The central government has ordered local administrations to protect the interests of foreign investors by extending a helping hand to settle…

Jakarta – A surge in demand for industrial products and high global metal prices caused exports in the first five months of the year to jump 30.79…

Jongker Rumteh, Buyat – Some 66 families living in Buyat Bay decided to take their fate in their own hands, relocating from their homes in…

Alisa P, Jakarta – The operation to restore security in Aceh is continuing. In order to support the operation the Defense Department has submitted…

Large scale corruption has marred tsunami reconstruction in Aceh province, with more than US$100 million earmaarked for disaster relief…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Victims of the shootings of students during antigovernment protests in 1998 and 1999 were given solace on Thursday as…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The House secretariat has proposed awarding legislators generous increases in salaries and allowances, despite the…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The government is contemplating speeding up the sales of several unprofitable and burdensome state enterprises, a…

Jakarta – The government will "right-size" or find the most appropriate form for 145 state-owned companies to optimize their profitability and…

Jakarta – Over 1,000 street vendors from across the city protested in front of City Hall on Thursday over a series of evictions.

Several Muslim militants have been arrested in Indonesia in connection with a series of bloody attacks on Western targets in the country in recent…

Retired four-star Army general Abdullah Makhmud Hendropriyono is likely to remain in the spotlight, as the government-sanctioned fact-finding team…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Haj pilgrims will have to pay more in the upcoming haj season, even though the government has recorded Rp 525…

Pierre Rousset – A key figure in the democratic struggle, Munir died of arsenic poisoning in September 2004. The main murder suspect is a pilot…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – A recent survey revealed that nearly 60 percent of 760 public vehicles taken as a sample in the study produced…

Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense wants an additional Rp 530.27 billion (US$55.23 million), which it requested last week to cover the costs of…

Thousands of farmers protest in the streets, carrying a large banner reading, "Land reform or SBY (President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) resign",…

Karen Michelmore – Australia and East Timor are close to striking a deal on a maritime boundary, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said tonight.…

Jakarta – A number of Indonesian students have stolen the limelight in international scientific contests, but in general the country's standard of…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – In contrast to a reported rise in the average pass grade, the number of students who failed the national final…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) says an inadequate budget and legal uncertainty regarding its power have…

A senior Indonesian diplomat, who has accused some Australian aid groups of fuelling separatist sentiment in restive Papua, has been nominated as…

Christine Susanna Tjhin, Jakarta – Almost seven years after reform, the rule of law as one of the key pillars of democracy remains a fragile one.…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally made up his mind to promote his long-time friend and a police officer with a good track record,…

Evelyn Leopold, United Nations – Six years after the Indonesian army and allied gangs waged a scorched-earth campaign in East Timor, a UN-…

Jakarta – Indonesia flatly rejected a recommendation by a UN panel to set up an international tribunal to prosecute Indonesian forces and militia…

Dili – Leaders of martial arts groups in East Timor that have fought deadly clashes in the last year signed an accord Thursday to seek dialogue…

Rilis, Jakarta – Twenty five activist organisations have issued a statement supporting peace negotiations between the Indonesian government and…

There is widespread public frustration over the contentious verdicts recently handed down by the district courts and Supreme Court in trying…

Anne Barker – The United Nations Security Council has been handed a report that recommends an International War Crimes tribunal on…

The Indonesian Government has flatly rejected a United Nations demand that it punishes the military officers accused of masterminding the…

Jakarta – Indonesian lawmakers on Thursday slammed a trip to Aceh province by a team of E.U. and Asean monitors ahead of a possible peace deal…

Jakarta – Observers criticized the government on Wednesday for what they see as its lack of commitment to transparency, as evidenced by its…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – More than a dozen men accused of placing Rp1,000 ($0.10) bets in an illegal lottery were flogged in public last week in…

"The churches in Papua can no longer remain silent if injustice and human rights abuses continue. Violence by the Indonesian military forces has…

Aguswandi, London – A young girl falls into a hole and enters a world of confusion and absurdity. Everything has been turned upside down and she…

Jakarta – Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso has stated that the Army was prepared to speed up the process of annulling…

Jakarta – Indonesia's defence ministry has lodged a secret request for almost US$55 million dollars to continue military operations against…

Jakarta – Indonesia Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto expressed rejection on Tuesday of rotating the military leadership…

Jakarta – Despite growing calls from legislators not to internationalize the conflict in Aceh, the government has said it will go ahead with talks…

An EU-led team has arrived in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh to prepare for the monitoring of a likely peace deal between Jakarta and separatist…

New York – The United Nations Security Council should endorse a UN commission's recommendations for addressing Indonesia's failure to ensure…

Jakarta – The categorisation of areas of Aceh into three levels of security is totally counterproductive in terms of the peace negotiations in…

The long-awaited final report of the UN Commission of Experts appointed to investigate the judicial processes for atrocities committed in Timor…

Sutta Dharmasaputra/Wisnu Dewabrata, Jakarta – The operation to restore security in Aceh continues. In order to support the operation, the…

A UN Commission of Experts has advised the UN Security Council to establish an international criminal tribunal if Indonesia fails to take action…

Pressure was mounting on Indonesia to address its bloodstained exit from East Timor in 1999, as a UN team of experts called for an international…

Jakarta – The strongest political parties flexed their muscles in the direct elections of regional heads across the country, with their nominees…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) condemned last night's move by the House of Representatives lifting all restrictions on…

Nothing seems to have changed within our customs service. It remains among the most corrupt public institutions in the country, together with the…