Alfian and Panca Nugraha, Jakarta, Mataram – Workers at PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PT NNT), a subsidiary of US mining giant Newmont Mining Corporation and the operator of the Batu Hijau

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Saturday that police had foiled a terror plot against him as he visited West Java province, state media reported.

Jakarta – In what critics are calling a blatant display of contempt for the city's authorities, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader visited the Jakarta Police headquarters Friday to

Jakarta – Activists urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the Attorney General's investigation of allegations of corruption linked to aid for earthquake victims

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Another sex scandal has hit the House of Representatives and may lead to the fall of a legislator as has occurred in two previous instances.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Sixth grader Muhyidin Sayid Ahmad returned home from school wearing a sad face.

Jakarta – Human rights activists are urging the government to revoke existing local administration rulings that have resulted in the sealing of churches and mosques, mainly in Java.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Scores of people held a protest action opposition the recent increases in basic electricity rates (TDL) and the price of LPG gas canisters in the Central J

Iwan, Jakarta – The evil conspiracy to increase the basic electricity rate (TDL) will impact on the price of basic commodities, particularly food, further burdening the lives of the poo

Umi Kalsum, Eko Huda S – Around 700 people held a protest action against the recent basic electricity rate (TDL) increases in front of the State Palace on Jl.

Purwakarta, West Java – Clerics of the Indonesian Ulema Forum staged a mass demonstration outside the local administration's office on Friday, demanding that they remove the district's

Norimitsu Onishi, Indonesia – As the nation with the world's largest number of Muslims, Indonesia every year sends the most pilgrims to Mecca by far.

Jakarta – The frequent brawls involving Betawi organizations in Jakarta have raised questions over why they still exist, and who encourages them.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government on Friday failed to provide satisfactory responses to the Constitutional Court about the position and legal standing of the Attorney General's Off

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Criticism levelled against the police's independent team tasked to handle the judicial mafia centering on former tax official Gayus Tambunan has mounted foll

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – In response to a string of explosions involving three-kilogram liquid petroleum gas cylinders, the government is considering scrapping the subsidy on the c

Pandaya – The police's failure again on Tuesday to present the court with crucial evidence it had previously claimed to possess – in the form of wiretapped conversations between Corrupt

Jakarta – Crescent Star Party chairman Malam Sambat Kaban on Thursday announced the direction the party will take to increase its share of seats in the 2014 general election.

Jakarta – More than 150 lawyers, activists and public investigators have formed the Public Interest Lawyer Network (PIL-Net) aimed at providing free services to marginalized people.

Jakarta – Indonesia is allowing powerful businessmen to get rich from smuggling rare timber to China despite its pledges to crack down on illegal logging and preserve its forests, envir

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Indonesia – Environmental groups on Thursday urged the government to arrest two businessmen allegedly involved in smuggling rare timber from Papua to China.

Zaky Pawas & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Anybody claiming to be a member of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force who conducts acts of extortion is without a doubt an impostor, its

Jakarta – The proliferation of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, is facilitating Internet activism capable of influencing political decision-making in the country.

Armando Siahaan, Indonesia – The Democratic Party has experienced a resurgence in provincial elections that have traditionally been won by more established parties, but needs to do more

Nurfika Osman & Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – Without strong sanctions by the state, hardline groups will continue to launch attacks against other religions, political analysts warned

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) will conduct a joint exercise with its Australian counterpart SAS next month, Kopassus Commander, Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – Recent attacks on minority groups instigated by groups such as the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) reveal the government's failure to accomm

Jakarta – Children's rights activists are pushing for the passage of the juvenile criminal justice system bill that aims to provide more protection for and guarantee the rights of juven

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The police have named the head of a community health center in North Rahong district in Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, a suspect allegedly responsible

Dion Bisara, Singapore – Indonesia's economy grew at a better-than-expected 6.2 percent in the second quarter of 2010 from the same period a year ago, thanks to strong investment, expor

The release of the International Crisis Group's latest report again highlights the important – yet often neglected – issues surrounding our easternmost province.

A leaked video clip from Indonesian controlled West Papua should be as unsettling for Indonesia as the Wikileaks 2007 video showing a helicopter strike in Baghdad was for the United Sta

London – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak today (August 5, 2010) name two of the kingpins in Indonesia profiteering from the hugely lucrative international trade

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – A two-day special ministerial meeting to review progress on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region ended Wednesday, with

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – While television stations prepare to roll out their usual Ramadan lineups of programs laden with piety, the broadcast watchdog and a council of Islamic clerics

Jakarta – Expressing his concern over the high number of military personnel and police officers being picked up for drug use, Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – Following Tuesday's explosive testimony from rogue Indonesian tax official Gayus Tambunan that a company controlled by the family of controversial politician and businessman A

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Disgraced tax official Gayus Tambunan said on Tuesday that one of the sources of the extraordinary Rp 28 billion ($3.14 million) found in his bank accounts wa

Jakarta – The number of corruption cases in the first semester of this year doubled to 176, with state losses estimated at about Rp 2 trillion (US$222 million), from the corresponding p

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Governor Fauzi Bowo is today about Rp 9 billion ($1 million) richer than when he ran for office in 2007, with a total fortune of Rp 50 billion, while his d

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesian Muslims are still vulnerable to being radicalized, according to a national survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute and Lazuardi Birru, an independent organi

Nivell Rayda – Corruption cases handled by law enforcement agencies in the first half of the year cost the state nearly 25 percent more in losses than those in the same period last year

Dessy Sagita – Culturally entrenched gender inequality and a lack of bargaining power has kept much of Asia, and Indonesia in particular, from meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal

Dion Bisara, Camelia Pasandaran & Reuters – Jakarta – The days when small shops give change in sweets instead of contemptible Rp 100 or Rp 200 coins will be a thing of the past – so

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yemris Fointuna, Jayapura, Kupang – Papuan journalists called on police Tuesday to thoroughly investigate acts of intimidation and violence against them, believed

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Prison failed to discourage some 100 poor housewives in Makassar, South Sulawesi, asking the authority to lock them up so they could get a free place to stay

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The legitimacy and legal power of the judicial commissioners may be called into question by the judges they supervise as a presidential regulation exte

Nivell Rayda & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police could be charged with contempt of court should they fail to present key evidence in the case against two Corruption Eradic

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tensions are high ahead of the Merauke regional election in Papua province, with the police currently investigating the death of a TV journalist and death

Norimitsu Onishi, Jakarta – It is the political relationship that has long mystified Indonesia's chattering classes, one whose ups and downs regularly send tremors throughout the capita