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Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from Indonesia's most notorious hard-line Islamic group assaulted police with rocks and weapons including a sword on Friday and demanded that Basuki Tja

Jakarta – Despite having issued two government regulations in lieu of law (Perppu) to bring back direct elections for regional heads, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono does not deserve

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Jakarta – Opponents of President-elect Joko Widodo have successfully gained control of the House of Representatives' leadership and have begun forming plans to install their own members

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Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy chairman Edhy Prabowo has expressed disappointment over criticism by Abraham Samad, the chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), of Setya

Hasyim Widhiarto and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Overnight, Golkar Party lawmaker and newly inaugurated House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto may have found himself becoming the mo

Jakarta – As investors sell Indonesian stocks and dump the rupiah in response to concerns that the extraordinary power grab in the legislature by losing presidential candidate Prabowo S

Ina Parlina, Hasyim Widhiarto and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The configuration of party coalitions in the House of Representatives will decide the fate of the government regulation i

Anang Zakaria, Yogyakarta – Ten non-government organisations (NGOs) and student groups in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta are demanding the annulment of the recently enacted law on

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians demanding higher minimum wages for workers in the formal sector staged rallies across Jakarta on Thursday.

Fadli, Batam – The Indonesia Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) in Batam, Riau Islands, will hold a rally on Thursday to demand an almost 50 percent rise in the 2015 city minimum wage (UM

Palembang – Hundreds of Transmusi bus employees assembled at the Palembang Mayor's Office to demand the municipality give them four months worth of unpaid salaries.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali is facing rough days ahead as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) probes more corruption allegations ag

Raja Humuntar, Jakarta – People simply call him Tatang.

Jakarta – Human rights activists have called on president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla to crack down on rising intolerance in the country as soon as t

The National Commission on Violence against Women is pushing for the annulment of the new Criminal Code bylaw passed last week in Aceh, as the commission says it does not provide protec

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Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo faces a hostile parliament and an uphill battle to govern after parties loyal to his opponent, Prabowo Subianto, vote

Anne Maria, Batam – The momentum of a friendly gathering with Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) general chairperson Sofyan Wanandi at the inauguration of Apindo's Riau Islands p

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said on Wednesday that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to issue an emergency presidential decree to cancel a newly passed law abolishing dir

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Jakarta – President elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Indonesian people not to forget the G30S/PKI (30 September Movement/Indonesian Communist Party) affair that ending in th

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Ary Hermawan, Tucson, Arizona – It is ironic that at a time when it has been hailed as politically mature, reformasi is facing its own death at the hands of the man who was midwife at i

Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih and Andi Rahman Alamsyah – Young people appear to be heavily reliant on social media to engage in Indonesia's democratic life.

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Experts warn that the newly passed regional elections (Pilkada) bill, which mandates indirect local elections, contradicts the Indonesian presidential syste

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – With two recent laws passed that might work against the effectiveness of his incoming administration, President-elect Jok

Neil Chatterjee, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces army commander, lost the battle for Indonesia's presidency, both at ballot booths and in court.

Bandarlampung – Dozens of senior high school and university students as well as members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities voiced the need for stronger sexual

Jakarta – The incoming government is optimistic that the country's growing inequality can be narrowed despite its target to achieve economic growth of at least 7 percent a year, said vi

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives ended their tenure Tuesday leaving a string of appalling legacies, with the recent and most devastating being their

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for failing to prevent the inauguration of three politicians implic

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) attempt to secure the House speaker post has collapsed with the Constitutional Court's (MK) rejection of its judicial rev

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Rendra Saputra, R. Jihad Akbar – Army chief of staff (Kasad) General Gatot Nurmantyo says that communist ideas are continuing to grow in the fatherland.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Fears are growing in Indonesia that the coalition of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto intends to mess further with the country's democracy.

In the space of five days, the Red-and-White Coalition has savored two consolation wins that clearly serve as a warning: that despite its failure to secure the presidency, its political

Just as most Indonesians believe they had entered a new, better era after electing Joko Widodo as their president, they will wake up one of these days realizing they are living under an

Jess Melvin, Melbourne – Joshua Oppenheimer's latest film is truly shocking.

Adelia Anjani Putri, Erwida Maulia & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – If Indonesians thought the abolishment last week of their right to elect regional heads was the end of the country's da

Jakarta – Dozens of individuals from the volunteer group Bara JP held a rally outside the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, protesting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's failure to dema

Kennial Caroline Laia, Yogyakarta – The group of women greeted each other warmly at the house in Yogyakarta that Sunday afternoon.

Solo – A document detailing the division of parliamentary leadership positions allegedly agreed to by members of Prabowo Subianto's Red and White coalition and the Democrat Party has be

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Anger turned into activism as hundreds of concerned citizens took to the streets on Sunday to stage peaceful protests throughout the country to mobilize support

Jakarta – In their anger at the decision of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to allow his Democratic Party lawmakers to walk out of a crucial vote to scrap the direct election of loca