Jakarta – The World Bank canceled the second US$300 million tranche of its $600 million social safety net adjustment loan on request from the Indonesian government, a Cabinet minister r

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of Indonesian suicide warriors have flooded Jakarta ready to defend embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid, the commander of the squads said o

Jakarta – The Army's Special Force (Kopassus) officially announced on Monday the reorganization of its structure from five operational groups to three, with two supporting units.

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid has endorsed the 11 names recommended by the House of Representatives Commission II for home and legal affairs as members of the General Election C

Yogyakarta – Many critics condemning a reversal of the burden of proof for corruption cases were those who had participated in construction of the web of corruption during the New Order

Yogyakarta – More than 7,000 supporters of the United Development Party (PPP) attended on Saturday a mass prayer in Ngaglik, Sleman, some 12 kilometers north of here, with ulema KH Zaen

Bagus Kurniawan/HD & HY, Yogyakarta – Eleven people from the Yogyakarta branch of the Anti Communist Piety Society Forum (Format) have declared war on Communism.

Jakarta – With two weeks to go before legislators meet to censure President Abdurrahman Wahid yet again over two graft scandals, leaders of his power base, the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic m

Jakarta – The situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, has heated up over the past several days, with a number of mosques and churches being set ablaze, Antara reported on Saturday.

Aras Napal – The European explorers who penetrated deepest Sumatra in the 18th century recoiled in awe at the beauty of the "dark and savage" forest that covered the Indonesian island.

Banda Aceh – At least six people were killed in renewed violence in the Indonesian province of Aceh at the weekend, police and residents said.

Jakarta – A suspect has reportedly confessed to having received Rp 27 million (US$2,700) in return for orchestrating the recent attack on striking workers of car upholstery producer PT

Sinjai, South Sulawesi – Two people were killed on Wednesday night when armed thugs clashed with members of Forbes, a public-initiated group combating crime, in Biroro village, East Sin

Jakarta – The city administration will launch an open-ended operation against some 1,300 hoodlums, locally known as preman, in the city's five mayoralties starting from Monday, Governor

Jakarta – Black market activities over the past three years have contributed to the worsening of the economic crisis, former manpower minister Bomer Pasaribu said.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police announced on Thursday they would take proactive measures to prevent violence in the streets when the House of Representatives meets on April 30 to discuss a

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – A wayang kulit, or shadow puppet, called Kumbakarna sits behind President Abdurrahman Wahid's desk in his Jakarta palace.

Jakarta – Referring to the ILO convention on freedom of association, the government called on labor unions on Friday to operate independently and promote harmony between workers and emp

Jenny Denton – At 11 o'clock on a Thursday morning, a handful of people are standing around outside the Anarchist Bookshop in Newtown, Sydney, waiting to load a truck with food and good

Warren Caragata and Amy Chew,Jakarta – Kasmiran is a motorcyle taxi driver from Gresik, an industrial town in East Java – Gus Dur country.

Jakarta – The World Bank has warned that Indonesia's richest natural habitats could be completely obliterated by 2010 if significant measures are not taken to deal with the widespread d

The World Bank has cancelled a three-hundred million dollar loan to help Indonesia's poor.

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Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Fears are growing of violent clashes between Indonesia's two big Muslim organisations as tens of thousands of supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid prepar

Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday that soldiers currently stationed at the ExxonMobil gas field in Aceh would be redeployed to per

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The United Nations will face renewed pressure to set up an East Timor war crimes tribunal after receiving a report alleging a conspiracy among Indonesian gene

Jakarta – At about 10.20am this morning, the Director of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) in Medan, Irham Buana Nasution, was shot with an arrow while he was parking his car in the backyar

Khairul Ikhwan/HD & HY, Medan – Around 5,000 people from the Anti-Communist Front Across Indonesia (Faksi) staged a rally at Benteng field, Medan, north Sumatra, Thursday.

Jakarta – Students from the Front for Anti Violence (Fomapak) staged a rally in front of the US Embassy located on Jl. Merdeka Selatan here today.

John McBeth, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid and the Indonesian military are engaged in a renewed contest of wills, this time over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in

Jakarta – Indonesia is unlikely to reach its targeted 4.5 percent to 5 percent economic growth rate in 2001 on account of lower-than-expected economic activity and investment, deputy go

Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) director for the Asia-Pacific, Anoop Singh, is optimistic that the Fund's meeting with the Indonesian government to discuss the Letter

Jakarta – The US government, under President Bush has shown a renewed willingness to open the access for military equipment and military training to Indonesia as long as the Indonesian

Jakarta – Indonesia's government is delaying setting up a human rights court to try crimes committed in East Timor in 1999 because of military pressure and corruption cases taking prece

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Jakarta – The 22 people suspected by the Indonesian government of orchestrating the wave of violence after East Timor voted for independence could escape convictio

John Gauci Sydney – On April 6, 140 people gathered in the Resistance Centre to hear speakers discuss the political crisis in Indonesia.

Pip Hinman – The Indonesian government's "limited" military operation, currently underway, is not just against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), but against the majority of Acehnese who wan

Jakarta – Rector of the Jayapura Institute of Science and Technology (ISTJ) Tuesday threatened to close down the school following student protests demanding his resignation.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – In the style of ancient Javanese royalty, Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri is refusing to say whether she would like to be president, while watching power

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament and government are close to splitting control of the Central Bank and unravelling the bank's politically independent status, a move that is s

Canberra – Australia and East Timor representatives are scheduled to resume negotiations in May on a new treaty covering the share of economic benefits from petroleum production in the

Sampit – The East Kotawaringin regency capital of Sampit turned into a battlefield again on Monday afternoon as police clashed with hundreds of Dayak protesters who demanded total withd

Budi Sugiharto/FW & HY, Sidoarjo – Around 600 workers of PT Prima Aloi Steel, a company producing wheel rims, at Sidoarjo, East Java staged a peaceful rally at Sidorajo Municipality

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Mr Andi runs a small stall selling Muslim caps on the edge of one of Jakarta's most notorious markets, Tanah Abang.

Jakarta – The trial of last year's bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building, which claimed 10 lives, began on Monday at the South Jakarta District Court.

Hestiana Dharmastuti/FW & HY, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party (PRD) says the arrest of former minister of mines and energy, Ginandjar Kartasasmita for fraud by the Attorney

Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest party in parliament said on Tuesday it would support Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri if she were to take over from the embattled incumbent and

Lindsay Jakarta – After months of indecision amid a damaging power struggle in Jakarta, Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri has finally set conditions for taking over from the besieged

Jakarta – A former Indonesian economics minister under ex-president Suharto on Tuesday took the attorney general's office to court for his alleged unlawful arrest and an illegal probe.

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Monday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) must remain vigilant and refuse to succumb to the tribulations faced as a result of the embargoes