Bruce Loudon – At the time, the authorities dismissed it as a straightforward case of journalists tragically caught in the crossfire.

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Jakarta – The central bank expects the rupiah to strengthen against the US dollar leading up to the year-end on the back of a better economic…

Andi Hajramurni and ID Nugroho, Makassar/Sidoarjo – Police here named at least 14 of 75 South Sulawesi legislative council members as suspects on…

Jakarta – Eight suspected separatists and a marine were killed in a fierce gunbattle in Indonesia's restive Aceh province, a military…

Bogor – Indonesia's President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday he would pick a non-military defence minister as part of efforts to…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Indonesia's global competitiveness has improved over the past year, and yet it is battered by an inefficient bureaucracy,…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Director of the National Police economic crimes division Brig. Gen. Samuel Ismoko will soon be questioned for allegedly…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Despite the growing democracy over the last six years, the people still harbor deep concerns over the role of the…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Wearing face masks and unfurling banners, some 100 students from 21 elementary schools throughout Jakarta made an…

Martin Jenkins, Jakarta – In Indonesia, much debate has recently centered on how the government should tackle the problem of rising fuel subsidies…

Yogyakarta – A student protest marred the inauguration of the Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University on Thursday in Yogyakarta, with…

Taxation Director General Hadi Purnomo's estimate of Rp 676.5 trillion (US$74.34 billion) in potential tax revenue lost annually during the past…

Ben Terrall – Shortly after being declared victor over Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters,…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Wednesday eight officers from the Central Jakarta Police's riot squad to…

Tiarma Siboro, Bogor – Representatives of the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) met with president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – A recent remark by outgoing President Megawati Soekarnoputri that she has been deserted by most of her close circle…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Low-income workers have endured hard times since the economic crisis hit the country in 1997, and many have come to…

Satish Mishra, Jakarta – In a country in the midst of record open unemployment, partially brought about by sharp declines in development spending…

Parts of Indonesia have been enveloped in the worst haze yet this year, officials said as residents donned face masks to ward off thick, choking…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Apparently wishing to prove their commitment to leading modest lifestyles, all four leaders of the People's Consultative…

Sjofiardi Bachyul and Ruslan Sangadji, Padang/Palu – Thousands of Muslim students and activists held protest demonstrations in various cities…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A report on Wednesday confirmed post-reform suspicions that corruption in the country had spread from the central…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – More Indonesian consumers enjoyed a higher purchasing power this year, spending money on various household goods despite…

Jakarta – Traffic along Jl. Letjen Suprapto in Central Jakarta was in complete chaos on Wednesday morning, as hundreds of members of the Betawi…

Maria Ulfah, Jakarta – Chief of Army Staff Ryamizard Ryacudu said he would not withdraw troops from conflict areas such as Aceh and Papua.

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Hasrul, Kendari – An explosion police believe to be from a homemade bomb has damaged the house of outspoken anti-corruption activist Hidayatullah…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Supreme Court reminded the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday to submit high-profile cases…

Jakarta – Police on Wednesday defused a small bomb left in a shopping centre in the central Indonesian town of Balikpapan, which is…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The successful election of leaders of the People's Consultative Assembly has inspired the Regional Representatives…

Owen Podger, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post recognized the significance of the new law on fiscal balance in an editorial on Monday October 4, 2004, by…

Jakarta – Just a few days before Ramadhan begins, hundreds of families living in Pinang Ranti subdistrict, East Jakarta and Srengseng Sawah in…

A sunset ceremony in the waves off Bali's shores ended an emotional day of tribute to the 202 people killed two years ago when Islamic militant…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The administration of president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must make tackling the economic problems afflicting…

Survivors and family and friends of victims gathered on a chilly London evening to remember the 28 Britons killed by the Bali bombs two years ago…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Outgoing Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea has issued a circular delaying the implementation of…

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – One afternoon, a bunch of children were kicking around a ball in an empty field when suddenly a woman – clad in training…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Casingkem binti Aspin and Istiqomah binti Misnad are two of many Indonesian migrant workers who have been victims of…

Meiwita Budiharsana, Ford Foundation David & Joyce Djaelani Gordon, YaKita – HIV/AIDS is growing at an alarming rate in Indonesia. One of the…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – On October 12, 2002, bombs targeting nightclub revelers along Jalan Legian in the heart of Bali's Kuta Beach resort…

Police raided a squatter settlement in a Malaysian jungle, burning down shacks and arresting more than 100 illegal immigrants, mainly from…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The cement shortage in Lampung and Banten provinces, triggered by mechanical problems at the PT Semen Baturaja…

"A mouse dying in a rice barn" is perhaps the most suitable adage to describe the dire condition of PT Asean Aceh Fertilizer (AAF), after the…

Dili – The International Monetary Fund says that East Timor faces "significant economic challenges" and cautions that the new nation's future oil…

Depok – The Depok chapter of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) threatened to raid nightclubs if the administration did not close them…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations questioned Monday the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK)…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have won by a landslide, but it is questionable how effective his…

Citing "grave concerns over the prospects for real military reforms," 45 members of the US Congress called possible State Department plans to…

Jakarta – A small bomb exploded outside the house of anti-corruption activist on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi early on Tuesday,…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Leader of the Justice Prosperous Party (PKS) Hidayat Nur Wahid relinquished on Monday his chairmanship of the Muslim-…

After all the praise that has been heaped by the public and the media on President Megawati Soekarnoputri for the contribution she made in…