Kate Corbett, Canberra – An Australian businessman has funnelled thousands of dollars into a TV advertising campaign attacking Prime Minister John…

Jakarta – When a new regulation comes into effect next month, all buildings in the city's protected upland areas must come down.

In order to…

Jakarta – Citing improved security conditions in Poso, Central Sulawesi, National Police chief Gen. Sutanto said the non-organic…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Environmental organizations are at odds over a forest trade-in deal signed by the government and a number of…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government plans to reclaim, for a second time, up to 500,000 hectares of peatland in Central Kalimantan for…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government will speed up development in the provinces of Papua and West Papua after an assessment found both still…

Stevie Emilia, Sanur – The government plans to introduce a mosque-based community empowerment program in 11 provinces this year to help in poverty…

Hamish McDonald – Indonesian special forces knew five Australian newsmen were in Balibo before they attacked the East Timor village 31 years ago,…

David Nason, Mark Dodd – The riches from the Greater Sunrise gas field in the Timor Sea are set to be unlocked with East Timor's parliament…

Hamish McDonald – A former Timorese partisan told a state coroner yesterday he had seen Indonesian soldiers attack two white men trying to…

Lindsay Murdoch – The East Timorese Prime Minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, has urged the United Nations to bolster security in his country as…

Stevie Emilia, Sanur – Muslim leaders were urged Tuesday to thrown their weight behind a revitalized national family planning program, which had…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military and the National Police have been told by the House of Representatives to stop arguing over the national…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Merauke – Papuans must not be sidelined in the possible establishment of an autonomous South Papua province, but should…

Salim Osman, Jakarta – Soldiers from the United States and Indonesia should train together to strengthen military ties between the two countries,…

Issues facing Indonesia's domestic workers abroad get attention Indonesia is failing to protect its domestic workers and leaves them vulnerable to…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Lila Rohila, 38, had never thought the decision she took last Idul Fitri to wear a headscarf would ever become an…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government will import another 500,000 tons of rice to help keep prices from rising further after monsoonal flooding…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives threw its weight Monday behind regional councillors who have…

Jakarta – The losses caused by the massive flooding in Greater Jakarta last week may reach up to Rp 8 trillion (US$879 million), almost double the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) is suing gas exploration company PT Lapindo Brantas over the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Rukman, a former construction worker from Pondok Cabe, just south of Jakarta, cried out when Tangerang prison…

Jakarta – Police and soldiers opened fire on each other Tuesday in Indonesia's Papua province, leaving one officer dead, a police…

Jakarta – The United States and Indonesia are discussing ways to further their military partnership and work together in the region, top US…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday rejected Singapore's accusation that the ban on sand exports to the city-state was unnecessary,…

Andi Haswidi – The presidential regulation on the modern retail market scheduled to be issued in March will not restrict the operation of foreign…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – As a result of prudent macroeconomic policies, the Indonesian government now has sufficient resources to finance the…

James Dunn – The current coronial enquiry into the death of Brian Peters at Balibo in October 1975 has brought back vivid memories of a crisis in…

Jambi – Local police are investigating the disappearance of 69 poll booths that were being stored at Jelutung Sports Hall in Jambi…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Dozens of residents of Warung Satangkal kampong in Majalaya, Bandung, rallied in front of a house belonging to a…

Rob Taylor, Canberra – Australian rights activists on Monday criticised a security pact with Indonesia, telling parliament in a submission that it…

Neles Tebay, Jayapura – Indigenous Papuans are supposed to be enjoying a peaceful life in Papua province. However, their experiences under…

Jakarta – Activists plan to report Governor Sutiyoso and Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie to the National Human…

Jakarta – The end of efforts to solve cases of human rights violations indicates the strength of the political influence of human rights violators…

Sandy Indra Pratama, Jakarta – The families of victims of gross human rights violations are disappointed with the endless foot…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Dozens of policies created to protect the environment in Jakarta, Bogor, Puncak and Cianjur, also known as…

Irwan Firdaus, Muara Bakti – Farmers living outside Indonesia's flood-hit capital said Monday they were struggling to survive after hundreds of…

Ade Mardiyati and Jerry Norton, Jakarta – Mud and debris from flood-damaged homes on Sunday after days of relatively dry weather, but for many it…

Jakarta – Political observers have suggested that the country needs direct and open general elections that allow people to choose their own…

Anthony Hubbard – The New Zealand government didn't want to make a fuss about the death of Gary Cunningham. It privately supported the Indonesian…

New Zealand's shameful record over East Timor comes into focus again this week. A Sydney inquest is delving into the murder of five journalists,…

Six West Papuan Student activists from the Student and Civil Society Coalition Concerned about Human Rights in Papua (Koalisi Mahasiswa dan…

Donald E. Weatherbee, Honolulu – For six years the administration of George W. Bush has nurtured a restored relationship with Indonesia. The US…

Jakarta – The fight against corruption is apparently taking a back seat to poverty eradication programs, at least in terms of President Susilo…

Fadli, Batam – The head of a waste management group says the repeated dumping of oil in the waters near the Riau Islands is causing serious…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Aceh needs at least 100 more judges to fully implement sharia across the province, with many sharia courts operating…

Honolulu – Peace is possible in Indonesia's troubled eastern province of Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya. But, according to a recently…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Representatives of four regencies in southern Papua met with the provincial legislative council Friday to demand…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Receding floods across Jakarta exposed a rank, muddy mess of sodden belongings littering countless streets and homes.

The revelation this week by Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono that Indonesia is considering the procurement of BAE Systems Hawk aircraft from the…