Nadhifa Putri, Jakarta – Around 50 people from the Urban Poor Union (SRMK) descended on the Jakarta city hall en masse today. They were…

Benjamin Terrall – Although Indonesia's government has committed to reforming the Indonesian military (TNI) territorial command structure, which…

Peter Boyle – East Timor is holding parliamentary elections on June 30. Many commentators predict former president Xanana Gusmao's new party, the…

Vote counting from East Timor's parliamentary election neared completion Wednesday, showing no political party will be able to clinch an absolute…

Damien Kingsbury – When the people of East Timor went to the polls for the third time this year, they completed a political cycle that has been…

Dili – For the third time in as many months, East Timor's people lined up and voted in high numbers. But the show of democracy could not mask…

Karen Michelmore, Dili – East Timor's Court of Appeal has been asked to decide if a controversial new law which grants widespread amnesties for…

With about half the vote counted in East Timor's parliamentary elections, the crucial role of the minor parties has become more clear – and the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega is expected to arrive in Jakarta on Tuesday but the Indonesian government said Monday it…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The number of poor people has declined slightly due to better economic conditions of late and the government's poverty-…

The decision, announced yesterday, by the Indonesian government to prevent US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega from travelling to West Papua, will…

Jakarta – The National Police celebrated its 61st anniversary Monday in the midst of calls from third parties for law enforcers to improve their…

M. Taufiqurrahman and M. Azis Tunny, Jakarta/Ambon – While Jakarta attempted to put an end to the controversy surrounding the recent waving of a…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Hundreds of banners appealing to the Jakartan pubic not to be easily enticed by the promises by made by candidate…

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – Whichever way you look at it, not many people in Indonesia have real disposable incomes. Census data from the BPS…

Indra Shalihin, Jakarta – Stinging criticism by activists from the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) who accused Forestry Minister MS Kaban…

Muklis Ali, Jakarta – Indonesia has barred a US congressman who has been a critic of Jakarta's policies in Papua from visiting the area, but has…

Indra Shalihin, Jakarta – Because environmental destruction, humanity is becoming muddy and angry. Scores of these 'mud people', formed up in a…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is gearing up to deliberate the draft law on political parties, which addresses the lack of female…

Andi Haswidi – The upcoming Negative Investment List has infuriated some foreign investors, who fear they may lose some of their shares and have…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Minor parties have called for the electoral law to be changed to allow them the run in coalitions in the 2009 legislative…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The Jakarta Elections Commission on Saturday announced there were 5.7 million registered voters for August's…

"Literary history must be won back. Culture as a priority for the people must be won back. People today have forgotten the literature of Kartini(1…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – It's no longer acceptable for the country's leaders to cry or talk their way out of the nation's many problems,…

A study by Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency has sparked a squabble in the world's largest Muslim nation, after it suggested the drug might be…

Jakarta – Police should remain neutral at all times in disputes between employers and workers, a coalition of workers' associations has demanded…

Nancy-Amelia Collins, Dili – East Timor is suffering from food shortages caused by floods and plagues of locusts that cut the harvest of the…

Karen Michelmore and Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Almost 30 years on, Zulira and Adelino Coelho are still waiting desperately for news on their son.

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[In the final of our series on East Timor politics, Fabio Scarpello speaks to Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva.]

As East Timorese vote for a…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor activists have harshly criticized Manpower and Transmigration Minister Erman Suparno, alleging he deceived the…

With just over one month to go until the historic direct election for Jakarta governor, voter registration remains a major cause for concern – and…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The government gave its assurance on Friday that the deliberation of the new package of political bills would be…

Mark Forbes Herald, Jakarta – Indonesia's Government is on a collision course with political and religious leaders who are taking multiple wives…

Jakarta – The Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Institute (YLBHI) told the government Friday to issue a decree for the immediate compensation of…

Jakarta – Urban groups and non-governmental organizations are calling on gubernatorial candidates to accommodate the diverse needs of the city's…

Jakarta – An alliance of trade unions held a rally Thursday in front of the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta to demand…

Jakarta – Opposition is growing to Indonesia and Singapore's defense cooperation agreement (DCA), with a senior lawmaker and retired servicemen…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The government has announced it will increase the subsidy for higher education as of next year but admitted the funds…

Max Lane, Sydney – On June 19 I attended a public forum in Jakarta with the theme "Is it time for the young leaders to come to power?" About 300…

Paris – The number of billionaires jumped drastically by 8.3 percent in 2006. According to the survey carried out by the financial firm, Capgemini…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Policies involving the national weather forecast agency and farmers must be enacted to enable Indonesia to adapt to the…

Jakarta – Legal activists suggested Thursday that court verdicts be made accessible to the public in a bid to curb the "court mafia"…

Jakarta – Two human rights violators – one convicted over the deadly 1999 East Timor riots and a former Indonesian Military major convicted for…

Criminal charges should be laid over alleged corruption within a government ministry, East Timor's new independent watchdog said, on the eve of…

Geoff Thompson

Mark Colvin: It's been a long year for East Timor. The crisis which erupted violently 12 months ago culminates tomorrow in a…

Seth Mydans, Dili – During the past week, convoys of vans and trucks have wound through the streets of this tiny seaside capital loaded with…

In East Timor, half a million people will cast their votes on Saturday to elect their second government since gaining independence just five years…

The only Indonesian jailed over the violence surrounding East Timor's 1999 vote for independence has launched a legal challenge against the court…