Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – As talks with city administration officials on violent evictions have become futile, three human rights commissions called on Thursday for a moratoriu

Jakarta – Former president Soeharto has made a brief third visit to his youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra in an island prison, his aide said on Friday.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – The simplest statistic about the economic impact of the terrorist bombings in Bali a year ago this Sunday is that two McDonald's have closed.

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – While many people are worried about the economic outlook for next year because of the legislative elections and the ending of the International Monetary Fund

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Aboeprijadi Santoso, Radio Netherlands, Brussels – The public hearing on Aceh and Papua held by the European Parliament in Brussels on October 1 was a rare but important occasion.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Suspended workers of state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) threatened on Thursday to break into the company's compound if the management

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Major political parties contesting the 2004 general election have failed to woo support from poor people living in urban areas, according to a recent poll.

Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its 10th review of Indonesia's performance under a 5.2 billion-dollar extended fund facility arrangement and approved the r

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Yuli Tri Suwarni and Blontank Poer, Bandung – Around 200 hard-line clerics urged the government to include Islamic sharia law in the revised Criminal Code (KUHP) as they cut short their

Indonesia is to restrict the number of countries which receive free travel visas to just 10.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Lack of knowledge about sex, reproductive health and illegal drugs has put Indonesian adolescents at risk, while data made available by the United Nations Populat

Jakarta – The assessment by number of groups is that the 2004 general elections represent a critical period, where it is hoped that a political transition towards democracy will occur.

Denpasar – President Megawati Soekarnoputri said Thursday that she does not want to be accused of abusing human rights in her fight against corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) at h

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The government's lack of legitimacy and political will has allowed corruption to flourish, say activist students, the vanguard of the country's reform movement

Indonesian judges jailed three men for more than four years for their part in last year's Bali bomb attacks in which 202 people died.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Bandung State Administrative Court ordered on Tuesday that state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) revoke its resolution suspending its

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The lack of political will to combat corruption has once again positioned Indonesia as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, anticorruption activists

The Justice and Human Rights Ministry's team tasked to ascertain whether political parties are eligible to contest next April's general election has been accused of taking bribes.

Robert Go, Jakarta – A fire gutted South-east Asia's largest textile bazaar on February 19, and Tempo, Indonesia's best-selling magazine, has been feeling the heat ever since.

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Observers have warned the public not to be overly optimistic about the newly established Constitutional Commission, saying that the final say was still in the

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Defense lawyers for former Jakarta military police chief Maj. Gen.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – This week yet another glitzy road show will set out to sing the praises of yet another Indonesian bank that has clawed its way back to financial health.

Jakarta – Standard Poor's Ratings Services Wednesday raised its long-term foreign and local currency ratings on Indonesia by one notch to reflect the country's good fiscal performance a

Jakarta – The Berlin-based group Transparency International on Tuesday listed Indonesia near the bottom of its list of corrupt countries, on the same level as Kenya but ahead of Myanmar

Nusa Dua – A number of human rights activists and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from ASEAN member countries plan to stage a demonstration on Tuesday to protest human

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Evi Mariani, Jakarta – As the administration continues to evict squatters from land owned by the city and private companies, political parties have begun to

Recent polls conducted by several research and survey institutes show growing public sympathy and support for retired Gen.

Officials Monday vowed to fight investor perceptions that Indonesia is a haven for corruption and terrorism as a high-level business summit got under way in Bali almost a year after dea

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Leo Wahyudi S. – Forced evictions conducted by the city administration usually end in clashes between public order officers and the "illegal" occupants.

Tiarma Siboro and Andi Hajramurni, Surabaya/Makasar – President Megawati Soekarnoputri told the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Sunday to "build a bridge over the country's troubled water"

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Military observers said on Friday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) had made some progress in reforming in the last 5 years, but pointed out other problems that

Jakarta – The New Order regime [of former President Suharto] which was brought down by the wave of demands for reformasi in 1998, is returning to power though the 2004 general elections

To celebrate its 58th anniversary, which falls on October 5, the Indonesian Military (TNI) has picked "Make the general election a success" as the commemoration's theme.

The East Jakarta District Court on Monday issued an asset preservation order covering the home of Tempo magazine co-founder Goenawan Mohamad.

In Indonesia, one of the country's most respected journalists and intellectuals, Tempo-media group co-founder Gunawan Mohamad, has had his Jakarta home confiscated by the courts....Simu

Makassar – Tension still engulfed the newly created regency of Mamasa, some 380 kilometers from the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar, on Thursday after three deaths in attacks by riva

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The planned revision of the Criminal Code (KUHP) should focus on repressive articles and outdated laws, instead of criminalizing private matters, experts said.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – More than 1,000 people became homeless in a forced eviction on Thursday at a 15-hectare plot of land in Tanjung Duren Selatan subdistrict, West Jakarta.

Jakarta – The number of tourists visiting Indonesia fell in August, nearly a year after the Bali bomb blasts, while arrivals fell almost 20 percent in the first eight months of 2003, th

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Jakarta – A majority of Indonesians, fed up with what they see as ineffective government, prefer the autocracy of former President Suharto to the democratic rule of current leader Megaw

Jakarta – Indonesian lawyers have criticised plans by the Justice Ministry to criminalise sex outside of marriage and some sexual acts by minors, a report said yesterday.

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Another survey has found that the public are disappointed with the performance of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration, with poor law enforcement th

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Living in sin, committing adultery and practising black magic will be punished with long jail sentences under Indonesia's draft new criminal code.

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – The government has finally decided not to increase electricity rates for the October-December period this year, amid strong public opposition ahead of next ye

Jakarta – Moody's Investors Service, an international rating agency, has upgraded Indonesia's sovereign rating by one notch, in light of the country's stronger external financial footin

Kurniawan Hari and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Leaders of the House of Representatives (DPR) have instructed legislators deliberating the water resource bill to make several revi