It may be a cliche, but financial constraints continue to thwart Indonesia's efforts to improve the nation's quality of education, prompting universities to seek financial support from

Nurfika Osman, Yogyakarta – Thousands of families returned to their villages on Monday even as scientists warned that Mount Merapi remained a threat and more bodies were found buried in

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Veteran lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution is livid, saying the latest scandal involving client Gayus Tambunan – bribing prison guards to leave his cell – is just a

Jakarta – Mandated to settle local election disputes since 2008, the Constitutional Court has become the shrine for squealing candidates who have lost in local elections.

Jakarta – Sumiati binti Salan Mustapa arrived in Saudi Arabia four months ago in search of a better life.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Golkar Party members are on the defensive against rumors that detained rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan met their party chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, in Bali.

Jakarta – Students of the Islamic College of Da'wah (PTDI) renewed Friday their threat to close down the Ahmadiyah sect's Nuruddin Mosque in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Up to 100 residents accompanied by masses from the West Java Islam Reform Movement (Garis) staged a rally at Jiwanaya kampong, Cimenyan district, Bandung reg

Made Arya, Denpasar, Indonesia – About 25 percent of Bali's estimated 8,000 sex workers are infected with HIV, according to the National AIDS Commission.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police has denied naming prosecutor Cirus Sinaga and a lawyer for rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan, Haposan Hutagalung, suspects.

Dofa Fasila, Zaky Pawas & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Jakarta's city councilors are considering revising a traffic bylaw to restrict the use of private vehicles on certain days dependi

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Sujito, a 43-year-old personal driver, remembers the bad old days of the Suharto years, when elections involved just three parties and the results were never

Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation announced that income revenue as of Oct 31 reached Rp 485.1 trillion (US$54.8 billion), a 13 percent increase from the same period last yea

Jakarta – Several NGOs presented reports on issues surrounding palm oil plantations while palm oil stakeholders gathered in Jakarta from Monday to Thursday.

BATAM, Riau Islands – Workers with a number of labor unions in Batam on Wednesday protested the implementation of a law revision that they said would degrade their rights.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military will not play a major role in the fight against terrorism, instead serving as a backup for the National Police's Detachment 88 Anti-T

Medan, North Sumatra – Workers in North Sumatra staged a rally at the governor's office in Medan on Wednesday, demanding the government immediately implement a law on social security.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – National Police confirmed on Thursday that a mid-ranking police officer and eight of his subordinates had been arrested and charged with allegedly taking bribes

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A lawmaker from the United Development Party, Achmad Yani, said he would bring the Attorney General's Office to court for ending a prosecution process of cor

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers are estimated to contribute US$7.1 billion in remittance to the country this year.

Angela Dewan, Bangkok – From her prestigious new position as a World Bank managing director, Sri Mulyani Indrawati has taken another stab at old enemies, without naming names, an art sh

Serang – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said coordination between law enforcement institutions such as the Supreme Court, prosecutors, the National Police and his min

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Nariswari Dita Yudianti, Jakarta – Speculation that Krakatau Steel's initial public offering price was kept artificially low to benefit connected investors m

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Camelia Pasandaran & Candra Malik, Jakarta – It's official: former President Suharto is not a national hero. This year at least.

Candra Malik & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – East Java's deputy governor Syaifullah Yusuf expressed disappointment over the government's decision not to include the late President Abdurr

Amnesty International today called on the Indonesian government to block discriminatory efforts to institute pregnancy and virginity tests for high school girls.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bestowed the title of national hero and other honors on several deceased freedom fighters, artists and cultural activists who made significa

Anita Rachman & Mark Moloney, Jakarta – It has become the handshake seen and discussed around the world.

Jakarta – The Indonesian media and blogosphere continued on Thursday a campaign of condemnation against a conservative Muslim minister Tifatul Sembiring who expressed embarrassment abou

Mark Moloney, Jakarta – Ridiculing Indonesian Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring has gone global with international television and online news portals taking turns to poke fun at

Tifatul Sembiring, the controversial and conservative minister of Communications and Information Technology, has found himself at the center of a media and Twitter maelstrom for shaking

London – More than 100 students from the College of Law, London Moorgate, attended the Munir Memorial public lecture in the UK, where the slain human rights activist's widow, Suciwati,

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – For Deni Gustianto, 23, taking part in Tuesday's rally to protest the visit of US President Barack Obama was a no-brainer.

Jakarta – On Tuesday November 9 activists from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and other organisations working against violence and crimes against humanity visited the

Jakarta – Environmental activists welcome the government's pledge to decrease the consumption of fossil fuel by 2025, but they warn against the use of nuclear energy.

Jakarta, Indonesia – A conservative Muslim government minister admits he shook hands with first lady Michelle Obama in welcoming her to Indonesia but says it wasn't his choice.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The US President, Barack Obama, has praised Indonesia's transition from dictatorship to democracy and identified it as a "critical leader" in the region and on the

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Academic prowess is apparently not enough at one vocational school in Magetan, East Java. Add to that irreproachable morals.

Jakarta – Several moments before the arrival of US President Barack Obama in Jakarta on the afternoon of Wednesday November 10, thousands of workers held a protest action demanding the

Jakarta – The 2014 election is still four years away, but Indonesia's smaller political parties have begun to feel the pressure from major parties that want to see fewer competitors in

Secret files show Kopassus, Indonesia's special forces, targets Papuan churches, civilians

Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – At least 30 people from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) demonstrated in Jakarta on Tuesday November 9 demanding that the PT Freeport Indonesia mine in Papua

Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of Papuan students from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have again protested against the visit by US President Barrack Obama who is scheduled to arrive th

Jayapura – Three activists were arrested for staging a demonstration demanding to meet visiting US President Barrack Obama to convey their aspirations.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Human rights groups have called on the National Police to investigate the fatal shooting of a farmer in Jambi by police officers d

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Soeharto has been dropped from the list of potential heroes this year.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Cirebon in West Java and Pekanbaru in Riau are perceived to be the most corrupt cities in Indonesia, according to a major new poll commissioned by Transparency I

Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir apparently urged his followers earlier this year to stage a terror attack while US President Barack Obama w

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – The wife of Tatang Mulyadi, a police officer accused of facilitating the sale of weapons to a paramilitary group in Aceh, testified on Tuesday that it was econo

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The odor of mud from a recent flood suffocates the air in Endang's home on the riverbank, where she and her four children have lived for 10 years.