Corruption scandals may be hurting every major political party in Indonesia, but when such allegations hit the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), they have the potential to destroy the main Islamist…

The massive May Day rallies in Jakarta and other major cities this week revealed the growing strength of Indonesia’s labor organizations. That they were able to create so much havoc…

The US-based Pew Research Center says in its most recent report that nearly half of all Indonesians want adulterers stoned to death and thieves’ hands cut off. This is a…

“The children never cease asking for their parents and siblings. Families continue to dig up mass graves in the search for their relatives for years.”

What has been a secret in the past has now become a wide, publicly discussed topic, not only on — the much freer — social media, but surprisingly also on…

The execution-style killing of four men in a prison in Yogyakarta last week has put the spotlight once again on the military. This time, it is no less than members…

When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he may open a nasi goreng eatery after he steps down in 2014, no one took him seriously. In his speech before the Indonesian…

In the next few weeks, Indonesia’s liberal-minded middle class will possibly get what they have always wanted: the end of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI).

Indonesia’s rise in prominence on the global stage has unfortunately not been accompanied by its ability to tell its own stories. The Indonesian story abroad is still largely told by…

When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hosts bilateral talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday the two leaders are expected to evaluate the progress of the Indonesia-Japan Economic…