Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas – The National Commission on Human Rights will conduct a special investigation into the recent spate of vandalism targeting places of religious activities

Ismira Lutfia – As the government pushes for protection of domestic workers overseas, activists on Sunday said it must start by passing a law guaranteeing their right to fair treatment

Farouk Arnaz – The nation's former chief detective, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, was arrested at Police National Headquarters on Monday for alleged corruption and taken into custody.

The recent spate of attacks against Christian places of worship could be blamed on a culture of intolerance fostered over the past decade, according to observers.

Indonesia said Monday that gross domestic product grew 5.7 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2010 due to strong domestic demand and low inflation.

Activists demanded Saturday that Marsinah, a labor activist found dead in 1993 in East Java, be honored as a national heroine.

Nivell Rayda – Rampant corruption is the root cause of most poverty, hunger and suffering in East Nusa Tenggara, say activists.

Jakarta – Neonatal maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is considered high despite a significant decline since 2007, with two women dead every hour during delivery.

Arientha Primanita – Bathing in the morning has always been a daily challenge for Holida, 35, a mother of three.

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has received 7,450 reports of illegalities or ethical violations allegedly committed by judges across the country since it was established in 2005

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – The House of Representatives did not enact any laws in the first five months of 2010 and may not meet its goal of enacting 58 laws by the end of the yea

Armando Siahaan – If you thought the uproar over reports that lawmakers plan to build a new tower costing Rp 1.8 trillion ($195 million) was enough to discourage them, think again.

Amir Tejo – What happens when two wives of an incumbent district head vie to replace their outgoing husband? Hostility comes out into the open.

Tom Allard – As news spread of the shock departure of Indonesia's reform icon and finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, this week, one senior markets trader in Jakarta gave an almost

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party has wasted no time in cozying up to the president in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's exit from the nation's political st

Candra Malik, Solo – Extremist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir founded the Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid in 2008, an organization he claims is based on "true" Islamic teachings.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party's sudden U-turn on the Bank Century case in the wake of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's resignation to take a position at the World

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is demanding the government provide better legal protection for female workers both at home and overseas.

Mega Putra Ratya, Jakarta – Around 200 people from the Indonesian People's Opposition Front (FOR Indonesia) held an action in which 100 candles were lit at the Hotel Indonesia traffic c

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As red-faced lawmakers demanded to know why the antigraft commission had not received copies of detailed findings from the House of Represe

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As Susno's fear over the possibility to be named suspect reportedly led him to evade questioning, the police have prepared a new crime investigation on the f

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said Thursday it had identified 48 "weaknesses" in the Religious Affairs Ministry's management of the Muslim haj, which could lead

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnaz – Tightening the net on wanted members of an armed group in Aceh, the National Police have revealed that they arrested 12 suspects late on Thursday – and

Farouk Arnaz & Zaky Pawas – The premises raided by antiterror police in South Jakarta on Thursday night was the Jakarta headquarters of Jamaah Anshoru Tauhid, a conservative organiz

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Jakarta – The chiefs of the six highest state institutions disagree with Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi's proposal to reinstate a clause in the Regional Autonomy Law that would demand cand

East Timor's two official languages are Tetum and Portuguese, but at least sixteen languages are spoken there.

Olivia Rondonuwu & Telly Nathalia – Indonesian opposition politicians welcomed on Thursday Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's decision to quit, a sign the country faces a prol

It is both "devastating" and a "pleasant surprise" for Indonesia.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie had held a number of meetings recently, House Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso of Golkar said on Thursday,

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors who handled the case of tax official Gayus Tambunan at the Tangerang District Court still have not been implicated in wrongdoing, even as a judge was decla

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Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's fight against corruption has been thrown into doubt after its finance minister and reform stalwart resigned and accepted a senior job at the World Bank

Heru Andriyanto – It appears that no one knows for sure when a criminal trial should end.

Arientha Primanita – The city administration should crack down on the illegal distribution of faulty gas cylinders feared to be the cause of recent explosions in the capital, consumer a

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Tuesday for the first time in years the military plans to spend more on revamping its weaponry than improving the w

Ulma Haryanto – It had all the elements of a remarkable story – a Japanese porn star, the film industry, an allegedly outraged nation and Islamic extremists promising revenge – but in t

Ismira Lutfia – The threat of going to jail or under-going a lengthy prosecution under the country's criminal-defamation laws may be pushing journalists to censor themselves.

Kuala Lumpur – Palm oil producers from Malaysia said on Wednesday they had formed a coalition with their counterparts in Indonesia to counter intensified campaigns that blame the indust

Aditya Suharmoko and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati for six hours on Tuesday, her second

Nurfika Osman & Arientha Primanita – Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri has provoked the ire of commuters and officials alike after barreling down a restricted busway lane

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says that it has not yet received complete documents on the Bank Century bailout from the House of Represent

Titania Veda – Seen from Jakarta's glass-walled towers, the government's reform drive is bearing fruit, with rising economic growth and foreign investment promising an even brighter fut

Jakarta – Prita Mulyasari, Khoe Seng Seng and Tukijo are ordinary people who have been branded criminals under the defamation law simply because they complained, a human rights report s

Sara Webb – In what could be a setback to a crackdown on graft and tax evasion, it was announced on Wednesday that key reformer Sri Mulyani Indrawati was quitting her job as finance min

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday called on politicians to stop interfering in law enforcement matters as the resulting conflict of interest could f

Camelia Pasandaran – Politicians should quit interfering with police and prosecutors, and regional governments must stop charging businesses and investors "illegal fees," President Susi

Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman – The chief of the Jakarta branch of the Islamic Defenders Front said on Wednesday that he would urge members of the hard line group to watch "Menculik

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's credentials as a democratic success story are under threat from a worrying trend toward litigation in response to free speech