Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Three logging company executives and a forestry department official are among 10 people arrested and charged with illegal logging.

Clifford McCoy – The arrest last week of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was the highlight of a government crackdown on Islamic militants following the discovery in February

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A senior Golkar official expressed regret on Friday over a local legislator from the party who mooned female reporters last week in Riau province, pr

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asserted he had no intention to extend his tenure and would leave office in 2014.

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – The government on Thursday announced a plan to provide free birth care to all, helping to prevent cases of mothers selling their babies to pay for the deliveries

Hamong Santono – Last month, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring access to clean water and sanitation a fundamental human right.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Indonesia has been experiencing its most extreme weather conditions in recorded history, meteorologists warned on Wednesday as torrential rains continued to pou

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The revelations of institutionalized bribery unearthed in the saga of rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan paint a bleak picture of the state of the country's ju

Camelia Pasandaran & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Former police chief of detectives and whistle-blower Susno Duadji was on Thursday refused a stay of prosecution by the Constitutional

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Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Legislators have seemingly turned a deaf ear to the recent furor over their poor attendance at House of Representatives hearings by failing spectacularly to sho

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Dozens of soldiers Tuesday night attacked the Siantar Police station in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, over news that a police officer had earlier issued a ti

Pandaya – The House of Representatives needs to make a breakthrough to improve its poor legislative performance as indicted by its almost certain failure to reach its target of endorsin

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Despite the prosecution pushing for alleged case broker Anggodo Widjojo to be jailed for six years, an antigraft group has slammed it for not taking his alleg

Dicky Christanto – The police said they had evidence to charge firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir with funding and promoting terrorist activities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia's two main Muslim organizations decreed on Wednesday that corrupt officials were "infidels," or a person without faith.

Report Katrin Figge – "As a 13-year-old girl, Ronasih was picked up on her way home from school by a soldier nicknamed Sideburns and locked up in a nearby barracks.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – It seems no on has a kind word for the House these days.

Bagus BT Saragih – It's quality, not quantity, as the saying goes. But when it comes to the parliament's lawmaking function, it has received poor grades in both.

Indonesia – A dramatic spike in ocean temperatures off Indonesia's Aceh province has killed large areas of coral and scientists fear the event could be much larger than first thought an

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday backed away from comments from a member of his party that the Indonesian Constitution should be amended to allow Yudhoyono to r

Jakarta – In recognition of Indonesia's 65th Independence Day, on Tuesday the government reduced prison terms of most inmates nationwide, including high-profile graft convicts such as f

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch has criticized Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar over his inconsistency in upholding restrictions of jail-term remission to graft an

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The police admitted on Monday they had never had evidence that case broker suspect Ary Muladi had phone-called Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) offici

Jakarta – The National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri has denied all speculations and assumptions related to his unclear absence over the past three days.

Jakarta – Indonesia observed its 65th Independence Day solemnly on Tuesday marked with flag hoisting ceremonies, particularly at government offices, throughout the country.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – With the debate over a proposal to double the legislative threshold intensifying, discussion is also heating up over whether the move would improve the legisl

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Hundreds of Christians prayed near National Monument Square in Central Jakarta on Sunday afternoon, in protest against what they say is government inaction

Jakarta – Analysts and opposition politicians have criticized Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's state-of-the-nation address on Monday, labeling it "flat" and lacking in so

Irwan Firdaus, Bekasi, Indonesia – Tired of government inaction, Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia are pushing back against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners.

Eliswan Azly, Jakarta – Indonesian and Norwegian negotiators will meet in Jakarta this week to discuss the implementation of a bilateral climate deal to combat deforestation in Indonesi

Jakarta – As protesters prepare for a prayer vigil and peaceful rally at the Presidential Palace on Sunday, residents and activists on Saturday demanded that President Susilo Bambang Yu

Jakarta – As many as 1,500 members of Solidarity Forum of Interfaith Harmony (FSKUB) staged a rally Sunday in front of the State Palace, expressing their frustration over a series of re

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and House legislators questioned Friday the credibility of the police's "call data records", which were offered in lieu of tape recordings in

Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar advised foreign visitors on Thursday against going out in public scantily dressed.

Jakarta – While admitting the task at hand will be difficult, Internet service providers (ISPs) said they will do their best to block pornographic websites amid continuing pressure incl

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Indonesia – Despite Garuda Indonesia's first-half nosedive, which saw profit plummet 80 percent, the flagship carrier still expects to meet its 2010 earnings targ

Jakarta – Amid criticism of the city authorities' friendly gestures towards Muslim hard-line groups, Governor Fauzi Bowo guaranteed Thursday the freedom to worship in Jakarta as part of

Jakarta – The committee to select the new leader of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) vowed Thursday to remain impartial amid calls from civil groups to discount candidates fr

Candra Malik, Indonesia – Hundreds of supporters of hard-line Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir have lashed out at the police over his "unholy" arrest, while his family has vowed to conti

Jakarta – The whereabouts of National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri were unclear on Friday in the wake of the latest scandal to rock the tainted Indonesian institution.

Indonesia – As downpours continue to cast a cloud over the dry season, resource producers have slashed output targets and the government has been forced to look abroad to meet local dem

Muh Taufiqurrohman – The police's elite Densus 88 counterterrorism unit arrested five alleged terrorists in West Java this past week, and while Abu Bakar Bashir grabbed the headlines, t

Chris Chaplin and Carole Reckinger – West Papuans and Papuans are not only fighting for independence but also to live free of poverty.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party has softened its stance on a proposed increase in the legislative threshold following pleas from smaller parties, saying

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Rights activists proposed Thursday that the intelligence bill should accommodate a monitoring mechanism and rehabilitate people who become the wrong target o

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A report released Wednesday said hostile mass organizations were the leading enemy of press freedom and documented threats and violence directed at jou

Kinanti Pinta Karana & Cameron Bates, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for Indonesian National Police Chief Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The clutch of small parties in the ruling coalition has called on the president's Democrats to reconsider their support for a proposal that would dou

Jakarta – Concerns that if the parliamentary threshold is increased it will impact on the number of valid votes that are wasted may be excessive because it will actually reduce the numb