Lincoln Tan – A West Papuan activist is leading protests in Auckland to ban imports of kwila, an endangered tropical hardwood used in decking and…

Tom Allard, Barung (West Java) – Dani Dwi Permana was a conscientious, basketball-loving young man, a solid student from a troubled family who,…

Michael Vatikiotis, Singapore – To visit Aceh today is to experience something the world rarely sees; the dividends of peace.

Five years ago…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The military would not try to influence President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in any decision he made to choose a new…

Heru Andriyanto – Although mention of "the communist threat" has disappeared from government propaganda since the downfall of long-serving…

Stephen Coates – Asian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top is probably still at large in Indonesia despite reports of his death, police said…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police should revoke their recent order for cessation of investigations into who was responsible for the Lapindo mudflow…

Jakarta – The National Police has dismissed between 300 and 350 officers annually over the past few years due to human rights…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The latest data from the Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI) shows that foreign investors controlled 66.1…

Anita Rachman – The government said it would throw its weight behind a newly launched coalition of labor unions that hopes to help migrant workers…

Ismira Lutfia – Several prominent women's activists are spearheading a campaign aimed at securing government ratification of the International…

In May, The Jakarta Post wrote in this column that many parties were gunning for the demise of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The…

Takalar – A clash between local residents and police at a sugarcane plantation in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi wounded 10 people on…

Cairns – West Papuans in Cairns to lobby the two-day Pacific Islands Forum for observer status and a response to the abuse of human rights in the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Military Chief Gen. Djoko Santoso said on Sunday that coordination between military and police commanders in conducting…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police were so close to catching fugitive Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top that they even…

The Australian Labor Party's National Conference has adopted a motion recognising that West Papuans in Indonesia are experiencing…

Heru Andriyanto – US mining giant Freeport McMoRan has criticized a lawsuit filed by Papua's Amungme people, who are seeking $30 billion in…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – More than $30 million worth of infrastructure relocated because of the three-year-old Lapindo mudflow in East Java may be…

Eka Budianta, Cikarang (West Java) – The leading Indonesian poet and playwright, W.S. Rendra was buried in his very own backyard in Citayam, a…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – State Minister for Environment claimed that several plantation firms operating in Riau were behind the…

Australian film Balibo, about the murder of five Australian journalists in East Timor in 1975, won two of the five jury prizes at the…

Joe Cochrane – Noordin M Top has certainly lived by the sword, so it would have been fitting if he had met his demise amid a hail of bullets and…

Muhamad Al Azhari – The economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the previous quarter largely due to lower private…

Indonesia's health care system is failing to provide even the most basic care to vast swathes of the population, specialists say.

Many who…

Jakarta – A study by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has found that around 70 percent of corruption defendants were freed by district courts in…

Camelia Pasandaran – There should be no change to the current allocation of legislative seats for the new House of Representatives, the…

Anti-graft activists urged the police to focus on investigating Nasruddin's murder case instead of following up on the written testimony of…

Naila Firdausi and Achmad Sukarsono – The reported deaths of Noordin Mohammad Top, suspected of masterminding a series of bombings in Indonesia,…

Jakarta – The death of Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top would be a huge blow to his network but would not mean the end of Islamist…

A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gun battle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide…

Vanuatu Prime Minister, Edward Natapei says there simply wasn't time to raise the issue of West Papua at the Pacific Islands forum…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police will today intensify their attempts to determine whether a man who identified himself as the…

It appears Noordin Top has eluded capture in a third police raid, Tom Allard writes in Jakarta.

Whoever it was who died in a lonely brick…

Amir Teja, Surabaya – East Java Police on Friday dropped an investigation into 13 people named as suspects in relation to the Lapindo mudflow…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Thousands of hectares (ha) of mangrove forest in northern coastal areas have been seriously damaged due to fish farms,…

Camelia Pasandaran – The General Elections Commission admitted during testimony in the Constitutional Court on Friday that it had knowingly…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has been under fire for "neglecting" the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) that has resulted in…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Suspected terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was believed to have been killed in a Central Java police raid…

Tom Allard and Karuni Rompies in Jakarta – Noordin Mohammed Top, the man suspected of masterminding a series of terrorist attacks across Indonesia…

Jakarta – Thousands flocked to the late artist W.S. Rendra's Bengkel Teater workshop in Citayam, Depok on Friday, to pay their respects to the…

Fadli, Batam – The Riau Islands chapter of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) has asked regencies and municipalities in the province to totally…

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office has received a copy of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the acquittal of former top…

Leaders of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation were in Cairns North Queensland to push hard for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A decision by the Army to deploy personnel to assist police in conducting antiterrorism operations was criticized by a…

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Poet, writer, dramatist, cultural activist and theater director, WS Rendra, died on Thursday night, approaching the age of…

Noted poet and playwright Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, more popularly known as WS Rendra or "the Peacock," died at around 10 p.…

Lisa Siregar – Friends and family gathered for the funeral of poet WS Rendra on Friday, with prayers at Jami Nurul Yaqin Mosque in Depok. He was…

Heru Andriyanto – The Amungme tribe on Thursday filed a $30 billion lawsuit against Freeport McMoRan, one of the world's major mining firms, for…

Nivell Rayda& Farouk Arnaz – Antigraft watchdog groups on Friday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to question the National Police over…