Erwin Cristianson, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Yustinus Paat & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The Red-White Coalition could be reduced to only two parties soon, political analysts say, as the biggest

The aggressive implementation of neoliberal policies in Indonesia cannot be halted by a small handful of groups.

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Tensions between two opposing factions in the Golkar Party have escalated as Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Jakarta – Environmental group Greenpeace has demanded that President Joko Widodo extends a moratorium on new forest concessions, which is due to end in less than three months, after the government

Haeril Halim – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Sunday that it was ready to face lawsuits lodged by four graft suspects who had sought to challenge their suspect statuses.

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Jakarta – Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama says he likes the idea of banning any political activities on the weekly car-free day in parts of Jakarta.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo received the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) on Friday, discussing several women's rights issues, including rising discrimi

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Since its birth almost 70 years ago, this nation has tirelessly promoted equality before the law; but the latest two cases of poor elderly persons being forced to stand trial for minor criminal cha

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – A proposal to reactivate the deputy commander post in the Indonesian Military (TNI) is being criticized as an unnecessary reform that could promote inefficiency.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Experts and activists have urged all stakeholders to pay serious attention to sexual violence against children as the number of reported cases has increased over the years.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – High-ranking government officials said on Wednesday that no executions of drug convicts would take place in the next few months, as the country's judiciary was still processi

Jakarta – Operators of an elite reconnaissance unit of the Indonesian Marine Corps kicked off a joint training with their American counterparts in Situbondo, East Java, on Thursday.

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Activists have lambasted President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for his lenient approach to tobacco use.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) rangers have arrested a Navy sailor on suspicion of illegal logging in the Leuser Park protected forest in Langkat regency, North Sumatra.

Loren Bell, Mongabay-Indonesia correspondent – Indonesia's indigenous population has suffered a long history of human rights violations says a report to be released by the country's National Commis

SP/Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The General Election Commission, or KPU, has announced it will form an ethics committee to oversee pollsters, a move it hopes will squeeze out unreliable survey instituti

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Busyro Muqoddas on Tuesday called on the Supreme Court to issue a circular ordering all courts in the country to reject pret

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Rather than honoring his campaign pledge to strengthen graft prosecutions, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo told the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Monday at the Stat

Jakarta – Antigraft officials have greeted with dismay a plan by the justice minister to make it easier for corruption convicts to qualify for sentence reductions, in what is shaping up to be the l

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Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Moeldoko submitted on Tuesday a series of reorganization steps to a limited Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Indonesian Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of a Filipina drug courier scheduled to be shot at the same time as the Bali nine duo, potentially delaying the

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The precedent set by a recent and controversial pretrial verdict is breathing new life into the legal strategies of graft suspects in the country, with Hadi Poernomo the lat

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Concerns over a widening current account deficit have temporarily eased as Indonesia posted a larger than-expected trade surplus in February despite signs of slowing manuf

It's hard to look at the government's recent capitulations in the fight against corruption and write them off as minor setbacks, misguided policies, or sheer ineptitude on the part of the officials

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Hans Nicholas Jong and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – While the crisis between the National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recedes, the government has drawn further ire with a plan

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Sunday that its investigators had found that the dossiers of Comr. Gen.

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – A 63-year-old woman, who was arrested three months ago on suspicion that she had taken wood from a teak plantation managed by state-owned forestry firm Perhutani, was releas

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesian parliamentarians are publicly questioning the fact that 10 prisoners on death row, including Bali nine organisers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, have not yet been ki

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – "It's not easy to be a lesbian in Indonesia," says 27-year-old Maria, not her real name.

Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta/Solo – The national commission for women's protection has called on the government to acknowledge as a national tragedy the mass rape of ethnic Chinese women during the May

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – With no apparent resolution in sight, the prolonged rifts plaguing two major political parties could cause them to miss this year's regional elections, activists warned on

Tom Allard – Prominent figures in the Indonesian government, including senior cabinet members, have been urging President Joko Widodo to reconsider the executions of the Bali nine duo, Fairfax Medi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major change is expected to transpire at the House of Representatives as the Golkar Party, the second-largest faction in the legislative body, is expected to replace

A former senior Fiji military figure, Jone Baledrokadroka, says there is much that the Royal Fiji Military Forces can learn from Indonesia's army.

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus, Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy's military police, or Pomal, arrested a naval officer last week after he was found with crystal methamphetamine and pages of counterfeit bill

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a bid to curb extravagant political campaigns, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is set to put a cap on campaign spending for candidates and political parties

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry and state-owned housing developer PT Perumnas will team up to start working on a program to build 1 million homes over the next five years.

I do not know what the prospects are that President Widodo will stop the current implementation of the death sentence for people convicted of drug related crimes.

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Sleman Police are hunting a student in Yogyakarta alleged to be behind the Wednesday's screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's Senyap (The Look of Silence) documentary

Bastiaan Scherpen, Jakarta – The Dutch state has to compensate not only widows, but also the children of men murdered during a bloody crackdown on Indonesians resisting colonial rule in South Sulaw