Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains popular after 10 months in office despite some disappointment over the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Future terror attacks in Indonesia may be less professional and even less well-executed than in the past, with Jamaah…

Speaking after the sixth anniversary of East Timor's referendum on independence, Timor Sea Justice Campaign co-ordinator Tom Clarke, labelled the…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Another big terrorist attack is imminent in Indonesia, its President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has warned. The bombing was…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Fighting corruption remains the government's top priority, although it is now realizing that it might not be able to…

Jakarta – Contradicting earlier comments by a Cabinet minister, the Vice President promised on Monday that firm action would be taken against…

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – One of life's ironies is the incongruity between what a man works for and what he gets. Munir fought for justice…

Fitraya Ramadhanny, Jakarta – After recent calls that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reshuffle his economic ministers, these calls are now…

Jakarta – The rupiah's recent slide was attributed in part to declining market confidence in the prospects for the economy, with persistent…

The attacks and forced closures of churches throughout the country in the last four years have reached an alarming level for Indonesian Christians…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the United States Pacific Command are holding a joint military training operation in the waters off…

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – Ex-Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members who are granted amnesties but persist in seeking independence must be destroyed…

Chris Brummitt, Jantho – Imprisoned Aceh rebel Idris walks free on Wednesday as part of a peace deal with the government, but the scars he claims…

Tiarma Siboro and Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has called on the Aceh foreign peace monitoring team to take…

In the last of his series on East Timor, Simon Montlake looks at the Thorny topic of oil and gas

His morning catch sold, fisherman Antonio…

Simon Montlake, Jakarta – Nearly six years after its troops and civilian militia laid waste to tiny East Timor, triggering worldwide outrage,…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – The first confirmed cross-fire involving Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) guerrillas…

After years of slumping, foreign direct investment in Indonesia has started to gain ground amid an improved confidence in doing business in the…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Shopping malls are booming. Developers vie to build new malls on optimism that consumption, which has become the main…

Jakarta – A leading human rights group on Sunday condemned as "insane" an Islamic court's caning of two unmarried couples in Aceh…

Jakarta – Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla has dismissed calls by parliamentarians for Aceh rebels to swear an oath of allegiance to the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Indonesia's military will be looking to reap even more riches from rebellious Papua province now that it has been…

Kalinga Seneviratne, Jakarta – Ever since Indonesia's highest Islamic authority, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI), issued 11 fatwas or edicts…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – A week after investors were promised a better deal, including lower taxes, surging world oil prices are dealing Indonesia's…

Syaiful Amin, Jakarta – Former army chief General Ryamizard Ryacudu says the potential for Aceh and Papua to succeed from the Unitary State of the…

Fabio Scarpello, Jakarta – As the historic Aceh peace deal, signed two weeks ago in Helsinki, enters the delicate, implementation phase analysts…

M. Aziz Tunny and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Ambon/Jakarta – Nine people were injured on Thursday when a home-made bomb exploded at a market in…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Despite laws banning people from taking the law into their own hands and recognizing freedom of religion, police in…

Robin Perry and Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson – On August 11, the governments of Indonesia and East Timor formally launched the joint Truth and…

Veena Siddharth, New York – When the Indonesian government and the armed separatists of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed their peace agreement…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – While at first it was attributed mainly to a run-of-the-mill supply and demand imbalance, the rupiah's continued slump…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Independent legislative watchdog Teliti said the House of Representatives continued to disappoint despite being…

Jakarta – The Indonesian army will send an additional three battalions of troops to Papua. "The reason being, to provide security on the border,"…

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – The outbreak of polio in Indonesia could spread to other countries in the region, but a plan to vaccinate 24 million…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A working group of military, legal and political analysts has completed the draft of a new bill on intelligence…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A member of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has raised her concern over the…

Six years ago this month the Indonesian military unleashed its militia killers on East Timor, creating carnage that shocked the world and saw…

Remember early January 1998 when the rupiah crashed through the 10,000-to-the-dollar barrier two days after then president Soeharto unveiled his…

Jakarta – The military may be held accountable for alleged atrocities committed during a three-decade separatist war in Aceh province, Indonesia's…

Desra Percaya, New York – Following seven months of talks mediated by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, a memorandum of understanding (…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Criticism is gathering against the powerful Aceh Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) two months after it…

Jakarta – Indonesia has made scant progress in changing the outlook of government officials who remain indifferent to providing public service and…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – With the primary aim of boosting investment in the private sector, the government has drafted a fairly sound and…

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – A young East Timorese once inquired, "Do you people also experience atrocities?" I said, "What? Of course not." Where did…

Banda Aceh – At least 60 separatist guerrillas have left their rebel stronghold in Indonesia's Aceh province after a peace pact was signed last…

His Excellency Kofi Annan
Secretary-General
The United Nations
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017-3515

August 22,…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – After the Helsinki peace deal that brought peace to Aceh, the central government has been urged to focus more on…

Carmel Budiardjo, London – The historic agreement concluded this week between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has been…

Miswar, Banda Aceh – Indonesian negotiator Sofyan Djalil who is also the minister of information and communication, has started to manipulate the…

Ambon – More troops were withdrawn from Maluku in response to the prevailing peace in the formerly riot-torn province.

As of…