Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – A planned new antiterror agency is expected to have branches in regencies throughout the country gathering crucial…

Alisa P, Jakarta – In a report on the results of the military operation over the two years that Aceh was under a state of emergency to members of…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Colonized by the Dutch, occupied by the Japanese and led by authoritarian leaders for several decades, Indonesia has…

Jakarta – Non-governmental organizations are seeking public support to file a request for a judicial review of a new presidential decree on land…

Jakarta – A number of former activist who were part of the popular struggle against the New Order regime have formally joined the…

Sunariah, Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi has said that the time limit for the Fact Finding Team (TPF) investigation into the death of…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The government says it will form a special antiterror agency in a move that is hoped will overcome the lack of…

It is hard to get excited about suggested "breakthroughs" on resolving the conflict in Aceh. Promises have been broken and repeated initiatives…

The Indonesian military claimed Wednesday to have killed almost 4,000 rebels of the Free Aceh Movement during the two-year-long martial law and…

The fourth round of Helsinki Talk ended last week. The informal talk resulted in several points of agreement between RI and GAM for drafting the…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – With just two weeks left of its mandate, a government-sanctioned fact-finding team remains unable to speak with former…

Dusk had only just fallen when a black Land Cruiser entered the grounds of the national police headquarters on Jalan Trunojoyo in South Jakarta on…

Jakarta – The Minister of Defense, Juwono Sudarsono, says that the Helsinki meetings which are an informal forum for discussions between Indonesia…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Helsinki – The Helsinki peace talks on Aceh may have to find a way to respect the Acehnese right to their own political…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the glamor of life in the metropolis a constant attraction for the young and a source of frustration for those who…

The perpetrators of the 2004 bombing at the Australian embassy in the Indonesian capital felt no remorse for the 10 innocent people…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government and the budget committee of the nation's Parliament Monday agreed on a set of new assumptions that…

Jakarta – Deputy police chief General Commissioner Adang Daradjatun has acknowledged that it may take 15-25 years for the Indonesian police to be…

Krystof Obidzinski, Bogor – Barely a day goes by without a story appearing in the Indonesian media about illegal logging. Often these stories…

Jakarta – Separatists in Indonesia's Aceh province warned on Monday that Indonesia's powerful military may try to destroy an emerging peace deal…

Suherdjoko and A'an Suryana, Pekalongan/Jakarta – After successful direct elections in Kutai Kartanegara regency last week, direct regional…

Jakarta – One of Southeast Asia's most wanted Islamic militants may be hiding on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, police said on Monday as…

East Timor will soon start opening up its untapped oil and gas reserves to investors, the Timorese government says.

A major oil and gas…

Jakarta – The head of rebels fighting for independence in Indonesia's Aceh province accused the military on Monday of not wanting peace as that…

Jakarta – The Attorney General supports public floggings as punishment for cases of gambling in Aceh. This support was conveyed by the Attorney…

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – The fourth round of peace talks in Helsinki ended last Tuesday without a deal being struck to end the 30-year conflict…

Dwi Wiyana, Bandung – Army Chief General Djoko Santoso said the TNI (armed forces) duties' are to safeguard the rehabilitation and…

Lisbon – East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri repeated Sunday his denial that his impoverished country had reached a deal with Australia over…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Reform Movement's "opposition" to the party's central leadership board led by…

Agus Supriyanto, Jakarta – Tristanti Mitayani, a parliamentary member of Commission I, says she disagrees with the deputy speaker of…

Singapore – Indonesian military chief General Endriartono Sutarto said Saturday he was hopeful ongoing peace talks could lead to a permanent…

Alan Boyd, Sydney – "Twelve brutal Indonesian troopers armed with high-caliber rifles. Schapelle Corby, 27, an innocent and defenseless girl from…

Indonesia's armed forces chief said the normalisation of military ties between Jakarta and Washington would help strengthen democracy in his…

Jakarta – The government-sanctioned fact finding team, set up to assist the police in the investigation into the death of rights…

Simone Lee Egger – Accommodation was once so scarce in East Timor that a bed in a converted shipping container cost nearly £60 a night.

That…

Tony Hotland and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Dissatisfied with the "insignificant" results of the latest peace talks in Finland, the House of…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia, the fourth-most populous country in the world, has been a net oil importer since 2004. After years of…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Law Number 7/2004 on Water Resources continues to encounter opposition. Actions against the law were once again…

Max Lane, Murdoch WA, Australia – Since soon after the arrest of Schapelle Corby in Bali sections of the Australian media have waged a non-stop…

Ruslan Sangadji and Slamet Susanto, Poso/Yogyakarta – A terrorist suspect detained in Yogyakarta has admitted to having assembled the bomb that…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it will not cooperate with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in…

John McBeth, Jakarta – If anyone should be upset about serving military officers taking part in this year's direct local elections, it should be…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – An out-of-court settlement that the government plans to seek with gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya proves to be another…

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – The People's Representative Assembly (DPR) is free express its strident opposition to the Helsinki meetings but the…

Carol Goar – Her house is uninhabitable. Her town has been reduced to rubble. She has lost relatives and friends. Yet Evi Zain dares to believe…

Jakarta – The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), a coalition of non-government organisations who are active in the field of human rights…

Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel group narrowed their differences when they concluded on Tuesday their fourth round of informal…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – After years of diminishing hope and frustration, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said on Thursday it…

Jakarta – The government is being urged to end negotiations with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) because they are not producing any…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people were caught in an identity card crackdown on Thursday morning in the subdistricts of Senen, Bungur,…