Jakarta – Almost none of the administrative regions that will hold elections this year have approved budgets proposed by local polling commissions, putting the scheduled political agend

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – The pace of deforestation in Java from 2007 to 2010 has reached 10,000 hectares and has become a serious threat to people and protected wildlife on the is

Anita Rachman – Angry that controversial national exams have been given the green light, a group of students and parents want to force compliance with a 2009 court ruling mandating impr

A family friend came to the rescue to mediate, helping end the 30-hour military police's siege of a general's residence smoothly without a single bullet being fired.

Camelia Pasandaran & Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Bogor – In a surprise move seen as an attempt to shore up his authority, Indonesia's president on Thursday warned his detractors agains

Heru Andriyanto – The death sentence being sought for former antigraft czar and murder suspect Antasari Azhar has reignited debate over capital punishment in a country with more than 10

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should reshuffle his cabinet as 10 ministers of his Cabinet were graded with poor performance in the first 100-days of his

Dessy Sagita – The head of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization admitted on Friday that a report stating that Christians were the most frequent victims of religious freedom violation

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Pluralism and freedom in Indonesia has faced challenges since the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued an edict against secularism, pluralism and liberalism

Nurfika Osman – After years of being accustomed to public attention for his penchant for flamboyance, Brig. Gen.

Jakarta – Thousands of workers took to the streets in Surabaya, East Java, and Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday to protest the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement

Medan – Around 100 people staged a rally Wednesday outside the North Sumatra legislative council in Medan in support of the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) investigation of a

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas – The Jakarta city administration has been forced to drop a controversial plan to stage raids to catch street children and subject them to physical e

The Jakarta city administration said on Wednesday that it would join a police initiative to round up street children and physically examine their anuses for evidence of sexual abuse, a

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office on Thursday said it has begun to examine a book released in response to an earlier text linking President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Questions to the former police chief of detectives revealed Bank Century bailout funds went to potentially bogus accounts, proving some depositors violated b

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Political analysts on Thursday said the ruling Democratic Party should not hesitate to trim its coalition after it had openly accused th

Norimitsu Onishi, Bandung – Known during colonial times as the "Paris of Java," this city is famous for its universities, cuisine, fashion and night life.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported 106 "troubled" judges to the Judicial Commission on Tuesday citing their tendency to acquit or hand down lenient sen

For the devout, religion is a way of life. They look to what is condoned in their religion for what to eat, what to wear, whether to use contraceptives, etc.

Iwan Suci Jatmiko, Contributor, Jakarta – It was with good reason that the Indonesian Ulema Council and the government established PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia on Nov. 1, 1991.

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Almost 100 days into his tenure as environment minister and Gusti Muhammad Hatta found himself confronted by visibly irritated lawmakers who wanted to know why

Nivell Rayda – Detained businessman Anggodo Widjojo has demanded the Corruption Eradication Commission also name a middleman as a suspect in an attempt to undermine the antigraft body,

Purwokerto, Central Java – Several students threw rotten eggs at a picture of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a rally protesting the Bank Century bailout, in Purwokerto, Centr

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The Home Ministry says it has revoked 706 "problematic" economic bylaws during the first 100 days of the new government, citing they breach higher regulations.

Heru Andriyanto – A thirst for blood and double standards in the graft-tainted prosecutor's office were behind the push to sentence to death former anticorruption czar Antasari Azhar an

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – Controversial National Police Comr. Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As the House of Representatives' investigation into the PT Bank Century bailout ends, the public may soon learn who is to blame and whether any of the funds d

Oyos Saroso H.N, Bandarlampung – Activists from NGOs in Lampung have voiced their protest over the ongoing visit by 10 Lampung officials and 15 council members to Hong Kong, Macau and S

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Ousting Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati Cabinet after the Bank Century bailout, as some speculation suggests may happen, could hit the economy, as int

Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – Sri Mulyani Indrawati's job seemed more secure on Tuesday after an angry President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lashed out against a newspaper ar

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Critics say that despite campaigning on a populist platform, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono continues to act the opposite by renovating the fence encircli

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) warned the war against corruption in 2010 would likely be "toothless", citing various attacks on the Corruption Eradication C

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Muslim women in Surabaya, East Java, have flatly rejected a fatwa recently issued by local clerics, who said women changing the color and form of their hair

Medan – After humbling losses at the polls in 2009, the Golkar Party is aiming to attract at least 40 million votes and win the general legislative elections in 2014, party chairman Abu

Nivell Rayda & Markus Juanto Sihaloho – A coalition of minor political parties on Sunday threatened a class-action lawsuit against three of the country's oldest parties over their u

Surabaya – The East Java provincial government has decided to provide free healthcare to clerics who run Islamic boarding schools across the province, Deputy Governor Saifullah Yusuf sa

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Masayuki Naoshima, Japan's Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, never imagined he would have to wait over 30 minutes to see a minister after meetin

The moment millions of Indonesians were waiting for finally happened on Thursday when one of the most feared – but most beloved by several police generals and senior prosecutors – corru

The government is expected to handle more cases involving poaching, trading and smuggling of endangered and protected animal species in Indonesia this year, but on the other hand the fa

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Founding president Sukarno's son Guruh Soekarnoputra announced Saturday his bid for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) top job, which may lead him to a possible showd

After almost two months of investigation, the House of Representatives' Bank Century bailout inquiry committee has uncovered the messy side of the government and the central bank's deci

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono can no longer suppress his resentment over the behavior of members of the House of Representatives' committee investigating a decision by the governme

Nurfika Osman – Hundreds of students, parents and activists rallied on Sunday, calling for the abolition of the national examination and threatening a boycott if the government insists

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has not endorsed the fatwas issued at a recent gathering of Muslim clerics in East Java, a council leader has said.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Members of a church congregation in Tambun Utara, Bekasi, said they would hold their upcoming Sunday service on a street should the Bekasi regency administra

Jakarta – Indonesia's reformist finance minister may be replaced by the end of February over her role in the bailout in late 2008 of a small bank, an official at a political party in th

Despite prevailing laws on women rights, law experts see discrimination against women as rampant.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – In a controversial move, clerics in East Java have issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims from dying and straightening their hair, and from holding pre-wedding p