Farouk Arnaz – Terrorism experts defended a police program to fight radicalization on Thursday, dismissing an apparent setback and blemish to its…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian media's over-reporting of terrorism may aid extremists in generating fear in society, observers said on…

Febriamy Hutapea – An 11th-hour decision by Tommy Suharto to run for chairman of the Golkar Party would not change the outcome of the upcoming…

Papua police have identified a group suspected of supplying the ammunition used in a number of armed attacks against US-based gold…

Jakarta – The Mimika regency administration has alloted funds of Rp 200 billion (US$20 million) to establish its own Central Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The widespread raising of the outlawed separatist Bintang Kejora flag in Papua, even during Monday's Independence…

Ronna Nirmala – The projected national population of about 275 million a decade from now could place serious strains on the country, leading to…

Febriamy Hutapea – As shocked senior members of the Golkar Party weighed Tommy Suharto's announcement that he was running for party chairman,…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Dozens of villagers from North Sumatra appealed on Wednesday to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to help them reclaim…

Jakarta – The 17-year social security program for workers (Jamsostek) has been criticized for being ineffective as calls increase for an immediate…

Dewi Kurniawati & Hera Diani, Kuala Lumpur – Siti Hajar forced her face, a mass of scarring from years of abuse, into a smile.

The 33-…

Singapore – Indonesia appeared to bat away offers from other Southeast Asian countries to help stop haze pollution on Wednesday, leaving the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Australian forensic experts have identified the remains of three victims of an Indonesian army massacre that took place…

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – Ties between Middle East extremists and the terrorist cell thought to be responsible for suicide attacks on two…

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior member of the self-styled separatist government of the Republic of South Maluku said on…

[Indonesian defence minister Juwono Sudarsono talks to Clifford Coonan in Jakarta.]

The team of armed police who search every inch of the…

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – The current intensive police hunt for wanted terrorist Noordin M. Top and followers of his organization Jamaah Islamiyah…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The country's most wanted terrorist, Noordin M. Top, and his group, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), have recruited and trained…

The new law on local government taxes drew a mixed reaction from the country's business leaders on Tuesday, with some cautiously welcoming the…

Mohamad Abdun Nasir, Mataram – The jilbab (Muslim women's headscarf) has rarely been free from political debate, and is often closely related to…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Imparsial, said the lack of recognition and protection was endangering human rights defenders in…

Febriamy Hutapea – Tommy Suharto made a dramatic return to the country's political stage on Tuesday, declaring his readiness to run for chairman…

Camelia Pasandaran – The nation's election commission officially announced on Tuesday that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono had been elected…

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Police in Bekasi will approach "suspicious" people wearing Islamic veils after experts floated the possibility that terror…

Camelia Pasandaran – Shaken by uncertainty following separate court verdicts and the threat of legal action, the General Elections Commission will…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – A British geologist has criticized the East Java Police for stopping its investigation into the mudflow disaster in the…

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia may consider itself up-to-date with regard to global fashion trends, but when it comes to awareness of the disorder…

University students in Makassar, South Sulawesi, burned photos of fugitive terror suspect Noordin M Top to demonstrate their…

Dessy Sagita – Domestic violence and extramarital affairs are the top causes of divorce in the country, with new figures indicating the rate of…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – When freelance advertising copywriter Glenn Marsalim went for his regular jog in Jakarta's Senayan stadium soon…

Indonesia's Human Rights Watch group says eight Papuans detained by police in Timika in connection to last month's deadly shootings…

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Foreign Affairs, West Papua National Authority
Provisional government of West Papua

President Barak Obama
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Caroline Overington – The family of one of the Balibo Five believes the Rudd government has deliberately inflamed a wrenching dispute over the…

Erwida Maulia – Indonesian Military Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said the military would be taking action against any members of the Free…

Max Lane – Monday was Independence Day, the anniversary of the proclamation of independence by Sukarno and Hatta and the beginning of a four-year…

Febriamy Hutapea – The transfer of military-run businesses to government entities run by civil servants, as mandated by law, is expected to be…

Flags belonging to Free Papua Organization and South Maluku Republic were hoisted on Saturday as thousands of Indonesian nationals…

[A new film has opened political and cultural wounds. Author Paul Cleary and filmmaker, Robert Connolly present two informed views on its…

Jakarta – Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of US mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, a report said.

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Caroline Overington – A federal police probe into the death of five newsmen in Balibo in 1975 has stalled due to a dispute between the families…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – As the frantic chase for Indonesia's most wanted man Noordin Mohammed Top moved into overdrive, Indonesian police came upon…

Jakarta – The government needs to define the core businesses of companies in order to regulate the kinds of jobs for which workers can be…

Indonesians must unite to root out the "poverty and backwardness" that led an 18-year-old to carry out the suicide bombing at a luxury hotel last…

Camelia Pasandaran – A human rights watcher on Friday criticized police and media for their actions during last weekend's raid on a suspected…

Dicky Christanto – Authorities have said the recent hotel bombings and subsequent police raids in Temanggung, Central Java and Jatiasih, Bekasi,…

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – The radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir presided over the funerals yesterday of two men linked to the terrorist…

Anita Rachman & Candra Malik – A hero's burial accorded by hard-line Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for two suspected terrorists shot dead in…

Arientha Primanita – The city administration launched a string of raids against people without valid identification cards on Thursday, as part of…

Jakarta – Human rights and environmental activists deem the government as powerless when it comes to dealing with big corporations after the…

Jakarta – The Information and Electronic Transactions Law may become a tool of political censorship, journalists and lawyers attending a regional…