Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Most victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, have expressed disappointment that none of the candidates in the presidential e

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Rupiah lending has continued to grow up to the end of April, following a rising trend in the previous two months after slumping in January when the impact of

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Vice presidential candidate Boediono's perceived lack of religious credentials remains a continuing source of attention, even by his coalition allies.

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – There was little real discussion or argument on Thursday night as candidates for the presidential election spent most of the time agreeing with e

Armando Siahaan, Singapore – Scholars attending a conference discussing the 1965 mass killings agreed on Friday that the Indonesian government had done very little to address the devast

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – We now have more and more hospitals to choose from.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers in South Korea, previously laid off due to the global economic downturn, have managed to find new jobs and thus postpone an early retu

Jakarta – The government must take concrete measures to improve the skills of migrant workers in Indonesia and abroad, and put an end to the increasing number of labor abuses, say civil

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – A traditional forest in the western part of Lampung province is threatened by extinction due to the rampant illegal logging of forests in the area, war

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – A legal aid institution advocating the protection of women and children called Thursday for public institutions to pay closer attention to domestic abuse vio

Pontianak – Supporters of presidential aspirant Jusuf Kalla have talked up his talents as a peace broker, saying it makes him fit for the office of president.

Armando Siahaan, Singapore – Muslim organizations Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah played a significant role in the Indonesian Armed Forces' execution of alleged communists in the 1965-

Anita Rachman& Farouk Arnaz – Victims of domestic violence do not just come from less educated families, a prominent legal aid agency said on Thursday, pointing out that wives of go

James Van Zorge – When I think about how to describe the current crop of Indonesian presidential hopefuls, I have a vision of the past.

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Once dominant under an authoritarian regime, Indonesia's Golkar party is losing its popular appeal in a more democratic era.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – More National Mandate Party members on Thursday denounced their party's backing of Democratic Party candidate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and pledged t

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A relative of Indonesia's President will spend up to four-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a scandal involving two of the country's pre-eminent instituti

Jakarta – A legal aid foundation has accused the government of ignoring migrant workers by not ratifying the United Nations (UN) Convention on the protection of migrant workers, a conve

Febriamy Hutapea & April Aswadi – The government has accused lawmakers of dragging their feet and not taking deliberations seriously for the long-awaited anti-graft court bill, desp

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Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The State Ministry of Environment and the Supreme Court signed an agreement on Thursday to enforce law on environmental cases in the country.

Armando Siahaan, Singapore – Western governments supported the mass murder of more than half a million alleged communist supporters in the wake of the 1965 coup, a noted historian said

Jakarta – The House of Representatives will likely increase Indonesia's defense budget to Rp 36.5 trillion (US$3.6 billion) in 2010 from Rp 33.7 trillion allocated for this year.

The death toll from a massive explosion in an Indonesian coal mine has risen to 27, with around a dozen men still trapped and feared dead deep underground, officials say.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Amid mounting opposition from the public and NGOs, the state electricity firm PLN has temporarily shelved plans to set up a nuclear power plant.

Jakarta – Legislators have expressed concern the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) could be misused during the election as the state body is under the command of the President who is camp

Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of new residences in the country are left without electricity as the state power firm, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), defaulted on its commitment to

The State Intelligence Agency says it is monitoring friction between supporters of the three rival presidential campaign camps but adds that the situation is under control.

Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) secretary-general Zulkifli Hasan says his party will punish members who do not support their coalition with the Democratic Party (PD) and the reel

April Aswadi – Under pressure from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to halt a wave of crashes involving military aircraft in the past two months, the Defense Ministry has been ordered

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla has failed to satisfactorily uphold human rights as it has only implemented

Fidelis Satriastanti – The National Commission on Human Rights criticized on Monday the Riau Police for failing to properly investigate the deaths of three villagers who were found afte

Jakarta – On July 3 the House of Representatives will take its final recess, putting the fate of a number of long awaited bills in uncertainty.

Erwida Maulia and Irawaty Wardany, Denpasar/Jakarta – State Secretary Hatta Radjasa acknowledges the country's debt has increased over the past five years, but says the public should no

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Overseas debts have continued to increase in recent years, but the government guarantees prudent debt management, using the loans mostly to help spur growth,

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may grow by as much as 7 percent in 2011 as it recovers from the impacts of the global financial crisis, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Ind

Jakarta – Despite recent opposition from a number of the party's elites, the Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) says it would stick to its decision to support the re-election of incumbent Pre

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's choice of former Bank Indonesia governor Boediono as running mate in the upcoming presidential elections has led him to declining

Camelia Pasandaran & Ferry Irwanto – The recent release of survey results from polling institutions linked to political campaign teams has brought into sharp focus the purpose behin

Heru Andriyanto – An unusually high number of complaints and scandals involving public prosecutors reflected the poor leadership of the Attorney General's Office, the head of the Commis

Jakarta – The government has failed to strictly enforce the Child Protection Law in regards to the increasing number of underage workers, despite the law having been passed nine years a

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta - Jakarta's sophisticated set has a joke about why Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will win the presidential election next month – and it has nothing to do with hi

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Jakarta – Hundreds of street children marched through the crowded streets of East Jakarta to protest child exploitation.

Eras Poke, Kupang – The leader of a remote subdistrict bordering East Timor says his people are ready to take up arms if the ownership of a disputed piece of land isn't settled.

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – Remember voting for your class leader in school? Did you vote for him because of what he promised to do or more because of what he had done for you?

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's party appeared to court former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid on Thursday for a political alliance as she ramped up her challen

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Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Wiranto still defended his past performance in the military and the government, despite being bombarded by questions and condemnations from human r

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Dozens of local journalists, bloggers and human rights activists staged a peaceful rally Thursday at Denpasar District Court to express their support of Pr