Slamet Susanto and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Yogyakarta/Surakarta – At least two regions, one in Yogyakarta and the other in Central Java, have rejected the government's plan to distribut

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – With just a week to go until April 1, the chance of the government's proposed fuel price hike being approved by the legislature is slimmer t

Ismira Lutfia, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Agus Triyono & Ezra Sihite – The government has denied using military force to contain recent protests against a fuel price hike, saying tro

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have not yet been deployed to help reinforce police numbers in handling potential mass rallies protesting the planned f

Thousands of Indonesians protested across the country Wednesday against a proposed fuel hike, with violence which broke out in one city injuring a policeman, police said.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Antara – Indonesian Labor unions on Wednesday threatened to paralyze the economy if the government carried out its plan to cut fuel subsidies, as protests against

Jakarta – The Makassar Police say they will track down the people who looted and set fire to a truck during a protest against the government's impending fuel price hike on Wednesday.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and university students from all over Greater Jakarta staged a huge rally in the city on Wednesday to protest the g

Jakarta Police have dispatched 14,000 personnel to secure protests by labor unions rejecting fuel price hikes in Central Jakarta, including in front of the Presidential Palace, on Wedne

Arientha Primanita – The Yudhoyono administration has denied rumors it bribed university rectors to curb student protests against the government's plan to raise the price of subsidized

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – Civil society groups on Monday castigated the government over its plan to raise the fuel price next month, accusing officials of usin

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Imparsial, a Human Rights watchdog, has objected to the planned involvement of Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel in anticipating nationwide rallies opposi

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The country's largest opposition party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is set to mobilize movements and conduct any form of possible me

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Tomi Sujatmiko, Yogya – Scores of housewives from the Political Union of the Poor (Persatuan Politik Rakyat Miskin, PPRM) demonstrated against the government's proposed fuel (BBM) price

Zaky Pawas, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Vento Saudale & Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Police Mobile Brigade officers broke into an office of a student organization early on Thursday, beat

Tri Listiyarini & Tito Summa Siahaan – Commuters will abandon their private cars and public transportation in favor of motorcylces once the government increases the price of subsidi

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The nation's poverty rate may spike above the government's 2012 target due to the government's planned subsidized fuel-price increase, which may result

Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – In the run-up to the government's planned fuel price hike, the police are intensifying raids against hoarders, and three key labor organizations are w

Bayu Marhaenjati & Hangga Brata – Police are bracing themselves for next month's planned fuel subsidy cut as demonstrations become a daily occurrence and speculators began piling up

Ridwan M. Sijabat, Jakarta – The central government's half-hearted and convoluted plan to raise fuel prices may soon come to a dramatic head.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned on Wednesday that security authorities would crack down hard on street protests against the planned fuel price hike

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is questioning the government's plan to deploy Indonesian Army (TNI) personnel to public

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – The government's plan to raise fuel prices continues to draw protests with the most recent coming from students in Palembang on Tuesday.

Bagus BT Saragih and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The government has stepped up security and intelligence surveillance following rumors that massive rallies staged to protest fuel price

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam suggested that the Prosperous Justice Party leave the ruling coalition after the party rejected the government's plan to raise the

Anita Rachman & Dion Bisara – Amid criticism that reducing the fuel subsidy would hurt the poor, Indonesia said on Thursday that a Rp 150,000 ($16.50) monthly cash stipend would be

James Balowski, Jakarta – Human rights groups have reacted angrily to an announcement by Washington that it will restore military ties with Indonesia's abusive special forces Kopassus,

Jakarta – Police have released 27 students who were arrested Thursday at Jatinegara train station in East Jakarta.

Jakarta – Factions at the House of Representatives have promised to use a newly established inquiry committee to uncover wrongdoings in the country's energy industry, including mafia-li

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Police named five suspects Thursday over this week's violent protests and are still questioning another 27 people at the city police station.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Violent student protests outside the House of Representatives on Tuesday were masterminded by someone identified only as "FY", the head of the National Intelli

Jakarta – Facing pressure from students on the street, the House of Representatives decided Tuesday, by an open vote, to conduct a review of the government's unpopular fuel price policy

Jakarta – Student protests in Jakarta on Tuesday turned violent, leaving at least 18 people injured and causing massive traffic jams that brought areas of the city to a virtual standsti

About 1,000 Indonesian protesters angered by a student demonstrator's death after his arrest burned cars and hurled stones at police guarding the Parliament yesterday, witnesses said.

Jakarta – About 1,000 protesters angered by a student demonstrator's death after his arrest burned tires and threw stones Tuesday at a police post in the Indonesian capital, witnesses s

Data Brainanta – Fuel price hikes have always sparked widespread mass protests in Indonesia since the overthrow of the dictator Suharto in a popular uprising in 1998.

Jakarta – Warusan sprawls at the head of his boat, idle after spending hours scrounging for fuel. Normally his daily catch would keep him busy.

Joniansyah, Tangerang – The increase in the price of fuel in late May has resulted in the collapse of thousands of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SME) in Tangerang regency.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's inflation accelerated in May at its fastest pace in 20 months, after a hike in fuel prices drove the prices of other goods up, leaving the centra

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto, Jakarta – Nine days after fuel prices were increased by 28.7 percent, the public is again protesting the government's decision.

Sugihono, Jakarta – At least 500 people from the National Liberation Front, an alliance that includes among others the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM), the State Electricity Company Tr

Jakarta – Around 200 workers demonstrated in front of the Jakarta World Bank offices on Sunday May 1.

Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians in several major cities held peaceful street protests on Sunday against the government's decision to hike the price of fuel by around 30 percent.

Harry Suhartono and Fitri Wuladari, Nusa Dua – Indonesia cannot rule out further hikes in fuel prices ahead of the 2009 presidential elections, Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said

Sofian, Jakarta – Protest actions opposing the recent fuel price hike look set to continue.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police's internal affairs division released 72 police officers under investigation for the violent clashes at the National University (Unas) last week, but continu

Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng and former armed forces chief Gen.

Jakarta – Around 500 workers, children and housewives protested at the offices of the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare in Jakarta on Thursday May 29 against the recent fuel pr

Didi Syafirdi, Jakarta – Beep...! Beep....! The sound of vehicles beeping at each other reverberated along Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat in Central Jakarta.