Jakarta – The Golkar Party is discussing whether to demand the corruption charges against former president and party leader Soeharto be dropped,…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Entrenched cultural traditions as well as the religious teachings of certain religions here say it is causes dishonor if…

Importing rice, like raising fuel prices, is always politically controversial. However, the heightened political emotions set off by the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – To step up the fight against terrorism, the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has demanded that intelligence units be…

Tiarma Siboro and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Military analysts cautiously responded to the United States' decision to resume lethal arms sales to…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An international aid agency helping tsunami victims in Aceh has temporarily shut down operations after a group of youths…

Jakarta – The first ever direct gubernatorial election in West Irian Jaya, scheduled for Nov. 28, would almost certainly be postponed until the…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Environmentalists and foresters suggested on Thursday that more incentives be offered to countries that have vast…

Malang, East Java – The Indonesian Army is to establish one Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) division in Papua. This is aimed at…

The United States has lifted its six year military embargo on Indonesia. Imposed in 1999, after the military ravaged East Timor during the…

Jakarta – The government has been urged to open the way for broadest possible dialogue with various elements in Papuan society, such as the…

Malang – Lieutenant General Hadi Waluyo, Chief of the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), has stated that the number…

Mark Forbes in Denpasar and agencies – The US has restored military ties with Indonesia, lifting a 13-year ban imposed due to human rights…

Manokwari, West Irian Jaya – The West Irian Council insisted on Monday that the province should be allowed to hold regional elections…

Doug Lorimer – The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to follow the Dutch government's example and…

Glenn Kessler – Acting swiftly with new congressional authority, the Bush administration said yesterday that it has restored military ties with…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hailed Washington's decision to resume some military aid as marking a new chapter in relations, but…

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign today labelled the Australian Government's decision to discontinue aid funding to 13 East Timorese Non-Government…

Telly Nathalia and Dean Yates, Jakarta – Indonesia has welcomed the resumption of military relations with the United States while human rights…

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – Indonesia welcomed a US decision to lift a six-year arms embargo to help the mostly Muslim nation fight terrorism, but…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Antigraft activists have criticized members of the Aceh and Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) as "…

The decision yesterday by the State Department to override Congress-imposed restrictions on US military relations with Indonesia is a grave…

Ilyas, Langsa – Because the normative and other rights employees have not been accommodated by the leadership board of the Langsa City…

Multa Fidrus and Abdul Khalik, Tangerang/Jakarta – Although the road access to Sang Timur Catholic school in Karang Tengah, Tangerang regency, has…

Max Lane – The Indonesian government's policy, announced last month, of giving a A$40 handout to people on an income of less than $25 per month as…

Jon Lamb – On October 15, a band of angry villagers and former pro-integration militia from East Timor crossed the border from the Indonesian…

New Delhi – India and Indonesia, Asia's largest democracies, agreed Wednesday to forge closer defense and economic ties and cooperate in fighting…

Imran MA, Eastern Aceh – On Monday November 21, Muhammad Nurdin (43), a resident of the Buket Paka village who has been a member of the Rantau…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions say the government should scrap the current minimum wage system, which according to them does little to…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Tight regulations for government officials whose families run businesses will be not enough to keep them from…

Ambon – Army soldiers and police officers were fought a pitched battle at dawn on Monday in Ambon city, leaving three civilians…

Bambang Bider, Contributor, Kalimantan – Life becomes more meaningful when one becomes aware that everything in this universe is a whole entity,…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Higher production costs prompted by the government's decision to raise fuel prices on Oct. 1 have forced hundreds of…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy has continued growing at a slower rate, official figures from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) show…

Jakarta – Former rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province successfully ended the third round of a weapons handover on Tuesday after struggling to…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, The Hague – A Dutch study on Papua, charged with political implications for Indonesia, has been greeted with rejoicing by…

A perusal of the backgrounds of the suicide bombers who wrecked havoc in Bali on Oct. 1 can serve to tell us a lot about why there seems to be no…

Jakarta – The country's leading Islamic figures, grouped in a special task force set up last week by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, are set to…

Leony Aurora, Bandung – Analysts and industry players have expressed a wide range of views over the government's target of raising the country's…

Indonesia's economy expanded in the third quarter at the slowest pace in a year as rising fuel costs, higher inflation and interest rates curbed…

Rusman, Samarinda – The timber industry in East Kalimantan is on the brink of collapse due to rising production costs and a lack of raw materials…

Rendi A. Witular, Busan (South Korea) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has met US President George Walker Bush and Russian President Vladimir…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – A move by Indonesia's mainstream Muslim groups to form a team to counter militant ideas, work with the police and review…

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – An action by hundreds of people from Indonesian Farmers Youth (Pemuda Tani Indonesia, PTI) became heated when…

Lhokseumawe – Indonesia pulled out more than 2,000 troops from Aceh province Saturday after the rebels handed over weapons as part of…

Batam – Batam employers rejected a workers' proposal on Friday for an increase in the regional minimum wage, leading to widespread…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, currently on trial for the murder of human rights activist Munir, on Friday gave a…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – An online, global sex survey carried out by condom manufacturer Durex revealed that 31 percent of the Indonesian…

The police shot dead Indonesia's most-wanted bomber, Dr. Azahari bin Husin, and one of his followers, Arman, in a raid on their hideout in the…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – A cosmetics salesgirl was attacked and murdered on Friday morning by three machete-wielding men in Palu, Central…