Jakarta – Some 5,000 women staged a rally on Tuesday outside the presidential palace in Central Jakara, protesting the government's decision to increase fuel prices and electricity and

[The following is a by Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern University, via Joyo Indonesia News Service.]

I would like to offer the following observations:

Tim Dodd, Jakarta – Two senior Indonesian police officers who uncovered evidence of army involvement in the killing of three teachers near the Freeport mine in Papua last August have be

Jakarta – Violence erupted again on Monday as thousands of people embarked on a second week of protests nationwide against the steep rises in fuel prices, and electricity and telephone

Alan Boyd, Sydney – Indonesia may close its key border crossing into Papua New Guinea (PNG) after renewed separatist tensions in the rebellious province of West Papua (formerly Irian Ja

Jane Perlez, Banda Aceh – An American nurse freed after having been convicted by the Indonesian authorities of visa violations, which involved contacting separatist rebels, says she wan

Mengwi – President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday defended her decision to raise fuel and power prices, arguing they were needed to end the country's reliance on foreign debt.

Protests against price hikes for fuel and phone charges are continuing for a second week across Indonesia.

Jakarta – Riding the momentum initiated by mounting anti-government protests, several individuals representing different groups have become united in their efforts to unseat President M

Banda Aceh – The number of killings and clashes between Indonesian forces and separatist rebels in Aceh province has plunged sharply a month after a peace deal was signed, a mediation g

Ati Nurbaiti, Ambon – It seems an inevitable, accepted fact of life here that while things must return to "normal", it would be wishful thinking to imagine that it means resuming normal

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – After pulling up President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia's main audit body is flexing its muscles and plans to fire more shots this month at big names for th

Jakarta – Domestic researchers lashed out at the government's plan to impose restrictions on foreign scholars who wish to conduct field studies in the troubled provinces of Papua and Ac

Tony Sitathan, Jakarta – "I do not know how I am going to survive with three children, an ailing mother and an unemployed husband, with the current increases in basic electricity and te

Jakarta – Police have uncovered a fifth military-style training camp in South Sulawesi – suspected to belong to the group behind last month's bombings in Makassar – which had enlisted t

Jakarta – Despite making progress in clamping down on suspected terrorists, Indonesia lacks a comprehensive policy to combat terrorism and puts too much weight on responding to possible

Jakarta – Already under investigation for corruption, Indonesia's Attorney-General was accused by police yesterday of embezzling thousands of dollars from a charity set up to help refug

Jakarta – Street protests continued across the country Friday against steep increases in fuel and utility charges as the government began distributing cheaper rice nationwide to those h

Bill Guerin – A year ago Indonesia's debut into the free-trade era took place when it opened its markets to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).

Tom Hyland – The accused sits with his seven lawyers in the listless heat of a Jakarta courtroom.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Police fired two warning shots into the air to disperse a rally of some 1,000 former workers of PT Doson Indonesia, a company that produces shoes for Nike, in

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Ibnu Mat Noor and Nani Farida, Banda Aceh/Lhokseumawe – Civilian casualties have dropped significantly in Aceh in the past month, but violence has not stopped entirely in the country's

Maria Endah Hulupi and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and students staged a rally in front of Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on Thursday to demand that the government a

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Jakarta – Calls for a national boycott on taxes and utility bills, and for the resignations of President Megawati Soekarnoputri and her deputy Hamzah Haz, mounted across the archipelago

Jakarta – The non-governmental organization, The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), condemned on Thursday the government's decision to allow controversial pulp plant PT Toba

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers grouped in the workers union of many companies joined in a rally in protest of the increase in fuel oil prices, telephone and electricity tariffs in front

Australia's foreign minister Alexander Downer has meet his East Timorese counterpart, Jose Ramos Horta, to discuss recent unrest in the developing nation.

Jakarta – Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh has been peaceful for a week and a Geneva-based organisation that brokered a peace deal between the government and rebels said on Friday

Jakarta – American nurse Joy Lee Sadler was released Friday from jail in Aceh province after four months in detention for visa violations, AP reported.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputi faces one of her toughest challenges today as Indonesia's businessmen join thousands of their employees here in a rare alliance t

Dili – The East Timor Defense Force (ETDF) is currently mounting counter-insurgency operations in an attempt to capture presumed anti-independence militiamen who raided two villages Sat

Dili – East Timor police said Thursday they arrested two former pro-Jakarta militiamen on weapons charges but declined to say if the men were linked to a recent surge in violence in the

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Jakarta – The government has announced a plan to restrict foreign researchers' access to conduct field work in Papua and Aceh, saying that many came with intentions other than academic

Jakarta – The police reiterated once again that they would take very strict actions against demonstrators, if they planned to insult state symbols, Antara reported.

Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign direct investment pledges slumped 35 per cent last year compared with 2001, a bad sign for economic growth and a reminder of the nation's reputation as a t

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – With a glut of new parties set up ahead of next year's general election, disputes are breaking out over the right to use some of the most popular Indonesian sig

Jakarta – In another show of deep cracks within the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), five functionaries in Lampung have been dismissed from their posts for defying direc

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – About 150 becak (trishaw) drivers united in the Daya Manunggal Becak Driver Group (PBDM) visited the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) office in Ce

Jakarta – A lawyer for a Christian gang suspected of deadly bombings and shootings in Maluku said Wednesday some attacks had been assisted by special forces soldiers, AFP reported.

Jakarta – Unable to accept the burning of her effigy, President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the people not to insult state symbols when expressing their aspirations, Antara reported.

Surabaya – In the midst of a heated situation following the recent shooting of civilians, about 4,000 TNI Indonesian National Military Forces personnel from the navy, air force and army

The recent furore over Singapore Technologies Telemedia's purchase of a major stake in Indonesia's Indosat is just a case of domestic political bickering, a former Indonesian minister s

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia could be building nuclear power plants by the end of this decade, as part of government efforts to provide alternative energy sources to the country's pow

A new report claims Indonesia's booming paper industry is responsible for widespread attacks on indigenous communities in Sumatra.

Recent unrest in newly-independent East Timor which claimed five lives is a purely domestic problem and has nothing to do with former ruler Indonesia, Jakarta's foreign minister said.

Jakarta – Hundreds of students burned tyres and pictures of President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday when protests against fuel, telephone and electricity price hikes were held in 10 I

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – It comes as no surprise that a handful of legislators are seeking an inquiry into the S$1.2 billion purchase of a major stake in telecommunications firm Indosa