Jakarta – Constitutional Court chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie said Thursday people should not expect too much regarding the UN and World Bank's scheme to uproot former president Soeharto's

Jakarta – Strong commodity exports and an influx of foreign funds into the local capital markets pushed Indonesia's balance of payments during the second quarter to a surplus of US$3.63

We accept the reality that our economic development lags behind Asian peers such as Malaysia, Thailand and China.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Another survey – this time from the World Bank – has confirmed that starting a business in Indonesia has become more difficult due to additional red tape, despit

Ninin Damayanti/Sutarto, Jakarta – As many as 13 trade unions have sent letters rejecting the Government Draft Bill on Severance Pay being passed, to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,

Jakarta – Indonesia's local television stations have been accused of airing "indecent elements" in programs during Ramadhan and the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has asked them to sto

It will be a miracle if, in the next five to 10 years, Indonesian school children can learn about another Timor Leste story.

Ninin Damayanti, Jakarta – The Committee to Eliminate Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) urged Indonesia to regulate that the female circumcision ban be included in a state decree.

Jakarta – Laws that permit polygamy for a man experiencing an infertile marriage or insist on the arrest of a woman seen outside after 7 p.m.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's richest man last week lost a drawn-out legal tussle over his 40% ownership claim to the country's second-largest coal-mining company, PT Adaro Indones

New York – A joint mission of the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will visit Indonesia in December to set up specific programs under the new Stolen A

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Indonesia scored worse on the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), but the figure is still better than five years ago, an annual global survey by Transpar

Jakarta – Transsexuals are opposing the Jakarta regional government bylaw on public order that will soon be coming into effect.

Jakarta – Non-governmental organization International Animal Rescue held a demonstration in front of the Japanese Embassy on Tuesday, urging its government to protect the dolphin.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The effort to speed up the registration of businesses by delegating powers to the local level appear to have backfired, as the process of starting a business in

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – During the fasting month of Ramadhan in Indonesia, it seems everything is focused on the country's Muslim population.

Jakarta – An organization of scholarship recipients filed Monday a lawsuit intervening in a current civil suit against former president Soeharto over the alleged misappropriation of Sup

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The deliberation of the bill on legislative elections at the House of Representatives turned into a tense situation when the special committee assigned to

Jakarta – The Home Affairs Ministry says it will study the newly endorsed contentious public order bylaw which, among others, bans beggars and buskers from working the city's streets.

Jakarta – Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri tops the list of Indonesia's 99 Most Powerful Women, according to the October edition of GlobeAsia business magazine.

The manner in which the Supreme Court and the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) resolved their dispute through President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's mediation on Saturday does not bode well for

Jakarta – The Indonesian government sought Monday for ex-dictator Suharto and a charity he chaired while in power to hand over 1.4 billion dollars in stolen assets and damages in a civi

Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – Few, it seems, share the concern of New Order critic George Junus Aditjondro, who has been warning of the momentum former president Soeharto has gained to strike

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – Opposition to Draft Bylaw No. 8/2007 on Public Order established by the Jakarta provincial government is continuing.

RR Ariyani, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will file a lawsuit against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), following a similar measure by China last week.

United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma Ali and several party elites visited the residence of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri in Central Jakarta on Monday.

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang – The majority of poor people in the South Sumatra city of Palembang are not fasting.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – An attempt to turn the city's main thoroughfares of Jl Jend.

Jakarta – An ongoing dispute between the Supreme Court (MA) and the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) took a new turn Saturday, with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono summoning both parties t

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The campaign season for the Jakarta governor elections may be long over, but political parties are still making efforts to communicate with their constit

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An attempt by factions in the House of Representatives to pass a bill forcing all political parties to adopt Pancasila and adherence to the 1945 Constituti

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Police provided tight security Friday for several mosques belonging to a hard-line Islamic group in Jember, East Java, after one of its mosque was attacked by loc

Jakarta – The debate over the provision of luxury sedans for councilors moved to another level Friday, with the city budget watchdog accusing them of breaking the law.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A corruption watchdog and House of Representatives legislators have questioned Indonesia's commitment to fighting rampant corruption, which they say has af

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch has urged the government to respond positively to the UN's Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative in an attempt to recover looted state

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will recruit youths living along the Indonesia and Malaysia borders as non-commissioned officers to safeguard national interests, a military offi

Jakarta – Sutiyoso's Jakarta administration should be held responsible for the massive floods that crippled the city in February this year, environmental researcher Erwin Iskandar said

Alice Coster, Jakarta – France's junior minister for foreign affairs and human rights has expressed hope the Indonesian government can make progress in the investigation into the murder

Jakarta – Around 50 members of the Poor People's Alliance (ARM) demonstrated in front of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building on Friday September 21 against the

Jakarta – The nation's public must pressure legislators to ensure the public information bill works for them, said an information-focused NGO alliance Thursday.

Rofiuddin, Sohirin, Semarang – Victims of the September 30 Movement/Indonesian Communist Party (G30S/PKI) affair will issue a summons against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono because

Nadhifa Putri, Jakarta – A transvestite made up in garish dress joined with buskers demonstrating at the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) against the draft bylaw on pubi

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – The World Bank-United Nations joint initiative to help developing countries recover assets stolen by corrupt leaders could be a tremendous boost to the Indones

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Major factions at the House of Representatives agreed Thursday to set a 30 percent quota for women as party executives in the bill on political parties.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The public and the media must work together to maintain the republic's press freedom and the current anti-corruption movement, a University of Indonesia co

Jakarta – A perception that local governments in Indonesia have been introducing sharia or Islamic laws at an escalating rate is misplaced, an expert on political Islam said here Thursd

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Media workers and lawyers have criticized the Supreme Court's decision to award former president Soeharto US$106 million in a lawsuit he brought agai

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Tony Hotland, New York – Indonesia may become part of an initiative launched Monday by the United Nations to help recover stolen funds embezzled to other countries, the Foreign Ministry

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid will fight for his old job in the 2009 elections if asked by Muslim clerics, he told the country's largest Islamic movement Wedne