Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – About 2,000 bus drivers, conductors and other employees of state-owned Djakarta Transportation company (PPD) went on strike on Monday morning, causing thous

Maros – Around 300 workers from the Indonesian National Front For Labor Struggle (Front Nasional Perjuangan Buruh Indonesia, FNPBI) clashed with Mobil Brigade (Brimob) troops in the are

About 1,000 Indonesian workers have stormed the parliament building in a protest against a draft labor law which they said favors employers.

Jakarta – Noted economist Syahrir declared on Monday the formation of the New Indonesian Association Party (PIB) at Hotel Indonesia and was observed by some 3,000 people.

Jakarta – The calls for Mr Akbar Tandjung to quit as Golkar chief are growing louder.

Jakarta – Choking smog worsened in Indonesian parts of Borneo island on Monday but rains cleared much of the haze that had been blanketing Sumatra, officials said.

Raymond Bonner, Jakarta – "Beware of US Propaganda." That front-page headline in one of the leading newspapers here this morning spoke to far more than just the article below it.

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – On June 5, alleged al-Qa'ida operative Omar al-Faruq was arrested by Indonesian intelligence officials and handed over to the CIA.

Robert Go, Jakarta – There is a growing backlash here against perceived attempts by the United States and neighbouring South-east Asian nations to pressure Indonesia into cracking down

Ellen Nakashima and Alan Sipress, Yogyakarta – Abubakar Baasyir is a wanted man in Malaysia and Singapore.

Rowan Callick – Indonesian Embassy in Canberra is investigating claims by the Institute of Public Affairs that "taxpayer-funded Australian non-government organisations are supporting in

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – For more than 10 years Australians have often seen "Made in Indonesia" labels inside their sports shoes, but now there are signs that these are steadily being r

Canberra – The threat of a terrorist attack had receded enough to allow a full reopening of the Australian Embassy in East Timor, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

Visitors to Jakarta's Shangri-la Hotel last week were confronted by a reincarnation of the labor dispute that closed the hotel for three months at the beginning of 2001, providing symbo

A report that Muslim radicals are plotting to assassinate President Megawati Sukarnoputri was an attempt to pressure Indonesia into cracking down on militants, analysts believe.

Kuala Lumpur – Haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia blanketed the northern parts of peninsular Malaysia, reducing visibility to as low as three km, a newspaper and residents

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Jakarta – A police officer testified yesterday that he had overheard Jafaar Umar Thalib, the leader of the Laskar Jihad militia, urge his followers to wage war on Christians in the reli

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – At least two people died and more than 200 houses were torched in a sudden flash of violence in the North Maluku islands, shattering an 18-month period of ca

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – PT Perum Angkasa Pura II (PAP), which manages the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, was declared guilty of illegally seizing land belonging to 16 residents

Jakarta – Activists believe the use of condoms is the best and cheapest way to prevent the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus through sexual intercourse, but a campaign to encourage safe sex

Robert Go, Jakarta – They were originally meant to help the poor, who could get them for free, or at a very low cost, at government-run health clinics.

Raymond Bonner, Jakarta – The American Embassy here said today that it had "credible threat information" that Westerners in central Java "may be targeted for violence in the immediate f

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed her disappointment on Thursday with the way students and youths demonstrated.

Bill Guerin – Against the backdrop of the sudden closure of the US Embassy, violent clashes accompanying the re-election of Jakarta's widely disliked governor, Sutiyoso, and the brazen

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – In what was believed to be one of the largest turnouts ever of labor protesters, thousands of workers from across the country took to the streets on T

Jakarta – Some 1,500 workers from the country's metal industry on Thursday rally in front of the House of Representatives compound here to protest against proposed labor legislation, AF

A militant Indonesian Islamic leader denied knowing reputed al-Qaeda kingpin Omar al-Faruq or being linked to terrorist acts in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to buy Chinese-made weapons to strengthen the country's armed forces, Defence Minister Matori Abdul Jalil said after meeting his Chinese counterpart Chi Haotia

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The wily Indonesian parliamentary Speaker, Mr Akbar Tandjung, may yet manage to outmanoeuvre MPs petitioning to oust him from his post following his graft co

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais warned Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri to be alert to any pressure from the United States as it seeks suppo

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Undeterred by public outcry, the City Council's election committee approved on Wednesday the result of the voting in the gubernatorial election and refused to e

Jakarta – Indonesia's state audit agency has discovered that around 6.421 trillion rupiah from the state budget has been misused by various government offices in the first six months of

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Convicted corrupter Akbar Tandjung has clearly lost the respect of fellow politicians as legislators frantically interrupted a plenary session he chaire

Max Lane, Jakarta – Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannons to attempt to subdue a large demonstration outside the parliament of the Jakarta special province on September 11.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Hundreds of fishermen from several regencies in North Sumatra province staged a rally in front of the legislative building in Medan on Monday, demanding that th

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Jakarta – Ending a 15-day whirlwind tour of six countries, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri returned home on Sunday to face critics who say she is no different from her predec

Jakarta – Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea revealed here on Monday that a total of 66,367 accidents at the workplace in 2000 had left 4,142 workers dead, 20,970 se

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – United States Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L.

Jakarta – Unidentified attackers raided three remote Christian villages in eastern Indonesia, killing two people, ransacking churches and homes and forcing thousands of people to flee,

Tony Sitathan – Benny Winoto Salim was a businessman dealing with palm oil and its by-products in Medan, Sumatra.

Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) commander General Endriartono Sutarto denies the military has been masterminding violence in several regions to maintain its political power.

[A leading Indonesian analyst says it will take decades to push the Indonesian military out of Indonesian politics. The former foreign policy advisor to former President B.J.

Dadan Wijaksana and Musthofid, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Dadan Wijaksana and Musthofid, Jakarta – Legislators recommended on Monday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) maintain the nation's dignity and sovereignty by seeking other sources of m

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Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Sadum, a semi-employed 55-year-old man, lives with his wife and five children in his five meter by seven meter semi-permanent home on disputed land on the T

Jakarta – It's a David versus Goliath tale, except that in this case, Goliath, the freshly re-elected Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, looks set to steamroll over his detractors.

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