Anita Rachman – One of the lawmakers who initiated the House of Representatives inquiry into the Bank Century scandal has warned political parties could be aiming to slow further invest

Johannes Nugroh – Horrific scenes during last week's riots in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, have led to a welter of accusations of human rights breaches and oppressive conduct by public

Dimas Siregar – For years, the residents of Muara Baru, North Jakarta, have had to rely on vendors selling drinking water door to door at inflated prices.

Taufik Darusman – Sometime in mid-1998, in the aftermath of the fall of the Suharto regime, a number of kidnapped antigovernment activists suddenly found themselves freed as they were d

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo (East Java) – Another bubble has emerged on the Porong highway near Sidoarjo in East Java after the appearance of gas bubbles and mud in the middle of the highway la

Heru Andriyanto – The full extent of an ingrained culture of graft in the judicial system has come to light after police officers, prosecutors and a defense lawyer have been arrested fo

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo suspended the city's Public Order Agency head Harianto Badjoeri on Friday, while the probe into the riot in Koja, North Jakarta, w

Jakarta – An upcoming amendment of the 2008 Political Party Law must require political parties to fill a 30 percent female quota for their top legislator positions so that women can eff

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Ahead of the much-awaited ruling on the controversial Blasphemy Law, plaintiffs are holding their breath in anticipation of what they expect to be a hi

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Newly re-elected Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri is said to be tireless in keeping the party from aligning

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said Friday the government plans to exclude individuals with no experience in governance from running for regional elections in a mov

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – The outdated and inefficient national archives system must be renovated quickly to streamline bureaucracy and transparency at government institutions, a

Camelia Pasandaran – In what is sure to be a highly controversial move, the Ministry of Home Affairs is moving to increase eligibility criteria for political candidates in a move clearl

Jakarta – The ongoing Judicial Commission examination team review of the Munir assassination case trial of former National Intelligence Body deputy Muchdi Purwopranjono indicates the ju

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nurfika Osman – Amid human rights activists' demands for it to face justice, the Army's elite force marked its 58th anniversary on Friday by calling for t

Indah Setiawati and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The national rights body is demanding the government review the function of the Jakarta Public Order Agency following allegations of misco

Wednesday's rioting and bloodshed at Tanjung Priok, sparked by an apparent misunderstanding over the fate of the historic tomb of an 18th-century religious leader, highlights the volati

Jakarta – The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) launched its website, iknowpolitics.org, in Indonesia on Thursday to provide a forum for women to lea

Jakarta – For decades, the song Genjer-genjer sent shivers down the spines of those who heard it, especially listeners born in the 1980s.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A new book is challenging the long-held claim that Soeharto was the initiator of the historic March 1, 1949, offensive to retake Yogyakarta from the Dutch

Cameron Bates – Celebrity Julia Perez has lashed out what she considers a government attempt to prevent her from contesting the elections for the head of Pacitan, President Susilo Bamba

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Jakarta – During a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, Constitutional Court judges questioned the AGO on its criteria for public order disruption under the 2004 AGO law on the monitor

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Ulma Haryanto – The area where the violence took place on Wednesday was also the site of massive human rights violations on Sept.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen in Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta, are facing doubtful job prospects.

Nivell Rayda, Arientha Primanita Dimas Siregar – What began as a misunderstanding evolved into a conflict that turned Tanjung Priok port into a war zone on Wednesday.

Arientha Primanita & Nivell Rayda – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered a thorough investigation into the bloody clashes between residents and public order offic

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita – Wednesday's violent clash between the North Jakarta municipal forces and Muslim residents in Tanjung Priok centered around the former tomb of an

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) pledged to finish the transfer processes of its businesses worth Rp 3.2 trillion (US$320 million) by the end of August, Deputy

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Armando Siahaan – Clear signs of an unhealthy democracy continue to crop up in regional elections, an analyst said on Thursday.

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives should let law enforcement agencies do their job first before using its so-called right to express an opini

As the Corruption Eradication Commission prepares to summon Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati over the bailout of Bank Century, a group of lawmakers on

Nurfika Osman – Poorly trained and poorly paid, public order officers, better known as Satpol PP, at times commit acts of brutality, experts admit, but their services are still in deman

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Forgetfulness, rebuttals and claimed ignorance of events seem to plague the hearing of the multimillion dollar bribery case that has implicated many fo

Semarang – Students affiliated with the Indonesian Muslim Students for Unitary Movement (KAMMI) demanded the police rid the system of case brokers, locally abbreviated as markus.

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – Around 150 traders grouped under the association of traditional kiosks and markets (Pesat) staged a rally on Monday in Bandung, demanding the government

Jakarta – To achieve improved maternal health, in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) involves overcoming several hurdles, with the maternal mortality rate still at 2.28

John Braithwaite – US President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Indonesia is an opportunity to congratulate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the considerable success he has had

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Jakarta – Press and law experts worry that the vagueness of the 2008 Freedom of Information Law, which will take effect in late April, will have a negative impact on press freedom.

Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – Residents of Benteng, Tangerang used various ways to show their rejection of the eviction that will be carried out by the local police today.

Clashes have broken out outside the headquarters of the Tangerang Public Order Agency in Banten during a demonstration by members of the Benteng Chinese community who are protesting aga

The rupiah hit its highest level since July 2007 on Monday as foreign investors continued to snap up Indonesia's financial assets, leading some exporters to express concerns about its s

Armando Siahaan – The Indonesian military might have concealed the truth regarding its role in a number of armed civil conflicts, but it did help the country's transition from a conflic

Indonesian police have arrested a key militant strategist involved in a 2004 bomb attack on the Australian Embassy.

Indonesia says Australia's decision to stop processing asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will be "positive" for the region's fight against trafficking.

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – There is no way the City Council will be able to legislate 38 bylaws this year, given the councilors' notorious work ethic and lack of experience, says the In