Jakarta – "Why does marital status seem to be the panacea for everything about the future of an eastern woman? Does marriage constitute insurance for the future through breeding?"

Tempo magazine appears to have thumbed its nose at threats of legal action from the National Police.

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – West Nusa Tenggara Police investigating an Internet sex video featuring a prominent local legislator who is running for district head of Central Lombok say

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The public cannot count on the government to overturn sharia-based bylaws and should push for controversial laws to be reviewed through "people power",

Flower garlands and a downpour of congratulations will mark the 64th anniversary of the National Police today, but the celebration has already turned sour following an investigative rep

Jakarta – The recent expansion of the Indonesian Military's territorial command in Kalimantan is opening up a room for illegal military businesses and increasing the possibility of huma

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Recent maneuvers by the Golkar Party to court smaller organizations connected to the United Development Party are nothing to worry about, the Islamic-based pa

Arientha Primanita – A legislative watchdog on Thursday urged the City Council to be more open and transparent over the alleged bribes received by some of its members investigating the

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Residents, politicians, activists – and at least one actor – in Depok and Tangerang urged their cities to reject sharia-based bylaws.

The Indonesian Council of Ulema say they have reminded the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front not to resort to violence and intimidation but say they have no authority to take action aga

Anita Rachman – Muhammadiyah, the country's second-largest Muslim organization, has stopped short of denouncing hard-line groups committing acts of violence in the name of Islam, and in

Anita Rachman & Made Arya Kencana – Critics have denounced the General Elections Commission's decision to merely dismiss member Andi Nurpati, saying a dishonorable dismissal would h

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police have taken offense at the cartoon piggy banks depicted on the cover of Tempo magazine's latest issue, and are threatening to sue the news

Elisabeth Oktofani, Yogyakarta – The media wield enormous influence in informing public opinion, and in Indonesia this power has often been used to discriminate against marginalized soc

Most urban swells seem prone to it – gang violence, mob culture and a general abandonment of the law and order.

Jakarta – It is time to spend money on lifestyle and long vacations, Indonesians say, amid a positive sentiment toward the economy and a declining fear of spending, a survey says.

Jakarta – The National Police said it is planning to file lawsuits over Tempo magazine's latest edition, which featured a cover story on the enormous wealth of several senior police off

Hans David Tampubolon and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The police are reluctant to get tough with the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) group because of its ties to the Indonesian Mi

Ulma Haryanto – What is the real agenda of the Islamic Defenders Front and have its members been allowed to get away with their strong-arm tactics because they are backed by powerful fo

Jakarta – Indonesia has yet not overturned many laws allowing torture – which the country must do as part of a UN agreement signed almost 25 years ago, a researcher says.

Adianto P.

Anita Rachman – The youth leader of the country's second-largest Islamic organization has called on the group to choose a new chief at the weekend who can instigate changes and reform.

Arientha Primanita – A protest on Wednesday by about 200 angry contract teachers in front of City Hall turned ugly after they claimed they were being ignored and began throwing pots and

Rana Akbari Fitriawan and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Mataram – Hundreds of workers took to the streets in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday to reject the central government's plan to raise ele

Dicky Christanto and Hasyim Widiarto, Jakarta – "If we support one movement advocating religious-based policies, others will want them too," Nahdlatul Ulama secretary-general Iqbal Sula

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Some prefer the last option, reportedly including market operator PD Pasar Jaya, said to be running a dirty business involving local thugs in managing markets

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – Dozens of cases of abuse of power by police officers over the past two years is proof that the National Police has yet to implement thoroug

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – The National Commission for Human Rights said on Monday that it would establish a special team to investigate allegations of attacks carrie

Stephen Fitzpatrick – Indonesia warned yesterday that Jakarta would not allow itself to become a refugee processing centre for Australia.

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon – Legislators and activists have called for the banning of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a hard-line group known for its violent, vigilante

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Political parties are cozying up and consolidating as they seek ways to bulk up ahead of the 2014 general elections, an analyst says.

Putri Prameshwari – Labor activists have denounced the opposition by the Indonesian delegation to an International Labor Organization meeting this month to drafting a convention that wo

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) says that there is no need to ban the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) despite the latter's continuous violent methods i

Farouk Arnaz& Ulma Haryanto – The National Police have denied allegations that they were lame ducks when it came to dealing with hard-line Muslim organizations, including the Islami

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A series of alleged human rights abuses by police officers across Indonesia are a result of a corrupt system implemented by the police, causing the force to

Farouk Arnaz, Nurfika Osman & Nivell Rayda – The case of the disappearing magazines led police on Tuesday to accuse Tempo of making up the tale of having some 30,000 copies of this

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – On a recent Saturday night in Jakarta, sultry songstress Julia Perez shook her cleavage before an enamored crowd of mostly middle-aged businessmen.

Armando Siahaan – Though the idea is practically dead in the House of Representatives, the Regional Representatives Council on Tuesday revived a controversial proposal to allocate Rp 1

Jakarta Globe – The news magazine that police allegedly did not want people to see hit newsstands in Jakarta on Tuesday, a day after mystery men reportedly purchased 30,000 copies of th

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – It was still 2:30 a.m. when a group of 10 men arrived at a major magazine and newspaper distribution outlet in Harmoni, Central Jakarta, on Monday.

Ulma Haryanto – A new move by hard-line Islamic groups in Bekasi to push for the creation of Islamic militant units to fight the "Christianization problem" and serve as morality police

Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) that had gathered at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Monday June 28, end

Farouk Arnaz – Lawmakers from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, filed complaints with police on Monday after a meeting intended to discuss free health care in Banyu

Jakarta Globe – Two groups with two distinct messages are currently protesting outside National Police headquarters as celebrity Luna Maya undergoes questioning in relation to the Peter

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the government institution perceived to be the most corrupt, according to a survey, the police apparently have no curriculum concerning anticorruption in

Jakarta Globe – One of the daughters of deceased dictator Suharto claims to have reclaimed ownership of Indonesian television station Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia from tycoon Harry Tan

Toto Suryaningtyas – Efforts by certain politicians to pull the military back into the political arena has tended to receive little public agreement.

Nurfika Osman – Tens of thousands of copies of the latest edition of Tempo magazine were purchased by mystery buyers early on Monday morning.

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission on Sunday pledged to investigate two suspicious bank accounts containing Rp 95 billion ($10.45 million) allegedly belonging to a two

Nivell Rayda – About half of all accepted applicants for the next leader of the powerful Corruption Eradication Commission survived the first round of cuts, including some controversial