Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – A ferry carrying hundreds of passengers sank in a storm off Indonesia's main island of Java and nearly all were still…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Police said here Thursday they would summon new witnesses in an effort to shed light on the 2004 murder of prominent human…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains popular among the people and if an election were held today he would…

Banda Aceh – A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel won the first direct election for governor of Aceh province, the electoral commission…

Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Jakarta – A former rebel negotiator won a landmark gubernatorial election in Indonesia's once-restive Aceh Province,…

There have been fresh warnings of an Indonesian military build-up in the Punjak Jaya region of Papua province.

The Reverend…

Jakarta/Banda Aceh, Langkat – The Forestry Ministry on Thursday blamed the authorities' inability to halt illegal logging for the devastating…

Jakarta – The government did nothing to prepare for the floods and landslides in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra that have killed more…

Payabedi – When his home in Kampung Dalam village was hit by flash floods, Ishak volunteered to stay behind as the boat sent by his wife's family…

Payabedi – Around a hundred angry and mostly female Indonesian flood victims Thursday looted an aid distribution post, complaining…

Benget Simbolon Tnb., Jakarta – The government made a big push in 2006 to lure new foreign investors to Indonesia, but a number of urgent problems…

Hendarsyah Tarmizi, Jakarta – If the government's macroeconomic targets are used as the yardsticks to assess the country's economic performance…

Nabiha Shahab, Jakarta – Disasters such as the flash floods which have killed 100 people and displaced more than 400,000 will be repeated unless…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, whose conviction on terrorism charges was recently overturned, has canceled his plans…

Few might have ever thought when this nation – through its representatives in the People's Consultative Assembly – agreed in 2001 to establish the…

Jakarta – The nation's security forces are still operating above the law as the government's protection of human rights increases, a rights…

Former President Gerald Ford died last night at the age of 93. We begin our coverage of Ford's time in office with a look at his support for the…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The early release of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the only suspect in the 2004 murder of noted human rights campaigner…

Jakarta – Deforestation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, sped by post-tsunami reconstruction activities, caused the huge flooding and landslides on…

Port Moresby – A flag-raising campaign in Indonesian Papua's Highlands could escalate into open conflict between tribal warriors and Indonesian…

Lindsay Murdoch – Two years after the Boxing Day tsunami more than 25,000 poor and landless families in the hardest hit area of Indonesia's Aceh…

Jakarta – The only suspect in the poisoning death of Indonesia's most prominent human rights activist was freed from prison after receiving a…

Dili – East Timorese celebrated a peaceful Christmas on Sunday as church and political leaders called on them to reject violence which earlier…

Ahmad Pathoni, Banda Aceh – At 30, Beti has to raise her four young children alone after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami snatched her husband, and…

Jakarta – Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Aceh and North Sumatra provinces have killed at least 80 people and forced tens of thousands to…

Mark Dodd – More than 70,000 East Timorese are still living in emergency shelter as a result of ongoing gang violence that flared earlier in the…

Anissa S. Febrina, Jakarta – A friend in need is a friend indeed, the saying goes. Unfortunately, for teenagers with unwanted pregnancies, the…

The rage over a cleric's decision to take a second wife continues, particularly among women, but what it means for the women's movement here is an…

Nelson da Cruz, Dili – Baby Xestalino Soares lies fast asleep on a mat, sharing a cloth blanket with one of his older brothers, while his mother…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Kosmonita Radio manager Idah Ernawati was engaged in a serious discussion with a new announcer, Elly.

"I noticed that…

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – With a number of sectors having contracted in 2006, the country's industrial sector is set to grow by a less-than-expected…

George Junus Aditjondro, Yogyakarta – As if commanded from one center, two anticommunist actions in Surabaya on Wednesday, Dec. 13, and in Bandung…

Dili – A shipment of emergency clothing, food and wheelchairs intended for impoverished residents of East Timor was unloaded from a…

Bulukumba, Tribun – Dozens of youth and students from the Preparatory Committee of the National Liberation Party of Unity (KP-Papernas…

On the 7th December 2006, the Supreme Court in Jakarta abolished the highly controversial Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Bill of 2004,…

Jakarta – Former defense and security minister Gen. (ret) Wiranto on Thursday announced the formation of a new political party to contest the 2009…

Tony Hotland and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government will prepare new legislation mandating the Corruption Court after it was declared…

Nani Afrida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – Sharia-style local government bylaws in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam are bringing unnecessary…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia overturned a terror conviction Thursday against the militant Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who served 2 1/2…

Janet Fyfe-Yeomans – Crack SAS troops were poised to launch a secret mission into East Timor to rescue the five Australians three days before…

Mojokerto – Scores of protesters from the Preparatory Committee for the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) in the East Java city of…

Dili – An army rebel who played a key role in the revolt that sent East Timor into chaos earlier this year held reconciliation talks with the…

Malang - Dozens of protesters from the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) held a demonstration yesterday criticising government policy…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court turned down Wednesday a petition for it to scrap an article in the Criminal Code allowing law…

Jakarta – Some 4,000 people who escaped a deadly quake on the Indonesian island of Sumatra earlier this week are refusing to return home despite…

John McBeth, Jakarta – The United States may have finally lifted the arms embargo imposed on Indonesia in the wake of the 1991 East Timor massacre…

Asia has hardly been the poster-child for Human Rights; in fact, its track-record of human rights violations has grown progressively worse over…

More than 2,000 former employees of state aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara (PT DI) began a march (see photo) Tuesday from Bandung to the…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A lack of bureaucratic reform was to blame for the poor quality of public services in Indonesia, development experts…

Nani Afrida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – As the ballot counting continues from last week's elections in Aceh, it is clear voters favored…