Our condolences go out to the families of those who died on Mandala Airlines flight RI 091. We also grieve for the residents on the ground in…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Muslim hard-liners have continued intimidating the Liberal Islam Network (JIL), an organization that promotes pluralism…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung/Jakarta – The closure of churches in Bandung and surrounding areas over the past two years has caused concern among…

Awan Wibowo Laksono Poesoro, Jakarta – Since the fall of Soeharto in 1998, the military has gradually pulled out of the political arena but has…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A leading non-governmental organization is set to file a class action lawsuit against 10 companies in…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian bus drivers, vendors and factory workers staged a noisy rally in Jakarta on Sunday to protest against…

Bill Geurin, Jakarta – war on drugs has been ramped up as the tourist and clubbing season on the resort island of Bali reaches its peak.

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Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Amid lingering uncertainty over the economy, as evident from the volatile rupiah, the Central Statistic Agency (BPS)…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A government-proposed bill on official secrets is prone to abuse by officials and could undermine human rights, an…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Calls for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to quickly shake up his Cabinet received more support on Thursday as senior…

Jakarta – Indonesia could be forced to cut back on a state funded compensation scheme for the poor which was supposed to compensate for a…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – People are losing confidence in the government's economic team, who they see as responsible for the current…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – To support the government's forest protection program, the participation of local people living in the vicinity of forests…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has joined the chorus in condemning the much-criticized forced closure of dozens of…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains popular after 10 months in office despite some disappointment over the…

Jakarta – Out of so many companies, foundations and cooperative enterprises managed by the Indonesian Military (TNI), only a few meet the…

[Dita Sari, president of the Indonesian People's Democratic Party (PRD), and a leader of the militant Indonesian National Front for Workers'…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Future terror attacks in Indonesia may be less professional and even less well-executed than in the past, with Jamaah…

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday turned down a request by a key suspect in the murder of rights activist Munir for the case…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – The Malang District Court handed down a two-year prison sentence for a Muslim cleric who was charged with despoiling Islam…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed former justice minister Muladi as the National Resilience…

Jakarta – The government must work hard to provide legal certainty – particularly in the area of tax regulations – if it wants investment in the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the United States Pacific Command are holding a joint military training operation in the waters off…

Jakarta – The rupiah's recent slide was attributed in part to declining market confidence in the prospects for the economy, with persistent…

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – One of life's ironies is the incongruity between what a man works for and what he gets. Munir fought for justice…

The attacks and forced closures of churches throughout the country in the last four years have reached an alarming level for Indonesian Christians…

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – After recent calls that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reshuffle his economic ministers, these calls are now…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Another big terrorist attack is imminent in Indonesia, its President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has warned. The bombing was…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Fighting corruption remains the government's top priority, although it is now realizing that it might not be able to…

Jakarta – Contradicting earlier comments by a Cabinet minister, the Vice President promised on Monday that firm action would be taken against…

Simon Montlake, Jakarta – Nearly six years after its troops and civilian militia laid waste to tiny East Timor, triggering worldwide outrage,…

After years of slumping, foreign direct investment in Indonesia has started to gain ground amid an improved confidence in doing business in the…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Shopping malls are booming. Developers vie to build new malls on optimism that consumption, which has become the main…

Jakarta – A leading human rights group on Sunday condemned as "insane" an Islamic court's caning of two unmarried couples in Aceh…

Kalinga Seneviratne, Jakarta – Ever since Indonesia's highest Islamic authority, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), issued 11 fatwas or edicts…

Syaiful Amin, Jakarta – Former army chief General Ryamizard Ryacudu says the potential for Aceh and Papua to succeed from the Unitary State of the…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – A week after investors were promised a better deal, including lower taxes, surging world oil prices are dealing Indonesia's…

M. Aziz Tunny and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Ambon/Jakarta – Nine people were injured on Thursday when a home-made bomb exploded at a market in…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Despite laws banning people from taking the law into their own hands and recognizing freedom of religion, police in…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Independent legislative watchdog Teliti said the House of Representatives continued to disappoint despite being…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – While at first it was attributed mainly to a run-of-the-mill supply and demand imbalance, the rupiah's continued slump…

Remember early January 1998 when the rupiah crashed through the 10,000-to-the-dollar barrier two days after then president Soeharto unveiled his…

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – The outbreak of polio in Indonesia could spread to other countries in the region, but a plan to vaccinate 24 million…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A working group of military, legal and political analysts has completed the draft of a new bill on intelligence…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – With the primary aim of boosting investment in the private sector, the government has drafted a fairly sound and…

Jakarta – Indonesia has made scant progress in changing the outlook of government officials who remain indifferent to providing public service and…

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A young East Timorese once inquired, "Do you people also experience atrocities?" I said, "What? Of course not." Where did…

Ambon – More troops were withdrawn from Maluku in response to the prevailing peace in the formerly riot-torn province.

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Jakarta – The government should immediately issue a regulation requiring occupational safety and health (OSH) programs in small enterprises and…

Protests colored the closing day of the West Java Infrastructure Summit on Friday when about 500 people from Jatigede, Sumedang…