Jakarta – Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama of Jakarta has played down a threat by the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to protest and reject his appointment as leader of th

Hasyim Widhiarto and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan, North Sumatra – Speaking in her native Batak language, Opung Putra Lumbangaol quickly stole the attention of hundreds of people atte

Jakarta – Hundreds of villages across Indonesia are facing a clean water crisis as dry season sets in in earnest following a drawn-out rainy season.

Yeremia Sukoyo & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Four soldiers were rushed to hospital at the weekend after they were allegedly shot by police officers following a raid on a fuel storage fa

Jakarta – Indonesia's amended law on juvenile offenders has finally begun to take effect after its passage two years ago, and is expected to ensure that young offenders are dealt with f

Many have paid too much attention to the heated debate over the controversial bill on regional elections, but have overlooked the equally crucial bill on regional governments, which, if

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Two factions of the United Development Party (PPP), locked in a bitter leadership dispute, have both announced their intention to hold a congress in

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)'s national meeting ended one day ahead of schedule on Saturday evening in Semarang with a number of recommenda

Suherdjoko and Ainur Rohmah, Semarang/Jakarta – Top-ranking officials of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP) were greeted as heroes upon their arriva

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Jakarta – Gerindra Party patron Prabowo Subianto has been appointed as the party's chairman, replacing the late chairman Suhardi.

Jeff Kingston – In July, Joko Widodo, universally known as Jokowi, won a decisive victory in Indonesia's presidential elections.

Jakarta – The Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) has received numerous reports of illegal banners put up by the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), opposing the appointment of Basuki "A

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Although the Democratic Party has officially announced its support for direct elections, the election for regional head (Pilkada) bill is s

Rizal Harahap and Jon Afrizal, Pekanbaru/Jambi – The dense haze that has plagued parts of Sumatra for the past few days is raising health concerns and disrupting flights.

Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's recently appointed religious affairs minister said on Friday that he would start a dialogue with the hard-line group that rejects GKI Yasmi

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry, which controls prisons across the country, has been slammed again for its perceived leniency toward graft convicts, after the

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Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) will not accept the "arrogant non-Muslim" Basuki Tjahaja Purnama as the new governor of Jakarta and its members

Jakarta – Jakarta has been named the worst city in Indonesia by the Center for Urban Design Studies (PSUD), citing poor urban development and the lack of visual beauty.

The growing inequality is the most visible negative product of economic growth during SBY's tenure.

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Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday slammed a sentence reduction of more than two years for graft convict Anggodo Widjojo, calling it a "frig

Deti Mega Purnamasari & Erwin Sihombing, Jakarta – Former Jakarta Transportation Office chief Udar Pristono was arrested on Thursday for his role in the allegedly crooked procuremen

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Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The Gerindra Party has officially named Aryo Winoto, the nephew of the late president Soeharto, to run for the Bantul regent's office.

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Jakarta – Aides to President-elect Joko Widodo continued on Tuesday to elaborate on the make-up of the incoming cabinet, amid a general sense of disappointment that it fails to improve

Rieka Rahadiana & Neil Chatterjee – Indonesia's incoming president began his political ascent as a mayor in a system of local elections.

Raja H. Panggabean, Jakarta – Piyan is an illegal parking attendant outside the ITC Roxy Mas shopping center in West Jakarta.

Rusman, Bekasi – The body of a battered 40-year-old man remained at Bekasi General Hospital in West Java on Monday evening.

Jakarta – Joshua Oppenheimer, who made documentary films about the massacres during the communist purge of 1965-66 in Indonesia, has been named a MacArthur Fellow.

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Jakarta – A plenary session at the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Copyright Law, which replaces a previous 2002 law.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A radical group has threatened to use force to close down a seminar on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues organized by Sanata Dharma Uni

Tito Summa Siahaan, Jakarta – Legislators are making life difficult for the next administration by rewriting the draft state budget and inserting assumptions that many will dismiss as s

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Despite improvements in the provision of permits, the Indonesian Ombudsman has found that the charging of illegal levies is still rampant in a number of district

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) praised on Tuesday a recent Supreme Court decision revoking the politic

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is going after people inside President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) inner circle.

Jakarta – Greenpeace mourners on Monday placed funeral wreaths on burned peatland in Riau province, highlighting an ongoing crisis and urging President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to secur

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Yuliasri Perdani and Ruslan Sangaji, Jakarta/Palu – In the wake of the arrest of alleged Chinese Turkestan jihadists in Central Sulawesi, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifudd

Kriti Sharma – "My parents thought I was possessed – they used to put garlic and salt on my body to rid me of evil spirits," Erifah, 49, who lives in Jakarta, told me.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Support from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the direct-election of local heads is expected to help the campaign to maintain the 2004 law on regional

Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) is still the country's best institution of higher education, according to results of a world university survey released on Tuesday, but overal

An official from Merauke in Indonesia's Papua province says the regency's alarmingly high greenhouse gas emissions rate results from deforestation.

Jakarta (Australian Associated Press/Pacific Media Watch/WikiLeaks) – Award-winning US journalist Allan Nairn has temporarily escaped a five-year jail sentence in an Indonesian prison a