ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – Mudflow victims continued their protest over unpaid compensation on Friday, blocking roads in Sidoarjo, East Java, with…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Forestry Minister said he could not accept the release of illegal logging suspects and called for an…

Rita A.Widiadana and Wasti Atmodjo, Nusa Dua – The governors of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Papua and West Papua committed to significantly reducing…

Rita A. Widiadana and Ridwan M.Sijabat, Tampak Siring, Bali – After 35 years of negotiations, Indonesia and Singapore signed the landmark…

Rita A. Widiadana and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Denpasar – The three bilateral agreements Indonesia and Singapore signed here on Friday received mixed…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – It appears to be payback time for Indonesia's banks, with the Vice President again urging them to do their part in helping…

ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – Hundreds of mudflow victims from Sidoarjo briefly clashed with police attempting to prevent them from breaking into the…

Jakarta – More than 1,500 students on Friday gathered in front of the governors palace in Jayapura, the capital of the Indonesian province of…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – More than two years after Banda Aceh was devastated by the 2004 tsunami, the agency handling much of the rehabilitation…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Environmental issues have remained on the back burner despite changes of government and more frequent natural disasters…

There are about 13 million children under the age of 5 in the country suffering from chronic malnutrition. In the next 20 years or so, if…

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the recent naming and detention of two…

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – Wednesday's bomb blast at Mardika bus terminal in the Maluku capital of Ambon, which injured six people, was designed to…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – With encouraging increases in consumption, exports and investment during the first three months of this year, the…

Emmy Fitri, Jakarta – The Education For All (EFA) Global Action Week will be held internationally through the last week of April, the work of…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – "Maryati" tried to hide her face behind a red headscarf. The 36-year-old from Surabaya, East Java, is a victim of domestic…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government's efforts to reduce unemployment and alleviate poverty will come to naught if it fails to make the manpower…

Jakarta – A total of 13 million children under the age of five in Indonesia suffer from chronic malnutrition, says the United Nations World Food…

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – Heavy security failed to discourage supporters waving their flags in Ambon, Maluku, on Wednesday, marking a key pro-…

Cirebon, West Java – Traditional market traders, backed by members of the Cirebon municipal council, have urged the municipality…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – An authorized biography of former president Soeharto has been published arguing that his historical legacies should be…

Sandy George, Film writer – It has taken four years to work out how to turn the story of the Balibo Five, the TV newsmen killed in East Timor on…

Jose Ramos-Horta has won the backing of a key powerbroker ahead of next month's presidential vote in East Timor by agreeing to call off a manhunt…

Keiji Hirano, Tokyo – Human right groups in Japan and East Timor have launched a campaign to donate history teaching materials to the newly…

Ambon – A bomb ripped through a bus station on Indonesia's Ambon island late Wednesday injuring six people, witnesses said, amid tight security…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Indonesia's elite special forces unit, Kopassus, has hosted Tommy Soeharto, the disgraced son of the nation's former…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – While the government and central bank need to be on alert against the backdrop of a recent surge in overseas borrowing by…

Muslima Hapsari/Irmawati/Sutarto, Jakarta – There are problems being experienced as regards further progress in the Munir murder case…

Donald Greenlees, Manado – An Indonesian court acquitted Newmont Mining Corporation, the American mining giant, and one of its senior executives…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Less than two years after the signing of the peace agreement between the Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement (…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation officially renaming West Irian Jaya province to West Papua province, a…

Jakarta – The high political cost that has to be borne by candidates to take part in the election of regional heads (pilkada) is generating calls…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Southeast Aceh regency was tense Monday evening after the installation of Marthin Desky as acting regent, replacing…

Budiarto Shambazy – On April 12, 1963 rebels in Brunei were involved in an armed contact with British troops in North Kalimantan. The "rebels" (…

Margie Mason, Denpasar – Bird flu has largely flown off the radar of the Western world, but people are still dying from it nearly every week in…

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – A number of legislators are insisting that certain sectors of the economy remain closed to foreign investment despite the…

Madiun – As many as 200 pedicab drivers together with members of the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) held a…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A leading environmental group asked the government Sunday to temporarily halt logging operations in the…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Calls for the President to replace incompetent ministers in his cabinet rose over the weekend…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Modern retail outlets in the country such as hypermarkets and minimarkets do not pose any threat to wet markets and…

Ahmad Pathoni, Dili – Portuguese is one of the two official languages in East Timor, but you can hardly hear it spoken in the streets of the young…

Richard Baker – A former senior Australian Government negotiator has criticised a controversial new treaty between Australia and East Timor that…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf warned the government Friday against issuing regulations that may contradict the 2006…

Jakarta – The city's dengue fever prevention program is progressing slowly, with East Jakarta residents reportedly preventing dengue fever…

John Pakage, Timika – Thousands of workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg mine in Indonesia have ended a four-day walkout over welfare that had…

Oyos Saroso HN, Bandarlampung – "We fought back, child, as well and as honorably as possible."

This is the final line uttered by Nyai…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced Friday that he would reshuffle his United Indonesia Cabinet in early May…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – After heavy government lobbying, Indonesia's central bank (BI) has agreed to roll back lending restrictions imposed on the…

Jakarta – The National Police confirmed Friday that it is protecting key witnesses to the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib…

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – Both local and foreign investors are seeking clarification from the government on its commitment to providing a more…