Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The financial assets of Indonesian households jumped almost three times between 2007 and 2012, but this upward trend was not enough to keep the country from

SP/Hendro Situmorang – The Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport in Pekanbaru has emerged victorious in the Sapta Pesona cleanest airport toilet of the year award.

Jakarta – Former Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo's future as Indonesian Ambassador to Germany has been secured despite student protests as the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Comm

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday that he was often disturbed by mass rallies that took place in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta.

Jakarta – The police arrested 19 men on Sunday for allegedly abducting and torturing a coffee seller in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, after she refused to pay them Rp 100,000 (US$8.78) in

Marcel Thee – The term "a military general's son," up until a few months ago, had little meaning beyond a literal, perfunctory status.

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Carlos Paath – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has come under fire for reportedly getting riled by the call to prayer, or adzan, that interrupted a speech he was giving at a

Jakarta – A senior United Development Party (PPP) politician defended the decision from party chairman Suryadharma Ali to walk off stage after his speech was cut short by a call for pra

Jakarta – Intelligence, military and high-ranking police figures, both retired and active, have gathered at Hotel Borobudur in Lapangan Banteng, Central Jakarta.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A plan to name a main thoroughfare in the heart of Jakarta after former President Suharto has drawn both support and muted criticism, with Jakarta Governor Jo

Indonesia's top Islamic authority lashed out Friday at the country's decision to host the Miss World beauty pageant next month, saying that women exposing their bodies went against Musl

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – An official with a municipal religious affairs agency has been arrested for possession of methamphetamine, police in East Kalimantan revealed on Wednesday.

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Several elementary school students in Denpasar were left suffering the pain and trauma of a tear gas attack on Monday after getting caught up in an evictio

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) highlighted four key issues that require the nation's attention in his state speech to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Indones

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Rieke Diah Pitaloka has criticised President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) state of the nation speech as being no

The investigation into the gruesome murder of Franceisca Yofi took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as allegations of a failed love affair with a married West Java Police officer surfaced.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government awarded Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medals on Tuesday, the highest civilian honor after the Bintang Republik Indonesia medal, to 11 figures, incl

Ezra Sihite – The lawyer of gang leader Hercules Rozario Marshal said on Wednesday that he would file a pretrial motion against the chief of the West Jakarta police for arresting his cl

Jakarta – Indonesian legislator Muhammad Najib has called upon the Indonesian people to pray for Egypt so that the Arab country could find its way, without further bloodshed, toward bui

Jakarta – Hercules Rozario Marhsal, 55, has been the epitome of Jakarta's seedy underbelly since the 1980s, ushered to the top by a meticulous arrangement of military elites.

Police on Tuesday expressed surprise that prosecutors only demanded a six-month prison sentence for gang leader Hercules Rozario Marshall despite him being charged with three crimes wit

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court decided on Tuesday to proceed with the class-action lawsuit over the privatization of the city water supply by PAM Jaya and its two

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Monday demanded a six-month prison term for former gang lord Hercules Rozario Marshal despite the nine-year jail sentence he faced initial

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Party (PDI-P) patron and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Taufiq Kiemas died at a hospital in Singapore on Saturday eve

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – While it cannot technically prohibit Miss World contestants from donning bikinis during the event's final in Bali, the Indonesian government has suggested

Jakarta – A new report jointly released by Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) says that the period of high and volatile food prices has caused life-changing shifts in

Ezra Sihite, Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have reacted strongly to the emergency landing by a US military aircraft at Banda Aceh's Sultan Iskandar Muda Airp

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has warned Muslims against the resurgence of the Indonesian Communist Party, disbanded by the New Order government in 1966.

Jakarta – The chairperson of the country's top religious body the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), KH Ma'ruf Amin is calling on all parties to be on guard against the reemergence of the

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A Papuan, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, was killed after a soldier in Wamena, Papua, opened fire to defend himself after being chased by a gro

Dozens of members of the Tangjungduren Islamic People's Association raided two minimarts in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, on Friday for selling alcoholic beverages.

Michael Bachelard – Newborn babies are being traded on a lucrative black market in Indonesia that could involve hundreds of children a year, some going illegally to parents offshore.

Another regional chapter of the country's highest Islamic authority has taken issue with the hosting of the Miss World pageant in Bogor later this year, adding to the outcry by conserva

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has denied allegations made by a non-government organization that he labelled residents living alongside the Pluit

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan has made another controversial move by considering an offer to develop marijuana farms for medicinal purposes.

Papuan leaders have voiced their concern at plans for more than a thousand Indonesian soldiers to build 1,500 km of new roads in the next two years to accelerate 'development' in West P

Robertus Wardi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says that democracy and economic growth can work hand in hand, despite criticisms saying that the two are not mutually exclusive.

Willy Masaharu, Solo – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri has accused President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of closely surveilling her activities in t

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A report released on Wednesday brings to light secret documents claimed to be evidence that some of the country's richest people and top firms use tax havens

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The Bogor chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema voiced its opposition on Tuesday to the planned holding of the Miss World 2013 beauty pageant at the city's S

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has thrown his support behind the 2013 Miss World pageant which will be held in Bogor this September, as there will be no bikini category at the grand

Jakarta – The National Police said on Sunday that a member of the Islamic Students Association (HMI) may be prosecuted for planning to throw shoes at President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made an off-the-cuff statement on Wednesday about his modest working quarters at the State Palace.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In what may look like emotional outpouring, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party's chief patron, Prabowo Subianto, is defending former crime lord He

Jakarta – Police named former crime lord Hercules Rozario Marshal and 49 others as suspects on Saturday for their alleged involvement in a fight with police in Kebon Jeruk Indah, West J

SP/Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) slammed the Jakarta Police's arrest of former gang leader Rozario "Hercules" Marshal on Saturday, calling

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo launched on Wednesday the first TransJakarta pedestrian bridge that has an escalator, but encountered some glitches.

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Scores of people from the Greater Jakarta Labour Joint Secretariat (Sekber Buruh Jabotabek) held a candle lit vigil at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Centr

Jakarta – General (ret) Wiranto, chairman of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), met with British Ambassador to Indonesia Mark Canning at the party's headquarters here on Monday.