Jakarta – Needling out corruption and overseeing bureaucratic reform should be the new attorney general's top priority, observers said Sunday.

Dessy Sagita, Farouk Arnaz & Armando Siahaan – Three legislators are suspected of having deliberately omitted a key clause addressing the dangers of tobacco in the health bill, a fo

Camelia Pasandaran & Eras Poke, Jakarta – The minister of religious affairs on Monday said there were no plans to revise the joint Ministerial Decree on Houses of Worship despite a

Theresia Sufa, Bekasi, Bogor – Before the dust has even settled in two congregations' battles to build churches in Bogor and Bekasi, the cities' authorities are being pointed out as mor

Adi Mulya, Jakarta – One of the favorites for the post of National Police chief is set to receive the expected promotion that will make him eligible for running, in a move a legislator

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The mix of stability, relatively calm politics and solid economic growth is seeing investors clamor to gain a foothold in Indonesia.

Farouk Arnaz & Nurfika Osman, Porong, East Java – Fresh allegations of torture have been made against the police's counterterrorism unit, this time by Islamic hard-liners jailed for

Armando Siahaan, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Some of the country's lawmakers have joined the chorus of criticism against the 2006 joint ministerial decree on

Mojokerto, East Java – Scores of young people from a variety of organisations held a peaceful action on Jl.

Misti P., Mojokerto (beritajatim.com) – Around 50 people from the alliance National Humanity and Anti-Violence Solidarity Concern (SPKKAK) will hold joint prayers in front of the Mojoke

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Dozens of Christians held prayers inside their boarded-up church near Indonesia's capital Sunday, saying they had as much right as anyone to worship in the wor

Jakarta – Said Aqil Siradj, the chief of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama, said Sunday that 19 "local" religions across the country have requested the government

Shaun Tandon, Washington – The United States and Indonesia have pledged to expand co-operation to a global scale, saying they can play supporting roles on hot-button issues from the rol

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Even the homeless, beggars and other unfortunates categorized as people with "social problems" can become sources of extra income for law enforcement officers

Jakarta – The controversial joint ministerial regulation on houses of worship is not only manipulated by hard-liners but also misused by authorities to extort money, says a church leade

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The constitutional protection of freedom to worship guaranteed by the state is behind the court's verdict in favor of the churches, says a court official.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has come under fire for planning to disband the Ahmadiyah sect, which he singles out as "misguided".

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislators slammed prosecutors for their resistance to having an outsider replace Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, whose tenure ends next month.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – A group of Christian worshippers said they would defy police and the threat of attack to hold Sunday prayers outside their now-boarded-up church near Indonesia

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Indonesia's legislators may be among the worst performing in Asia in terms of passing laws promptly, but nobody can accuse them of not going the extra mile whe

Jakarta – An angry President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered his officials to roast the management of state-owned Telekomunikasi Selular Indonesia after he experienced technical diffic

Jakarta – Hundreds of people joined two rallies in Jakarta on Thursday demanding the government revoke the 2006 Joint Ministerial Decree on Places of Worship as it resulted many interfa

Jakarta – The Bekasi administrations of the recently attacked HKBP church is not an effective remedy as other beleaguered congregations in Greater Jakarta continue to face problems desp

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Billions of dollars Indonesia stands to earn every year in climate change deals could be at risk if it fails to stamp out corruption in its forestry sector, lo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Amid mounting criticism over lawmakers wasting money on lavish overseas trips, the National Mandate Party on Friday suggested a comprehensive review

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – As an investigation gets under way into why a 103-meter stretch of road in North Jakarta fell into the Japat River on Thursday, experts sa

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – This capital, which seems to drain the life out of so many Jakartans, is seen as a promised land by newcomers.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar and Democrat party lawmakers on Friday criticized prosecutors' pleas for the president to appoint an insider as attorney general.

Fitri R., Mataram – Poverty, compounded by the absence of proper community policing as well as a lack of trust in the law-enforcement system, is fueling a steady rise in the number of i

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Antigraft activists on Friday said that while the two candidates to lead the Corruption Eradication Commission had solid credentials, they would still be challe

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund warned on Friday that Indonesia must make fighting corruption a priority if it wants to build on its progress as one of the wor

Menduk, Bangka Belitung – Three children from a small Indonesian village have been left paralyzed because their parents could not afford basic medical care for relatively minor sickness

Teddy Lesmana – Poverty remains a serious problem in Indonesia, despite the country's improved economic performance and robust economic growth in recent years.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) should not be the only agency pressured into resolving the long-running Bank Century scandal, a chief justice said

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Six years after the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, the two militants on death row for the attack say they have no remorse and they are ready to die as "m

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Terrorism and legal analysts on Wednesday hailed the National Police's move to separate the elite counterterrorism squad Densus 88 from the detectives unit, sayi

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A team from the National Police headquarters arrived in Ambon, Maluku, on Thursday to look into torture allegations against its counterterrorism unit, as rights

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – An outspoken Golkar legislator has once again called for a criminal probe into Vice President Boediono and former Finance Minis

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has roundly criticized Religious Minister Suryadharma Ali, joining human rights watchdogs in saying the man

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Police should not overlook the roles played by local clerics in inciting violence against a Christian congregation in Bekasi, human rights watchdogs have said.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry said Wednesday it was open to revision of a 2006 joint ministerial decree requiring local consent on sites for houses of

Jakarta – House of Representatives leaders have defended a system of sending lawmakers overseas on comparative study visits, shrugging off criticism the trips are unnecessary and costly

Jakarta – The government expects foreign direct investment to pick up more than expected to Rp 126 trillion ($14 billion) in 2010, up a third since last year.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Ulema Council said on Wednesday that it opposed France's ban on full-face veils.

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Jakarta Police on Wednesday named the head of the Bekasi branch of the Islamic Defenders Front a suspect for his alleged role in a brutal attack on two chu

Eras Poke, Kupang – A nongovernmental organization in East Nusa Tenggara has lodged a claim for a scientific evaluation of the long-term health damage that could result from last year's

Jakarta – Human rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government investigate alleged judicial irregularities in the 1984 Priok Riot trials at the human rights ad hoc court between 2003

Jakarta – Indonesia has gained the notorious distinction of being among seven countries that are home to two-thirds of the world's one billion undernourished people, an upcoming report

Nurfika Osman & Antara, Jakarta – Some good efforts, but could try harder.

The alleged torture of six Christians in Maluku at the hands of Indonesia's counter-terrorist police unit, Detachment 88, has thrown a spotlight on Australia's multi-million dollar supp