Semarang – The Central Java provincial government has proposed that, starting from January next year, provincial councillors will get…

Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – Indonesia and East Timor announced this week they would establish a bilateral "truth and friendship commission" to heal…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A Golkar party leader said on Wednesday that there would be no abrupt changes in relations between…

Eva C. Komandjaja – Public enemy No. 1 and bombing fugitive Azahari bin Husin had worked undetected in a building near the Australian Embassy to…

There have been mixed reactions this week to a proposal by Indonesia and East Timor to set up a joint commission to investigate the violence in…

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Indonesia and East Timor have agreed to set up a truth and friendship commission to address the issues of 1,500 murders…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – It seems that confidence in investment climate in Indonesia may have started to improve, with hundreds of potential…

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – With its huge population and dynamic economies, Asia is increasingly poised to become the new strategic center of…

Marwaan Macan-Markar, Bangkok – The new leader of the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has a…

What is a good inconsistency?! For our honored Constitutional Court, that is probably the only way to describe their recent decisions. Last week,…

Jakarta – A group of Muslim hard-liners called on the House of Representatives on Wednesday to begin work on a bill that would limit…

Jakarta – Army chief of staff General Ryamizard Ryacudu has revealed that army businesses, particularly those which are part of foundations "only…

Eworaswa, Jakarta – The executive director of the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI), Denny J.A., says that fuel price increases will…

Tim Johnston, Jakarta – The case against the alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiah, the terror group behind the Bali bombings, was boosted yesterday…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Golkar Party held a coordination meeting Tuesday evening to discuss its new political stance following the election…

Jakarta – Fresh from his election as the new leader of the Golkar Party, Mr Jusuf Kalla has strongly signalled that Golkar is out of the…

Uba/Ant, Jakarta – Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second largest Islamic mass organisations, is moving to establish a new political party. Not because…

The throng of young men in combat pants, Mujahidin jackets and Muslim songkok skullcaps have been largely quiet during the second terrorism trial…

Ewo Raswa, Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) says that the popularity of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has experienced a…

Indonesia and East Timor announced plans for a historic joint commission to draw a line under past hostilities and resolve the 1999 bloodshed that…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – In order to give the nation's fight against corruption a boost, the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and the government…

Jakarta – The Minister of Defense, Juwono Sudarsono, estimates that the integration of the TNI (armed forces) headquarters into the department of…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The New Year will mark an end to the existing system of military arms procurement, which allows each armed force to…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld a 2001 oil and gas law that was designed to liberalize the sector and to gradually reduce the…

Eva C. Komandjaja – Police and activists, close friends and family members of noted rights campaigner Munir agreed on Tuesday to form an…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Disposing of unprocessed hazardous waste in the environment and the absence of waste management licenses are examples of…

Washington – US officials do not want a planned Indonesian-East Timorese commission on 1999 violence in East Timor to supplant UN efforts to…

Nana Rukmana and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Cirebon/Bandung – Hundreds of students held protests on Tuesday in cities throughout Java demanding the…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla asserted that the government would not ban the relatives of state officials from doing…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – After claiming to have successfully cracked down on the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the military is now planning to…

Monica Sloan – Oxford MP Andrew Smith has met a West Papuan tribal leader who fled torture to highlight the oppression of Papuans by Indonesia.…

Ramidi, Jakarta – Around 500 members of the United Workers' Alliance held an action in front of the State Palace on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat on…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Denpasar – The government said on Monday it would form multi-agency intelligence teams in…

Indonesian prosecutors' bid to link cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to Jemaah Islamiyah took a step forward when a confessed senior member of the…

Two years ago, whilst West Papuan tribal leader and independence activist, Benny Wenda, was being tortured in an Indonesian prison cell, Oxford MP…

Tony Hotland and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Newly elected Golkar Party leader Vice President Jusuf Kalla strongly signalled Golkar was out…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Those attending the Cabinet meeting on Monday were all smiles, particularly Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

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Fabio Scarpello, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may be smiling after his deputy won the leadership of the powerful Golkar…

As if sitting on a volcano, the residents who live along Jl. Matraman have to be ready for an outbreak of fighting to erupt at any time.

The…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Indonesia and its former province East Timor are set to reject an idea to establish a commission of experts to…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Some 14 former Central Java legislative council members, declared suspects in a Rp 14.8 billion (US$1.6 million) scam, have…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Several Tangerang regency councillors have handed their letters of appointment over to pawnshops or banks as collateral…

Banda Aceh – The Aceh police ethics commission dishonorably discharged on Monday two police officers in Aceh who were found guilty in…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A policeman has been detained for his alleged role in spreading terror in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, which recently…

Salim Osman, Nusa Dua (Bali) – Vice-president Jusuf Kalla, 62, was a picture of confidence when he walked up the stage at the Westin Convention…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – He outlasted a regime, turned around a backlash against his Golkar party and escaped a damning graft conviction. But time…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court will soon rule on the validity of the current oil and gas law, but industry executives are…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Dailami, 31, could not hide the sadness on his face during the conclusion of the third phase of the rehabilitation…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Environmentalists have renewed calls for the government to completely ban submarine tailings disposal (STD) in the country…

Jakarta/Brussels – A new internal security strategy for Indonesia could strengthen the democratisation process, ease institutional rivalries,…