Jon Lamb – Human rights activists from East Timor and Indonesia have slammed the latest round of the Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship…

Dili – A former East Timorese guerrilla fighter was arrested on Wednesday and charged in connection with deadly unrest that flared here last year…

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – Scores of monks and protesters from the Indonesian Buddhist Solidarity (SBI) held a peaceful action at the Myanmar…

Markus Makur, Timika – Papua province's rich natural resources have had no impact on life in the remote villages of Asmat and East Mimika Jauh, in…

Daniel Rose, Jakarta – Nur, a young woman in a white shirt and green veil is quietly assembling a key chain from threads and other materials.…

Jakarta – Like Londoners talking about the weather, Jakartans have made traffic jams a common topic of discussion. And the traffic jams that have…

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – The Myanmar Embassy has again been rocked by demonstrations. Following an action by monks, this time it…

Jakarta – An Indonesian businessman's bid to make polygamy easier was rejected by the country's constitutional court on Wednesday.

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Alfian, Jakarta – Terror attacks are not always linked to religious fanaticism and can be triggered by issues including poverty, discrimination…

Jakarta – Within five months, a family from Rawa Buaya subdistrict in West Jakarta lost two children to what was diagnosed as typhoid fever by…

Jakarta – Mahmud has been a contract teacher for 28 years, earning only Rp 500,000 a month. Since 2002, the father of three has been scavenging…

Donggala, Central Sulawesi – Workers have sealed off a base transceiver station (BTS) owned by cellular telecommunication operator PT…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – An alliance of several NGOs has asked the President to order the selection team for the country's anti-corruption body…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) is calling on the Government of Indonesia to end more than four decades of oppression and…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Three years have passed since the launch of the Transjakarta busway, but Sutiyoso's dream to see Jakartans switch from…

The latest data on individual income-tax payers, as revealed by Tax Director General Darmin Nasution last week, was not only shockingly small, but…

Sarah Smiles – A united front of Papuan leaders has called for crisis talks with Jakarta as human rights abuses escalate in the militarised…

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court on Monday rejected the class-action lawsuit filed by victims of February's floods against Jakarta's…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso announced here Monday he was available for political parties to nominate him for the…

ID Nugroho, Banyuwangi – Time has tattered and torn the three books in which the original lyrics of the notorious Genjer-Genjer song were first…

Yogyakarta – A number of private universities in Yogyakarta have been forced to merge and scrap study programs due to limited enrollments.

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Jakarta – Interfaith religious organizations in Indonesia condemned the Myanmar military junta Monday for its irresponsible use of force and…

Theresia Sufa and Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Bogor/Jakarta – A mob went on the rampage on the western outskirts of Bogor early Sunday, attacking cafes…

Sultani – The positive tone of the reaction to the announcement by the United Nations and the World Bank in which they rated Suharto as the…

Jakarta – Jakarta lacks concern for its residents in many ways, particularly in the commercial sphere, with the city administration paying little…

Jakarta – Although the Home Affairs Ministry said it would look into Jakarta's newly endorsed public order bylaw, Home Minister Mardiyanto said…

An Indonesian court began hearings on Monday on a 500 billion rupiah ($A62.06 million) civil suit filed by state prosecutors against the youngest…

Ben Terrall – "Counterterrorism" has become Indonesia's latest slogan for avoiding military reform while simultaneously strengthening its…

Banda Aceh, Aceh – Six local parties have registered in Aceh ahead of the 2009 legislative election in the province, according to the…

Pacific Islands leaders are being asked to consider the plight of the nearly two million Melanesian people in the Indonesian region of…

A group of pro-independence Papuans said it has asked Indonesia's government to meet to discuss greater democracy and self-determination as well…

Sarah Smiles, Canberra – The 17-year-old daughter of a prominent Papuan activist has been kidnapped, drugged and assaulted at gunpoint by a group…

Andreas Harsono – Clad in a sarong and cotton shirt, Chief Sergeant Ukas seemes like an ordinary shopkeeper. He runs a family store next to his…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – More than 1.2 million children in North Sumatra are forced to drop out of school every year for financial reasons.

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In East Timor, the Truth and Friendship Commission has wound up its public hearings. The joint Indonesian and Timorese Commission was established…

Ramdhan Muhaimin, Jakarta – Around 50 people from Humanist Solidarity for Myanmar (SKUM) held a demonstration in Bali on Sunday October 30 against…

Bramantyo Prijosusilo, Ngawi, East Java – The end of September has always been a time of questions throughout Indonesia's political history.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – After performing the asyar afternoon prayers in a small mosque, Syahidin, 38, returned to his quarters and took his…

By Charles Scheiner, Dili, Timor-Leste

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Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, National Police chief Gen. Sutanto and Chief of the State Development Finance…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Following the recent release of 13 Navy officials involved in the May shooting spree of villagers in Pasuruan, East Java…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Indonesia and Timor Leste still have to settle the cases of 81 children who were separated from their parents after…

Garry Maddox – Anthony LaPaglia will star in a film telling the story of the five newsmen who were shot dead in East Timor in 1975.…

Jakarta – The AGO handed over Thursday the dossiers of former Garuda Indonesia president Indra Setiawan and former secretary to Garuda…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights last week established a new ad hoc team to investigate the 1989 shooting at…

Jakarta – Constitutional Court chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie said Thursday people should not expect too much regarding the UN and World…

We accept the reality that our economic development lags behind Asian peers such as Malaysia, Thailand and China. We often joke around that we…

Jakarta/Yogyakarta – Constitutional Court President Jimly Asshiddiqie said Wednesday's arrest of Judicial Commission member Irawady Joenoes on…

Jakarta – Strong commodity exports and an influx of foreign funds into the local capital markets pushed Indonesia's balance of payments during the…

Jakarta – More than 500 residents blockaded the entrance to Koja container terminal in North Jakarta on Thursday, hampering activities…