Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Almost 100,000 people in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province were facing a serious food crisis, an official said on Tuesday.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers criticized on Monday over accusations that the Health Ministry has yet to allocate sufficient budgets for basic health services for women and chi

Jakarta – Lawmakers have denied that they are secretly revising the bill governing the nation's intelligence agencies that is currently under deliberation at the House of Representative

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – London-based rights group Amnesty International has brought under the spotlight the arbitrary and excessive use of force and firearms by law enforcers in Lang

Hundreds of security personnel have been sent to the eastern Indonesian island of Ambon after sectarian clashes claimed at least three lives and left more than 80 people injured.

Dessy Sagita, Ulma Haryanto & Febriamy Hutapea – If the sudden eruption of mass violence in Ambon over the weekend seemed sudden, it surprised few analysts, many of whom said it had

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The treatment of political economic issues in Indonesia is "uneven, with no evidence of systematic improvement" since at least four years ago – hampering develo

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says bringing the Indonesian Military (TNI) in to Ambon to restore order after the recent riots will only

Ulma Haryanto – When Ade Pujiati started a learning center, all she wanted was to be able to provide free education for the poor.

Jakarta – University of Indonesia's Student Executive Body with the Faculty of Economics (BEM FE UI) threatens to hold strike and refuses to go for lecture in protest to unending contro

Jakarta – Golkar Party has come up with a consensus during the national consolidation meeting in Denpasar, Bali, to support party chairman Aburizal Bakrie in his run for the 2014 presid

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Most Indonesians insist on rejecting any form of religiously motivated violence and are worried that recent violent incidents against certain minority religi

Vento Saudale – Human Rights Watch visited the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor on Sunday to make first-hand observations of the congregation conducting its service on the sidewalk due to the

The dry season in Indonesia has triggered a massive water crisis on many islands, including Java, where thousands of people have been forced to use muddy water for consumption.

The Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) Ethics Council says graft suspect M. Nazaruddin has committed slander by accusing KPK deputy chairman Chandra M.

Jakarta – Members of the executive board of the Islamic Student Association (PB HMI) submitted on Saturday a document detailing the dispute between the GKI Yasmin church and the Bogor a

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has complained to Indonesia about land-clearing fires in the neighboring country that have led to a blanket of pollution and poor air quality.

Bengkulu – Bengkulu province's education office is planning to include Koranic reading as part of its elementary school curriculum.

Police in Southeast Sulawesi have arrested 11 suspects after a clash at Kendari's Haluoleo University that killed two students, an officer said on Sunday.

Nivell Rayda – In many ways, Jakarta was a bit of a culture shock for Afghan Fatimah (not her real name) when she arrived in 2004.

Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party has expressed its disapproval of the rally by activists in front of the State Palace on Friday who presented a mock buffalo head to President Susil

Nurfika Osman - Recently leaked US diplomatic cables about the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib could help authorities uncover the truth and implicate the real perpet

Jakarta – Activists from various human rights NGOs urged Attorney General Basrief Arief to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that acquitted the alleged mastermind of the murder of rights

Jakarta – Indonesia is set to boost military ties with Germany, France and Spain, deputy defense minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said in Jakarta on Saturday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has begun to verify 14 new political parties that have registered for the 2014 elections, but it is estimated that only thr

Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator, Haris Azhar, has criticized Attorney General Basrief Arief for "giving up", after he pronounced t

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono used the occasion of his 62nd birthday – and his party's 10th – on Friday to reaffirm his administ

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – Forest fires continued to spread in South Sumatra on Friday, while nearly 900 hot spots were reported in several regencies in the province.

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Ronna Nirmala – Several prominent anti-corruption activists are sporting new looks today after publicly shaving their heads to express support for the Corruption Eradication Commission

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus) is currently conducting a two-week joint training exercise with the Australian Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) in the Pulau S

Jakarta – A lack of post-literacy education and poor infrastructure are hampering the country's efforts to eradicate illiteracy, the National Education Ministry says.

Kupang – Domestic violence connected to economic hardship tops the list of violence reported by women in Kupang regency, East Nusa Tenggara, according to a report.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar on Thursday sought to distance himself from a rapidly growing corruption scandal in his ministry.

Ulma Haryanto – Graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin finally ended his silence on Thursday and submitted his first corruption allegation to antigraft investigators – against one of their o

Ronna Nirmala – Most Indonesians oppose the use of violence against the minority Muslim sect Ahmadiyah and think its followers here are their compatriots and should not be facing oppres

Dion Bisara – After a long wait for the introduction of the country's tax holiday system, foreign and domestic investors can now take relief with the announcement of the decree on Frida

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – Seven years after the death of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, his widow's pain has not eased.

Arto Suryodipuro, Jakarta – Members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) are regrouping on Sept.

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally signed a letter dismissing disgraced graft suspect and former Democratic Party treasur

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The religious-based Prosperous Justice Party has asked the House of Representatives (DPR) to dismiss disgraced legislator Arifinto, who was caught watching po

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An animal rights group is urging the government to be more proactive in putting a halt to the illegal trade in orangutan skulls.

House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Tuesday that the public should not blindly support calls to dissolve the House Budget Committee amid allegations that it was infest

Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency chief Sutanto scoffed at a WikiLeaks cable allegation that he funded hard-line group The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) while serving as National Pol

Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Kusniwati travelled more than 300 kilometers to visit one of the gleaming malls in Indonesia's capital.

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Antasari Azhar presented new evidence supporting his case review request to the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, hoping to overturn his conviction for

Muhamad Al Azhari & Dion Bisara – Indonesia has dropped two places in this year's Global Competitiveness Report, bringing a sudden halt to an impressive climb that had seen it climb

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not interfere in the legal case centering on the alleged murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who died on board a Garuda

Jakarta – A peaceful rally, to commemorate the death of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in front of the State Palace on Wednesday, turned violent as the police attempted to prev