Dili – Dili understands the worries of investors over corruption in East Timor and the government is determined to crackdown on the…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning mandatory military service for its citizens in a bid to beef up the country's defence forces.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense is looking into the procurement of 100 Scorpion light tanks from a leading British arms company…

Kanis Dursin, Jakarta – The 150 or so people in the room suddenly burst into laughter when one of the speakers conveyed what he said was an appeal…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – "Are you Acehnese? Then you must be GAM." This sort of intimidating remark is frequently uttered by soldiers when…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The oldest daughter of former Indonesian president Soeharto is being investigated for corruption after revelations that…

Shawn Donnan – Indonesian human rights activist Munir had plenty of powerful enemies. As an outspoken critic of the former Suharto regime and…

Most residents say the Jakarta Police are unable to deal with crime and traffic in the capital. In conjunction with the Jakarta Police's 55th…

Scholars have warned the public that they should not anchor much hope on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration, as from the outset…

Urip Hudiono and Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Apparently irritated by recent reports highlighting the grotesque corruption within the directorates…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Police managed to recover only Rp 139.7 billion out of Rp 8 trillion (US$889 million) lost to corruption over the…

The House of Representatives and political parties have been labelled the most corrupt institutions in Indonesia by an international…

Slamet Susanto and Tarko Sudiarno, Yogyakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the nation to avoid drugs, free sex and smoking…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Relatives and close friends of the late rights campaigner Munir have established a new award called the Munir Courage…

Jakarta – Police broke up a fine arts fair in Surakarta, Central Java, on Friday, as students and activists staged protests around the country to…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Marking International Human Rights Day, the National Commission on Human Rights recommended on Friday that President…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Golkar Party held a one-day meeting here on Friday, with several of its local leaders proposing that the party's…

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – A theater performance in the city during the weekend pulls in a packed house, but this is no usual theater audience.…

Tangerang – Thousands of workers held a rally at the Banten gubernatorial office in Serang on Friday, arguing that the Rp 693,500 (…

A thief who cries thief, or maling teriak maling, is a famous old Indonesian expression that has come back into vogue with the dawn of the…

John Vidal, Dili – The only way to reach the village of Fatuhei in East Timor is a four-hour hike over tropical mountains. You are then in one of…

John Aglionby in Jakarta, Rob Evans, David Pallister and David Leigh – Anti-corruption investigators in Indonesia launched an inquiry yesterday…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Leading Papuan figures said the establishment of West Irian Jaya province as a province from Papua was still…

Brendan Nicholson – Troops in East Timor were allegedly told to stop filing reports on Indonesia's role in the violence there.

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Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is upbeat on this country's economy, saying it could expand even more than predicted, due mostly…

We should count ourselves blessed that we live in an age where human rights are part of our daily vernacular. In both substance and speech…

Devi Asmarani in Jakarta and Shefali Rekhi in Singapore – The former general is showing his colours.

Long used to a disciplined life,…

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Never before in Indonesia's long history has a leader's mandate come at so pivotal a time. Susilo Bambang…

Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – House of Representatives legislators urged the government to take the suspicious death of…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Uncooperative lawmakers and law enforcers remain a persistent hurdle that the National Commission on Human Rights has to…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Commemorating International Human Rights Day, on Friday December 10 students and activists in Yogyakarta, Central…

Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – Around 300 activists from a number of groups in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held an action…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) is calling on the government to provide protection and legal…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday issued a decree stepping up the fight against corruption in Indonesia.

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Few people could afford to buy the latest BMW 5 car at the age of 27, no matter how hard they work. But, Amien, not…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Lampung's Golkar Party secretary Oktaviano was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison and fined Rp 200…

Indramayu, West Java – A woman activist disclosed on Thursday that child traffickers are operating in at least 10 regions of Indonesia…

East Timor wants the United Nations to extend its mission here for at least another year after its current mandate expires next May in order to…

CAAT warmly welcomes the decision by Mr Justice Park to allow the Guardian access to the court file of the case Chan U Seek vs Alvis Vehicles…

David Leigh – Disclosures in the Guardian that a British arms company paid 16 million pounds to Indonesia's president's daughter to obtain a…

[Indonesia's Struggle: Jemaah Islamiyah and the Soul of Islam, by Greg Barton, University of New South Wales Press, August 2004, Sydney. ISBN: 0-…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Six police officers, who were found guilty of using unnecessary violence during the November 22 protest at the Bojong waste…

Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – BP PLC's plans to invest about $5 billion in a natural-gas project in Indonesia's remote eastern region are coming under…

Jakarta – Indonesia's military, which is undergoing phased reforms intended to bring it under civilian control, may soon lose all its major…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A middle-ranking Navy officer, who shot dead four Army soldiers here in August and left another one critically wounded,…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Syamsir Siregar was sworn in as the new head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) by President Susilo…

Dimas Adityo, Jakarta – The DPR [House of Representatives] questioned Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono's plans to lobby the United States…

David Leigh, David Pallister, Rob Evans, and John Aglionby in Jakarta – The high court yesterday ordered the release of files disclosing payments…

Rob Evans, David Leigh, David Pallister and John Aglionby in Jakarta – Britain's controversial sale of tanks to Indonesia was a thoroughly corrupt…

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The People's Lawyers Union (Serikat Pengacara Rakyat, SPR) has launched a class action against President Susilo Bambang…