Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed concern on Friday over internal bickering in the Democratic Party, one of the…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – Clarly worried that she could face the same fate as former Golkar leader Akbar Tandjung,…

Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda will host a meeting with his East Timor counterpart Ramos Horta to have talks on…

Jakarta – The first 100 days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration have passed. But criticism of his government continues…

Jakarta – Experts testified at the graft trial of suspended Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh on Thursday and stated that the defendant violated…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense is drafting a review of Defense Law No. 3/2002 and Indonesian Military (TNI) Law No. 34/2004…

Yenni Djahidin, Washington D.C. – A soon-to-be published study recommends that the United States remove its restrictions on the Indonesian…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The government will raise fuel prices by up to 30 percent in the first quarter of this year in a bid to lower the fuel…

Irwan Firdaus, Banda Aceh – An Indonesian anti-corruption activist detained on allegations of stealing aid in the tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh…

Sarah Crichton – The Federal Court has ruled it cannot hear a US oil company's multi-billion dollar compensation claim against the Commonwealth…

Katherine Arie – Just weeks after the December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami left over 230,000 people dead or missing in Indonesia's…

It all sounds very good, but what does it all mean? The government's recent announcement that it would "allocate" savings from the discontinuation…

Indonesia has rejected a suggestion by Singapore's mentor minister Lee Kuan Yew, that it considers an instrument such as the island's Internal…

Almost five months after the murder of acclaimed human rights campaigner Munir, police are yet to come up with a single suspect, increasing…

Chris Brummitt – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Indonesia The United States wants to boost military ties with the Indonesian military on the back…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government should offer a power-sharing arrangement to the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in governing oil and…

Andreas Harsono, Banda Aceh – The Indonesian Red Crescent – claiming there is an oversupply of "do-gooders" who "do not speak the language" – has…

Indonesia's vice president said he believed the current talks with Aceh separatist leaders will bring an end to decades of armed conflict in…

Urip Hudiono and Fadli, Banda Aceh – With the emergency relief stage in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam officially declared to have ended, the government…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was unperturbed by criticism of his early performance, indicating he was prepared to take…

Letta Tayler, Bukit Barisan mountain range – The armed rebels huddled in the drizzle in their remote mountain hideout, a cluster of bamboo…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The City Council is set to endorse the draft bylaw on air pollution on Friday, but clean air is still long way off in…

Jakarta – The city administration has secretly increased tapwater rates by between 4 and 16 percent, depending on the level of water consumption…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's decision to change three city hospitals into corporate entities in a bid to boost their professionalism,…

Prime Minister John Howard has declared tension between Indonesia and Australia a thing of the past after he toured tsunami-struck Aceh, saying he…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) said on Monday it planned to deliberate 55 bills this year, including three bills on…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Cibinong District Court sentenced on Tuesday four members of the Oman Rahman religious community to jail…

New York/Jakarta – The US has provided tsunami-hit Indonesia with spare parts for five of its 24 US-made C-130 cargo planes without lifting its…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Some two hundred former employees of Hotel Indonesia filed a report against the hotel's former board of directors on…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports last year reached an historic high of US$69.71 billion, or up 11.49 percent from the year before,…

Jakarta – Aceh administration secretary Tantawi Ishak testified at the graft trial of Abdullah Puteh on Tuesday that the suspended governor had…

Those who regularly follow the summaries of the Supreme Audit Agency's reports on the state budget accounts would find nothing surprising in the…

[Indonesia's Secret War in Aceh. By John Martinkus, Random House. 340 pages, $32.95 (pb).]

Review by Jon Lamb – The social and political…

Most Americans know little about the Indonesian province of Aceh. In fact, before the earth's crust shook and the sea turned homicidal-killing…

Veronica Brooks, Canberra – East Timor is poised to formally accept Australia's invitation to resume negotiations on a permanent maritime boundary…

Dili – The United Nations should maintain a trimmed-down operation in East Timor after the scheduled withdrawal of its UNMISET mission…

Nani Afrida and Apriadi Gunawan, Banda Aceh/Medan – Prominent Aceh figures and scholars appeared lukewarm on Tuesday about the recent peace talks…

Max Lane – "The death toll in Aceh from the tsunami is closer to 300,000 people", Thamrin Ananda, chairperson of the Aceh People's Democratic…

Mark Forbes, Banda Aceh – There are growing concerns that the Indonesian Government's plans to hastily relocate about 60,000 tsunami victims into…

Adirito de Jesus Soares, Dili – Many people have commented about the first 100 days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency. One of his…

Melbourne – Tiny East Timor will open the door to a growing queue of foreign oil and gas explorers later this month when its parliament is due to…

Fedhly Averouss Bey, Jakarta – Army chief General Ryamizard Ryacudu says that a resolution to the conflict between the Republic of…

Jakarta – Aceh's treasurer testified at the graft trial of Abdullah Puteh on Monday that he had transferred some Rp 7.75 billion (US$855,555) into…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Responding to public pressure for justice, the House of Representatives said on Monday it would reopen the Trisakti and…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – A report released on Monday by a human rights watchdog said that human rights abuses perpetrated by the state continued to…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The trade of protected animals is still flourishing in the country, despite warnings from environmentalists that…

Jakarta – After a rigorous debate between the President and lawmakers over the replacement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief, a Presidential…

Julian Lee and Cynthia Banham – An advertising campaign accusing the Prime Minister of stealing billions of dollars in oil and gas revenues from…

Desperate positivism. That could be a way of describing the reactions toward the recently concluded talks in Helsinki between Aceh separatist…

Baradan Kuppusamy, Kuala Lumpur – Despite the devastation inflicted on South and Southeast Asia by the December 26 tsunami, the disaster has been…