Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Demands can be put forward though a demonstration, they can also be sent by letter. That was what was done by…

Medan-Solo-Surabaya-Malang – There have been more demonstrations by students over the Supreme Court's verdict in the appeal by [Golkar Party chief…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – People are certainly losing confidence in the judiciary system and in the ongoing battle against corruption in the…

Michael Casey, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court overturned a graft conviction against the parliamentary speaker on Thursday, a ruling that…

Jakarta – The announcement of the Supreme Court verdict on Thursday in the graft case involving House of Representatives speaker Akbar Tandjung…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – In the end, it was not to be.

Rivals of Golkar leader Akbar Tandjung had long hoped that a guilty verdict against…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – A group of 35 Indonesian economists launched a campaign against privatization of state-owned companies on Tuesday in…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – In the two weeks of full operation, the busway has seen an increase in passengers each day, but their total number is only…

Sari P. Setiogi and Multa Fidrus, Jakarta/Tangerang – After millions of chickens have been killed due to bird flu and other diseases over the past…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Employers and workers joined forces on Thursday to oppose the bill on national social security (SJSN) which they…

Jakarta – Former Republican Senate majority leader Bob Dole wants to help Indonesia in Washington but has not been hired as a lobbyist, the…

The Supreme Court's ruling yesterday to acquit Akbar Tandjung of all charges of corruption, thereby overturning two earlier lower court verdicts…

Tomi Soetjipto and Olivia Rondonuwo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court quashed parliament speaker Akbar Tandjung's graft conviction on Thursday…

Moch. N. Kurniawan and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) assured the public on Wednesday that despite…

Surabaya – Around 100 students held a demonstration in front of the Grahadi State building in Surabaya, East Java, on Thursday February 12. They…

Jakarta – According to the action coordinator from the University of Indonesia Student Executive Council, Ahmad Nur Hidayat, 15 of his…

Jakarta – Chaos erupted at a demonstration by the Greater Jakarta and Greater Bandung Student Executive Councils while they were waiting for the…

Fedhly Averouss Bey, Jakarta – A clash with police has resulted in 10 students being wounded. The victims were seen to be bleeding. Meanwhile…

Jakarta – The police recorded 15 cases of election violations in Jakarta, Tangerang, Bekasi and Depok, most of which were early…

Haidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru – Thousands of teachers and students in Kampar regency, some 60 kilometers west of the Riau capital of Pekanbaru,…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Lawmakers' hopes of endorsing the presidency bill during their term dimmed after the government rejected on…

Kurniawan Hari and A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Criticism greeted the official support from the country's second largest Muslim organization Muhammadiyah…

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian ports are turning a blind eye to the passage of illegally logged timber, fuelling a trade that is wrecking Indonesian…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto held talks with visiting United States Pacific Commander Adm.…

Jakarta – Although the struggle was not fully completed, the reform movement which was put into motion by student activists in 1998 was not in…

Jakarta – The Indonesian military (TNI) is keen to improve ties with the US military without being disturbed by political issues, the…

Richard Norton-Taylor – Human rights campaigners have accused the government of relaxing demands on Indonesia over the use of British military…

Just possibly, a former general in Indonesia's military could become the next president of the country. But if former armed-forces chief Wiranto…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Confronted with increasing population growth figures, President Megawati Soekarnoputri appealed to religious…

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Seventeen students of the Jendral Soedirman University (Unsoed) continued with their hunger strike on…

Depok – Some 500 students from the University of Indonesia staged a rally on Monday to protest the university's plan to increase…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Cabinet ministers will have to leave office if they decide to contest the presidential…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Work on the much-disputed Muria nuclear power plant (PLTN) in Jepara regency, Central Java, will start soon, a senior…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – As if the contrast between high-rise buildings and riverbank slums were not enough to indicate the social gap among…

Tiarma Siboro and A. Junaidi – Rampant corruption, including price markups, at the Ministry of Religious Affairs involved many officials,…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has gathered a new medical team to examine former president Soeharto's health…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The press will undergo a crucial test of its independence in the face of the upcoming general election since the…

Jakarta – All 24 political parties eligible to join the general election have signed a nine-point agreement to maintain peace before,…

Astrid Felicia Lim, Jakarta – Non-government organisation (NGO) activists from the Committee for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras…

An Indonesian court jailed an Islamic militant for life for preparing explosives for the Bali nightclub bombings which killed 202 people.

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Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-terror laws are tough enough and the country does not need to adopt US and Australian legal tools in the war on terror…

Endy M. Bayuni – The media in Indonesia has come under fire once again. Unlike the Soeharto years, when the attacks came directly from the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of judges at the Medan district and North Sumatra high courts were guilty of extortion and other malpractice,…

Frans Surdiasis, Jakarta – Adi Sasono is way past his days of being a young activist and minister; and in the 1999 elections, when he still…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Despite the Child Protection Law, the problems of displaced children and child abuse have not been resolved by the…

Bontang – As he flew over the coal mines and shrimp farms that dot Indonesia's part of Borneo island, a smiling Gen. Wiranto couldn't contain…

Bob Burton, Canberra – One month after an unarmed protester against the construction of a Australian-owned mine in Indonesia was shot and killed,…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Observers warned the nation on Thursday that press freedom was back under threat, despite the downfall of authoritarian…

Damar Harsanto and Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Taxpayers should fight the three-in-one traffic policy if they believed it was disadvantaging them,…

Jakarta – Three non-governmental organizations concerned about labor and poverty announced on Thursday political parties and…