Denpasar – After losing a grueling and sometimes violent Star Reform Party (PBR) leadership battle here over the weekend, a morose faction leader Zaenal Ma'arif now plans to resign from

Kerryn Williams – The Indonesian government withdrew its draft labour law revisions on April 8, pressured by a wave of workers' protests.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Since he was laid off several months ago, Maryadi, 48, has started to behave strangely, at least as far as his wife, children and neighbors are concerned.

Jakarta – State power utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has reported a 2005 loss that is more than double that of the previous year after higher fuel prices increased its elect

Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Agency (KPPU), the nation's official antimonopoly watchdog, has urged the government to stop granting new monopolies so as to ensure equal

Jon Afrizal, Ujungjabung – Coastal erosion is continuing at a steady rate along the east coast of Sumatra, especially in East Tanjungjabung regency in Jambi, due to the destruction of m

Jakarta – The Indonesian Environment Forum (Walhi) plans to build a green political front as an alternative political force.

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Mentawai Islands – The indigenous people of Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra have demanded that the central and local governments recognize their rights as an ethn

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Academics and unionists have criticized the President's instruction to five universities to study the government's new labor legislation, calling the idea a wast

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The Islam Defenders Front (FPI), which recently attacked Playboy Indonesia's office to press the magazine to stop publishing, may fit the stereotype of Islam in the West: anarchistic, u

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The on-again, off-again legal saga of former president Soeharto may be back on track, although Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh kept mum Monday on "alternativ

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has named Maj. Gen. Erwin Sujono the new commander of the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), replacing Lt. Gen.

East Tanjungjabung, Jambi – The high price of diesel fuel is making life hard for fishermen in Ujungjabung, Jambi.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – More Christian places of worship have been vandalized or forcibly closed by local Muslims because they have failed to meet the requirements of a controversial mini

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Up in arms over a government proposal to amend the national labor law, Indonesia's powerful unions have threatened to stage a nationwide general strike next Monda

Jakarta – The head of the Jakarta metropolitan police General Firman Gani and the Jakarta military commander Major General Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo have warned workers to be careful du

Dita Indah Sari – The uproar over the planned revisions to the labour law has yet to subside.

Former dictator Suharto has made yet another public appearance in good health, prompting renewed calls that he be put on trial for corruption.

Bogor – Dozens of youths, grouped under the nationalist youth group Pemuda Panca Marga, distributed hundreds of pamphlets Saturday to passersby and placed banners around Sempur soccer f

Jakarta – Painting an ominous picture of religious intolerance and national disintegration, a group of activists and intellectuals warned Saturday that Muslim hard-liners threatened to

Lisabona Rahman, Jakarta – A group of elementary schoolchildren carefully take notes as a guide takes them around Lubang Buaya (Crocodile's lair), a monument for the seven army officers

Jakarta – Hundreds of activists, artists and cultural communities – decked out in colorful garb – bedazzled passersby and spectators along the city's main thoroughfares Jl.

Jakarta – Dress smart if you want to convince the bank manager you deserve a loan. But for businesswomen, they should also bring their husbands along.

Jakarta – Thousands of people from various cultural groups rallied Saturday against the implementation of Indonesia's much- debated obscenity law.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The landmark year 1998, with the bloody May riots, the mass rape of Chinese-Indonesian women and the fall of the Soeharto regime after 32 years of authoritarian ru

Indraswari, Bandung – According to Indonesia's Demographic and Health Survey, in 2002 the maternal mortality rate (MMR) was 307/100,000, meaning that for every 100,000 births, 307 mothe

Gary LaMoshi – The debut of Playboy Indonesia this month unfolded predictably. The magazine flew off the shelves despite its premium price of Rp39,000 (US$4.35).

Rendi Akhmad Witular and Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy remains exposed to possible slower economic growth this year as government spending, which plays a key role in fu

If there was one thing John Howard wanted as Prime Minister it was to differentiate himself from his Labor predecessor, Paul Keating.

Bogor – Cement producer PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa is allowing workers at its factory in Citeureup to take part in nationwide demonstrations planned for May 1.

Jakarta – Government interference in the media did not end with the fall of the Soeharto regime in 1998, academics and journalists said Wednesday.

Jakarta – The crop of bylaws on sex and morality, which have been enforced by several regencies and municipalities, are unconstitutional, gender-biased and threaten to splinter the coun

Kenneth Davidson – The Government is playing with the lives of West Papuans. Australia's foreign policy establishment seems incapable of learning from recent history.

Jakarta – "I have no religion, but I believe in God," said Lia Eden on Wednesday, the first day of her blasphemy trial at the Central Jakarta District Court.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) continues to maintain its weapons purchases have been completely legitimate, despite claims of one of the parties under investigat

Were it not for the corruption-infested public procurement system and the potential conflicts of interest of several members of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet, the propose

Australia's relations with Indonesia are at their lowest ebb since East Timor.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Ten major trade unions renewed their opposition Tuesday to the government's plan to revise the 2003 Labor Law.

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Theresia Sufa – Five hammer-and-sickle emblems spray painted on rubbish bins around Sempur soccer field, Bogor, had officials beating the drums of war against communism Tuesday.

Death row Bali bomber Amrozi proved he had lost none of his chilling bravado and humour despite being near execution as he made a rare court appearance to testify for radical Muslim cle

Rendi Akhmad Witular And Tony Hotland, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned policymakers not to jettison the public interest in favor of the interests of their relati

Tangerang – Some 500 residents blocked Jl. Ciater Raya in Bumi Serpong Damai on Monday morning to protest being forced off their land.

The steep fuel price hike during the last quarter of 2005 severely dented consumer confidence, with 40 percent of Indonesians surveyed back then saying that they were worse off than a y

Ken Yunita, Jakarta – The appearance of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) paraphernalia and symbols is natural and can be understood because the Constitutional Court has already declared

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Playboy Indonesia has had a rough beginning in the country.

When is Australia not Australia? When Papuans want to land on it. The Howard Government is planning yet another contortion of the immigration laws and refugee treaties.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Hundreds of non-governmental organizations and labor advocacy groups accuse Indonesia and Malaysia of ignoring fundamental rights in a draft of a memorandum of u