Agus Maryono and Khairul Saleh – While struggling to manage the expected exodus from major cities of homebound Idul Fitri travelers, government officials also have to contend with the t

Anita Rachman – A group of non governmental organizations urged the Corruption Eradication Commission on Sunday to tackle alleged chronic budget theft at the legislature, and urged that

Ade Mardiyati – It is half past two in the afternoon in Jakarta's Kota and the sun-baked streets are crowded with vehicles of all description and food sellers.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – As an archipelagic nation with about 55,000 kilometers of coastline, the country should not be importing salt, industry officials said on Sunday.

What new excuse will Bogor's controversial mayor Diani Budiarto come up with next to prevent the GKI Yasmin church from opening, one wonders?

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chief Mochammad Jasin says the House of Representatives often interrupts the KPK's investigations.

Ronna Nirmala – A delegation of prominent Indonesians visited the Corruption Eradication Commission on Friday to show support for the beleaguered organization, declaring they had "smell

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Jakarta – The Alliance of Indonesian Journalists (AJI) Yogyakarta protested the Yogyakarta City Police's decision to close the murder case of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, known

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The US is reportedly increasingly concerned about rising Islamic radicalism in Indonesia amid prediction that the Indonesian government is likely unable to s

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Nazaruddin scandal that has mired Democratic Party officials and brought the party to the brink of chaos has provided fresh impetus for rivals to put mor

Nurfika Osman – The University of Indonesia rejected on Friday accusations that it had favored potential students who were willing to contribute more to its coffers and denied others en

Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry says it cannot control curriculum at traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren, though some have identified them as nests of radic

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has demanded clarity over the sanctions for judges who commit misconduct in the amendment to the Judicial Commission Law.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has enlivened a growing discussion on the social conflict management bill, the draft of which is being dis

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia has taken a major step forward in its attempts to trim its bloated, inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy, announcing on Friday a moratorium on the hiring o

Camelia Pasandaran – Bogor's controversial mayor says he has a new reason not to allow the GKI Yasmin church to open – the name of the street on which it is built has an Islamic name.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ulma Haryanto & Febriamy Hutapea – By pledging silence in return for protection for his family, Muhammad Nazaruddin could deal a more severe blow to the De

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The final eight candidates eyeing top spots at the Corruption Eradication Commission were named on Thursday, with human rights advoca

A Golkar politician with family links to party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has thrown his hat into the ring for the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Jakarta.

Ulma Haryanto – For Firdaus Mubarik, an Indonesian Ahmadiyah activist, Independence Day provides no cause for celebration.

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Andi Hajramurni, Bandung/Makassar – The commemoration of Indonesia's 66th Independence Day on Wednesday was solemnly marked with various activities, ranging from se

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) says it will not seek further legal action against the hard-liners given lenient sentences for instigating a riot in which three Ah

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – The government's announcement of a planned 10 percent pay raise for civil servants next year was criticized by lawmakers and activist

Disgraced Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Muhammad Misbakhun was released from prison on Thursday after receiving a two-month remission.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Fifteen years on, the mystery shrouding the murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafrudin, aka Udin, has yet to be lifted.

Anita Rachman – Judging from the many seats left empty at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, not all lawmakers thought the plenary session to hear the president's state-of-the-nat

Yanto Soegiarto – The summit conference of International Lawyers for West Papua held earlier this month in Oxford, England, should not be regarded by Indonesia as merely a focus group d

Camelia Pasandaran & Ulma Haryanto – Syamsul Arifin is still officially the governor of North Sumatra despite being sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for corruption.

Jakarta – The presidential palace distributed Papua-themed souvenirs during the ceremony to commemorate Indonesia's 66th Independence Day on the palace's front lawn.

Arientha Primanita – Not all 66th Independence Day celebrations went as smoothly as the official event at the State Palace on Wednesday.

Banyuwangi – Residents in Banyuwangi have opposed PT Indo Multi Niaga's (PT IMN) mining operation, which they accuse of damaging the environment.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ronna Nirmala – The law enforcement establishment's intense focus on graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin should not allow other alleged corruption by Democr

Ulma Haryanto& Anita Rachman – He flew to Singapore and Colombia, to meet Muhammad Nazaruddin, but apparently there were still questions on Monday as to whether high-profile lawyer

A man wounded when Islamic hard-liners launched a deadly attack on his minority sect questioned Indonesia's commitment to religious freedom after he was sentenced to six months in jail

Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, the convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, received a remission of 9 months and 5 days as part of an annual nationwide p

Dion Bisara & Anita Rachman – Lawmakers have accused the Indonesian president of being blind to today's reality especially in relation to issues of corruption and poverty.

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Anita Rachman, Ulma Haryanto & Vento Saudale – Threats and counter-threats, or at least fears or reports of them, flew back and forth on Monday as the already convoluted scandal sur

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Lawmaker Benny Kabur Harman of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party confirmed Monday that he had been present at two meetings between Muhamm

Anita Rachman – Muhammad Nazaruddin's lawyer has expressed concerns for his client's life, since he has not been allowed to meet with the disgraced politician.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With a few words sent by BlackBerry Messenger in mid-July, Nuril Anwar ended his working relationship as the assistant to the country's highest-profile graft

Rahmat, Makassar – Police in the South Sulawesi capital have named the head of the armed wing of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front a suspect in an attack on Sunday against the belea

Heru Andriyanto – A senior Amadiyah member was sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Serang District Court on Monday in relation to the violent mob attack that killed three other

[The recently unveiled barrage of graft cases involving legislator Muhammad Nazaruddin, the former treasurer of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, has added a cha

Hasyim Widhiarto – Having spent big money on the hurly-burly of the 2009 election race, legislators are being squeezed with the need to spend even more money on maintaining not only the

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia will give a tax holiday for investors committing at least 1 trillion rupiah ($117 million) into sectors including metals and energy, an effort to s