Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The East Nusa Tenggara General Election Commission (KPUD) announced that at least 22 of the provinces 38…

Jakarta – The Prosperous and Justice Party's (PKS) decision not to include President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on its list of…

Dili – Mounting tension between East Timor's government and the opposition and continued regional-based rivalries in the police and army have left…

Eighty years ago today a group of young men and women from far-flung islands assembled in Jakarta to pledge that they would be united under one…

Aceh – After a two-week-visit to several regions in Aceh, the supreme leader of the disbanded Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist…

Ross Peake – The Australian Defence Force is in East Timor for the long haul although the size of the contingent will vary according to the…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has come under pressure to resolve the abduction cases of human rights activists from…

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Hundreds of people grouped under the Anti-Pornography Generation Alliance staged a rally at the West…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Lawmakers deliberating the controversial bill on pornography will meet Monday to decide whether to pass or delay it…

Jenna Hand – East Timor's Opposition Leader has denied a rally of up to 70,000 anti-government protesters would breach the fragile peace in the…

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – Commercial sex workers have been found roaming some of Bali's more remote villages, increasing the possibility of a wider…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Ernawati recalls her outrage when her daughter, a second-grader at a private school in Bekasi, West Java, came home…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Less than six months before the 2009 legislative elections in April, the public still have no idea about when they will…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The marriage of an underage girl to a wealthy Muslim cleric in Bedono village, Semarang regency, Central Java, has sparked…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Two contentious issues have once again held up deliberations of the presidential election bill, leaving the way open for…

Jakarta – Most child molestation cases are committed by teachers, a study by the National Commission for Child Protection (KPIA)…

Dicky Christanto, Bali – As many as 30 people from the Bali People's Component (KRB) organized a silent protest against the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Entering their final year in office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla remain unable to…

Matt Crook, Dili – The streets of Dili are quiet – for now. Clashes between rival gangs have subsided and thousands have finally returned to their…

Sunny Tanuwidjaja, Jakarta – The latest survey by Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) seems to confirm a pattern of declining support for Islamic…

Jakarta – At least 500 Muslims from an Islamic party marched through the Indonesian capital on Thursday to push legislators to pass a…

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – A grenade exploded outside the office of former separatist rebels in Indonesia's once-restive Aceh province…

Villagers from Julah in Tejakula, Buleleng, tow (see photo) a pregnant cow behind a boat into open sea as part of a local traditional ritual.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – A farmer from Terbanggi Besar district, 58-year-old Surono Danu, has been diligently carrying out research into…

East Timor's Opposition Leader has rejected Government accusations that the Fretilin party is stoking security tensions by planning a…

Jakarta – House of Representatives inquiry team tasked with investigating the kidnappings of democratic activists from 1997-1998…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' move to probe the abductions of democracy activists in the 1997-1998 period has received…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Observers are warning the 2009 legislative elections could fail because of the poor performance by the General Elections…

Dadan Widjaksana and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta, Beijing – The government has brushed aside claims there is a conflict among Cabinet members that…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has exercised a "disclaimer opinion" on financial reports from the Defense Ministry and the…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has established four special teams to probe graft cases centered on Bank…

Jakarta – Jakarta should brace for even stronger flooding this rainy season after forest in the north of the city was cleared to make way for a…

Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal stated here on Tuesday that no country supported separatism in Papua.

"Not a single…

Another person has revoked his testimony against former State Intelligent Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono, who is on trial for the…

Karen Michelmore, Ubud, Bali – Naldo Rei's thick, wavy hair trails down his back. He has worn it this way for much of his life, for protection,…

Rendi A. Witular and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Vested interests are launching a covert attempt to replace Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati…

Abdul Khalik and Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' special committee on the abduction of democracy activists in 1997-1998…

The West Sepik provincial police commander Sakawar Kasieng yesterday warned people in Vanimo and border villages not to travel to Jayapura in the…

Canberra – East Timor's government accused the opposition Fretilin party of stoking security tensions in the restive country Wednesday, as…

Rendi Akhmad Witular and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The central bank has been accused of misleading local and foreign banks by providing a…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Temperature rises of three to four degrees Celsius, phenomena that should take decades to complete, have been recorded…

Dili – A move to soften tough abortion laws in mainly Catholic East Timor is stirring opposition from the powerful Church.

Activists are…

Indonesian police say they have arrested five suspected Muslim militants plotting to attack a major fuel depot.

National police…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the state ministry bill, which limits the number of ministries to 34 and…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said Tuesday it had found some irregularities in Indonesia's energy sector that might…

Sydney – Australia will reduce its troop deployment to East Timor because of the improved security situation, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The internal bickering within the Golkar Party could develop into a bitter split, following its failure to address local…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The fear of losing in voting on the presidential election bill is forcing factions in the House of Representatives to seek…

Dili – In the high, craggy mountains south of East Timor's capital, Dili, a tangled blanket of wild, unkempt coffee trees is blooming. If the…

18 West Papuans were arrested on Monday the 20 October for taking part in a peacefully rally held in front of the local legislative council in…