Fitri, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara – Two villagers on Monday told the Praya District Court in Central Lombok that American national Gregory Lloyd Luke, 64, deserved to remain beh

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – There is something gravely wrong about a justice system that would let a 55-year-old housemaid languish in jail for stealing just a few plates and pieces of clo

Heru Andriyanto & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Journalists, lawyers and even Hugh Hefner over the weekend rallied around jailed former Playbor editor Erwin Arnada, who this week will at

Jakarta – Jakarta's unprecedented traffic congestion sees millions of cars burning gas as they sit stationary, and millions of residents choking their lives away in plumes of thick poll

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to pick Comr. Gen.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – The vaunted Reformasi era of democratic change in Indonesia is coming to a dead end under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership, if his candidate for

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – As President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prepares to evaluate his Cabinet ministers' performance this year, members from his coalition are nervously anticipating a

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Some in civil society have begun to question the validity of the fit-and-proper tests given to political appointment candidates in the House of Representative

Binsar Bakkara, Hamparan Perak – Muslim militants wearing black masks stormed the tiny police precinct in western Indonesia and unloaded their assault rifles – riddling officers' bodies

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The former editor of the now-defunct local version of Playboy magazine, Erwin Arnada, turned himself in on Saturday.

Jakarta – Regional administrations will have greater local tax potential following the implementation of a new law on regional tax and levies that would give them the authority to colle

Jakartans had high hopes when they picked Fauzi Bowo to be the city's governor three years ago.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Human rights activists continued to protest on Friday the nomination of Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – The former editor of the now-defunct Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine, Erwin Arnada, surrendered to the South Jakarta District Court on Saturday, and has prepared a judi

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – More than a year since their legal nightmare started, two antigraft commissioners will likely still stand trial for what many believe is a fabricated corrupti

Jakarta Globe/AP, Jakarta – The South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office say they have launched a nationwide manhunt for the former editor of Indonesia's short-lived edition of Playboy magazin

Labour activists from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM), the Yogyakarta Labour Alliance (ABY), the Greater Jakarta Labour Federation of Struggle (FBPJ) and the United Indonesian Labo

Reuters, Bloomberg & JG, Jakarta – Heavy rains have hit rice production hard, forcing Indonesia, a top rice producer, to import the crop for the first time since 2007, the State Log

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Lawmakers have denied they are insensitive to the dire plight of flood victims in West Papua by pressing ahead with a study trip to the United States.

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Comr. Gen.

Zaki Pawas, Jakarta – Police in Bekasi arrested a struggling poet and a street singer on Thursday evening, accusing them of involvement in last month's attack on members of the Batak Ch

Dicky Christanto and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/medan – Police said Thursday they had evidence suggesting firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir may have masterminded a recent deadly

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – National leaders have taken the president to task for his perceived weak leadership and demanded the government work more closely with community groups to resol

Jakarta – A hearing between legislators and leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday turned into an opportunity for several lawmakers to bash the KPK for namin

Could President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's skin be any thinner? Once again the president has lashed out after perceiving an incident as a personal transgression against him.

Bilhuda Haryanto, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights is planning to help teachers file corruption complaints with the antigraft body.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Supreme Court have found in favor of Indonesian mother-of-two Prita Mulyasari, striking out a lower court ruling that she pay Omni International Hospital

Farouk Arnaz & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Despite public calls for the government to disband violent hard-line groups, the sole candidate to lead the National Police on Wednesday did

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The government should openly push for the Netherlands to have a tougher policy on the activities of the separatist group South Maluku Republic (RMS),

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and Deputy Governor Priyanto's performance over their first three years in office has been rated mediocre by a local NGO.

Christian Donny Putranto – Just moments before what was to be a historic flight to the Netherlands on Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono surprised quite a few people – his ento

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma & Bloomberg, Jakarta – In what analysts labeled a risky move, the government on Wednesday said it would sell about 60 percent of the nation's stock of crude o

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The defense team for former chief of detectives Susno Duadji, on trial for allegedly taking bribes and misusing police funds, on Wednesday became the latest t

Anita Rachman & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a revised Anti-Money Laundering Law that gives anticorruption officials more po

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has abruptly postponed a visit to Holland after Malukan activists there launched a court bid in the Hague to ha

Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – The Indonesian Military (TNI) should work better with the National Police to fight terrorism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday at an e

Tasa Nugraza Barley – Like any Indonesian, Endah Puspita, 27, was taught growing up that she lived in a nation of friendly and polite people.

Rizal Harahap, Jakarta – Public pressure prompted the Pekanbaru city administration to finally close down a house of worship owned by followers of the Ahmadiyah sect.

Jakarta – Former Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Max Moein on Tuesday admitted to have accepted travelers' checks worth a total of Rp 500 million (US$56,069),

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Despite intense public criticism of a 2006 joint ministerial decree requiring neighbors' approval for houses of worship, ministers on Monday said the gover

Erwida Maulia and Theresia Sufa, Jakarta/Bogor – Ahmadiyah followers continue to encounter challenges in Indonesia in practicing their religion freely, with the government sticking to i

Jakarta – The Ministry of Social Affairs has denied that it has decided to declare former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid a national hero.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A group of people imprisoned in the aftermath of the 1965 coup attempt that swept strongman Suharto into power have demanded the government apologize and clear t

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Residents of three villages in Jabon subdistrict in Sidoarjo, East Java, have refused to leave their homes as part of a government plan to use the area as a reserv

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – In the wake of the threats and wrath coming from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the gay film festival in Jakarta, a Democratic Party politician questi

Stanley A Weiss, Jakarta – One of the mesmerizing dances performed here is Jaipongan, a style that mixes Indonesian martial arts with village ritual music.

Nivell Rayda, Anita Rachman, Armando Siahaan & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Despite being President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's sole nominee for National Police chief, Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police conducted a joint riot control exercise with the National Police on Monday in the wake of a gang brawl last week that killed three people.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The only president-proposed National Police chief candidate, Comr. Gen.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Human rights activists urged the House of Representatives to reject Comr. Gen.