Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the National Police have played their roles in concerted efforts to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a seminar heard on Wed

Jakarta – The Corruption Court sentenced Anggodo Widjojo to four years in prison on Tuesday for attempted bribery – a punishment one observer said was "too lenient".

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission announced on Wednesday that they had named an unprecedented 26 former and current members of the House of Represent

Ismira Lutfia & Putri Prameshwari, Jakarta – Following the public support he gained for his efforts to eliminate access to pornography on the Internet, the communications and inform

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Nearly two months after the brutal attack on anticorruption activist Tama Satrya Langkun, police have been unable to track down the perpetrators and seem to have

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A police division that deals with crimes against women and children is being criticized for its handling of a rape involving a minor.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy is pushing lawmakers to pay attention to the welfare of millions of domestic workers in the country by making

Jakarta – The Golkar Party's initiative to interpellate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his handling of a recent dispute with Malaysia received a cold response from other parties

James Balowski, Jakarta – Human rights groups have reacted angrily to an announcement by Washington that it will restore military ties with Indonesia's abusive special forces Kopassus,

Farouk Arnaz & Antara, Jakarta – Recent anti-Malaysia sentiment took a criminal twist on Monday when an ultranationalist group stormed into two Malaysian-controlled banks in Makassa

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised on Tuesday to replace Indonesia's much-maligned chiefs of police and prosecutors but denied the reshuffle was linked to corruption

Jakarta – A heavily criticized and costly new office building for Indonesian lawmakers will feature a swimming pool, gym and spa facilities, the head architect confirmed on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The government is committed to imposing a "rewards-and-punishments" mechanism to promote accountability in regional budgets, since less than 3 percent of the budgets for 2009

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Government leaders agreed on Monday to push for law enforcement to act firmly against any organization that disturbs public order or promotes anarchy

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said Monday that the Jamaah Ahmadiyah faith – who claim to be Muslim – had to be broken up, as followers violated regulations and we

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring's porn-free Internet plan got a boost on Tuesday when 10 civil society organizations told h

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Anen, a man in his mid-50s, recalls the years 2000 and 2001 as the darkest days of his life.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Controversial businessman Anggodo Widjojo has been jailed him for four years after the Anti-Corruption Court convicted him of attempted bribery.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – About 13,000 workers staged a sit-in rally outside PT Panarub Industry shoe factory in Tangerang city to protest the management's decision to cut their Idul Fi

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – The State Ministry for the Environment is finalizing regulations that would oblige all companies to manage their waste according to prescribed standard

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The ubiquitous prayers broadcast from mosques nationwide during Ramadan usually fade into the background for those not inclined to join in them.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – If this was a race, the Communications and Information Technology Ministry would be the heavily panting, sweaty out of shape runner who drags his feet

Jakarta – The mass organizations Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and Barisan Muda Betawi conducted 107 violence acts between 2007-2010, the National Polic

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party on Monday criticized an attempt by lawmakers to tie the selection of an antigraft commissioner to the 2008 Bank Century bailout thro

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday celebrated its 65th anniversary with a muted response to mounting public criticisms of its recent performance.

Report Alia Swastika – Muhammad Yusuf, also known as Ucup, is a 35-year-old artist who first found recognition with the populist posters he designed during the student-led protests agai

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The search for the next head of the Corruption Eradication Commission has taken a distinctly partisan turn even before the House of Representatives has begun sc

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission had laid a second charge against an official from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in connection with a solar e

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years Sunday, spewing a vast cloud of smoke and ash into the air and sending tho

Anita Rachman& Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A lawmaker from the main opposition party has made the radical suggestion of having two legislative thresholds, just the latest twist in

Jakarta – Anticorruption activists are throwing their support behind Bambang Widjojanto and Busyro Muqoddas as nominees for a key post at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), sa

Jakarta – Islamic hard-liners have launched a full-scale campaign in cyberspace seeking the release of Indonesia's best-known radical cleric.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s appealed for evidence from those alleging that House legislators accepted a Rp 5 billion (US$555,000) bribe to pass a bill giving

Jakarta – Indonesia's exponential annual growth rate of 1.49 percent will overload and over-stretch the country's limited resources, potentially ushering in a host of new problems in co

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A flurry of recent controversies that rocked the Democratic Party will not dent the party's voter base during regional elections because of the widespread pop

Putri Prameshwari& Arientha Primanita – FPI flexing its muscle again. The Brown Shirts in Nazi Germany did that too – and no one stood up to them – and look what happened.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar, Bali – Six years ago, academic Greg Barton understood why Indonesian moderates were reluctant to clash with the country's radical Islamist minority.

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As the government on Friday announced the two final candidates for the vacant chairmanship of the Corruption Eradication Commissio

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Lawmakers should settle their differences and reach a consensus on the draft of a revision of the 2007 Law on Election Organizers, a watchdog said on Friday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ronna Nirmala & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Indonesian officials have denounced an anti-Malaysia campaign by the ultranationalist People's Democratic Defens

Jakarta – The acquittal of graft suspect Gayus Tambunan by the Tangerang District Court in March was engineered by a prosecutor, a police investigator testified at the South Jakarta Dis

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Lawyer and academic Bambang Widjojanto and Judicial Commission chairman Busyro Muqoddas have been named as the final two candidates for one of Indonesia's most f

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Lawmakers on Thursday defended their opposition to granting the Financial Transaction Reports Analysis Center expanded powers, saying it was necessary to keep t

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Lawmakers drafting an amendment to the 2003 Money Laundering Law say they agree with the government about giving new powers to the Corruption Eradica

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A court ruling against the former chief editor of Playboy Indonesia, Erwin Arnada, sets a bad precedent, threatening the freedom of the press, the Pres

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Around 20 members of the Islamic Defenders' Front gathered in front of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on Friday demanding the arrest of Playboy's Editor-i

Robert M Cutler, Montreal – Jakarta's principal stock market index has more than doubled since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the July 2009 presidential elections with a margin

Irvan Tisnabudi, Jakarta – As the economy gains steam, banks are growing more aggressive in marketing credit cards to increasingly wealthy consumers, targeting 25 percent increases on t

Jakarta – The leader of a fringe group that has managed to put a serious dent in relations between Malaysia and Indonesia after hurling human feces at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta a