Yuli Tri Suwarni and Arya Dipa, Bandung – Incumbent candidate Suryadharma Ali retained his post as United Development Party (PPP) chairman on Tuesday and vowed to return the waning Isla

A recent Constitutional Court (MK) decision on the Political Parties Law will have a limited effect on legislative elections in 2014, according to several lawmakers.

Bandung, West Java – Incumbent minister for religious affairs Suryadharma Ali was reelected as the general chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) after gaining 859 votes (72.55

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court held a press conference Tuesday to clarify its decision on the verification process for political parties following misleading reports in the media.

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Jakarta – The Coalition of Anti-Plantation Mafia in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, allege corruption in oil palm plantations belonging to five companies in Sambas and Bengkayang.

Bangka Belitung Governor Eko Maulana Ali insisted on Wednesday the construction of nuclear power plants in Bangka continue as part of efforts to meet the national electricity needs.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – Top officials of the Democratic Party, after dismissing allegation of graft among its cadres made by Muhammad Nazaruddin, said on Wednesda

Jakarta – Several members of the House of Representatives special working committee on the Century bailout case visited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Wednesd

Jakarta – Out-dated perspectives on viewing security problems are being strengthened through the Draft Law on National Security (RUU Keamanan Nasional).

Jakarta – The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) said Wednesday it received 339 police complaints from the public from April to June.

Jakarta – Gridlock, which has become synonymous with life in Jakarta, has not only brought traffic to a standstill, but also taxi businesses, operators say.

UA: 212/11 Index: ASA 21/017/2011

Elly Burhaini Faizal and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Although the Foreign Ministry received a letter from the Saudi Arabian government halting visas for Indonesian maids, other governme

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives declined during Tuesday's plenary to name three disgraced lawmakers that are facing sanctions from the House Ethics Council, due to personal

Dion Bisara – The government plans to conduct a nationwide census that could boost the number of tax-paying residents by more than 25 percent by 2013, in a bid to increase revenue after

Jakarta – A number of politicians who failed to win seats at the House of Representatives in the 2009 polls claimed they were victims of a conspiracy by members of the poll body and Con

The graft case linking errant Democrat lawmaker Muhammad Nazaruddin to corruption surrounding the construction of the athletes' village in Palembang for November's Southeast Asian Games

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the surprise announcement on Tuesday that contrary to statements from Indonesian lawmakers and officials, Democrat lawmaker Muhammad Nazarud

Jakarta – Prominent Muslim preacher Zainuddin Muhammad Zein (Zainuddin MZ) passed away on Tuesday morning at the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta. Zainuddin was 60 years of age.

Ade Mardiyati – Feraldo "Aldo" Saragi is a human rights activist who fights for the rights of sex workers and other marginalized groups in Indonesia.

The capital recorded its highest number of cases of violence against women in the first quarter of 2011, according to the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan

Camelia Pasandaran & Dion Bisara – With recently released government data showing that the number of poor people in Indonesia is declining, once again questions are being raised amo

Dessy Sagita – Human rights group Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace on Monday lambasted Islamic vigilante's plans to raid entertainment establishments in the lead-up to the holy

Jakarta – An accountability report delivered by United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma at a party plenary session at Panghegar Hotel in Bandung on Monday was marred by walk

Anita Rachman – An alliance of nongovernmental organizations urged the Regional Representatives Council on Monday to drop its plan to build 33 provincial constituent offices across the

Vento Saulade, Bogor – Community leaders in West Bogor subdistrict warned on Sunday of anarchy if the GKI Yasmin congregation continued to hold weekly services outside of their sealed-o

Camelia Pasandaran & Dion Bisara – As Indonesia struggles to address poverty and an overburdened health sector, a recent survey has found that spending on cigarettes is the second-b

Zaky Pawas & Dessy Sagita – The Jakarta Police have defended the now-controversial arrest of two men selling iPads, saying the pair was selling a large number of devices without pro

Jakarta – A human rights watchdog Imparsial says the national security bill currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives has the potential to authorize the president to m

Muhamad Al Azhari – Consumer confidence rose to the highest level in years, as Indonesians report feeling secure about stable food prices and the nation's economic welfare, according to

Nurfika Osman – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Amid the growing political turmoil within the ruling Democratic Party, front man Anas Urbaningrum continues to remain silent by refusing to clarify graft all

Jakarta – At least four out of Indonesia's 40 primate species are in danger of extinction, in large part because they are hunted for their meat, which is a traditional medicine, animal

Alvin Soedarjo – Jakarta's traffic chaos costs Indonesia billions of dollars a year in a depressing reminder of the gap between the country's ambitions for growth and its daily realitie

Teluk Gelam, South Sumatra – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned to an unlikely source to help the nation deal with a number of its serious problems, including terrorism – the

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Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The number of low-income people in the country continues to slide this year but the reduction is slowing in an irony contrary to Indonesia's globally lauded rap

Tom Allard – One of Australia's richest men, Clive Palmer, is buying nickel laterite ore for his Yabulu refinery from an Indonesian company that is defying a ban and mining in Raja Ampa

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Indonesia's monthly exports reached a new record in May, easing four months of pressure on the nation's trade surplus amid an import boom, the national statisti

Jakarta – The Health Ministry says that its regulation on female circumcision does not oblige girls to undergo circumcision but merely regulates the standard operating procedure.

Makassar – The hard-line vigilante group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) visited nightclubs in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar Friday night, warning owners to shutter their clubs a

Zaky Pawas & Elisabeth Oktofani – Three-in-one. Truck bans. Electronic road pricing.

Camelia Pasandaran, Farouk Arnaz, Ulma Haryanto & Amir Tejo – High-profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin is not convinced he will get a fair trial in Indonesia so would prefer t

Ulma Haryanto, Agus Triyono & Made Arya Kencana – Less than a month after a judge was allegedly caught red-handed receiving a bribe, antigraft investigators say they have caught ano

Democracy in South-East Asia is currently under attack.

Farouk Arnaz, Banda Aceh – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has singled out religious-based conflict and violence in his latest call for a crackdown on crime.

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – The Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta has been 'attacked en masse' by scores of labour and youth activists condemning the arrest of 30 Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM)

Jakarta – Activists from several local NGOs have urged the Malaysian government to release Malaysian activists from the Socialist Party of Malaysia who were captured by their government

Indonesia needs to watch its debts made by the government or private parties that have continued to increase although comparative ratios are showing improvement, Bank Indonesia spokesma