Jakarta – Indonesia must do more to save pristine rainforests in Papua from destruction, particularly with plans to open up huge tracts of land to…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced Tuesday the names of 22 generals who will be promoted or dismissed in the first major military…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A witness confirmed Tuesday the use of Bank Indonesia funds to make state prosecutors drop investigations into alleged…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Informal lobbying within the House of Representatives special committee deliberating the presidential election bill is…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Exports in August fell 0.43 percent to US$12.5 billion from the month before, as crude oil prices continued falling,…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives voted not to pass a controversial bill stipulating an extended mandatory retirement age…

East Timor's prime minster says he will not allow a new wave of instability as the opposition Fretilin party prepares for a…

Jakarta – Former Bank Indonesia (BI) legal bureau head, Oey Hoey Tiong, on Tuesday admitted to using BI money to prevent the arrest of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Greenpeace ship Esperanza and its crew of activists arrived in Jayapura on Monday, beginning a two-week…

Police in East Timor have been ordered to set up checkpoints and step up patrols to stop officers from taking weapons home, amid signs of mounting…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia may start feeling the pinch of the economic meltdown in the United States and in some European countries as…

Jakarta – The leader of radical Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah was prohibited from visiting convicted Bali bombers at Batu prison,…

Rizal Sukma, Jakarta – On Sunday, Oct. 5, the Indonesian Military (TNI) celebrated its 63rd anniversary, although its official commemoration will…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – In an attempt to promote transparency and prevent illegal funding in the presidential election, the House of…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Up to 427 people have died and 1,408 others have been injured in traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri exodus,…

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – Those offering "laundry by the kilo" services are beaming over the plight of Jakartans inundated with dirty clothes and…

Philip Dorling – One hazard of being prime minister is you never quite know who you'll meet next.

Kevin Rudd's office goes to considerable…

Aditya Suharmoko and Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is recalculating the state budget deficit's tolerance level, as the shortage…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it won't resettle more than a hundred refugees from the Indonesian province of…

Jakarta – The Huria Batak Protestant Church followers say the pornography bill is "not needed" to maintain Indonesians' morality.

Fadli and Jon Afrizal, Batam, Jambi – Coastal erosion is progressing at an alarming rate in Batam and Jambi as a result of widespread illegal…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy is estimated to grow by more than 6 percent during the year's third quarter on the back of…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri was officially sworn in by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace on…

Paul Toohey – East Timor's fragile political and justice system is again being put to the test with the country's most senior military figure,…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – It is a moment for seeking and giving forgiveness, but for political figures, Idul Fitri has become an opportunity to gain…

Jose Sarito Amaral, Jakarta – Prime Minister of East Timor Xanana Gusmao dismissed Fretilin's threat to bring in thousands of supporters to urge…

The election season is already in full swing. Now is the time to challenge or praise incumbents' records on East Timor and Indonesia and to ask…

An international health NGO says the death toll from a cholera epidemic in Indonesia's Papua has reached an estimated 200.

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Sara Webb and Fitri Wulandari, Cilegon – Like its volcanic namesake nearby, state-owned Krakatau Steel looms large over this part of Indonesia.…

Famega Syafira/Wikipedia, Jakarta – Fretilin demanded a re-election in East Timor, the party Secretary General Mari Alkatiri said on Thursday when…

Jakarta – Reforming Indonesia's army, once among the world's most corrupt and abusive, has been a slow process since the army-backed Suharto…

Worrying signs are emerging of tensions within East Timor's police force, similar to the rift among armed forces that sparked deadly violence in…

Nusakambangan, Indonesia – Three Islamic militants on death row for the deadly 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali sounded a defiant tone on Wednesday…

Tensions are brewing in East Timor's national police force as the government works to weed out corruption and rehabilitate the force.

The…

Kurniasih Budi/Ninin Damayanti, Jakarta – Former East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri visited President Yudhoyono during the Idul…

Jakarta – Newly-installed National Police chief Comr. Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Tuesday he would promote cultural change…

A preliminary list of legislative candidates eligible to compete in next year's elections was published last Friday, sending many of the country's…

Abdul Khalik and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has hinted at his readiness to stand as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono'…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Sunday announcement that he will run for reelection, which came 10 months before the…

Damien Kingsbury – The recent announcement by Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon that Australia will co-produce weapons with Indonesia…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said he will run for a second term in next year's election, with Vice President Jusuf…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Major House of Representatives factions failed in their second try to keep Bagir Manan as chief justice before he retires…

Five Australians arrested after illegally landing a light plane in Indonesia's Papua province were charged with immigration offences…

Jakarta – An army soldier kidnapped Sunday morning by an armed group in East Aceh was released in Cot Keh Village in Peureulak on…

"... although legislation represents an important start, its role cannot be more than just a beginning. It is political reform that will…

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – With their daughter perched at the front of the motorbike and their son squashed between them, Purwanto and his wife set…

Dili – Justice in East Timor has traditionally been measured out in water buffaloes. A goat theft costs one buffalo and a rape of a woman is worth…

New York – The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I delegation visiting the US, called on US congressmen to help correct…

Tjahjono EP/ENI, Timika – Provincial Police has named Paulus Kiwing and Matius Magai, residents of Kwamki Baru town as suspects for raising the…

Veronica Kusuma, Jakarta – Ever since Ayat-ayat Cinta (Verses of love) hit the cinemas, the representation of Islam in Indonesian cinema has…