Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will call up the Indonesian armed forces chief to answer to allegations that soldiers' pay was cut and a recent report t

Prodita Sabarini, Yogyakarta – International researchers and activists gathered in Yogyakarta to network and develop better strategies to advocate sexual rights.

Having been caught without substantial evidence in a bribery case they pursued aggressively for months, the National Police have some serious explaining to do.

Jakarta – Foreign loans borrowed by Indonesia's private sector nearly doubled during the first half as companies began increasing their spending to finance expansion following a slowdow

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Abu Bakar Bashir appears in at least three videos about the training of a terrorist group in an extraordinary breach of security by the alleged jihadists that will

Jakarta – In a dramatic twist, the National Police finally admitted that they do not actually have recordings and footage showing that two deputies of the anti-graft agency received bri

Jakarta – Religious leaders are condemning the government for failing to protect its followers while they perform their rituals, following a series of attacks on the congregation of HKB

Ulma Haryanto & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – A government plan to revoke the state subsidy on three-kilogram gas cylinders came under criticism from consumers on Wednesday, with some acc

Jakarta – A complete ban on all pornographic websites in observance of the Ramadan fasting period is unfeasible, Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring say

Putri Prameshwari, Jakarta – The government's plan to block "offensive sites" on the Internet has come under fire from several Web sites, including two major news portals, which have su

Jakarta – The National Police are investigating the extent of foreign funding of terrorism activities in Indonesia, after allegations that a French citizen was involved with terrorists

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's best-known radical Islamic cleric was charged Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, police sa

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The police's arbitrary discretion has come under public criticism again following the arrest and detention of nine people for alleged subversion by pla

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Leading antigraft groups have called on the Attorney General's Office to seek the seizure of assets in Guernsey belonging to the youngest son of form

Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman, Garut, West Java – Iin, a resident of Cikedu village in Garut, West Java, said on Monday that she vividly recalled the third and last time she was har

Ismira Lutfia, Dessy Sagita, Dofa Fasila & Zaky Pawas – The chairman of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front denied on Monday that his group would step up attacks on churches and m

Farouk Arnaz, Candra Malik & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – One of three members of an Islamist group led by hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir arrested by police in May testified to

Ismira Lutfia, Zaky Pawas, Amir Tejo & Dofa Fasila, Indonesia – On Tuesday, the eve of Islam's holiest month, various officials separately announced bans on pornographic sites, pros

Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer said on Tuesday it had been cleared of allegations made by environmental group Greenpeace that it had destroyed high conservation-value f

Indonesia – Residents of one urban ward in Malang, East Java, have come up with a novel way to mark Indonesia's 65th anniversary – by holding a throw-a-three-kilogram gas cylinder compe

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is setting legislation targets and will enforce attendance in a bid to deal with legislators' perceived laziness.

Ill-treatment of political prisoners in earlier episodes raises grave concerns

Dessy Sagita – The Constitutional Court and the National Police signed a landmark agreement on Tuesday that is expected to aid in resolving electoral disputes, while offering more flexi

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An anticorruption NGO is seeking a court verdict to overrule the National Police's decision to halt an investigation into suspicious bank accounts allegedly

Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – Rampant vote-buying in regional elections is fueled by voters themselves, a survey shows.

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – In response to a series of explosions involving three-kilogram gas cylinders, which have left dozens dead and scores injured, a government minister said on

Irvan Tisnabudi, Jakarta – A wide range of Chinese goods has flooded Indonesia since the Asean-China free-trade pact took effect on Jan.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – How does a mid-raking civil servant manage to stash away a Rp 100 billion ($11.2 million) fortune?

Jakarta – Industrial waste and land conversion has destroyed almost 70 percent of mangrove forests along Java's and Bali's northern coasts, an environmental activist says.

Malang – Police are investigating an attack on the house of a local labor activist, Luthfi Khafid, 45, on Saturday.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Following the elections of at least five corruption suspects in district and regional polls, watchdog groups on Sunday called for the implementation of stricter

Jakarta – The National Police say terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir was arrested after it was discovered that he was allegedly deeply involved in terrorist activities in West Java and Ace

Aprizal Rahmatullah, Jakarta – Starting off the second week of August the capital city will be besieged with protest actions, with at least 15 demonstrations enlivening Jakarta today.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Businesspeople in East Java say there are thousands of burdensome bylaws in place that fail to guarantee security for businesses and are partly to blame for

Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Indonesian anti-terror police detained radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Monday and several other militants in a crackdown on a network found making

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Activists lambasted the National Police on Sunday over its decision to grant prestigious positions to two police generals who allegedly own suspiciously larg

Kupang, Indonesia – At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 are missing after a passenger boat went down in waters off eastern Indonesia on Monday, the country's search and resc

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) defended a recently issued fatwa (edict) declaring two brands of meningitis vaccine halal, dismissing experts' claim

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Muslims nationwide have condemned a hard-line Islamic organization for an attack on a church group on Sunday, saying the incident had tarnished the image of I

Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – Another mob attack on Christian worshipers in Bekasi on Sunday has led to renewed calls for police and national leaders to crack down on the apparently swelli

Tangguh, Lombok – For four years and five months, 33 Ahmadiyah families have been staying at the Transito shelter in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, after having been driven from their hom

Bekasi – In the latest attack by extremists on religious minorities in West Java, 300 Islamic hard-liners intimidated, bullied and assaulted a priest and 20 Christian churchgoers prayin

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia said Sunday it could not accept an Indonesian proposal on a minimum wage for its maids amid delays on a working conditions deal following a series of shocking ab

Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) along with several small political parties have declared their full support for former President Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy"

Heru Andriyanto – The terror plot against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently uncovered in West Java was part of a larger trend as militant groups widened their targets from Wes

The New York Times has called Indonesia a "golden economic child" and said that the nation once known for inefficiency, corruption and instability had earned a new reputation.

Al Makin, Yogyakarta – Islam, like Buddhism, teaches us to endure suffering, through which we can learn some lessons including in patience, disquietude and self-control.

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Publicized incidents of suspected torture of separatists in eastern Indonesia have alarmed rights groups, who say further reform is needed to eradicate the kin

Surabaya – As many as 180 students, workers and urban poor activists from 12 organisations in the East Java cities of Surabaya, Mojokerto and Madiun held a protest action in Surabaya on

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.