Former Australian peacekeepers in East Timor accused the federal government of stealing from the fledgling nation today as talks resumed over the…

Manjit Bhatia – In Indonesia's July 5 direct presidential poll – the country's first since the corrupt Suharto dictatorship's downfall in 1998 –…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A survey by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) found at least 1,000 orangutans in North Sumatra and Aceh…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Hundreds of shrimp farmers who manage some 2,000 hectares of shrimp ponds along the northern coast of Tangerang regency…

Jakarta – Over 100 million people are expected to flock to hundreds of thousands of polling stations on Monday to cast their votes in the final…

Reporter: Peter Lloyd

Tony eastley: While we have to wait another three weeks to find out who will be our new government, in Indonesia more…

Soothing and strong with a Mr. Clean image, US-trained former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to win Monday's run-off poll in…

Among the foreign observers here for the runoff of Indonesia's first direct presidential election on Monday, the largest contingent consists of…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs), joined by Padang's North Siberut Alliance for the Preservation of…

Jakarta – Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) Muhamad Taufik said Sunday that the number of registered voters for Monday's…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Bandarlampung municipal administration is planning to demolish some 5,000 stilt houses in Lampung Bay, in line…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) withdrew on Friday its proposal to insert an article into the…

A deadly attack on Australia's Jakarta embassy days before Indonesia's presidential polls may help a former general unseat President Megawati…

The bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta has elevated terrorism, as an election issue, from a shade above nowhere to a point just visible…

Jakarta – Two days before the presidential election runoff on Monday, the campaign team for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was kept busy countering…

Suwarjono, Jakarta – Don't miss an opportunity, that's the journalist's motto and this includes the final moments in the lead-up to the "finals"…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – As the projector flickered, people in interfaith relationships told their stories.

Indah said she and her siblings…

[The following statement was issued by the HAK Association, Haburas Foundation, Oxfam Australia, Alola Foundation, La'o Hamutuk (East Timor…

A. Junaidi – If there was one person known to talk in seminars or discussions about the gay and transvestite communities in Indonesia as recently…

Suko Sudarso, Jakarta – The presidential election on September 20, is likely to become a battle of symbols – the popular-change symbol of Susilo…

Ivy Susanti, Jakarta – The idea behind staging a televised presidential dialog – not a debate – was to give voters the opportunity to learn more…

Bandung – President Megawati Soekarnoputri handed over Rp 230 billion in bank loans to small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs across…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar's decision to suspend several of its members would affect a major coalition led by the biggest party to help…

As Indonesians prepare to go to the polls on Monday, the East Timor Action Network (ETAN) stated, "No matter which presidential candidate prevails…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The city administration began implementing the revised three-in-one traffic policy on Friday, though it did little to…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Ignoring main stake holders' aspirations, the House of Representatives is determined to complete the deliberation of…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – A Jakarta court on Thursday sentenced a leading magazine editor to a year in jail for libel in a case seen as a landmark…

Kendari – Dozens of activists held a protest on Friday in downtown Kendari, demanding that prosecutors speed up a probe into the…

Almost all religions forbid homosexuality as can be seen in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible or the people of the Prophet Luth in the…

John D'Arcy May – Now the pretext that the war in Iraq was a war on terror has worn thin, and the US President and the Australian Prime Minister…

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian military said separatist rebels had killed seven civilians in the war-torn province of Aceh, according to…

Indonesia's Presidential election could herald significant changes to the way the government runs the country. The historic direct Presidential…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court found Tempo weekly guilty on Thursday of publishing false material and libel, and…

Sari P. Setiogi, Jakarta – International and domestic observers lambasted on Thursday the guilty verdict against Tempo magazine's chief editor…

Jakarta/Surabaya/Madiun – The National Police announced on Thursday that they had arrested at least eight people allegedly linked to last week's…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The government must establish a "country borrowing strategy" and improve the distribution mechanism of foreign loans to…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – While the current trend of maternal mortality rate (MMR) shows a decreasing pattern, it may be difficult for Indonesia to…

Pekanbaru – Haze returned on Thursday to the skies of Pekanbaru, raising concern over new breathing problems spreading in the city.…

Jakarta – Amid reports of a continuing slump in foreign direct investment (FDI), Indonesia is in for even gloomier prospects after the recent…

Kurniawan Hari and Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, Jakarta/Mataram – Golkar politicians suspended from the party for refusing to back Megawati…

Jakarta/Indramayu/Jayapura – While not declaring a controversial quiz a violation of campaign regulations, the Election Supervisory Committee (…

Donggala – Central Sulawesi General Election Commission (KPU) has fired the chief of Donggala Municipality KPU Abdullah Malabang and…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Makassar District Court began hearing on Thursday the case of six student and labor activists charged with…

Gandhi Sukardi, Jakarta – The September 9 bomb explosion in front of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, could have been prevented if the police…

Tiarma Siboro and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A number of national figures, grouped in the newly launched Cultural Movement for Reform, signed a…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A group of suspected Free Papua Movement (OPM) rebels attacked on Tuesday 15 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers in…

Kupang – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is ready to provide protection for UN agencies that reopen in East Nusa Tenggara province, the western part…

Jakarta – In a departure from the general legal trend that has characterized the Tempo saga and coming ahead of the verdict expected on Thursday…

In what was seen as a test case for press freedoms in newly democratic Indonesia, a court cleared two journalists of libel but said the article…

Damien Kingsbury – Jakarta has always been a city of intrigue, and for every significant political event there are usually any number of theories…