Jakarta – As many as 18 people from the People's Struggle Front (FPR) were arrested by the Metro Jaya police at a protest action in front of the US Embassy in Gambir, Central Jakarta.

Jakarta – Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, has requested the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology block a website that has been selling marijuana brownies.

Jakarta – A health advocacy group has poured scorn on Rahmat Gobel after the hapless trade minister said he had decided to ban the import of used clothes because the garments could transmit the HIV

Linda Yulisman and Indra Harsaputra, Jakarta, Surabaya – Dyan Asthira, 32, has never missed serving beer when she gathers with her friends.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Questioning the government's outlook and policies during the first 100 days of the administration, activists in Bandung, West Java, have initiated the Jan.

Fiki Ariyanti, Jakarta – Forbes magazine has again released a list of the richest people in the world, including from Indonesia.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo plans to attend a Christmas celebration in Papua on Dec. 27.

Amy McQuire – Planned celebrations to mark the brief independence of West Papua will go ahead in Melbourne today, despite pressure from Indonesia. Amy McQuire reports.

Suherdjoko and Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Jepara, Central Java/Gorontalo – Young people across the archipelago commemorated Youth Pledge Day, which falls every Oct.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta/Bogor – Under the scorching sun, thousands of people were waiting for former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono outside Puri Cikeas Indah housing complex in Bogor,

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Counting down the days until the end of his decade in office next week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono picked 20 lucky winners among Indonesians on Twitter

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – With less than a week to go before he leaves office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated on Wednesday 22 new ambassadors, including several for countri

Jakarta – Man of the Year? Not exactly. But President-elect Joko Widodo made Time's cover in the Oct. 27 issue, which was posted on the magazine's website on Thursday.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – For the second time this year, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded the Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to

Muhammad Muhyiddin, Jakarta – University of Indonesia political communications expert Ade Armando says that Prabowo Subianto's Islamic supporters are furious over Facebook founder Mark

Jakarta – President elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Indonesian people not to forget the G30S/PKI (30 September Movement/Indonesian Communist Party) affair that ending in th

Jakarta (Australian Associated Press/Pacific Media Watch/WikiLeaks) – Award-winning US journalist Allan Nairn has temporarily escaped a five-year jail sentence in an Indonesian prison a

Yoseph Kelen, Kupang – Indonesian police have not charged a district chief for ordering the closure of an airport in East Nusa Tenggara province after he failed to obtain a flight ticke

Jakarta – Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivered the final state of the nation address of his 10-year tenure on Friday, thanking the electorate for its "support" and pain

Jakarta – Golkar Party politician M.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Among those to whom President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded the Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medal on Wednesday, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, w

Jakarta – North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho has come under fire over an allegation of polygamy, with pictures circulating of the politician from a conservative Islamic party in

Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Eladio Faculto has expressed concern over the government's failure to stop the falsification of veterans' documents.

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle presidential candidate Joko Widodo, the apparent winner of Wednesday election according to most quick counts, on Thursday called on the

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – With only four months left in office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a presidential regulation that will allow him unlimited access to state funds to p

Benjamin Soloway, Jakarta – Indonesia's film and tech communities gasped collectively on Monday when Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring tweeted from his personal account that vid

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of activists from four animal rights organizations staged a rally in Yogyakarta on Thursday, calling on people to stop consuming dog meat as it was

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The West Jakarta District Court on Thursday convicted notorious gang boss Hercules Rozario Marshal for a second time in less than a year, handing him a three

Bandung – The commander of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad, Green Berets) Lieutenant General Gatot Nurmantyo has called on all Indonesians to be on guard against a proxy wa

Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief collects counterfeit watches, with no qualms about it, and he'll go to extreme lengths to prove it.

Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said that when collating the country's first ever Happiness Index it had applied different parameters from other similar indexes.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Attempts to legislate alcoholic beverages to reduce fatalities from alcohol-related poisoning in Malang, East Java, have been in vain as nine more people di

Jakarta – For the first time in history, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) issued late on Wednesday a survey that measured the level of happiness among Indonesians.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Indonesia's first presidential aircraft finally arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta on Thursday after years of controversy and delays since i

Yogyakarta – A book entitled Benturan NU-PKI 1948-1965 (The NU-PKI clash 1948-1965) has been released by the country's biggest Muslim organization the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) in its bid to

Jakarta – The National Police named PT Coca Cola Bottling Indonesia (CCB) a suspect on Friday, in an alleged illegal groundwater extraction case in Sumedang, West Java.

Headlines – After offering free haj pilgrimage packages, motorcycles and Kijang vans to civil servants regularly attending afternoon mass prayers at the municipal mosque, Bengkulu Mayor

Ezra Sihite, Novy Lumanauw & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The move to put together a new presidential security detail, or Paspampres, to guard the family of a former presiden

Michael Bachelard – Schapelle Corby locked herself in the toilet for an entire day and was still on "heavy medication" her brother-in-law has revealed on Wednesday as he begged the medi

Margareth S. Aritonang and Sita W.

Muhammad Al Azhari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a presidential regulation providing legal cover for the distribution and control of alcoholic beverages in Indonesia, repl

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Ezra Sihite – First lady Kristiani Herawati, known as Ani Yudhoyono, on Thursday denied allegations that she has frequently meddled in cabinet affairs.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum is set to release his new book, "Janji Kebangsaan Kita" ("The Promise of Our Nationalism"), on Friday, the s

Jakarta – The deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Party, Ramadhan Pohan, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deserved the honorary five-star general status.

Ni Komang Erviani and Tassia Sipahutar, Denpasar, Bali – Large contingents of uniformed and plainclothes police officers were sent to guard foreign consulates and strategic facilities i

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar, Bali – Dozens of university students and members of non-governmental organizations rallied in front of the American consulate in Denpasar, Bali, on Monday,

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Muhammad Al Azhari – A large mixed use property project, managed by an Indonesian building contractor, held a ground-breaking ceremony in Dili, East Timor, last week, signaling a strong

Headlines – One truck driver appeared to believe that he still lived in the era of former president Soeharto, when the military ruled Indonesia.