Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday that he was not grooming anybody for a presidential run in the 2014 general elections.

Lenita Sulthani, Karawang, West Java – Ngadiyo, a farmer in Indonesia's West Java, worries that there won't be anyone to grow rice once he retires.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The government is considering returning the mechanism in the gubernatorial elections from the current direct system back to vote counting at the Regional Rep

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Amir Tejo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Surabaya – Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Dessy Sagita – A string of state institutions agreed on Thursday to tighten regulations and improve standard operating procedures at penitentiaries and detention centers across Indonesi

Civil servants in the province are required to wear locally made shoes or face a heavy punishment – 200 push-ups, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan announced on Tuesday.

Malang – Suciwati, the widow of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, says she suspects there is a plan to acquit Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, a former Garuda pilot serving a 20-ye

Bagus BT Saragih – On the heels of a series of killings and attacks against police officers across the country, the police force have, once again, been criticized on their violent acts

Candra Malik, Solo – The Central Java Police said on Wednesday that officers in the province were being encouraged to find amicable, mediated solutions to frivolous cases and petty crim

Zubaidah Nazeer – Resentment of Singapore's perceived role as a safe haven for law-breaking Indonesians is mounting as the authorities here struggle to bring two graft suspects back for

Candra Malik, Semarang – Seventeen of the 25 men charged with rioting that destroyed buildings and injured bystanders in Temanggung, Central Java, could be released soon after being giv

Ismira Lutfia – A legislative bill giving intelligence agents authority to preemptively arrest suspected terrorists is still fiercely debated by opposing factions in the House of Repres

Agus Triyono & Ulma Haryanto – Claiming to have new evidence that could overturn his sentence, the convicted murderer of rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib on Tuesday registered a

Greenpeace on Wednesday accused Mattel, the US maker of Barbie dolls, of contributing to the wanton destruction of carbon-rich Indonesian forests and habitats of endangered species like

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia's global competitiveness has increased significantly since 2005 but work needs to be done to improve the country's public health, information technolog

Candra Malik& Hangga Brata – A Central Java official has threatened to shut down two Islamic schools where the principals refuse to hold flag-raising ceremonies, saying the practice

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Ismira Lutfia – For all the talk of poor infrastructure and rampant corruption holding Indonesia back from its full potential, experts said, health is an equ

Jayakarta Regional Military Command on Wednesday announced a plan to clear Taman Lawang, a public park on Jalan Latuharhary in Central Jakarta, of transvestites.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The increasing number of bylaws on HIV/AIDS prevention in Indonesia is apparently ineffective at curbing the spread of the disease among society, an observer

Elisabeth Oktofani – The Social Affairs Ministry and the Witness and Victim Protection Agency on Tuesday announced they were teaming up to provide safe havens for domestic abuse victims

Ronna Nirmala – Hutomo Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former President Suharto, announced his first foray into the media industry with an undisclosed investment to launch a news por

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Merdeka Palace
Jakarta, Indonesia

Via facsimile, email

Dear President Yudhoyono,

Indonesia's election to the Human Rights Council should be an impetus for rights reform at home.

Nurfika Osman – A controversial group calling itself the "Obedient Wives Club" may open a branch in Jakarta this month.

Bandung – Dozens of farmers from Pangalengan, West Java, staged a rally at the West Java gubernatorial office in Bandung on Monday, asking the government to mediate their land disputes

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A deputy speaker of the House of Representatives said today that House leaders had agreed to impose a moratorium on overseas trips to help expedite bill delib

Anita Rachman – Debate over the percentage of votes in the legislative election required for a political party to hold a seat at the House of Representatives has again caused a furor, w

Rizky Amelia – Case broker Ary Muladi on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to bribe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders and the obstruction of jus

Jakarta – The lawyer of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the man convicted of murdering human rights activist Munir, says the Supreme Court was wrong to hear an appeal filed by prosecutor

Nivell Rayda – It has been a year since I visited the tiny goat shed that brought the town of Karangasem, in West Java's Indramayu district to infamy.

Al Araf, Jakarta – The democratic transition in Indonesia is undoubtedly a complex and fragile process.

Jakarta – A solidarity group for murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib called on the Supreme Court to reject a case review petition filed by Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, th

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's detectives unit has a new policy aimed at combating corruption – by requiring its members and visitors to wear an anti-corruption pins whenever they

The Singapore Embassy in Jakarta on Monday clarified that, contrary to recent reports, the Singaporean government had already signed an extradition treaty with Indonesia and that this t

Tom Allard, Jakarta, and Richard Willingham – The live cattle trade to Indonesia will be dramatically restricted under a plan being considered by the Australian and Indonesian governmen

Heru Andriyanto – The Supreme Court should reject any request for a case review by the pilot convicted of the murder of Munir Said Thalib because it would have no legal standing, a righ

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Awakening Party said on Sunday that it was in the process of finalizing its registration in the 2014 elections, but one party leader said her unr

Heru Andriyanto – The recent arrest of a judge for bribe-taking shows Indonesia should start putting in place firm antigraft measures across the country's courts, especially as the prac

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's push to renegotiate oil and gas contracts with foreign companies would set a bad precedent, industry players said.

Jakarta, Indonesia – A radical Indonesian cleric facing life in prison on terrorism charges professed his innocence Monday and rejected the trial as outside Islamic law in a final court

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Soft drinks vendor Sutarto was shocked when he saw a sedan drive into a fountain and tip over with a loud splash last month.

Armando Siahaan – Recent political shenanigans have certainly raised questions about how much Indonesian politics have progressed since the end of the New Order regime.

Garut – About 500 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front attempted to force their way into a shop selling alcohol in Garut district, West Java, over the weekend.

Amir Tejo – A senior Democratic Party official said on Friday that former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati would make an ideal presidential candidate in 2014.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists say that Indonesia's environment is at risk due to the government's failure to enforce reclamation and post-mining rehabilitation regulations o

Anita Rachman – Is the Democratic Party attempting to direct the public spotlight away from Muhammad Nazaruddin?

Agus Triyono & Arientha Primanita – The arrest of Syarifuddin Umar, a judge caught allegedly accepting bribes in a bankruptcy case, has prompted calls for a review of the cases he h

Jack Hewson, Bentian Besar, East Kalimantan – At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns out of the ground, its nadir filled with brown slurry.

Jakarta – As they struggle to restore the tarnished image of their institution, police officers now face increasingly higher risks of violence while on duty.