“It must be due to what the women were wearing” or “It must be because the women seduced the men first” are two common accusations pointed at the victims of…

Joko “Jokowi” Widodo might be the world’s third-best mayor, but he will unlikely go down in history as Jakarta’s best governor.

People who argue that approving a smaller number of political parties to field candidates in the next election is good for democracy ought to have their heads examined. There is…

Garut Regent Aceng Fikri burst into the news cycle a week and a half ago when it was reported that he had taken a second wife, a 17-year-old identified as…

Bank Indonesia (BI), the nation’s central bank and ostensibly an independent institution, effectively said on Friday that it had succumbed to political pressure when evaluating the application filed in April…

Have you ever been trapped in traffic gridlock so bad that you can actually vent your resentment about it on Twitter from your private vehicle? If yes, do you realize…

If Indonesians were asked who they would like to see win the US presidential election on Tuesday, an overwhelming number of them would probably say Barack Obama. But after four…

The revelation by Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo that the government will end up spending Rp 306 trillion (US$32 billion), or 20 percent of its entire 2012 budget, on fuel subsidies…

“What if it happened to his daughter or granddaughter?” said the father, outraged. “Where is the minister’s empathy for this young girl? The rapist should thank him for such a…

Malala Yousufzai is a world heroine to both adults  and children — and hopefully will not become a martyr. The 14-year-old campaigner for girls’ education in Pakistan was shot in…