Nani Afrida and Tiarma Siboro, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Anticipating possible skirmishes during the 28th anniversary of the Aceh Free Movement (GAM)…

Banda Aceh – Officials threatened to "shoot on sight" rebels caught raising separatist flags in Aceh province to mark the anniversary of their…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Poverty has not stopped the poor from smoking – the latest market research shows they have just switched to cheaper…

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia is asking the government to carefully consider the timing of its plan to raise domestic fuel prices…

Jakarta – A number of Japanese investors complained to the Minister of Industry Andung A. Nitimihardja over obstacles in investing in the country…

State-owned Bank Mandiri, the nation's largest bank in terms of assets, estimates that lending may grow by at least 20 percent next year on the…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A Working Group for Aceh called for a revision of the special autonomy for the troubled province, arguing that it had…

Banda Aceh – In the lead up to the anniversary of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) security forces in Aceh have forbidden people from joining in the…

Jakarta – Despite the prolonged arms embargo imposed by the United States on Indonesia, the militaries of the two countries are…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Violence erupted in the capital of Indonesia's troubled province of West Papua on Wednesday as security forces moved to…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration turned a deaf ear to workers' pleas for a revision to the minimum wage for 2005 of Rp 711,843 (US$79) to Rp…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives's defense commission held a hearing with Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono…

Jakarta – The bombing last year of the JW Marriott hotel in Indonesia's capital was inspired by Osama bin Laden, a militant who was convicted in…

Jakarta – Five witnesses testifying in the Abu Bakar Ba'asyir trial said on Thursday that they had met with the cleric either in Malaysia,…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – A confessed member of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network says he personally delivered an invitation from Osama bin…

Nigel Wilson – John McCarthy, Australia's ambassador to Indonesia at the time of the Australian-led peacekeeping mission in 1999,…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Around 52 activists have declared the formation of the Volunteers for Democratic Struggle (Relawan Perjuangan Demokrasi…

Surakarta/Surabaya – Nahdlatul Ulama head Hasyim Muzadi stared down an attack by a rival faction on Thursday, winning reelection as NU chairman…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Over 270 people, who were deported from East Timor, were moved into a dormitory belonging to East Nusa Tenggara's…

Jakarta – The weapon systems belonging to the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) is a cause for concern. Compared with the systems belonging to the…

Sari P. Setiogi and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Indonesian teachers marked the 36th anniversary of their organization on Thursday with a…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The death of thousands of fish and clams in waters off Ancol Beach on Tuesday was likely caused by pollution in the…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The close alignment between religion and politics has resulted in a decline in tolerance among the adherents of…

We are quite apprehensive about the real objective behind the government's plan to grant a tax amnesty. While no further developments have been…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Despite improving interest rates and a peaceful election year, legal uncertainties remain the main obstacle for Indonesian…

Dili – East Timor's human rights court has sentenced a senior member of a pro-Jakarta militia to 15 years in prison for organizing an attack on…

Jakarta – The government aims to boost growth in the country's manufacturing sector – the largest contributor to gross domestic product (GDP) – to…

Pekanbaru-RoL – The Minister of Forestry, H. MS Kaban, says that level of illegal logging in Indonesia is resulting in financial losses to the…

Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives urged on Thursday the Indonesian Military (TNI) to empower Indonesia's weapons-related…

Muhammad Nafik, Surakarta – Paying money to officials or brokers in order to obtain posts in governmental agencies that require a civil service…

Jakarta – Exports in October jumped by 46 percent from the same period last year, defying earlier concerns that the country was losing its share…

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Mark Colvin: A court in East Timor has jailed a former pro-Indonesia militia leader to 15 years jail for murder and…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Fourteen police officers have been found guilty of using unnecessary disciplinary methods to restore order during the…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Legislators implied on Wednesday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held them back in bill deliberations by…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has sent its third warning letters to former president Megawati…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The city administration has requested the West Jakarta Prosecutor's Office to release two of its officials following…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A woman produced her identity card and Rp 15,000 (US$1.67), and handed them over to the prison guard at the entrance to…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Now that a three-month grace period has expired, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) is set to crack down hard…

Agencies – Police personnel clashed on Wednesday with pro-independence Papuans in Trikora field, Jayapura, after the independence supporters…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) here Wednesday condemned the expulsion of 253 Moslems from East Timor, saying the action was a…

Jakarta – Two out of three Indonesian employees say they would move to a different company even if the position, field of work and remuneration…

Bandung – At least 3,000 workers in Cimahi regency staged a protest on Tuesday outside the regent's office, demanding that he raise…

Violence has flared in the capital of Indonesia's troubled province of West Papua as security forces moved to break up a flag-raising ceremony by…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes it, may be…

James Balowski, Jakarta – The new government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has barely been in office one month but has already broken a…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – After five hours of immigration checks in Motaain, on the border of East Timor and Indonesia, 62 people were deported…

The government has set itself a target of raising exports of agricultural products to US$9 billion in 2009, or more than double this year's…

Delight and relief after the successful elections lifted the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) by 6.2 percent to a 37-month high of 105.…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Two Malaysian militants testifying in the trial of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir acknowledged on Tuesday that the elderly cleric…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The public will pay up to 40 percent more for fuel by early next year, as the government insists on raising the price…