Andrew Burrell – John Howard gushes that he is an "impressive man" of "immense grace and character" who represents Indonesia's "future, not its…

Green MPs Rod Donald and Nandor Tanczos welcomed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this afternoon with the flags of West Papua and…

In this episode of The Editors, we discuss the commission of truth and friendship set up after Indonesia's occupation of East Timor and deaths of…

Mr. Eddy Pratomo
Deputy Chief of Missiom
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

Dear Sir,

During the 2004 presidential election…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Critics of the military are worried that the government's proposal to increase the defense budget this year would be used…

Separatist leaders from the Indonesian province of West Papua say they are not troubled by Australian Prime Minister John Howard's latest…

Reporter: Tanya Nolan

Tanya Nolan: The Australia-Indonesia relationship has been tense at best since East Timor's transition to independence…

Hundreds of students and National Alliance for an International Tribunal members demonstrated Tuesday at Dili Airport to press a UN Commissions of…

Dili – Dozens of demonstrators demanding justice greeted the UN Commission of Experts on its arrival Tuesday in Dili to assess progress made by…

Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President Republic of Indonesia

Via Facsimile: +62 21 3452685/5268726/3457782

Dear President Yudhoyono…

Jakarta – The government has called on local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to obey the laws governing the establishment of such groups,…

This week Prime Minister Helen Clark will meet with the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hailed a "new era" of relations with Australia here as a spate of shared tragedies brought the once-…

The decision to establish a KOSTRAD headquarters in Timika and to station three new battalions in Papua is likely to upset public opinion. In this…

Jayapura – The number of people with HIV/AIDS is on the rise in Papua, with around 500 people testing positive for the virus every…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Poor Jakarta residents cannot look forward to improved access to affordable health care after the central government…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The city police have received over 100 reports of bomb threats since the Australian embassy bombing that killed 10 people…

Richel Dursin, Jakarta – Campaigners against smoking are pressuring the Indonesian government to embrace an international anti-tobacco treaty and…

A West Papuan church leader has urged the federal government not to turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in his homeland as it contemplates a…

John Roberts – Despite its limited character, the official investigation into the murder of Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib…

Jambi – Dozens of students claiming to be from the United Regional Students Movement have urged the Jambi administration to…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Human rights activists criticized on Friday the Indonesian Military (TNI)'s recent promotion of senior Army officers…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Indonesia and the United States met and revived bilateral talks on trade and investment here on Friday – a move that…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Dwi Atmanta, Denpasar – It was a Hollywood film type of happy ending for most of the Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Jakarta – An Acehnese forum here on Friday criticized the newly issued blueprint for the reconstruction of Aceh, calling it incomplete.

The…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Lina's nimble hands, as if programed, were busy packing a stack of hand-rolled cigarettes, her left hand positioning a…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The Dutch parliament on Thursday pledged to push its government to closely observe the ongoing investigation of the…

Louise Williams – A proposed new security treaty between Australia and Indonesia is likely to face political sniping in Jakarta, despite the…

Australia wants a final decision on the boundary in the Timor sea to be deferred for up to 100 years so that oil and gas projects worth 40 billion…

Jakarta – Activists here criticized the media for contributing to the tension between Indonesia and Malaysia over the disputed Ambalat offshore…

Paul Kingsnorth – Nona Kogoya was two years old when she died. She had been a normal, healthy young girl; but that was before the soldiers came.…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Judges at the South Jakarta District Court have jailed a swindler for life for his part in the embezzlement of Rp1.2…

Jambi – The Jambi provincial police have named 25 people as suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal logging in the province…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said on Thursday it was facing difficulties in auditing the use of humanitarian…

Seattle – Evidence has emerged that Tuesday's massive earthquake off Indonesia generated a significant tsunami.

American scientists who…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Dwi Atmanta, Denpasar – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri was unanimously…

Jambi – Sixteen small parties are eyeing the possibility of a coalition after a Constitutional Court ruling allowing small parties to…

Dwi Atmanta and M. Taufiqurrahman, Denpasar – The attempt to challenge Megawati Soekarnoputri's control of the Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court threw out on Wednesday a civil lawsuit filed by youth organization Pemuda Panca Marga (PPM) against…

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Freedom has its darker side. The fall of communism in eastern Europe…

Indonesia's former chief peace negotiator in Aceh agrees that now is the best, perhaps the only, chance for a peaceful end to the 30 year conflict…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – While the Jakarta Council is still considering the idea of legalizing prostitution and gambling as suggested by former…

Alecia D. McKenzie, Siem Reap (Cambodia) – The first lady of the world's newest nation, East Timor, is sitting in the audience of an international…

Jakarta – After 32 years as the mouthpiece of the ruling Golkar Party during the Soeharto regime, the Suara Karya daily is changing its look and…

The internal bickering of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), may deal the major party a massive blow at a time that it is still…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has met with survivors on the earthquake devastated island of Nias in western Sumatra and has urged…

The Indonesian Military (TNI) Headquarters launched a major reshuffle on Wednesday affecting high-ranking military officers, including…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – While media reports often focus on doom and gloom – price hikes and the rampant corruption, poor investment climate and…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The government is being urged to design a clear policy framework for the reconstruction of tsunami-devastated Aceh,…

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – Apparently buoyed by its success in ushering in the unpopular policy of increasing fuel prices, the government is…