Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Raids on gambling dens have started in the capital, but the public at large complained Wednesday that police were only…

Damien Kingsbury, Melbourne – Representatives of the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) are again meeting in Helsinki…

Rendi A. Witular and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The country's cooperatives and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) remain underdeveloped and…

Mohamad Mova Al 'Afghani, Jakarta – The recent caning of people convicted for gambling offences in Aceh has sparked controversy about the extent…

Vaudine England, Hong Kong – The recent acquittal of 12 soldiers in a politically sensitive court case in Indonesia is seen to indicate the…

Jakarta – A recent investigation conducted by the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) revealed that parents are still being burdened by various…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – As lawmakers gear up to deliberate the long-awaited law on the protection of witnesses and victims of violence, experts…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Denpasar – A senior legislator revealed on Monday that 80 percent of the penitentiaries in the country, including those in…

Contributor to The Jakarta Post Riedo Panaligan is a recipient of the 2005 Journalism Fellowship Program of the Bangkok-based Southeast Asian…

Leaders should lead by example. And the thriftiness of a government plays an exemplary role in setting the pace of a nation's consumptive habits…

The recent appeals court acquittal of twelve soldiers convicted last year of the 1984 massacre of demonstrators in Jakarta shows the almost…

Jakarta – Police arrested three people on Sunday for allegedly provoking violence during a rally at the State Palace against a decree on land…

With its Gucci-filled shopping malls, Indonesia's capital shares the emerging superficial affluence of many other Asian cities, but while many in…

New York – A US-based human rights group on Monday blasted an Indonesian appeal court's decision to overturn the convictions of 12 soldiers in the…

Jakarta – Hundreds of teachers who have been working for the government on a contract basis demanded permanent status as the government plans to…

Ridarson Galingging, Jakarta – The government is expected to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The…

Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – The rupiah's plunge over the past few weeks may not have spoiled last weekend's wedding party for President Susilo…

Hera Diani, Bogor – The Bojong waste treatment plant case, the 20 year-old unresolved Kedung Ombo land eviction case, land confiscation by…

The Constitutional Court's unanimous ruling last Thursday that Law No. 19/2004 on forestry is constitutional certainly disappointed and angered…

Jim Lobe, Washington – A recent appeals court decision to acquit 12 soldiers convicted last year of a notorious 1984 massacre in Jakarta could…

Tomi Soetjipto – Sun-bathing topless on Bali's famed Kuta beach, Joanna Lee seems unfazed by the sight of giggling Indonesian tourist policemen…

Jakarta – Environmental organizations have slammed the recent Constitutional Court verdict allowing mining companies to continue operations in…

Muhammad Nafik and ID Nugroho, Malang – In a foregone conclusion, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) secretary-general Din Syamsuddin was…

Jakarta – The government is moving toward closure in the case against US giant Newmont Mining Corp. subsidiary over the alleged pollution of Buyat…

Muhammad Nafik, Malang, East Java – In villages across Java, you will rarely find Muhammadiyah Muslims and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Muslims praying…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has cleared the way for 13 mining companies to resume mining in protected forests,…

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – Although the government claims otherwise, Indonesia remains the least attractive among East Asian countries for foreign…

An Indonesian appeal court has overturned the convictions of 12 soldiers for massacring Muslim protestors in 1984, a lawyer for the…

Jakarta – Following a political move by lawmakers to push for the reopening of the investigations into shooting incidents in 1998 and 1999, the…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is the first faction in the House of Representatives to openly oppose the controversial proposal for…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Four presidents and seven years since the fall of Suharto's authoritarian regime in Indonesia, his New Order acolytes are…

Jakarta – The government has decided to continue the construction of a controversial highway project in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, but…

Kupang/Yogya/Batam/Samarinda/Jambi/Manado – The price of premium gasoline soared by up to 500 percent in some provinces on Wednesday as the…

In recent weeks, there has been much talk about efforts to eradicate poverty. The Jakarta Post's Hera Diani talked to H.S. Dillon, executive…

Eva C. Komandjaja and Blontank Poer, Jakarta, Surakarta – The National Police announced on Tuesday that 11 out of 17 alleged terrorists arrested…

Masduki Attamami, Antara, Yogyakarta – Direct regional elections have taken place around the country, and despite some protests they have in…

James Balowski, Jakarta – "Based on everything we have obtained, the [National Intelligence] Agency [BIN] is believed to have played a major role…

James Balowski, Jakarta – After criticisms that intelligence agencies had failed to prevent a May 28 deadly bomb blast at a crowded market in…

The House of Representatives' Commission III on law and human rights agreed recently to reopen the investigation into the shootings of students…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – At least 50 members of religious hard-line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) sought an explanation from Governor…

ID Nugroho, Malang – The gender issue could become a serious problem for Muhammadiyah, which claims to be a modern Islamic organization, with all…

Muhammad Nafik, Malang – Despite its pledge to stay away from politics, Muhammadiyah says its decision to give its support to last year's failed…

Dan Eaton – An Indonesian murder mystery set in the skies and involving spies, arsenic poisoning and the national airline is becoming a dramatic…

Jakarta – Indonesia's production of dry un-hulled rice is forecast to slide 2 per cent to 53.10 million tons this year from last year…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – They come, stay a while, murmur a few words, laugh, leave and get paid.

A few of the House of Representatives…

Harry Bhaskara, Surabaya – The loudspeaker in the office, half the size of a village classroom, was blaring; while graphics, projected on the wall…

Victor Tjahjadi, Jakarta – A delicate balancing act of resisting international concern over past atrocities while appealing for foreign military…

[Indonesia in the Soeharto Years. John H. McGlynn, Jeffrey Hadler, Bambang Bujono, Margaret Glade Agusta, Gedsiri Suhartono, et al. The Lontar…

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Hamish Robertson: When Tommy Suharto, the mega rich son of Indonesia's former dictator, was sent to jail for organising…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Defending its stance over the privatization program, the government has asked for public understanding for its plans…