John Kidman – Senior military personnel knew Australian troops were responsible for introducing cane toads to East Timor two years ago, it has…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Civil society groups and two House of Representatives factions are claiming the pornography bill currently before the…

Jakarta – Former president director of state airline company Garuda Indonesia, Indra Setiawan, confessed Monday that pilot Pollycarpus…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Witnesses from the National Alliance for the Freedom of Faith and Religion (AKKBB) announced they would boycott trials…

Jonathan Wootliff – In a new democracy like Indonesia's, there is rightly much concern for human rights. Since the fall of Soeharto, we have…

Frenky Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. In this country's long war against corruption, no…

Even though the government might have some legitimate questions to raise about the accuracy of the latest business climate survey of the…

Papuan nationalists have protested in Canberra against what they say is an occupation of Papua New Guinea territory by the Indonesian…

The government's plan to increase the education budget to 20 percent of state expenditure, or around Rp 224.44 trillion (approximately US$24.45…

Five Australians accused of illegally landing a plane in Indonesia's sensitive Papua province have been detained in a hotel for a fourth day on…

Abdul Khalik and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta, Denpasar – Civil society groups and several regions are voicing strong opposition to the controversial…

Luh De Suriyani, Contributor, Denpasar – The majority of domestic workers, which number about two hundred thousand on Bali island, have yet to…

Jakarta – At least 21 people were killed in a stampede in Indonesia on Monday as they crowded an alley to receive a cash handout for…

Maliana, East Timor – A few years ago Domingos Pereira and his wife did something dangerous. They quit the East Timorese Catholic Church.

It…

Jakarta – Press groups are deeply concerned that the newly-passed law on electronic media could pose a threat to press freedom in Indonesia.

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's judiciary earned poor marks from expatriate business executives for having the worst system in Asia, in a…

Jakarta – A separatist group in Indonesia's Papua province claimed responsibility on Monday for a series of bomb attacks in the area and called…

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has confirmed that five Australians have been detained by Indonesian authorities…

Jakarta – A coalition of women's groups has refused a bill on pornography, saying it would restrict women's freedom of expression.

"The bill…

Jakarta – National unity remains a cause for concern here in Indonesia, despite 63 years of existence as a nation state, a survey finds.

The…

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Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – A bomb exploded Sunday near an airport built by a US gold mining giant in Indonesia's restive Papua province, police…

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Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Slowly but surely, corruption is making its way to the presidential office.

At a time when the administration of…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Bandung municipality has set aside more than Rp 1.6 billion (US$177,000) for office renovations and official cars…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – External factors are to blame for the recent drop in the stock market and rupiah, with the fundamentals of the economy…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has confirmed the record high education budget next year will not mean free education for all, as the…

To show its commitment to the fight against corruption, the Attorney General's Office will create anti-graft task forces in each of the country's…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – An alliance of NGOs has rejected a government proposal to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court judges to 70.…

The Indonesian Ulema Council is urging local television broadcasters to limit the number of shows promoting individuals with…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Winning Muslim support and refining the image of corrupt lawmakers ahead of next year's elections are motives behind…

Lucy Williamson, Jakarta – East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta has accused members of the UN Security Council of "extraordinary hypocrisy".…

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Scores of senior Bali officials and community figures on Thursday said they would reject the seemingly inevitable…

Hestiana Dharmastuti, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) legislative member Ade Daud Nasution has been dismissed from the house and his…

Jakarta – An Indonesian Islamic party is hoping an anti-pornography bill that has been in parliament for over three years will be passed within a…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A power play within the House of Representatives has ensured the legislative body will pass the pornography bill, which…

Geoff Thompson, Jakarta and wires – The Bali bombers have enlisted the help of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres in a…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – A recent survey that says Indonesia has become less competitive is "odd", the government has declared, pointing to…

Banda Aceh – Political parties in Indonesia's Aceh province pledged peace Friday for the first national elections since government and rebel…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Fatimah Azzahra, the daughter of a 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre victim, shook hands with Paramadina University rector Anies…

Repeated gunshots were heard seven hours before the blasts on Thursday night at a road in Timika, Papua, leading to a massive mine operated by…

Dili – Australia must help East Timor deal with an exploding cane toad population, President Jose Ramos Horta says.

Australian troops have…

Sydney – The Australian military may have deployed more than just soldiers in East Timor – reports said Tuesday it could also have inadvertently…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Two small bombs exploded early Friday on a road leading to a massive copper and gold mine in eastern Indonesia and a…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Red tape delayed Australian soldiers pursuing rebels involved in the February 11 attacks on East Timor's two most senior…

Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – The old faces of Indonesia's elite look set to dominate next year's presidential election but new blood is needed to end…

The Australian NGO, the Mineral Policy Institute, has welcomed the Norwegian Government's decision to cut its links with the multi…

Jakarta – The Talangsari incident in Lampung regency in February 1989 is threatened with the same fate as other cases of gross human rights…

Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) and its 14 subsidiaries have expressed concern that rampant violence by hard-liner groups is…

Senator Bob Brown made the call after claims that Australia's INTERFET troops introduced the pest to East Timor in 1999.

The…