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Jakarta – Resistance toward bestowing the country's longest-serving president, Soeharto, with the title of national hero has continued amid lingering allegations that the former ruler of the New Or

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has promised that the law reform package the government will soon introduce will accommodate th

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Despite having the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia, unlike neighboring Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, has never made Islam its official religion so as to

Lita Aruperes, Manado – Members of minority groups like Shiites and Ahmadis have suffered persecution in several regions of Indonesia.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Law enforcers have become stumbling blocks in the effort to stop forest fires as they are impeding attempts to bring allegedly responsible companies to court.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A survey by Public Opinion and Policy Research (Populi Center) revealed on Thursday that 42.5 percent of Muslim respondents vote for Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ah

Surakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) visited the mass grave of victims of the May 1998 riots at the Purwoloyo public cemetery in Surakarta, Central Java,

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government is planning to set up a special agency that will use non-judicial mechanisms to resolve past human rights abuses, a minister has said.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – While lauding the government's 13 economic policy packages, foreign investors say they want to see more changes to smooth business activities.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A discussion titled "Indonesian Political Economy after Oct.

Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Sydney – For the past two months the Indonesian Military (TNI) has promoted a number of officers who were involved in past crimes to key positions in strategic state institutions

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Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The first stage of the tax amnesty program may have ended in success, but the government's bigger purpose of widening the country's tax base still seems far from reach.

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is celebrating its 71st anniversary on Wednesday in a modest but solemn manner. TNI commander Gen.

Jakarta – Police have arrested an information technology expert who allegedly hacked the system of a jumbotron on Jl.

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Most urbanites in Jakarta are familiar with labor rallies.

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) has suggested an amendment to the 1945 Constitution and the reintroduction of the stipulation that requires both the President and Vice President of Ind

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Ian Wilson – Sri rummaged through shopping bags stuffed with kitchen utensils. "Where's that clothes line?" she sighed. The sky was overcast and beginning to darken.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – In less than a year, the country has taken a step back in plastic waste management, as retailers have stopped charging for plastic shopping bags.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – A benign consumer price index (CPI) in September indicates that consumer spending remains weak, economists say.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Darman Gerfasius Purba, a follower of indigenous faith Ugomo Bangsa Batak (UBB) in Medan, North Sumatra, once had a dream of joining the Army.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A condemned Pakistani man has spoken of his suffering as his life remains in limbo more than two months after he was mysteriously spared from an Indonesia

Yogya – An event organised by the MAP Corner-Klub MKP in the lobby of the Public Administration Master's Program at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta proceeded in

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The use of the internet is becoming ever more omnipresent and unavoidable in the country.

Jakarta – The South Jakarta municipality has closed down the Batak Karo Protestant Church (GBKP) in Tanjung Barat, Pasar Minggu, as a result of protests from neighboring residents for the church re

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government's decision to raise cigarette duties will not deter tobacco consumption in the country, public health experts and activists say, as the new price will kee

Jakarta – Sony Misdananto, a journalist at television broadcaster NET TV, was allegedly assaulted and intimidated by soldiers while reporting on Islamic new year celebrations in Madiun district, Ea

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Golkar Party may fall into another crisis if supporters of chairman Setya Novanto press ahead with their plan to unseat his rival, Ade Komarudin, as House of Re

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Residents of Sari Rejo in Medan, North Sumatra, claim that a number of Air Force personnel have started to come into their areas, calling on them to immediately leave their

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Air Force has denied claims that it sent personnel to intimidate residents of Sari Rejo in Medan, North Sumatra, so that they would leave their houses on a disputed plo

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Two policemen from Rote Ndao regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), were reported to the provincial police headquarters for allegedly beating to death a key witness in a mutilati

Jakarta – Police have questioned at least 10 people in an investigation of displayed pornographic material on a videotron, or outdoor video advertising screen, in South Jakarta on Friday (30/09).

Jakarta – Police seized copies of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at a book fair held at the Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday and questioned four people involved in t

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Since its establishment in 2005, the Judicial Commission has had most of its recommendations ignored by the Supreme Court, in what could be seen as an attempt by the latter t

Jakarta – A researcher has proposed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo establishes an independent committee tasked with finding facts about the 1965 anticommunist purge, a move he says is imperati

Hanni Sofia Soepardi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has set up a joint team to settle alleged cases of human rights connected with the G30S/PKI (the September 30 Movement by Indonesian Commun

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of former president Soekarno, urges the government to push for reconciliation between survivors of the 1965 tragedy and non-v

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led a ceremony to commemorate Pancasila Sanctity Day in Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta, on Saturday (01/10).

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Prima Wirayani and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government concluded the first phase of its roller coaster tax amnesty ride with flying colors despite gloomy repatriation realization.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The country may have more legislators in 2019 as the government plans to increase the number of seats at the House of Representatives from the current 560, which so

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Jakarta – In connection with World Contraception Day on Sept.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Muslim students of junior high schools across Indonesia learn from their Islamic text books that Jews are "sly and untrustworthy" despite the fact that several verses in the