Jakarta – Waves of protesters commemorating 10 years of reformasi took to the streets on Wednesday May 21. At least 6,000 people from a number of…

Greenpeace says that without good governance, Indonesia's plans to utilise millions more hectares in its Papua region are unlikely to…

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding another attack against a religious group by other…

Rebels who attacked the East Timorese leadership in February were trying to seize control of the country, President Jose Ramos-Horta says.

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Dili – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday he had slashed the seven-year jail sentence handed out to a former minister for…

[The following is a compilation of abridged translations from Detik.com and Tempo Interactive covering protest actions around the country on May…

Jakarta – The ministry of industry has revised down the country's industrial growth target for the third time in five months to between 4.5 and 5…

Jakarta – Indonesians took to the streets in angry protests over the soaring cost of food and a planned fuel price hike Wednesday, as an economic…

Johannes Simbolon, Jakarta – The rise in oil prices is happening at the "wrong time" for Indonesia – at a time when the country is struggling to…

Jakarta – Thousands of students took to the streets across Indonesia on Wednesday to protest the government's plan to raise fuel…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is poised to pass an amended law on military tribunals that would allow civilian courts to…

Jakarta Police detained 18 students from Mercu Buana University who took over a fuel truck during a rally in West Jakarta on Tuesday.

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Jakarta – The government of Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, is now looking at its vast easternmost provinces in Papua to expand…

Jakarta – Former student activists who took part in the historic rallies of May 1998 have called their struggle for sweeping reforms a…

On this date 10 years ago, when Soeharto ended his 32-year iron-fisted rule, the country's economy was in total chaos, partly – some say mostly –…

Chaz Muth, Washington – Indigenous residents of Indonesia's Irian Jaya region suffer a multitude of injustices, from rape and murder to the…

Dili – It is 8am and Star King in Dili, Timor-Leste's capital, is about to open. For most of the year, Star King, a dimly lit warehouse that sells…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timorese citizens are celebrating the sixth anniversary of their independence today, but with an edge of uncertainty…

Jakarta, Pontianak – Business in Indonesia still relies on political rather than technical or professional support, Vice President Jusuf Kalla…

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Community Legal Aid Institute in Indonesia (LBH…

Firman Hidayat, Samarinda – Around 500 students, NGO activists, and laborers in Samarinda demonstrated today protesting the government…

Bibin Bintariadi, Jakarta – The Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) will announce their position over the fuel price increases.…

Dili – East Timor is set to celebrate six years of independence Tuesday, with bursting national pride and dreams for the future contending with…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Twelve lawmakers currently visiting Argentina for a nine-day "comparative study" tour – of which seven days are reserved…

The Australia West Papua Association has called on the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to grant observer status to West…

Jakarta – Some 10,000 students and teachers paraded around the National Monument here Sunday, campaigning for a better national education system…

Indonesia's powerful military will have to relinquish its vast business interests. The overhaul of the TNI is an important part of Indonesia's…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Contrasting figures between shrinking unemployment and growing underemployment suggest the country's investment…

Dili – East Timor's army will receive military training from Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil and Portugal as part of a military pact…

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – A number of organisations are endeavouring to thwart the government's plan to increase the price of fuel and are…

We will see how serious Kevin Rudd is in bringing the Balibo Five case to its logical conclusion, writes Paul Daley.

A week before the last…

Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has added pressure on the government to reconsider its plan to raise fuel prices, saying the…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Holocaust did happen and was historically well-documented by historians and its survivors with their published…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Religious violence against minority group Ahmadiyah stems from the weakening of the Indonesian Islamic thought movement…

Jakarta – Homosexuality is not a disease but a social reality that the public should learn to respect, the executive director of the Women's…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The government called on developed nations to buy carbon credits from Indonesia, rather than push for a moratorium…

Report on an attack against the secretariat of the Political Committee of the Poor (KPRM) in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Saturday, May 17, 00.…

Mariani Dewi, Jakarta – The gap in salaries between managers and clerics in Indonesia widened last year from 2006 in part because of a shortage in…

Paul Toohey – Xanana Gusmao, his Australian wife Kirsty and their kids haven't been back to their home in the hills overlooking the East Timorese…

Dili – The advantages of Cuban basic reading and writing teaching method Yes, I Can, which combines the student's basic learning…

Jakarta – A seminar on university student militaristic training clubs, held Wednesday, addressed the clubs' relevance in response to their fading…

Medan – Hundreds of protesters from the National Liberation Front (FPN) demonstrated at the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Leaders of several major factions in the House of Representatives will confirm their opposition to the government's plan…

[The following is a translation of a leaflet produced for mass distribution in the poor residential areas along the planned march route to the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Lower income families urged the government on Friday to ensure proposed fuel price hikes would not cause the prices of…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its fortieth session after adopting its annual report to the General Assembly and issuing its…

Hardline Islamists like Abu Bakar Bashir have joined forces with powerful government agencies pushing for minority Ahmadiya sect of Islam to be…

Bradley S. Klapper, Geneva – A UN panel said Friday that Indonesian police and military forces are allegedly engaging in widespread torture, and…

Sara Webb – Indonesia's powerful military, pushed out of politics a decade ago when Indonesians embraced democracy, must soon relinquish another…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The economy grew by 6.28 percent in the first quarter of 2008 from the same period last year on robust growth in…