Sukabumi, West Java – For Naslima, a mother of two in the fishing village of Genteng Parakan, there was never any doubt about how she would feed her babies.

With just 38 days until the Southeast Asian Games open, organizers are still struggling to finish the preparations in time.

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Ronna Nirmala – Faced with a seemingly endless series of corruption cases in the country, only 23 percent of respondents in a new survey said they still believed Indonesian politicians

Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – For many Indonesians, the news on Sunday that just one-fourth of the population still trusted politicians was not really news at all.

Dozens of pretty young women dressed in shorts and T-shirts arrived at Corruption Eradication Commission headquarters on Monday to support an unlikely cause – the House of Representativ

Jakarta – More than 105 companies, roughly 15 percent of the listed companies in Madiun, East Java, are paying employees below the District Minimum Wage (UMK) this year, an official say

Jakarta – Officers from the National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) are standing by on the Porong highway in anticipation of a rally by Lapindo mudflow disaster victims from 45 ne

Semarang, Central Java – Fires have so far razed 200 hectares of forest area during the current dry season in Central Java, a provincial forestry official said.

House of Representative Commission III chairman Benny K.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has agreed to attend a meeting with the House of Representatives' leadership as lawmakers continue deliberation o

Jakarta – A protest involving hundreds of mudflow disaster victims from Besuki, Kedungcangkring and Pejarakan villages in Sidoarjo, East Java, has brought work to a halt at the Lapindo

After a long deliberation process – costing three successive parliamentary hearing sessions – the House of Representatives' Commission I defense, foreign affairs and information and the

Convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Baasyir has denied allegations linking him to the terrorist network behind the Cirebon and Solo suicide bombings.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – In the aftermath of last week's suicide bombing by a rogue Islamist of a church in the Central Java city of Solo, messages flew around the social networking site T

Kartika Candra, Jakarta – The Indonesian military are still involved in cases of abuse, the Commission for Missing Persons & Victims of Violence (Kontras) announced before the Indon

Jakarta – An activist says military courts should not revue human rights abuse allegations levied against Indonesian Military (TNI) members in dozens of unresolved torture cases involvi

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Sunday prayers at the controversy-plagued GKI Yasmin church in Bogor were obstructed again over the weekend.

Theresia Sufa, Jakarta – As the Bogor Municipal government remains steadfast against reopening Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI), members of the congregation suffered more

Bambang Muryanto and Yemris Fointuna, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of sex workers took to the streets of Yogyakarta on Monday, demanding that the government take serious action to curb the spr

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has escalated its row with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over whether the latter could question the legislative body's

Dessy Sagita – Migrant worker advocates said on Friday that the government must be a stronger presence on the international stage if it wants to adequately protect Indonesia's overseas

Nivell Rayda, Ambon – The road that runs outside the Silo Church in Ambon is normally a one-way street, but for the last several weeks cars and motorbikes have been allowed to travel in

Ati Nurbaiti, Canberra – The habit of tweeting or clicking away at every invitation to your Facebook page might be leading somewhere – the success of local, small scale movements.

Nivell Rayda – A bouquet of freshly picked flowers stands on an unmarked grave in Mangga Dua, Ambon. Darmin Saiman, a motorcycle taxi driver whose controversial death on Sept.

Jakarta – East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak cautioned hundreds of the province's hajj pilgrims to focus more on prayer rather than shopping while on their sacred pilgrimage.

Armando Siahaan – In the world of Marvel comics, "With great power comes great responsibility," as the oft-quoted Spider-Man line goes.

Padang – Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting suicide attacks.

Slamet Susanto and Oyos Saroso, Yogyakarta/Lampung – The Yogyakarta mayoral election won by incumbent vice mayor Haryadi Suyuti and running mate Imam Priyono drew only 70 percent of the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said it will ask the West Sumbawa regency administration to fight in court mining giant PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara's plan to ext

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission said on Friday that the newly elected Supreme Court justices must break any ties with political parties to avoid conflicts of interest in

Ezra Sihite & Ulma Haryanto – With the much-criticized bill on state intelligence moving closer to ratification, a rights group is raising concerns over the vague language of the la

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – An infrastructure company employee has accused members of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee of arranging deals between Manpowe

Vivi Widyawati and Zely Ariane – Around 100 women and men took part in a rally, Miniskirt Protest – Women against Rape, at the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia in Thamrin, Jakarta, on Sunday, S

Max Lane – On September 20, the State Electricity Company Trade Union of Indonesia issued a call for support for a campaign against the privatisation of the state-owned company, and aga

Jakarta – In the wake of Jakarta Police plans to seek more evidence to prove allegations of sexual assault implicating an agency's high-ranking official, the National Commission on Viol

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Perpetual corrupt practices in the educational system have stopped many children from getting a quality education even though the government raises the b

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Prosecutors at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday demanded that senior prosecutor Cirus Sinaga be sentenced to six years in prison for obstruction of justic

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Just as he did following the Cirebon Police mosque bombing in April, after last Sunday's suicide bombing at a Solo church, the minister for communications and in

Jakarta – Indonesian furniture makers are reportedly closing down their businesses because the local rattan industry prefers to export its products to China rather than sell them domest

Jakarta – The Report Desk for Budget Mafia Practices (P2MA) received 20 reports of corrupt practices, implicating 10 lawmakers who have allegedly served as "brokers" for a number of reg

Bagus BT Saragih and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Gayus Lumbuun was among six candidates elected as Supreme Court justic

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and all factions at the working committee have resolved all contentious issues in the intelligence bill and agreed t

Jakarta – Constitutional Court Chief Mahfud MD testified at the National Police Headquarters on Thursday for former staff member Zainal Arifin, a suspect in a high-profile forgery case.

Model, singer and actress Julia Perez says she is disappointed by moves by a branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) to ban erotic dangdut singers, including herself.

Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Pramono Edhie Wibowo said today that vigilance must be maintained against communists so that the September 30, 1965 (G30S) affair, which was

During the Suharto era, every September 30 the public was reminded of the 30 September movement – the failed coup – orchestrated by the Indonesian Communist Party.

Padang – The Padang City administration has officially revoked the license of Fellas Cafe and Resto for employing strippers.

Jakarta – For two years now, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has ignored the House of Representatives' (DPR) recommendation on the forced abduction and disappearance of 13 acti