Armando Siahaan & Antara, Jakarta – An Indonesian minister tasked last week with ensuring the welfare of a migrant worker tortured and abused in Saudi Arabia was still stuck here on

Jakarta – A Saudi Arabian woman has admitted to burning her Indonesian maid, Sumiati, with an electric iron and other forms of torture because she was "reckless" in performing her dutie

Dessy Sagita & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Amid the furor over the abuse of Indonesian maids abroad, questions are being raised over which government body is ultimately responsible for th

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Leaders in the House of Representatives pushed for a resolution to the case of eight legislators accused of taking a two-day jaunt to Turkey on the taxpayers' d

Jakarta – Two non-government organizations (NGOs), Petisi 28 and the Indonesian Students' Action Front, staged a protest at the House of Representatives Tuesday.

Jakarta – The antigraft body has formally requested a meeting with the police to discus whether it can take over investigations into a slew of corruption allegations centering on former

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Disregarding calls that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) should take over the investigation of graft suspect Gayus Tambunan, President Susilo Bambang

Francezka Nangoy – In keeping with recent history, Finance Ministry data released on Tuesday showed that the government had spend just over half the national budget so far this year.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The tightly guarded first court hearing of singer Nazril Ilham, or Ariel, on Monday was marred by rallies staged by those condemning him for his alleged invo

Makassar – Over the past ten years since Indonesia's reformation, human rights violations have been escalating, said the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM).

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The recent "vacation" of graft suspect Gayus Tambunan to Bali is a perfect overture for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the case fro

Heru Andriyanto, Calmelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As bizarre incidents continue to crop up and overshadow the notorious tax mafia scandal involving Gayus Ta

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – With public complaints growing over the allocation and pricing of shares in Krakatau Steel's recent initial public offering, both the government and the House of

Yuli Krisna, Heru Andriyanto & AFP, Bandung – Indonesian rock star Nazril Irham went on trial on Monday, charged with distributing two homemade sex videos on the Internet, in a case

Farouk Arnaz, Semarang – The National Police's anti-terrorism school will open its doors next year to soldiers in line with a new grand strategy to deal with extremists.

Jakarta – Most political parties have failed to encourage their cadres to reach out to their constituencies and people, a political observer said following news about several legislator

In the continuing struggle against terrorism, the nation must employ every resource at its disposal.

Vincent Lingga – It has indeed not been without strong reason that national and international surveys have consistently singled out the National Police as the most corrupt public instit

Central Java – Head of Central Java Police's special counterterrorism detachment 88 Sr. Comr.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Pending a thorough internal investigation, no orders must be issued to suspend those members of the House of Representatives Ethics Council who allegedly enjoye

Tom Allard, Surabaya – When the editor of now defunct Sydney afternoon daily The Sun got the message through to Tony Rafty to head down to Java, the artist and caricaturist was not plea

Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief justice Mahfud MD said that the president must step into the Gayus H.

Sanggau, West Kalimantan – The Women's Empowerment, Family Planning and Child Protection Agency head, Gorgonius Theno, is condemning private companies that are hiring underage workers.

Fitri R., Mataram – Twelve Ahmadiyah families who returned to their homes in Gegerung village in West Lombok shortly after being chased out in 2006 have once again been ordered to leave

Ismira Lutfia & Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists is urging an investigation into allegations that journalists demanded

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – The Association of Indonesian Economists' (ISEI) Yogyakarta branch has called on Bank Indonesia on Thursday to consider writing off the bank loans of debtors i

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government is considering whether it will equip Indonesian migrant workers overseas with cell phones to better enable them to reach officials in the event t

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta – Indonesia demanded an investigation on Friday into reports that a domestic worker was allegedly killed by her employer in Saudi Arabia and thrown into dumpste

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Some 1,481 villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTB) are at risk of running short of food following months of inclement weather have caused harvests to fail in t

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Unifying three of six bills regarding general elections that are currently deliberated by the house' legislative council might be the right answer to save mo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A speedy resolution to the deadlock over an amendment to the 2007 Election Organizers Law is to let the government, rather than the House of Represen

Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Police investigating the July assault of an anticorruption researcher have ruled out personal motives, lending credence to allegations that he was targeted as a re

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Secretariat says it will inject another Rp 34 billion ($3.8 million) into a project to renovate legislators' homes, des

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Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Many transgenders are finding little sympathy from the government as they struggle to obtain vitally important ID cards.

ng Yuniardi, Semarang – The Central Java provincial administration in the process of setting up Commission on Anti-violence against Women and Children in line with Regional Bylaw No.

Teguh Surya – Climate change has brought forest protection into the forefront of the global agenda.

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Efforts to alleviate poverty through community empowerment programs are being held back by corruption and vested interests within the government, an official wit

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Eight members of the House Ethics Council who took part in the controversial trip to Greece are facing possible suspensions after 10 nongovernmental organizatio

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has fired back at rumors that he met with high-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan in Bali, calling it nothing more than political intri

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yusak Yaluwo will be inaugurated as the new regent of Boven Digoel, Papua, but faces the threat of being immediately suspended after his inauguration for

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – After languishing in jail for months, Peterpan frontman Nazril Irham is finally going to trial in Bandung, according to acting Attorney General Darmono.

Aidi Yursal, Jakarta – Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners in Medan took to the streets on Tuesday evening, storming clubs and other establishments they deemed an affront to Muslims prepari

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Besieged by advertisements on the ideal image for women – slim, white-skinned with long straight hair – more women are trying to fit the picture by taking risks

Kupang – An advocacy team has found that 3,200 fishermen have been affected by the Montara oil spill in Timor Sea.

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has acknowledged that the Indonesian people are "not satisfied" with the country's law enforcement system but says he ca

Jakarta – High-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan finally ended speculation about his trip to Bali by confessing that he was indeed the man photographed by the Jakarta Globe in the cr

The seven-month imprisonment given to a junior Army officer in Papua, who was shown on YouTube leading the torture of Papuan civilians, defies the sense of justice of any decent and san

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan's illicit jaunts away from his detention cell have drawn fierce criticism of the country's prison system, and new hopes of credi

Fitri R., Jakarta – Witnesses testifying in the blasphemy trial of an American national on Monday said he would never have insulted Islam, and that the case had been blown out of propor