Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Losing trust in the new police investigating team, activists demanded Saturday that the government involve the United…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Australian embassy officials and staff in Dili have tightened their security as unidentified people spread rumours that…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Central Sulawesi Antiviolence Caucus asserted Friday that four police generals in charge of maintaining order in the…

Jakarta – The national team overseeing the East Java mudflow disaster is racing against time to reinforce a 7.2 kilometer embankment so that it…

Gagah Wijoseno, Jakarta – Suspicions that the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) was involved in the murder of Munir are becoming stronger. There…

Maryadi, Jakarta – A visit by Munir's widow, Suciwati to the United States on October 14-20 has produced results. The United Nations, the US…

Matthew B Arnold – With America's adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan faltering and United Nations peace-keeping missions stretched thin and…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The generous sentence remissions given to wealthy criminals on national holidays smack of corruption, activists said…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – The commander of East Timor's army has called for an investigation into the behaviour of Australian troops in Dili,…

Panca Nugraha and Ary Hermawan, Mataram/Jakarta – Suspected Muslim militants have attacked a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyah sect in Sulawesi on…

Jakarta – An environmental group is questioning the government's commitment to combating rampant illegal logging in North Sumatra, saying many…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A man for all seasons, Marsillam Simanjuntak joined Thursday a State Palace meeting to review the progress of the country'…

There's a call for the Pacific Islands Forum to send a fact finding mission to Indonesia's Papua province.

In the communique at…

Jakarta – The effectiveness of the government's plan to cage fowls in residential areas as a move to curb the spread of the deadly avian influenza…

Poso/Jakarta – New violence flared up in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Wednesday when a mob of villagers ransacked a house rented by policemen after…

Blontank Poer, Klaten – This year's Idul Fitri was hard work for Yadi and Sriyati who live in the earthquake-hit village of Gesikan in Klaten,…

Jayapura – Development planning in the province of Papua is not being handled well even though the province has huge sums of money, in the form of…

Vanda Mutia Dewi, Jakarta – A recent report by Greenomics Indonesia revealed some very interesting facts about who exactly is to blame for the…

Lindsay Murdoch – Security forces in East Timor fear violence will dramatically escalate in Dili after the execution of a leader of one of East…

Ridarson Galingging, Jakarta – According to existing Indonesian law, Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who commit ordinary crimes are supposed…

Dili – East Timor's Bishop Carlos Belo has reportedly held meetings with a rebel leader and key politicians named in a damning UN report on the…

Martin Abbugao, Singapore – The annual recurrence of carbon-rich haze caused by illegal fires in Indonesia's vast tropical peatlands may help fuel…

Jakarta – Two Islamic militants jailed for their role in helping bombers in the 2002 Bali blasts, were freed from prison after receiving sentence…

Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians have taken part in morning prayers before celebrating the end of the month-long Ramadan fast with family and…

Palu – A man was shot dead when police in Indonesia's religiously-divided town of Poso, in Central Sulawesi, came under attack while trying to…

Millions of women in Indonesia are raising children on their own, some by choice and others by necessity. Now the country is coming under pressure…

Two men were stabbed to death after evening prayers in East Timor, a hospital director said, in the latest violence to disrupt the…

The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) calls on the Pacific Islands Forum leaders to grant observer status to West Papua at its upcoming…

Tim Johnston – East Timor used to be the poster child for international intervention, but a report published this week by a group of United…

Nabiha Shahab, Jakarta – It's 2:45 in the morning, and Ulfa and Eko have already launched into another Ramadan working day with their comedy…

The East Timorese Government was handed a heaven-sent opportunity this week to begin the long overdue process of healing the rifts so vividly…

Fabio Scarpello, Jakarta – After two years at the helm, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has drawn praise for ending the 30-year war…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – A recent survey that found 9 percent of Indonesian Muslims justify the Bali bombings as a form of "jihad to defend Islam"…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Mick Slater, the commander of Australia's peacekeeping force in Dili, has revealed that he could not arrest East Timor's…

Jakarta – Indonesian television broadcast the photo of a fugitive convicted of embezzling millions of dollars in state funds as part…

Reports on violence in East Timor have tended, in the past, to be followed by inaction. The findings of various United Nations, Indonesian and…

Jakarta – Stopping and clearing up a massive mud flow at an Indonesian gas well will cost at least $180 million and the final bill may…

Jakarta – Experts recommended Wednesday that the mud gushing from a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, be dumped along the coast to form a mudland…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Legal and human rights groups are giving President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono low marks for law enforcement, citing the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Four years on, the special autonomy that costs more than Rp 5 trillion (about US$555 million) annually, has brought…

P. Parameswaran, Washington – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under US pressure to get to the bottom of the murder of a leading…

Shawn W Crispin – With Thailand under military-appointed rule, the Philippines fresh off a stint of martial law and an unresolved vote-rigging…

James Balowski, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is coming under increasing pressure to release a report implicating security forces…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Former East Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri failed to stop weapons being distributed to civilians and should face…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – "Money politics" are having a negative affect on the behavior of voters and politicians, threatening democracy in…

John M. Glionna, Sukadamai – These days, the forlorn widow never leaves her tiny shack in this bustling island village. She sits in the doorway,…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The House of Representatives approved the 2007 budget Tuesday, with the government envisaging a wider deficit of Rp 40.5…

Damien Kingsbury – The relationship between Australia and Indonesia is the most testing of Australia's foreign relations, and one which has…

If the latest opinion poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) is any indication, then the combined votes of all the Islamist parties in…

Jakarta – UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the East Timorese today to accept the conclusions of an inquiry by the world body into deadly…