Andri Setyawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) has welcomed the government's measure in extending the ban on rice…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Looking at the fact that Indonesian migrant workers abroad are often exploited and abused by their employers and lack…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court told prosecutors Tuesday to use force to get seven suspects in the 2002 killing of two…

Jakarta – Activists urged the government Monday to expedite the drafting of a long-awaited bill designed to protect domestic workers from…

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Dozens of public minivan drivers rallied Monday in front of the transportation office in Mataram to…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Just hours after the December 2004 tsunami battered Indonesia's coastal areas, Vice President Jusuf Kalla jumped into…

Banda Aceh – Many residents in Indonesia's Aceh say they are unaware of the specifics of a new law giving the ravaged province greater autonomy,…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Usually bustling streets in towns along the eastern seaboard of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam were brought to a…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – After five months of intense deliberations, the House of Representatives passed the Aceh governance bill into law…

Jakarta – Seven suspects who face trial over the 2002 killings of two US nationals in Indonesia's Papua refused to turn up in court Tuesday,…

Jane Perlez, Jakarta – The Indonesian Parliament passed a law today that under the terms of a peace accord with former separatists in Aceh is…

Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament has passed a bill to extend political autonomy for Aceh, but human-rights activists and former Achenese rebels…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Six of the seven Papuans charged with the premeditated murder of three teachers at the Freeport mine in 2002 are…

John Martinkus – Three weeks ago in East Timor I was given information from senior members of the East Timorese military that confirmed what the…

Damien Kingsbury – The appointment of Jose Ramos Horta as East Timor's interim prime minister is a move towards installing a unifying figure for a…

Dili – East Timor's new prime minister Jose Ramos-Horta is the candidate best placed to unify the traumatised nation but the Nobel laureate could…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is to question Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso here Monday…

Dili – Nobel prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta has been named as East Timor's new prime minister, President Xanana Gusmao announced Saturday, ending…

Jakarta – A human rights group suspects there have been "systematic attempts" to shatter the peace in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

The Jakarta-…

Jakarta – A coalition of anticorruption watchdogs kicked off a campaign Friday to improve integrity among members of the House of…

Dili – Jose Ramos-Horta, the Nobel peace laureate who spent decades campaigning for East Timor's independence from Indonesia, was appointed the…

Jakarta – Indonesian maids working overseas are still unaware of their right to report cases of abuse and other grievances to local authorities,…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Kartika Gunawan is not a typical Playboy playmate, but neither are her centrefold shots.

Although her starring role…

Jakarta – Members of the Unity in Diversity Alliance came away disappointed Friday after trying to persuade the Islamic Prosperous Justice Party (…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Seven suspects set to stand trial over the killing of two American teachers and their Indonesian colleague in…

Jakarta – A student reported a security guard at the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) office to the Jakarta Police on Thursday for allegedly…

Jakarta – The business community is unimpressed with the newly launched financial policy package and doubts the seriousness of the authorities in…

Abdul Khalik and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The resumption of nearly full military ties with the United States has been prompted by economic and…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Legislators have accused Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono of a half-hearted commitment to effecting internal reform…

Bandung – Fifty-two former workers of state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia began a long march from Bandung to the Presidential…

RR Ariyani, Jakarta – Entrepreneur groups consider that improvement to infrastructures is far more interesting to investors than the…

Jakarta – The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) have signed a joint decree to improve coordination between fiscal and monetary authorities and…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesia, hobbled by graft and slack bureaucratic coordination, has a long way to go before it can adopt a United…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to resolve internal friction over controversial sharia-inspired bylaws enacted by…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – East Timor's deposed prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, last night lashed out at Australia, saying there was an attempt to…

Jakarta – Too many illegal logging suspects are being acquitted by the courts and others are receiving light sentences, say National Police chief…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Rendy Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Syamsir Siregar said Tuesday that military police…

Jon Lamb – The political crisis in East Timor has deepened following the resignation of East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on June 26. As…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A criminologist believes the authorities must identify the root causes of the hatred and prejudice which fuel…

Tim Anderson – "We did not expect that the elected leader of a party with an overwhelming mandate could be forced to stand down in this way in a…

Jakarta – Indonesian police said they had arrested a former army general and two company directors for alleged involvement in illegal logging on…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers here Tuesday lashed out at the management of state-owned labor insurance firm PT Jamsostek for failing to…

Andy Mukherjee – In Siti Maimunah's Jakarta office, on the wall behind her spartan desk, hangs a placard.

"Decolonize Freeport's imperium in…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Environmental activists are calling on the government and the public to halt the degradation of marine resources in…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The rehashed bill on citizenship has been criticized by a coalition of non-governmental organizations for allowing…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Military analysts believe a probe into the recent discovery of a huge arms stash at a deceased Army officer's…

Banda Aceh – A former separatist rebel was killed and a policeman wounded in an attack witnessed by members of a foreign peace monitoring mission…

Lindsay Murdoch in Dili and agencies – East Timor's ruling Fretilin party has moved to restructure the office of the country's top prosecutor in a…

As ceremonies marked the National Police's 60th anniversary Saturday, Papuans observed the moment uniquely, holding a bakar batu, or "…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta, who has taken control of East Timor's crippled Government, has called for Australia to…