Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was again urged on Thursday to prohibit government officials from holding…

The death toll in the tsunami tragedy that swept Indonesia, in Aceh and North Sumatra is feared to have killed nearly 40,000-80,000 people.

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The Indonesian military says it is continuing to launch raids against separatist rebels in tsunami-devastated Aceh, despite having earlier called…

Lindsay Murdoch, Meulaboh – The suffering in this once-bustling seaside town of 40,000 on Sumatra's west coast is unimaginable.

Five days…

Donald Greenlees, Banda Aceh – The home that Epayani left behind at Meulaboh, on the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, now lies under the…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The way school textbooks are procured leaves the door open to corruption in elementary and junior high schools,…

US-based groups with a long record of experience in the region today called on the Indonesian government to not let politics override the needs of…

Sidney Jones – Indonesia continues to be plagued by astonishingly diverse forms of violence: vigilantism, communal conflict, armed insurgencies…

Rizal Sukma – This article examines recent changes in Indonesia's politics, perceived and real, since the election of President Susilo Bambang…

Agus Widjojo, Jakarta – The term de-politicization is central to the whole concept of reforming the Indonesian Military (TNI). However, it should…

Lindsay Murdoch, Simeulue – From the air, it could be Hiroshima – a town hit with such devastating force it has literally been flattened.

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Sian Powell, Aceh – It was the stuff of nightmares in Aceh's capital city yesterday but it was an essential step to preventing epidemics of…

Stephen Fitzpatrick and Patrick Walters – The first shocking images of Sumatra's devastated west coast emerged yesterday, leading authorities to…

Maire Leadbeater – The year is ending tragically for hundreds of thousands of our Southeast Asian neighbours. The only hope to be drawn from the…

Alan Sipress, Banda Aceh – At the Indonesian military's primary airfield here, cartons of instant noodles, bottled water and medicine were stacked…

Jakarta – Shocked and grieved by the massive devastation and loss of life wrought by the earthquake and tsunamis that hit Aceh and North Sumatra,…

Christine Susanna Tjhin, Jakarta – President Susilo's decision to spend Christmas in Papua (Dec. 26, 2004) may well be a very sympathetic yearly…

Phelim Kyne, Jakarta – Rampant corruption will take a massive bite out of millions of dollars in aid to Indonesia's earthquake-stricken province…

Erlangga Djumana – Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced on 29 December that the civil emergency status has been lifted in Aceh,…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Tangerang regency councillors' protest on Monday was condemned by a religious leader and labor activist, who said the…

A massive earthquake December 26 in the Java Trench off Sumatra spawned tsunamis that have killed tens of thousands in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India…

Jakarta – A group of rights activists lamented on Tuesday the government-sanctioned fact-finding team that will probe the death of…

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Amy Goodman: The disaster is killing thousands in Aceh but the Indonesian military has been doing that for years. Now…

Jakarta – Golkar, which elected Indonesia's Vice-President Jusuf Kalla as its chairman earlier this month, will replace its faction chief in the…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – The anticorruption call made by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ahead of Idul Fitri has proven effective, and…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Dismissed Golkar politician Marzuki Darusman is heading back to the House of Representatives after the party's new…

Jakarta – Three Buyat Bay residents have withdrawn a US$543 million civil lawsuit filed against PT Newmont Minahasa Raya for allegedly…

From Sabang to Merauke, Indonesians acted without deliberation to support their brothers and sisters facing Sunday's calamity. A spontaneous show…

Max Lane, chair of Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific, condemned the departure today from Brisbane of the sixth Australian…

Lindsay Murdoch, Banda Aceh – They have blank stares and don't speak. We walked together, among black and bloated bodies still lying in the…

Sunday morning, December 26th 2004, Tsunami waves hit Aceh and North Sumatra. It was the biggest disaster in Indonesia since the last 40 years.…

A law regulating demonstrations and assemblies passed by East Timor's parliament violates basic rights to free expression and assembly, Human…

The Indonesian government announced today that the status of civil emergency has been lifted in Aceh because of the situation in the region in the…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government on Monday warned 42 companies, some of them state-owned, to radically improve their protection of the…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia, long known for their love-hate relationship, are now again seeing a period of unity – at…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Following the issuance of a presidential decree on the Papua People's Council (MRP), the Papua provincial…

Jakarta – Tectonic earthquake followed by tsunami that swept through Aceh and North Sumatra is the greatest disaster hit Indonesia for the last…

Tim Johnston – For the people of the northern province of Aceh, Sunday's earthquake brought a two-fold disaster. First they were hit by tremors…

The massive tsunami that hit Aceh province has brought a temporary halt to fighting between rebels and government troops in the region, and could…

After 25 years of repression and persecution, the tiny country of East Timor is racked with poverty and in desperate need of rebuilding. John…

The oil-rich Indonesian province of Aceh was one of the few places hit by both southern Asia's massive earthquake and the tsunamis it caused – a…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – The popular issue blanketing the textile and clothing industry, both at home and overseas, throughout the year 2004 was…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – As thousands of Acehnese were killed in the most devastating natural disaster in the country's history, Aceh…

Salim Osman, Jakarta – Aceh governor Abdullah Puteh used funds earmarked for salaries of civil servants to buy a Russian-made helicopter two years…

Jakarta – Many people in the automotive industry are really happy these days with the handsome bonuses they have received after achieving or even…

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – After a turbulent six-year journey from an authoritarian regime to a full-fledged democracy, Indonesia – which is…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The government-sanctioned fact-finding team formed to assist the police investigation into the death of rights…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Suta Wijaya ended up in the hospital simply because he wanted a quiet night's rest.

Approaching a car parked in front…

Wayne Arnold and Eric Lichtblau, Lhokseumawe – Mulyana, a 24-year-old housewife, had just sat down to a wedding party on Sunday morning when the…

In Indonesia's Aceh province the government's figures have passed five thousand but some officials believe that number could well double. The…