Indra Shalihin, Jakarta – Scores of students from the University of Indonesia (UI) Student Action Front (Front Aksi Mahasiswa,…

A. Junaidi and Rusman, Jakarta/Samarinda – Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say, and Regional Representatives Council (DPD)…

Moch. N. Kurniawan and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Amid the growing trend among most of the 24 political parties to distribute money…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Another list naming "rotten" politicians would be released to the public soon, the group…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The youngest of Sukarno's children from his third wife Fatmawati, Guruh Soekarnoputra, expressed his pain…

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – If there is money, the parties are popular. If they only have T-shirts they are ignored.

At least that…

Jakarta, Kompas – Accusations of human rights violations have not affected retired Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto's plan to advance…

P.C. Naommy and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) revealed on Monday that it planned…

Jakarta – Five alleged members of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah group have been jailed on terror charges by an Indonesian court…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government Tuesday issued Rp 2 trillion ($1=IDR8,457) of bonds with a weighted average yield of 11.57…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Monopolistic practices and a lack of concern toward public complaints were continuing to perpetuate a culture of…

Jakarta – Idealists and officials have spoken for years of the benefits of "dialog campaigns" rather than rowdy rallies and convoys, but on…

Geneva – A leading environmental group on Tuesday warned that the exotic Sumatran tiger was bound for extinction if the…

With no warning, Akbar Tandjung suddenly jumped out of his car and headed towards a becak pedicab parked 1 kilometer from the Sriwedari…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Islamic-leaning political parties contesting this year's general elections have selected more non-Muslim…

Jakarta – Two family members of former dictator Suharto have launched separate campaigns for the coming Indonesian elections.

His…

Jakarta – Almost all of the 24 political parties contesting this year's elections had committed 100 violations as of Monday, according to…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – It began with a bang. Just six days ago, party faithful thronged the streets of Indonesia in carnival mood to…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – The Indonesian general election campaign started with a bang last week, but it will end with a whimper. Never have…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of environmental activists and economists called on the government on Monday to revoke the regulation in…

Dian Intannia, Jakarta – On Monday March 15, ten people from the Manggarai regency in the East Nusa Tenggara province were formally…

Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian groups has released a list of names of 61 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Entering day four of the election campaign, [Former President Suharto's eldest daughter] Siti…

Former Indonesian security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who quit after a row with Presidenti Megawati Surkanoputri, has confirmed that he…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Fabiola Desy Unandjaja, Gianyar/Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri and her presidential challengers strived to make the…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The situation in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, remained tense on Friday following a bloody attack on a predominantly…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of environmental non-governmental organizations (NGO) lashed out on Friday at the government for permitting 13…

Robert Go, Jakarta – With just 23 days to go, Indonesia faces critical hurdles that could impede a smooth parliamentary election next month,…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – In a land where the school system is rotting and health care is worse, where millions drink from dying rivers while the…

Jakarta – Although the 22-day election campaign period just commenced on Thursday, minor political parties scheduled for Friday's first round of…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The man behind the first efforts to privatize Indonesia's state-owned enterprises, and a staunch critic of the slow pace of…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – An alliance of 23 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) joined force on Friday to call on the National Commission of…

As long-term readers of this column will have realised, Pierpont is unfashionable. He is white, Anglo-Saxon, Anglican, heterosexual, married and…

Derwin Pereiradevi Asmarani – Indonesian security czar Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono quit his Cabinet post yesterday after falling out with the…

Jakarta – Following mass rioting at the Manggarai district police station in Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara, which resulted in the death of four…

Robert Go, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri will not sack her top Security Minister despite an increasingly public rift between the two,…

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday he has resigned following a…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Medan Police chief Sr. Comr. Bagus Kurniawan said on Wednesday that the police were focusing their investigations into…

Jakarta – As the General Elections Commission (KPU) disclosed on Wednesday that only 20 percent of the 660 million ballot papers needed for the…

Jakarta – Public support for incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri has dropped significantly during the past few months while those who…

Shinta Shinaga, Jakarta – Although indistinct and only in the background, [former President] Suharto is appearing in a television…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Tarnishing their much-vaunted label as educational institutions, schools are widely prone to corruption practices through…

Fedhly Averouss Bey, Jakarta – The names of six popular presidential candidates have been included in a list of rotten politicians by the…

Jakarta – Indonesia on Thursday blasted the double standards applied by the United States and Australia in criticizing a supreme court decision…

Haidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru – Some 1,000 civil servants, teachers and community leaders staged a protest on Wednesday in front of the teacher'…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – "From the beginning I didn't want my husband to become a gurandil, because I know how risky it is digging for gold in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's dengue fever outbreak has killed more than 400 people this year and the number of cases could keep rising, health officials…

Indonesia will only go ahead with plans to build a nuclear power plant on Java island if the public accepts the project, Research and…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Security Minister said yesterday that he wanted President Megawati Sukarnoputri to clarify his duties, following media…

Jakarta – Indonesian policemen shot at a mob and killed three people on one of the country's far eastern islands on Wednesday after…