HS Dillon, Jakarta – To the country's first president, Sukarno, freedom was political independence in its entirety.

Teguh Prasetyo – While senior officials regularly make well-meaning noises about the need for food diversification, both experts and the food processing industry say what is really requ

Kim Knight – Felled trees, burnt stumps. Once tropical rainforest, now palm plantations spread across this Indonesian island like a plague.

Jakarta – Indonesian officials have warned radical Muslim groups not to attack nightclubs and other businesses deemed sinful in Islam during the Ramadan fasting month, which started yes

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A lawmaker taking part in the discussion on the state secrecy bill urged the government on Sunday to pass the bill before the current House of Representative

Heru Andriyanto – Religious leaders are warning that the National Police's plan to monitor sermons during Ramadan to prevent the spread of extremism will offend and anger Muslims, and b

Ismira Lutfia – For hundreds of Indonesians in Saudi Arabia, being locked up and deported back home holds its own attraction.

Jakarta – The proposed involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the ongoing war on terrorism has to be closely monitored and based on a clear-cut job description with the Nationa

Salim Osman and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Indonesian police will start clamping down on Islamic clerics who are suspected of having links to militant groups, in a reversal of its past pol

Camelia Pasandaran – After weeks of confusion, the General Elections Commission has finally decided on a method of allocating legislative seats based on the results of the April 9 elect

Jakarta – Dozens of anti-corruption activists in South Sulawesi on Thursday launched a movement to defend the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which they said was in danger.

The city warned private organizations Friday not to attack nightclubs and other controversial businesses during Ramadan.

Ronna Nirmala – As food prices continued to climb on the eve of Ramadan on Friday, state-owned pawnshops across the nation began to experience the seasonal surge of customers looking to

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday hit back at critics of his decision to give the Armed Forces an increased role in fighti

Jakarta – The minimum wages set by the government in 2009 met an average of 64 percent of the basic needs of workers employed in the textiles and garments sector, a recent survey found.

Tommy Suharto, the controversial son of former dictator Suharto, is free to contest the chairmanship of Golkar, party deputy general chairman Agung Laksono said on Friday.

Hundreds of people rallied and burned down tens of houses in the Sepakat red light district in Pelalawan, Riau, on Thursday as part of an anti-vice campaign ahead of Ramadan.

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Dessy Sagita – An uneven HIV/AIDS budget that favors preventive measures over treatment programs, and an inability to involve civil society in the policy-making process have contributed

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the military had the authority to take action against terror suspects.

Jakarta – If passed into law, the state secrecy bill could lead to abuses of power by unscrupulous government officials, activists and experts warn.

Nivell Rayda – Terrorism experts on Friday urged Indonesia to increase its monitoring of convicted terrorists who had been released from jail.

Jakarta – Secretary of the state enterprises ministry, Said Didu, has expressed concern that many state enterprises are yet to provide protection for their employees as required by the

Abe Silangit & Camelia Pasandaran – The graft eradication fight in Indonesia may be weakened by the hesitancy of the House of Representatives to pass the Anti-Corruption Court Bill

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) filed a report with the Judicial Commission on Wednesday that singled out 221 judges for often freeing corruption defendants

Hera Diani, Blitar (East Java) – In late June and early July, before the new school year begins, commercials for schools begin popping up on the radio.

Febriamy Hutapea – An 11th-hour decision by Tommy Suharto to run for chairman of the Golkar Party would not change the outcome of the upcoming election, two supporters of rival candidat

The son of the late Indonesian dictator Suharto has launched an attempt to become president, says an aide, despite a "track record on legal matters" that includes a murder conviction.

Dewi Kurniawati – On a recent morning at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, about 100 women are sitting on the floor of the international departure terminal.

Ismira Lutfia – Women's rights activists have complained they are frequently subject to intimidation and harassment for counseling the victims of physical and sexual abuse.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court chief said on Wednesday that he is concerned about the absence of a supervisory board for judges at the court.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian media's over-reporting of terrorism may aid extremists in generating fear in society, observers said on Thursday.

Farouk Arnaz – Terrorism experts defended a police program to fight radicalization on Thursday, dismissing an apparent setback and blemish to its reputation.

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior member of the self-styled separatist government of the Republic of South Maluku said on Tuesday that his movement would reconside

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – The current intensive police hunt for wanted terrorist Noordin M.

[Indonesian defence minister Juwono Sudarsono talks to Clifford Coonan in Jakarta.]

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – Ties between Middle East extremists and the terrorist cell thought to be responsible for suicide attacks on two Jakarta hotels have emerged after the weeken

Singapore – Indonesia appeared to bat away offers from other Southeast Asian countries to help stop haze pollution on Wednesday, leaving the region facing worsening skies as a result of

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Dozens of villagers from North Sumatra appealed on Wednesday to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to help them reclaim land that they claim was stolen from t

Febriamy Hutapea – As shocked senior members of the Golkar Party weighed Tommy Suharto's announcement that he was running for party chairman, there was general agreement on Wednesday th

Dewi Kurniawati & Hera Diani, Kuala Lumpur – Siti Hajar forced her face, a mass of scarring from years of abuse, into a smile.

Jakarta – The 17-year social security program for workers (Jamsostek) has been criticized for being ineffective as calls increase for an immediate review of the 1992 Jamsostek Law.

Ronna Nirmala – The projected national population of about 275 million a decade from now could place serious strains on the country, leading to higher levels of poverty, an expert on d

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Police in Bekasi will approach "suspicious" people wearing Islamic veils after experts floated the possibility that terror suspect Noordin M Top could be disguisi

The new law on local government taxes drew a mixed reaction from the country's business leaders on Tuesday, with some cautiously welcoming the legislation and others saying they needed

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The country's most wanted terrorist, Noordin M.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Imparsial, said the lack of recognition and protection was endangering human rights defenders in Indonesia.

Febriamy Hutapea – Tommy Suharto made a dramatic return to the country's political stage on Tuesday, declaring his readiness to run for chairman of the Golkar Party, the political vehic

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – A British geologist has criticized the East Java Police for stopping its investigation into the mudflow disaster in the district of Sidoarjo.

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia may consider itself up-to-date with regard to global fashion trends, but when it comes to awareness of the disorder widely associated with the industry, the cou