Revilia gave birth to a girl.

Ezra Sihite – Adang Daradjatun, the husband of graft suspect Nunun Nurbaeti, on Monday finally admitted where his wife is: "I've told you, she's in my heart."

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it has witnessed a drastic increase in the number of state officials reporting gratuities they have received in 2011.

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of hard-line Muslims rallied outside the Bogor City Hall on Sunday to decry the "arrogance" of a beleaguered church in the city that remains shuttered by

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java provincial branch of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPID) has called on all radio and television stations in the province to refrain from bro

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi Malay Custom Institute has called on soon-to-be married couples not to engage in intimate picture-taking arguing that it is against Islamic law.

Fitri, Mataram – West Nusa Tenggara has been aggressively promoting its tourism industry with one mega-construction project after another, including an international airport.