Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Hopes of a breathing space for the economy in the form of easing interest rates may prove to be unfounded, with the…

Jane Perlez, Manado – A star government witness in a criminal trial against the American mining giant Newmont told a court on Friday that waste…

The 2,500 page document of the Commission for Reception Truth and Reconciliation has just been released at the United Nations and the full…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Leave the judgment on esthetic values of an artwork to the critics, some will say, and let the police gauge the morality…

Indonesia's new Ambassador to Canberra says relations between Australia and Indonesia will certainly be affected if Australia grants refugee…

Jakarta – Hardline Indonesian Muslims stormed into an office block housing the Danish embassy protesting cartoons portraying the Prophet Mohammed…

Sydney – Refugees who landed in Australia after a five-day sea voyage had been jailed and tortured in Indonesia, an Australian lawmaker said…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A dysentery outbreak has killed dozens of local residents in the remote Papuan regency of Puncak Jaya in the past…

Nasir Gabra, Lhokseumawe – A demonstration launched by hundreds of Malikussaleh Lhokseumawe University (Unimal) students almost ended in a clash…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – It's a matter of interpretation whether the departure of Muslim scholar Dawam Rahardjo from Muhammadiyah was a resignation…

The following is an open letter written by Progressio, TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign and the Campaign Against Arms Trade.

Jakarta – One of Southeast Asia's most wanted militants is hiding in Indonesia's Central Java province, police said on Friday as they declared…

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – Seven years since a bloody Muslim-Christian conflict first erupted in Ambon in January 1999, thousands of victims are still…

East Timor's Interior Ministry on Friday summoned Indonesia's ambassador in Dili to express concern over the alleged rape of an East…

Although he initially seemed a surprising choice for a position dominated by the Army for decades, Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto was confirmed…

Jakarta – The enforcement of Islamic sharia in Indonesia must not violate the country's existing system and prevailing laws and that the state…

A report to the United Nations has accused Australia of violating its international duties by lobbying Jakarta to delay East Timor's independence…

Jakarta – Although the latest figures from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) show year-on-year inflation slowing for the second month in a row…

A Foreign Office minister yesterday denied that the Government misled the relatives of a Bristol cameraman killed in East Timor. Douglas Alexander…

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Indonesia, which suffered the most from the Indian Ocean tsunami, dismissed on Thursday a report that accused several…

Bandung – Emotions ran high during a protest Wednesday outside the provincial council building and governor's office here against a…

Dili – East Timorese officials strongly criticized a New York-based human rights group Thursday for publishing on the Internet without…

Nur Raihan, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Aceh has asked the National Human Rights Commission (…

Reports of huge payments by US mining company PT Freeport-MacMoran to Indonesian soldiers in Papua have caused controversy, with critics saying…

The federal government has sidestepped accusations it wanted East Timor to remain a province of Indonesia and delay its bid for independence.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati,Jakarta – Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said what many wanted to hear Wednesday, vowing during his confirmation hearing to…

Anissa S. Febrina,Jakarta – Overlapping audits and unclear jurisdiction, not to mention the financial services industry's code of secrecy, are the…

Jakarta – Lawyers, seeking a stay of execution for three Christian men on death row convicted for their roles in Poso's religious violence five…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling for a further investigation into the murder…

Kylie Williams – The defence department has rejected a refugee group's claims that training Indonesian special forces troops will endanger West…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Papua People's Council (MRP) is stepping up its opposition to Jakarta's policy to split Papua, saying a recent…

Joseph Nevins, New York – The logic of reparations for war-related crimes has a long history. It has become especially powerful in the aftermath…

Canberra – Australia wanted East Timor to remain an Indonesian province and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer lobbied Jakarta to delay a vote for…

Jakarta – Academics and politicians are alarmed at the government's inaction amid a flood of religion-based regional regulations with the…

The Socialist Alliance calls on the federal Coalition government and the ALP opposition to learn the lesson of East Timor in relation to West…

The next chief of Indonesia's military faces one of the toughest jobs in the country professionalising the country's armed forces. Air Marshall…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Defying opposition from lawmakers and media groups, the government says it will enforce a new regulation that…

Jongker Rumteh, Manado – Wirabuana Military Commander Maj. Gen. Arief Budi Sampurno apologized Monday to the press for the actions of one of his…

Jakarta – As would-be easy riders get revved up over the prospect of cheaper cars and motorcycles in the wake of falling import duties, the local…

Jon Lamb – The recent arrival of West Papuan asylum seekers in northern Australia and the restricted release of the United Nations-commissioned…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Activists demanded Monday that North Sumatra authorities put a stop to illegal fees imposed during transportation…

Australians protested around the country last week in solidarity with the 43 West Papuan refugees who have been detained by the federal government…

Sarah Stephen – One of the passengers aboard the outrigger canoe that landed on Cape York peninsula on January 18 was a five-year-old child.

Kerryn Williams – The arrival on Australian shores of 43 West Papuan refugees on January 18 has put the spotlight on the long suffering – and…

Sarah Stephen – Among the 43 West Papuan asylum seekers who were transferred to Christmas Island on January 18 are four family groups. They are…

Adi W and Radzie, Banda Aceh – Hundreds of students from the Acehnese Alliance of Private Collage Student Executive Councils (Aliansi BEM PTS Aceh…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Like goldfish, people seem to have a memory span that is all too short.

This tendency might be forgiven in love –…

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh – The Acehnese Alliance of Private College Student Executive Councils (BEM PTS) believes that the Draft Law on a Government…

Jakarta – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a deft move in nominating the country's airforce chief as the next boss of the…

Jakarta – Protesters disrupted a concert by a US hip-hop artist touring Indonesia at the US Embassy's invitation, an embassy official…