Jakarta – Indonesian lawmakers have objected to a controversial government anti-terror plan to revive a far-reaching intelligence network used to quell dissent during the dictatorial go

On Thursday, US President George W. Bush announced that Congress would extend the government's surveillance and law enforcement powers to track down potential terrorists.

Jakarta – The government has defended the controversial presidential decree that allows the government to forcibly take over privately owned land that has been earmarked for development

Dan EatonSat – Fury in Australia over the jailing of a young woman in Bali for drugs smuggling has puzzled ordinary Indonesians, and given the world's most populous Muslim nation a chan

Rendi Witular, PurwakartaWest Java – For those of you who find the notoriously inept bureaucracy is posing a stumbling block in seeking a solution to your problems, add 0811109949 to yo

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Two members of the National Commission on Human Rights held an unannounced meeting with former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. (ret) Wiranto on Friday.

Jakarta – As malnutrition cases across the country hit the headlines, the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has drawn attention to the government's failure to disburse the fund for

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Denpasar – In what pro-democracy activists are describing as a blow to freedom of expression, a court here jailed a university student on Friday for insulting Pres

Fabio Scarpello, Jakarta – While negotiations between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and Indonesian government officials in Helsinki, Finland, have given rise to a moderate optimism, figh

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Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – At least 8,455 children under five in Jakarta are suffering from malnutrition, the City Health Agency reported on Friday.

Banda Aceh – At least 35 women academics, legal practitioners, activists and students visited the Aceh Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) at midday on Friday June 10.

Jakarta – Yesterday, Megawati Sukarnoputri inaugurated the Volunteers for Democratic Struggle (Relawan Perjuangan Demokrasi, Repdem), a social organisation affiliated with the Indonesia

Jakarta – Indonesia's military threw its backing on Friday behind a controversial government anti-terror plan to revive a far-reaching intelligence network used to quell dissent during

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Rusman and Blontank Poer, Samarinda/Surakarta – Although East Kalimantan is popularly known as natural resource-rich province, malnutrition is still rampant in the area.

Jakarta – The government will soon negotiate an out-of-court settlement with PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR), a local unit of a US-based gold mining company, which non-governmental organ

"I did this so that we would not be a nation of coolies and a coolie among nations" - Indonesia's founding President Sukarno

David Adam – Another catastrophic giant earthquake similar to the one that caused carnage across the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day last year is lurking off Indonesia, say scientists.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Indonesian Muslims donate about Rp 19.3 trillion (about US$2 billion) annually, but poor management prevents much of this money from really helping the poor, accor

Jakarta – A number of former activist who were part of the popular struggle against the New Order regime have formally joined the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Jakarta – Non-governmental organizations are seeking public support to file a request for a judicial review of a new presidential decree on land which has widely been deemed as authorit

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Bangil (East Java) – An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed for three years the wife of a top Malaysian terrorism suspect, wanted in connection with a string of deadly bombings, for hid

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Colonized by the Dutch, occupied by the Japanese and led by authoritarian leaders for several decades, Indonesia has entered the final phase of its transition int

It is hard to get excited about suggested "breakthroughs" on resolving the conflict in Aceh. Promises have been broken and repeated initiatives have fallen by the wayside.

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Sunariah, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi has said that the time limit for the Fact Finding Team (TPF) investigation into the death of human rights activist Munir will be exte

Dusk had only just fallen when a black Land Cruiser entered the grounds of the national police headquarters on Jalan Trunojoyo in South Jakarta on Sunday May 29.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – With just two weeks left of its mandate, a government-sanctioned fact-finding team remains unable to speak with former National Intelligence Body (BIN) chief A.M.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the glamor of life in the metropolis a constant attraction for the young and a source of frustration for those who cannot afford to enjoy it, the family of

The perpetrators of the 2004 bombing at the Australian embassy in the Indonesian capital felt no remorse for the 10 innocent people who died in the attack, a suspect in the blast told a

Jakarta – One of Southeast Asia's most wanted Islamic militants may be hiding on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, police said on Monday as they stepped up security at luxury hot

Jakarta – The Indonesian government and the budget committee of the nation's Parliament Monday agreed on a set of new assumptions that will be used to base the current state budget.

Suherdjoko and A'an Suryana, Pekalongan/Jakarta – After successful direct elections in Kutai Kartanegara regency last week, direct regional elections were held on Sunday in Pekalongan a

Jakarta – Deputy police chief General Commissioner Adang Daradjatun has acknowledged that it may take 15-25 years for the Indonesian police to be able overcome its culture of violence a

Krystof Obidzinski, Bogor – Barely a day goes by without a story appearing in the Indonesian media about illegal logging.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Reform Movement's "opposition" to the party's central leadership board led by Megawati Sukarnoputri continues unabated.

Jakarta – The government-sanctioned fact finding team, set up to assist the police in the investigation into the death of rights campaigner Munir will make a formal report to the Presid

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – An out-of-court settlement that the government plans to seek with gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya proves to be another example of a failure to serve the peop

John McBeth, Jakarta – If anyone should be upset about serving military officers taking part in this year's direct local elections, it should be civilian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarso

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it will not cooperate with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in its investigation of the abductions of

Max Lane, Murdoch WA, Australia – Since soon after the arrest of Schapelle Corby in Bali sections of the Australian media have waged a non-stop campaign agitating for her to be found in

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Law Number 7/2004 on Water Resources continues to encounter opposition.

Ruslan Sangadji and Slamet Susanto, Poso/Yogyakarta – A terrorist suspect detained in Yogyakarta has admitted to having assembled the bomb that killed 21 people in the Central Sulawesi

Alan Boyd, Sydney – "Twelve brutal Indonesian troopers armed with high-caliber rifles.

Indonesia's armed forces chief said the normalisation of military ties between Jakarta and Washington would help strengthen democracy in his country and ensure regional stability.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia, the fourth-most populous country in the world, has been a net oil importer since 2004.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – After years of diminishing hope and frustration, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said on Thursday it was set to question several military an

Jakarta – Irked by rampant cases of rape, sexual assault and abuse, the government will launch a campaign next month to combat pornography and indecency, with children and youth being t