Jakarta – Taxi driver Tadi wrongly decided to rush back to Jakarta from his hometown in Tegal, Central Java, expecting less competition and lots…

Jakarta – About 500 sidewalk vendors at the Tanah Abang textile market in Central Jakarta have lost their right to space in the market…

Evan Jones, Batam – It is welcoming news to see that our new State Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik is looking at extending the number…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated his commitment to overhauling the country's sprawling capital. Jakarta's facelift will center on…

Officials in Jakarta denied that Indonesian militants might be among Islamic insurgents fighting US forces in Iraq.

The denial came amid…

Jana Wendt: Now to our cover story, and a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of espionage. The past two years of terrorism in this region have…

Irwin Arieff, United Nations – The Security Council extended the life of a UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor for a final six months on Tuesday…

Jakarta – Indonesia's government is expected to announce fresh anti-corruption initiatives, including a review of the rules that let former…

Canberra – Australian political and military figures had their telephones bugged by Indonesia during the diplomatic crisis over East Timor's…

Canberra – Australia staked its claim Tuesday to its vast undersea continental shelf, asking the United Nations to grant it rights to minerals and…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – A post-mortem examination in the Netherlands has left Indonesian police with a classic whodunit mystery and human-rights…

Sian Powell – Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, although regarded as one of Indonesia's most effective peacemakers, says he will never allow…

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for the Economy Aburizal Bakrie has declared 1.19 trillion rupiah (S$219 million) in assets, making…

Brendan Nicholson, Canberra – In an extraordinary admission Indonesia says it bugged Australia's embassy in Jakarta during the East Timor crisis…

Sandra O'Malley, Canberra – Australian spies are revealing secrets to Indonesia, according to one former spy, amid revelations Indonesian agents…

Sydney – Two former Indonesian presidents expressed reservations about Canberra-Jakarta relations Sunday, as Indonesia's former intelligence chief…

Jakarta – The Indonesian police have launched a criminal investigation into the death of rights campaigner Munir two months ago after a Dutch…

Ricky Binihi – Vanuatu chiefs at the recent Melanesian Trust conference held in Tanna have unanimously agreed with other Melanesian…

Jakarta – Governor Sutiyoso insists that his administration will go ahead with the plan to demolish the Tanah Abang textile market, although the…

Derwin Pereira – Indonesia's trouble-prone regions are flaring up yet again, casting a shadow over President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's three-week…

Rusman, Samarinda – A wooden vessel maneuvered to dock at a pier on Mahakam Ulu River, Kutai Kartanegara regency, East Kalimantan, the sound of…

Jakarta – A survey showed yesterday that many Indonesians support the implementation of strict Islamic law. Nearly 60 per cent said they want…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The government has extended the state of civil emergency in Aceh, but is still undecided for how long the…

Semarang, Cairo – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considering embracing separatist groups in Aceh and Papua (Irian Jaya) in order to…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – In a bid to attract badly needed foreign investment, the government is aiming to drastically reduce the time needed for…

Jakarta – Indonesia would have to cut energy subsidies at the beginning of next year despite probable protests unless oil prices retreat, Vice-…

Jakarta – After months of speculation, the new government confirmed on Thursday it would reduce the fuel subsidy for next year, making a hike in…

Jakarta – Bank lending this year is expected to grow by more than 20 percent, partly driven a by steady but slow improvement in the domestic…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Despite the general rejection of violent acts carried out in the name of Islam, a large percentage of Indonesians…

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta administration will evict hundreds of street vendors from Jl. Kramat Raya and Jl. Salemba soon after the…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Fearing a massive influx of migrants after the Idul Fitri holiday, Governor Sutiyoso again warned would-be job seekers…

A Dutch autopsy has found that arsenic poisoning killed a high-profile Indonesian human rights campaigner on a flight to Amsterdam two months ago…

Jayapura – Papuan rebels went on a rampage in Puncak Jaya regency causing Rp 19 billion in damages, a top government official said on…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court was established in 2003 to provide legal certainty in the face of conflicting laws,…

Oct. 4, 1999: Law No. 45/1999 issued to establish West Irian Jaya and Central Irian Jaya provinces, the regencies of Paniai, Mimika and Puncak…

Pandaya, Jakarta – In recent years Indonesia has sadly been witnessing a wide variety of religious conflicts that have corroded the glue that…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration said on Wednesday it had locked up 6,943 people in a crackdown on homeless people, beggars,…

Jakarta – Two oil and gas firms plan to make new investments next year in what seems to be a positive development in the country's oil and gas…

Tiarma Siboro and Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – As the November 19 deadline for the end of the civil emergency draws near in the troubled…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has barred all foreign journalists from the troubled provinces of Aceh and Papua, the first…

Jakarta – It is hoped that the government can resolve the conflict in Aceh peacefully in the lead up to the end of the period of civil emergency…

Jakarta – Indonesia said yesterday its new Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono will soon visit the United States to lobby for an end to…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Dozens of farmers in Tungkalulu district, West Tanjungjabung regency, Jambi province, ran amok on Wednesday at an oil palm…

Surabaya – The East Java chapter of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) will propose that the country's largest Muslim organization establish a new…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Commissions of the House of Representatives held their first hearings on Wednesday – nearly a month after it went into…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urged the government on Wednesday to immediately relocate people living…

Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – At least Rp 1.35 billion (US$150,000) in taxpayers money will be wasted as the House of…

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to issue a new law to crack down on rampant smuggling which has hit commodity prices, Trade Minister Mari…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals have declined by 11 percent this year as of October, as compared with the…

East Timorese NGOs this week called on the US Congress to end all assistance to the Indonesian military and to work for justice for victims of…