Jakarta, Indonesia – Ten suspected militants have gone on trial for allegedly planning to bomb an Indonesian church before Easter mass and to film the inferno for broadcast.

"I cannot answer and confused when people ask about the status of my child who was involuntary disappeared...." (Paian Siahaan, Father of Ucok Munandar Siahaan)

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took time out ahead of the G20 Summit in France to launch a book on his leadership in one of Paris's finest hotels.

Jakarta – Six mid-tier political parties formed a coalition in an effort to stop the government's proposal to set a legislative threshold in the 2014 election to 4 to 5 percent during t

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Regency Administrations (Apkasi) has called on the central government to directly finance local elections and phase out the s

Bandung – Around 150 workers who say they are members of the Indonesian Labor Movement (KASBI) union, staged a rally demanding 100 percent wage increases next year.

Faisal Maliki Baskro – Poor infrastructure has led to the skyrocketing cost of distributing goods, according to an influential business grouping.

Four housewives from Jakarta are facing the prospects of five years' jail after they were caught playing an Indonesian version of poker on Wednesday.

Sidney Jones – If President Yudhoyono is looking for one simple step that could change the ugly political dynamic in Papua, he should announce that police will stop using live ammunitio

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers and workers unions are questioning the constitutionality of the recently passed Social Security Providers (BPJS) Law, claiming that the House vio

Jakarta – The government intends to retain the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) authority, in the midst of a House of Representatives initiative to revise the 2002 Corruption E

Despite widely held grievances against corruption, a growing culture of violence and rising intolerance, the vast majority of Indonesians are proud of who they are, according to the res

Maumere – Hundreds of people, including dozens of Catholic priests in Maumere diocese, rallied in front of the Sikka Legislative Council in Maumere, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monda

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people from traditional communities in North Sumatra rallied at the governor's office in Medan on Monday, demanding the return of customary land se

Jakarta – Police officers who accept gifts are breaking the law and can be prosecuted for corruption, according to a legal expert.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has quashed Paskah Suzetta's hopes of walking out of prison on parole.

Maire Leadbeater – It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own "Arab Spring".

Badrus Sholeh – Aceh is due to hold its elections for governor in December, an event that underscores the significant contribution democracy has made to peace since Aceh's 2006 ballot,

The tough response of the Indonesian armed forces to the Third Papuan People's congress has strengthened calls for freedom.

Yanto Soegiarto – Once again, Timika's Rimba Hotel was the site of a negotiation between Freeport workers and the mining company's management on the wages of the former.

Elisabeth Oktofani – In a nation plagued by seeds of disintegration – as hard-line radicals spread intolerance and separatist clashes dominate news out of the archipelago's east – there

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several worker and employer association groups say they will file a judicial review request of the recently enacted Social Security Providers (BJPS) Law to

Mangadar Situmorang, Bandung – The number of casualties related to two inseparable incidents in Papua is likely to increase.

Armando Siahaan – The calendar says it's November 2011.

The Asian Development Bank has clarified that its data showed poverty in Indonesia was in fact decreasing, and not on the rise, as a local nongovernmental organization recently reported

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) was again confronted by Muslim hard-liners outside its place of worship in Bogor,

A 10-year-old girl with a tumor was been refused treatment at two hospitals simply because her family is poor.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The bashing of an unarmed student protestor by presidential guards has been decried by civil society organizations that say the incident casts doubt on the gu

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The 2104 presidential election will likely see a duel between general-turned-businessman Prabowo Subianto and Golkar Party chairman and business tycoon Aburizal

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has expressed confidence that his popularity will surge to 50 percent by the end of the month as Golkar has agreed to fully support him i

David Fogarty, Singapore – A two-year ban on new licenses to clear peatlands and primary forests in Indonesia risks being undermined by the small area protected by the scheme and a host

Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) revealed on Sunday that the public is disappointed with the performances of young politicians, showing its latest survey result that only 24

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has set a minimum target of winning 25 percent of the total votes in the 2014 legislative elections to pave the way for party chairman Abu

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – At 8:20 p.m.

Yuli Krisna – Presidential guards were once again found wanting after the second security breach this week allowed a student protester to rush toward Vice President Boediono.

Banjir Ambarita – Two journalists in Manokwari, West Papua, reported the district attorney to the police on Friday for sending them death threats by text message, a charge the accused d

Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The national antigraft body has unveiled a new online service it says will allow citizens to report on corruption allegations without fear of retribution.

Jakarta – A corruption watchdog has suggested lawmakers' recent moves to revise the 2002 Law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) were attempts to remove the commission's spec

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – That nine in 10 Indonesians believe corruption remains widespread across the government may seem outlandish, but a Finance Ministry official who spok

Maumere – A group of students staged a hunger strike in front of the Maumere Legislative Council's building in East Nusa Tenggara on Thursday, protesting alleged embezzlement of social

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Hundreds of students from universities and NGOs in Makassar, South Sulawesi, commemorated Youth Pledge Day on Friday by conducting demonstrations.

A number of UNCEN student organisations along with the KNPB, the National Committee for West Papua, have announced the establishment of a movement to oppose Freeport.

Indonesia's Presidential Guard tackled and appeared to punch and kick a student on Friday as he attempted to protest against the government's increasingly dismal record fighting against

Jakarta – Leaders of the House of Representatives have pledged to start its future plenary sessions on schedule even if the sessions fail to meet quorum, as a response to lawmakers' lac

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – A new survey by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center paints a more dire picture of the state of corruption in Indonesia than indicated by previous studies.

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from Jakarta Labor Forum, a grouping of several labor associations, staged a protest in front of governor's office in the capital on Friday.

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – For the thousands of workers who trooped to Jakarta on Friday to demand the House of Representatives pass the social security scheme bill into law, th

Dion Bisara – After a long delay, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that will create a new superbody to supervise the country's financial sector, including banking

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Senior local Golkar Party leaders issued a statement on Thursday backing chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie as the party's next presidential candidate – three y

Indonesia's legal system is the "weakest link" in the nation's fight against terrorism, analysts said after a court slashed the jail term of the country's slipperiest terror convict.