Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has come under public scrutiny for the second time this week after a budget watchdog disclosed his "lavish" spending on outfi

Jakarta – Local and international experts say the planned forest moratorium sounds good in theory, but remained skeptical of the actual implementation of the US$1 billion policy.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Firman Soebagyo, the deputy chairman of House Commission IV on agriculture, said on Friday that lawmakers had submitted two reports on agriculture study trips t

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – As it marks World Contraception Day (WCD), Indonesia has to face the disheartening fact that it is lagging behind in its family planning targets and the nat

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – A gay film festival hailed as the biggest in Asia and the only one in the Muslim world kicks off in Indonesia on Friday, hoping to draw 15,000 viewers to screen

Nivell Rayda – The Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the 2006 Law on Witness Protection despite fears that it could prevent whistleblowers from unraveling major scandals.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The Environment Ministry may miss a deadline for implementing the 2009 Environmental Law on schedule, activists agreed.

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Some people have given up on the dream of owning land in Jakarta due to financial constraints, but many more pursue the dream through land brokering services,

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party spokesman, Ruhut Sitompul, said he suspected political motives were behind the Constitutional Cour

Dessy Sagita & Ismira Lutfia – The Indonesian government would prevent Indonesians from working illegally abroad if it provided them with alternative jobs here, the National Commiss

Jakarta – The Bekasi Muslim Congress (KUIB) said it would report the beleaguered HKBP Pondok Timur Indah church to the police for allegedly forging the identity cards of local residents

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Under pressure from lawmakers, the government on Thursday offered to reduce next year's proposed electricity rate hike from 15 percent to 5.4 percent.

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The rumbling voices of opposition to lavish spending by the government grew louder on Thursday when a watchdog claimed the president was

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has indicated that its support of the proposed new head of the Indonesian Military depends on the military al

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – A century-old mess in the land certification system coupled with corrupt officials and opportunistic local people have exacerbated conflicts over land ownersh

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Got porn?

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Academics, religious leaders and students in North Sumatra have called on the central government to immediately issue a law regulating on inter-religious relati

Jakarta – Hundreds of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia members rallied at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Thursday to support a regulation on houses of worship and imple

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Armed men who attacked a subdistrict police station in Medan in the early hours of Wednesday, killing three officers, are linked to the gro

Aidi Yursal & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Lawmakers visiting the site of Wednesday's terrorist attack on a police post in Medan, North Sumatra, said they wanted the armed forces to be inv

Jakarta – An industry body for sustainable palm oil has made its first public censure of a member, saying Indonesia's Sinar Mas Agro Resources & Technology breached its principles a

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Three lawmakers named by anti-tobacco activists as having been declared suspects by the police over the omission of a clause on tobacco in the 2009 health bill

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislator Didi Irawadi from the Democratic Party says that some of his colleagues, who recently went to London in England for a field trip, would spend

Zaky Pawas, Medan – Ten armed gunmen stormed the Hamparan Perak Police Precinct in Medan, North Sumatra, early on Wednesday morning, killing three police officers.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The deputy chairman of the House of Representatives' Ethics Council says he has no problem with legislators shopping or visiting tourism sites on the governme

Jakarta – Denying claims by hard-line groups, many residents from the Pondok Timur Indah housing complex in Bekasi, West Java, say they do not object to the religious activities conduct

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police antiterrorism squad Detachment 88 has come under fire for its methods, with critics calling the elite body arrogant and careless with regard to hu

Dessy Sagita & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Antitobacco activists said on Wednesday that the National Police were lying about three legislators who have been accused of deliberately omit

Jakarta – About 500 angry Indonesians staged a motorbike protest outside the Malaysian ambassador's residence in Jakarta on Wednesday to condemn the abuse of Indonesian maids by Malaysi

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Political parties in the ruling coalition on Tuesday played down speculation fueled by Democratic Party politicians on a possible Cabinet shake-up, call

Khairul Saleh and Nethy Darma Somba, Palembang/Jayapura – Investigations into the recent deaths of two journalists in separate locations have revealed no signs of foul play as many had

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Hundreds of lawyers began fighting among themselves on Wednesday in the latest twist to the long-simmering dispute between two of Indonesia's most prominent bar

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A Jambi provincial legislator has floated a potentially controversial idea requiring female students enrolling into state schools to undergo virginity tests, with f

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Jakarta – In a confusing ruling that has stumped many, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that Hendarman Supandji is now no longer the country's attorney general.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The president's pick to lead the military will appear today before lawmakers expecting to hear his plans for the armed forces.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – An initiative by the central bank encouraging poor Indonesians to open bank accounts has attracted little interest from the tens of millions of low-income citizen

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – So what did lawmakers learn on their study trips to South Africa and the Netherlands?

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Even though Gayus Tambunan is facing trial for the second time this year, attempts to unravel the truth as to how this former mid-ranking tax official amassed

Jakarta – The actions of several regional heads during the Idul Fitri flew in the face of the nation's fight against corruption, Transparency International Indonesia (TII) said in a rep

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – How difficult is it to build a church in West Java?

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Golkar Party says the House of Representatives must initiate a bill on houses of worship and pass it into law to replace the controversial ministeri

Jakarta – While in some parts of Bekasi and Bogor relations between Christian congregations and majority-Muslim neighborhoods have soured over vetoed plans to build churches, the interf

This month marks the sixth anniversary of the alleged murder of one of Indonesia's most prominent human rights activists, Munir Said Thalib.

The right to worship freely is clearly enshrined in our Constitution. But to our nation's chagrin, this guarantee may only exist in theory, and not yet in practice.

Hendra Teja, Jakarta – Indonesia in the reform era has made significant strides in its efforts to eradicate corruption.

Jakarta – An Indonesian human rights group Monday criticized the country's anti-terror police for allegedly killing three people suspected of involvement in a deadly heist on Sumatra is

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Despite mounting criticism, the House of Representatives' Commission III is sticking with its decision to send legislators to Britain and Canada for a compara

Camelia Pasandaran & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that a moratorium on sending domestic workers to Malaysia is still in force, following reports of another

Jakarta – Unusually heavy rainfall brought on by the La Nina weather phenomenon have hammered Indonesia in recent months, leading to a pronounced drop in resource extraction and agricul