Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta – Small political parties will now be allowed to propose candidates to run in the upcoming…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Just days after the government extended the deadline for all foreigners to leave Aceh by March 26, an immigration…

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Nine out of 12 corruption suspects from West Nusa Tenggara legislative council were arrested on Tuesday…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Karti is worried. It has been almost a month since the government raised fuel prices, but she still has not…

Eva C. Komandjaja and Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Police investigators said on Monday that Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the only suspect so far in…

The Indonesian army will set up 22 new territorial commands in the next five years, from 2005-2009, said army chief of staff Lt General Djoko…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Two retired military generals stated on Monday they had played no part in alleged corruption in the procurement of a total…

Greg Poulgrain – The Indonesian military is planning to increase troop numbers in restive Papua province by an additional 15,000 personnel from…

Lisbon – Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral says Lisbon's new Socialist government intends to increase its cooperation with Portuguese-…

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has asked the President to approve the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission.…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Liberal Muslim scholars here welcomed on Monday the news of a woman leading a mixed-gender Friday prayer service in New York…

Jakarta – Indonesia is hoping the Experts Commission the UN has set up to reinvestigate the 1999 human rights violation cases in Timor Leste will…

Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Monday urged the government to start deliberating the draft law on…

Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Kebon Kacang sub-district in Central Jakarta protested on Monday a road elevation project in the area…

Jakarta – Paul Wolfowitz' candidacy for World Bank president has triggered criticism from rights activists in Indonesia, where he served as US…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The gigantic and pungent Titan Arum or Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum), which can reach up to three and a half…

An Indonesian plan to build two full-size nuclear reactors has outraged green groups and surprised analysts, who warned it would be a disaster-in-…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The unprecedented direct presidential and legislative elections last year were widely praised as free and fair.

One of…

Jakarta – A faction in the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), calling itself the Reform Group, has suggested the upcoming party…

Kupang – The Government of East Timor still did not have enough funds to reimburse the Indonesian government, state owned enterprises…

Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – As Indonesia embarks on a massive effort to rebuild swaths of Aceh province wiped out by the Dec. 26 tsunami, government…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Dutch government has agreed to hand over to Indonesian authorities much awaited information and evidence in the…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The majority of 277 animal conservation areas across the country are left unprotected, threatening the sustainability of…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Army plans to set up a new division of elite troops and station it in the country's westernmost province of Papua,…

Jakarta – Activists assisting victims of last year's police shooting in Manggarai regency on Flores island have criticized the…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – House faction leaders ignored an invitation from the government to discuss the fuel price increases on Friday…

Kalinga Seneviratne, Jakarta – From Medan to Jakarta, Yogakarta, Surabaya, Solo and Batam, all across this vast archipelago Indonesian konfrontasi…

The establishment of a Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) by the Indonesian and East Timorese governments has been severely criticised by a…

Dili – "Lia Foun", East Timor's first fully bilingual newspaper, hit the streets Friday, with the weekly's director forecasting it…

Indonesia has backed down on a threat to expel foreign aid workers from Aceh, granting them a two-month extension to continue relief efforts.

Aguswandi, London – It is almost impossible to imagine what the lives of tsunami survivors is like. Not only have they lost many members of their…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A former top official of the defunct Election Supervisory Commission (Panwaslu) said the central government should delay…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government's plan to rehabilitate the civil and legal rights of past former political prisoners is expected…

[The following is an abridged translation of a selection of articles from Detik.com which were posted on its web site between March 15-18.…

Those acquainted with politics looked on in amusement. The majority of those who had held their representatives in something like reverence stared…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The government is planning to revoke the visa-free service currently given to a handful of countries and regions…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Following the recent fuel price increase, the country's fuel consumption has declined by 16 percent compared to…

Samarinda, East Kalimantan – Though East Kalimantan is rich in natural resources, many of the schools in the province have fallen into…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has urged the government to set up mechanisms to control the…

Bob Burton, Canberra – The Australian government has been accused of hypocrisy in its attempt to draw maritime boundaries with its neighbors.…

Tony Hotland and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – A brawl among legislators ended the second day of the House of Representatives plenary session to…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The food and beverage allowance for the West Java governor and deputy governor for fiscal year 2005 has been increased…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Provincial election commissions (KPUD) are facing a number of problems, including a lack of clear guidelines, in…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The House of Representatives questioned on Wednesday the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in a closed-door meeting to…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government has moved to restore the rights of and provide compensation for former political prisoners…

Jakarta – National flag carriers Garuda Indonesia has fired its entire 13-member board, in a government move to improve the management of the…

Police in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province will rejoin the military pursuit of separatists because the rebels have started regrouping.

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Mulia – When Sofyan Mahdi needed crushed cars removed from his tsunami-devastated neighborhood last month, he called the United Nations, which…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Rudy, a Banda Aceh resident, breathes a sigh of relief. He has just acquired a document that substitutes for his land…

Brendan Nicholson – Indonesian troops in West Papua used resources earmarked for humanitarian aid and development in the province for…