The Indonesian government is considering splitting the province currently known as Papua into five new provinces, in what is seen by many to be…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Thursday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had appointed three new…

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signaled that the United States was ready to restore full military training ties with Indonesia that were…

David Loyn, East Timor – Aprecio Guterres will be the last person to be tried by the war crimes court set up in East Timor.

After his case…

The reconstruction of Aceh moved into a new stage this week with the completion of military-style barracks to shelter victims of the December 26…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and dozens of its international counterparts are teaming up to take an active role in the rehabilitation…

Jakarta – Discussion of the Draft Law on Defense and Security (RUU Hankam) which has been initiated up by Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono is a…

Rusman, Nunukan, East Kalimantan – The Malaysia government's threat to crack down on Indonesian illegal workers has not only affected the illegals…

Bandung – Environment activists and Bandung residents have filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada over…

Washington – Researchers and advocates today called on US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to consider new evidence of Indonesian involvement…

Bekasi – The ongoing construction of Blue Oasis City complex in Karangkitri, Bekasi, has come up against protest from all sides.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – In the eyes of the business community, Jakarta is the most corrupt city and the customs service the most corrupt…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Law No. 32/2004 on regional administrations could create undemocratic elections of governors, mayors and…

Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – There are many ways to express opposition to fuel price increases. On Thursday February 17, scores of students from the…

Gunawan Mashar, Makassar – Planned fuel price hikes which are soon to be announced by the government continue to attract a response…

Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has rejected charges he was involved in terrorist plots including the 2002 Bali bombings and said President…

Mark Forbes, Canberra – A Defence Department official deliberately cut the flow of military intelligence to troops in the field in East Timor. But…

Anton Muhajir, Denpasar – It was drizzling that Saturday, but Ketut Karja and his two friends were still working in their rice field in Legian, on…

Washington – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she is moving to reinstate US military training assistance for Indonesia, an…

Environmental investigators say they have uncovered massive timber smuggling from Indonesia's Papua province to China in what they described as…

Pekanbaru (Riau) – Fire has razed 14,000 hectares of forest in two regencies here over the past week, and causing smoke haze problems…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) has rejected a government's plan to merge state-owned Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) with a publicly-…

Jakarta – As many as 90 non governmental organizations (NGOs) and 80 individuals have challenged Law No. 19/2004, which strengthens a…

Palu (Central Sulawesi) – A resident of the Alabibi subdistrict, Banggai Islands regency, Central Sulawesi province, has been arrested…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – As a follow up to January's Infrastructure Summit, the Ministry of Transportation will start the tender processes in…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Despite pre-election jitters and a final-quarter slowdown, the economy in 2004 still managed to grow by 5.13 percent,…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense is drafting a new law to replace the existing defense law aimed at upgrading coordination between…

Although the current number of casualties of dengue hemorrhagic fever is lower than last year's, the government has announced an extraordinary…

Ben Moxham – The East Timorese newspaper Suara Timor Lorosae reported on February 7 that at least 53 people had died of starvation in the village…

Medan – The state government must do something to involve the Acehnese in its rebuilding and reconstruction programs, a group of…

It's almost two months after the Indian Ocean Tsunami wiped out much of Banda Aceh in Indonesia. But while many reports have focused on the…

Jakarta – On the grounds that the investigation is yet to be completed, the detention of Government Watch coordinator Farid Faqih by…

Jakarta – The Coalition for Clean and Proper Elections (Koalisi LSM) demanded National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar on Tuesday…

Sydney – Woodside Petroleum Ltd said the 5 billion AUD Greater Sunrise gas project in the Timor Sea is stalled but remains viable.…

Jakarta – Some 200 evicted squatters from Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta, staged a demonstration at the West Jakarta District Court on Tuesday to…

Jakarta – Jakarta may still be dealing with its four main problems – garbage, flooding, a poor health system and traffic jams – for many years to…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew faster than projected last year, thanks to continued robust spending and signs of…

Laurence Ronan – This city of 400,000 is in shambles, a third of it completely wiped off the earth, another third under water and mud. Imagine if…

Singapore – Peace talks with separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province will continue if the guerrillas stick to the agenda of special…

Andreas Harsono, Lamno – Muhammad Ali finished a plate of fried noodles, sipped a glass of cold tea and lamented about his misfortune in a coffee…

Tim Johnston, Jakarta – Seven weeks after December's tsunami devastated Indonesia's Aceh province, the immediate crisis is under control. The…

Banda Aceh – As many as 10,000 children in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province may be seeking lost parents, the United Nations and other…

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Ian Carnell says he has no doubt that Australian troops in East Timor have been deliberately cut…

Mataram – One villager was killed and four others severely injured after gang fight between neighboring villagers in Bima regency,…

Abdul Khalik and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar suggested on Monday that West Jakarta police officers may have…

Jakarta – Gold mining firm PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) has demanded the police halt an investigation into the alleged pollution of…

Banda Aceh – Hundreds of students from Syiah Kuala University (Unsyiah) in Banda Aceh again held a protest at the university compound…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Human rights activists urged the government to provide better legislation for human rights protection in the country as it…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The National Police are facing difficulties in the investigation of the death of top human rights activist Munir,…

Jakarta – City-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya has raised the rental fees of at least 39 of 153 traditional markets in the capital since…