Pushing back plans to reduce subsidized fuel usage because of worries about rising inflation is risking the country's fiscal health, analysts say.

Francezka Nangoy – Beef may become increasingly scarce next month as the government rushes its efforts to reach self-sufficiency, the Indonesian Meat Importers Association said on Tuesd

Ina Parlina and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Jakarta/Bandung – Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia is refusing to attend a meeting spnsored by the Religious Affairs Ministry scheduled for Tuesday, saying t

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives said on Monday that revisions affecting the national antigraft agency's sweeping powers could be in the works.

Al Jazeera is reporting that "senior retired generals" are supporting the Islamic Defenders Front and other hard-line groups to incite religious violence and overthrow Indonesian Presid

The Indonesian government has expressed an interest in investing in oil and mining infrastructure, among other industries, in East Timor.

Nurfika Osman – The chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) says he disagrees with an article published by a MUI leader that says Muslims should not salute the national flag a

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned down an offer from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) to join his coalition of political parties.

Anita Rachman – As allegations of unapproved polygamous marriages were leveled against three members of the Prosperous Justice Party on Tuesday, one embattled legislator from the Islam-

Ismira Lutfia – The widow of slain Sun TV journalist Ridwan Salamun has lobbied the Press Council and the Judicial Commission for justice following the acquittal earlier this month of t

Camelia Pasandaran – Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D.

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – An ousted co-founder of the Prosperous Justice Party reported the party's second-highest official to the antigraft commission for embezzlement on Mon

Apriadi Gunawan and Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD says that injustice in Indonesia is rife – partly due to unprincipled implementation of the la

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – In a widely expected move, the House of Representatives approved a government proposal to indefinitely postpone a scheme to cut subsidized fuel usage.

Jakarta – Threats against workers, democracy and human rights activists have increased in 2010.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Hot on the heels of its campaign against the dissolution of Ahmadiyah, the hard-line Muslim group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) is now setting its eyes on under

The Prosperous Justice Party has asked that the current spate of terror attacks in the greater Jakarta region not be associated with Islam.

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric and terror defendant Abu Bakar Bashir has accused National Police's elite counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, of masterminding recent bomb scares in ord

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Some 100 members of a Christian congregation conducted services on the sidewalk in Bogor Sunday after police prevented them from using a contested church site tha

Nivell Rayda – When 55-year-old Joni Jailani became the leader of Ciaruteun Udik village in Bogor two years ago, it never crossed his mind that he would be mentioned in newspapers, let

Slamet Susanto and Jon Afrizal, Yogyakarta/Jambi – Demands to ban Ahmadiyah have increased in a number of regions amid recent calls from some US congressmen asking the Indonesian govern

Following a series of violent incidents against religious minorities, including the Ahmadiyah community, two regional administrations in Indonesia had issued local decrees banning the A

Three subdistrict heads were caught on camera watching a pornographic video on a smartphone while they were supposed to be listening to a speech by the district head of Malang, East Jav

Armando Siahaan – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be remembered for a lot of things, but being a bastion of pluralism is definitely not one of them.

Bagus BT Saragih – Lawmakers have proposed delegating the supervision of Constitutional Court justices, along with other judges, to the Judicial Commission.

Camelia Pasandaran – Collecting taxes is a bit more challenging this year in the wake of the Gayus Tambunan tax mafia scandal, the finance minister said on Friday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Human rights groups are worried about the wiretapping provisions of the House of Representatives' draft bill to regulate the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – More than 250,000 children under the age of five suffers from malnutrition in West Java's impoverished northern coastal regions, an official says.

Kupang – Amnesty International (AI) asked the government to form an independent body to investigate allegations of torture that led to the death of one person and to severe injuries for

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) might be allowed to drop cases and facing stricter wiretapping rules, as the House of Representatives deliberates

Nurfika Osman – A men's organization advocating gender equality was launched in Jakarta on Thursday, giving women an unlikely ally in the battle against male dominance.

The chairman and the secretary general of the Prosperous Justice Party have been reported to the House of Representatives' Ethics Council for alleged embezzlement.

Farouk Arnaz – Police suspect that the small bomb that exploded in Bogor on Friday is linked to the recent book-bomb threats despite the packaging being different.

Farouk Arnaz – House of Representatives deputy speaker Anis Matta can breathe a sigh of relief after the National Police on Friday declared that the sex tape posted on Twitter last mont

Bruce Gale – "We shall not ignore democratic values.

Elisabeth Oktofani & Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian Christian Church and the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation on Thursday reported the Bogor administration to the national Ombud

Socratez Sofyan Yoman, Jayapura – The people of Indonesia outside Papua are clearly confused and keep asking: Why have indigenous Papuans never recognized and accepted the Act of Free C

Jakarta – Prolonged debate on the bank accounts with implausibly large balances allegedly held by several mid- and high-ranking police officers will end only if the Corruption Eradicati

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri has once again slammed the door on any possibility of joining the ruling coal

Nurfika Osman – The country's top antigraft body said on Wednesday that it had no intention of probing the explosive allegations in reports published by two Australian newspapers based

Jakarta – National Education Minister Muhammad Nuh says half of Indonesia's labor force is comprised of primary school graduates, some of whom have not even completed six years of basic

A week after two Australian newspapers earned the ire of the Indonesian government for publishing allegations that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, among other officials, abused his

An Australian newspaper at the center of the controversy surrounding allegations of abuse of power involving President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains unapologetic for publishing the "

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representative's Commission XI overseeing finance and national development are planning visit the US and England to research an accounting bill.

Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a force working against corruption and poor governance in Indonesian society.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received a letter from 27 US lawmakers urging him to immediately revoke recent provincial decrees and the 2008 national decree banning Ahmadiyah a

Rights group Amnesty International urged Indonesia on Thursday to investigate allegations of soldiers intimidating followers of a minority Islamic sect and forcing them to renounce thei

Heru Andriyanto – Suspected militants testifying in the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir have described the firebrand cleric as an influential anti-democracy advocate with solid links to the A

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – A popular singer. A former anti-terror chief. An outspoken critic of Islamic extremism.