Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Israel and Taiwan on Monday became the only two countries with no diplomatic links with Indonesia, after the government and House of Representatives agreed on

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly appointed Attorney General Basrief Arief vowed on Monday that the notorious criminal case against two antigraft agency deputies would be his top priorit

Mohammad Adhe Bhakti, Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was definitely involved in the operation of the now outlawed militant group training in Aceh, a witness said at

Anita Rachman, Indonesia – The seemingly renewed national commitment to law enforcement that last week saw the appointment of an antigraft czar and an attorney general will continue thi

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Controversial pornography actress Maria Ozawa, also known as Miyabi, is due to land in Jakarta on Monday night according to her movie distributors despite the th

Ade Mardiyati – For more than half a century, a neighborhood in Menteng, Central Jakarta, has become known as a haven for prostitutes.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – More than half of the teenagers in Jakarta have had pre-marital sexual intercourse, according to a National Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) survey.

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Teachers and education activists have called on the House of Representatives to repeal a law obliging all districts to have at least one international-standard s

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has taken the manpower minister to task over the government's apparent lack of protection for migrant workers and called for a free

Jakarta – The country's top antigraft and auditing bodies called for a review of asset forfeiture and corruption court laws to grant them more authority to prosecute graft suspects.

Nivell Rayda & Fitri, Indonesia – A hundred police officers armed with assault rifles and pistols were not enough to dissuade Tuti (not her real name) from walking barefoot for a ki

Elisabeth Oktofani, Indonesia – Although prostitution is technically illegal in Jakarta, it is common knowledge that it can easily be found throughout the capital.

Elisabeth Oktofani, Jakarta – Among the millions of who flock to Jakarta in search of jobs each year, many will tell you they can subsist on minimum wage, but it's unlikely to be any fu

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration on Friday said the increase in the new minimum wage for next year would be 15.8 percent, a move that labor unions lambasted as t

Jakarta – The Jakarta Administration has increased the provincial minimum wage (UMP) for 2011 to Rp 1,290,000, (US$120) or an increase by 15.38 percent from the 2010 minimum wage of Rp

Jakarta – "Corruption is a crime against humanity." It may be that these words uttered by outgoing Judicial Commission leader Busyro Muqoddas during Wednesday's grilling by lawmakers pr

Jakarta – A group of election watchdogs has called on legislators to revoke their decision, taken through voting, to allow politicians to become members of the General Election Commissi

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Some residents of coastal settlements in East Lampung and Tanggamus regencies say they are at risk from huge waves due to erosion.

Jakarta – Indonesia's population will jump to 255.6 million people by 2015 if the contraception rate remains constant, a senior demographic researcher says.

Jakarta – For the average Joe on the streets of Indonesia, a simple party system is just a matter of convenience, or a bit of nostalgia.

Mataram – The government continues to provide counseling to the Ahmadiyah sect and ensuring that Ahmadis are not disseminating their teachings, says an official.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaders of the two largest political parties, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and the Golkar Party, met Thursday amid a series of polit

Apriadi Gunawan and Jon Afrizal, Medan/Jambi – Hundreds of private school teachers from various regions in North Sumatra held a rally at the provincial legislative building in Medan on

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has urged its new chairman to quickly fine-tune the commission's system to foster corruption eradication.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives believes the government's legislative performance is poor, saying the government has yet to submit important bills for deliber

Erwida Maulia and Dicky Christianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed former deputy attorney general Basrief Arief as the new attorney general, a surprise decision

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Patriarchal religious traditions play a key role in fostering a culture of violence against women, and Indonesia is not immune to this problem, activists have s

Jakarta – A number of journalists were threatened, and several others were attacked, while reporting on a Indonesian migrant workers' shelter in Condet, East Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Migrant Care, an NGO that focusing on the welfare of Indonesian workers abroad, says the government's initiative to provide migrant workers with cellular phones is an "irrelev

Jakarta – More than 100 former employees of the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain held a rally in front of the Jakarta Police on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta.

Liputan6.com, Yogyakarta – Scores of workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Security Employees Union (SPK) and the United Indonesian Labour Movement (PPBI) demonstrated

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie on Wednesday reported a number of Indonesian media organizations to the Press Council for allegedly def

Elisabeth Oktofani, Jakarta – The media is a powerful force in forming public opinion, but all too often, that power is used in a way that reinforces the exploitation of women for profi

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – With economic opportunity knocking on Indonesia's doors, the freshly formed board of the country's chamber of commerce has called

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government must take action to curb rising religious intolerance triggered by struggles between evangelical Christians and hard-line Islamists, a think t

Florence Tan, Singapore – Indonesia's crude imports will keep rising over the next few years as its economy rebounds and a delay in getting peak output from the giant Cepu oil field def

Jakarta – Golkar Chairman Aburizal Bakrie has reported a number of Indonesian media organizations to the Press Council, alleging defamation.

Jakarta – An Indonesian court sentenced a wealthy Muslim cleric to four years in prison on Wednesday for having sex with a 12-year-old girl he took as his unofficial wife.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw its support behind plans by the Attorney General's Office to drop the prosecution of two antigraft agency deputies despite war

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – After meeting with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over mounting calls to hand over the long-standing Gayus Tambunan scandal, the National Police

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A senior prosecutor widely believed to be the key figure behind Gayus Tambunan's controversial March acquittal appeared in court for the first time on Wednesd

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A member of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force and corruption suspect Gayus Tambunan are now apparently in disagreement ove

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – A recent survey conducted in Cilacap, Central Java, shows that children suffer most from domestic violence triggered by economic hardship in the family.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A new study has found that Indonesian girls aged 10 to 18 who were forced into early marriage struggled to secure good futures for themselves or their children

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A court in The Hague on Tuesday rejected a motion filed by the South Maluku Republic seeking the arrest of former Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda dur

Shirley Christie, Jakarta – A draft bill to regulate land acquisition for public projects was sent to the president last week and would reach the legislature before the end of the year,

Greenpeace on Tuesday warned that a billion-dollar deal between Norway and Indonesia to cut carbon emissions from deforestation is in danger of being hijacked by timber and oil palm com

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Former Social Affairs Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah faces life imprisonment for his alleged roles in three separate cases of corruption – including one case in whic

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Despite warnings by experts that unbridled urban development would harm the environment, a Jakarta official said the economic benefits were too great to re

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – She arrived in Saudi Arabia a high-spirited 23-year-old, eager to start work as a maid to help support her family back home.