Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A leading figure in the eastern Indonesian community residing in Jakarta has alleged that powerful puppet masters were behind t

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said on Wednesday that the government would maintain the controversial joint ministerial decree on establishment of places of worshi

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled Q!

Jakarta – Much-needed reform at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is being held off by a reciprocating culture of nepotism and corruption that has bled into the institute's recruitmen

Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – The central government under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is committed to continue establishing constructive dialogue with Papua.

On September 28, 2009 the House of Representatives issued several recommendations to the President to bring the perpetrators of the infamous student disappearances of 1998 to justice.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Insulting, offensive, disappointing and illogical – just a few of the words used to describe Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembirin

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two men reportedly died in a brawl and a policeman was shot in front of the South Jakarta District Court where the trial relating to the over a deadly Blowfis

Jakarta – Despite a number of recent incidents stemming from interfaith issues in the country, political parties still do not consider it a priority, a discussion heard Wednesday.

Jakarta – Religious intolerance among Indonesian Muslims has increased in the last 10 years, a new study shows, indicating a link with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the country.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Following a deadly riot that resulted in a man's death, National Police Chief Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office, and not the president, is to blame for the lack of resolution in the forced disappearance of student activists between

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday announced plans to bring together descendants of those involved in the alleged Sept.

Jakarta – Newly-installed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm.

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Environmental activists have called on the government to abandon its business-as-usual approach to granting forestry concessions and suggested an action plan to

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission has criticised Australian training for the controversial Special Forces unit, Kopassus.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith has defended Australia's involvement in a joint training exercise with Indonesia's controversial special forces Kopassus.

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled gay and lesbian film festival has been forced to cancel another screening, this time at the Kineforum, the Jakarta Arts Council's cinema

Jessica Harkins, Zaky Pawas & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Fresh from protests against the presence of two churches in Bekasi, the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front has now turned its w

Heru Andriyanto & Irvan Tisnabudi, Jakarta – Rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan on Tuesday again claimed to have received bribes from companies linked with the Bakrie Group, saying h

Jakarta – The new interim Attorney General, Darmono, said Monday he had no plan to follow up on police testimonies implicating prosecutors in high-profile tax evasion cases.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has made the widely expected announcement that he will run for president in 2014 – but only with solid and well

Siti Ruqoyah, Jakarta – Thirty or more people from the Indonesian Association of the Families of Missing Persons (Ikohi) and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Undeterred by their arrest on Monday night, some 50 family members of activists who were kidnapped in 1997 and 1998 took to the st

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As widely expected, the House of Representatives has unanimously approved the president's sole candidate, Navy Vice Adm.

Bali – Soldiers from the Indonesian Military's controversial Special Forces and the Australian Army's Special Air Service held joint antiterror operations at Bali's Ngurah Rai Internati

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The House of Representatives speaker, Marzuki Alie from the Democratic Party, says that each faction within the legislative body has its own favorite ma

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – More than 100 members of the Islamic Defenders Front launched protests against foreign-run venues participating in Indonesia's gay and lesbian film festival o

Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Tuesday dismissed a provincial lawmaker's proposal to force teenage schoolgirls to undergo virginity tests before they can enter state schools.

The attacks by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the two-week International Q!

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – After the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry elected Suryo Bambang Sulisto as its new chairman on Saturday, questions quickly arose over his ti

Jakarta – The number of cases of violence against children has increased and shows more sadistic modus operandi, reports the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA).

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Willy Widianto, Jakarta – Thirty or more demonstrators from the Indonesian Association of the Families of Missing Persons (Ikohi) were arrested by police this afternoon for exceeding th

Jakarta – Newly appointed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Agus Suhartono has positively welcomed a plan to join the newly established National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT).

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The antigraft commission is intensifying its investigation into a high-profile bribery scandal surrounding the election of a central bank deputy govern

Jakarta – Critics doubt that Deputy Attorney General Darmono will be able to lead the Attorney General's Office (AGO), now that Hendarman Supandji has left.

Nivell Rayda & Anita Rachman – Five candidates for the Judicial Commission have questionable track records and the House of Representatives must not select them, antigraft watchdogs

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday approved Navy Vice Adm. Agus Suhartono as the new head of the Indonesian Military.

Jakarta – In addition to traffic woes, Jakarta is under threat of soil degradation and rising sea surface levels, experts say.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police have predicted that about 12 million motor vehicles will burden the capital's roads by 2011.

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Like the hundreds of thousands of other repeat flood victims in the capital, Andi and Sudarmati have no furniture on the ground floor o

Jakarta – Indonesia's Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring is adopting a new strategy in his ongoing crusade to rid Indonesia of Internet pornography.

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology wants to employ the public as an ally in the battle to eradicate Internet pornography.

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission says it has crucial evidence that might confirm that two of its deputy chairmen have been framed.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considering who will replace Hendarman Supandji as the AGO chief.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Bureaucrats and activists hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision Friday to uphold a Constitutional Court ruling by removing Hendarman Supandji

Fitri, Lombok – Who cares about sex tapes? Not Central Lombok residents, apparently.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Rallies marked National Farmers' Day and the 50th anniversary of the basic agrarian laws on Friday in South Sulawesi.

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma, Jakarta – The government has agreed to demands by the House of Representatives to scrap plans to raise electricity rates again next year.