Governor Abdullah Puteh was on the front pages of newspapers for weeks in recent months, linking him to corruption in the scandalous purchase of a…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Lawmakers have criticized a stipulation in the bill on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which allows it to…

Patrick Walters – A strange paradox continues to afflict Australia's bilateral relations with Indonesia.

While people-to-people links…

Shawn Donnan – Leonardus Benyamin "Benny" Murdani, who died yesterday, was the architect of Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor and from 1983…

Tiarma Siboro – A true intelligence officer to the end, L.B. Moerdani left this world discreetly in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and a few…

Dili – Five years after his tiny nation voted in a UN referendum to end 24 years of Indonesian occupation, East Timor's president warned on Monday…

It's been five years since the referendum in East Timor which lead to its independence. On August 30 1999, the people voted overwhelmingly to…

Jakarta – Indonesian foreign affairs department spokesman Marty Natalegawa has said that the Indonesian government will not allow the United…

[Indonesia's Secret War in Aceh. John Martinkus. Random House Australia, 2004 326 pp.]

Emmy Fitri, Jakarta – Using the word "secret"…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The police denied on Friday charges leveled by a joint monitory team that they embezzled billions of rupiah from material…

Flick through the channels on any given night and chances are you will come up against reality – reality TV that is. The most prominent and…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Lt. Col. Bambang Sutrisno, who had just been installed on Tuesday as the Piabung Marine Corps commander in…

Simon Marcus Gower, Jakarta – Nobody would question the importance and great value of books to the processes and tasks of learning and "becoming…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The police denied on Friday charges leveled by a joint monitory team that they embezzled billions of rupiah from material…

Theresia Sufa, Sukabumi – Five groups of the endangered Javan silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch), or Owa Jawa, have disappeared from the 100-…

Kupang – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is sending another team to Manggarai to continue its investigation into…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The administration and supervision of the military court is to be transferred to the Supreme Court on September…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Some 25 activists from the Front for Poor People's Struggle (FPRM) staged a protest in front of a government office here on…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament is debating a controversial Bill to safeguard the military's profile and let it continue its regional commands.…

Jakarta – On Friday August 27, the Women's Alliance Against RUU TNI (Aliansi Perempuan Tolak RUU TN) held a demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia…

Jakarta – Approximately 300,000 people are living in refugee camps across the country, a senior minister says, adding that the…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Police now have no suspects in a bizarre case involving a former Jakarta city council chairman, a businesswoman and an…

Political coalitions with several parties, including the Golkar Party and the United Development Party (PPP), may not be enough for presidential…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Two former presidential candidates have elected not to support either Megawati Soekarnoputri or Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Leaders of the so-termed national coalition of four major parties held their first plenary…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Numerous newly elected councillors across Indonesia could lose their seats after the General Elections Commission (…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Three daughters of founding president Sukarno look set to bury their hatchets for a family reunion ahead of the…

Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations said on Friday it would press ahead with its drive to unravel the corruption…

Matthew Moore – The South Jakarta District Court is best known as a place where judges give decisions to the highest bidder, but its ruling this…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – More than 60,000 workers of the Texmaco Group may lose their jobs following the government's refusal to reschedule…

Nani Afrida and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Banda Aceh/Bandung – Seventy-four convicted Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatists arrived on Thursday afternoon…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The debate over the military's territorial role looks to dominate the deliberation of the Indonesian Military (TNI) bill…

Janaki Kremmer, Sydney – Not so long ago, Australians were being feted for helping tiny East Timor, their northern neighbor, gain independence…

East Timor urged the United Nations not to be hasty in withdrawing its peacekeeping forces from the fledgling nation, after the world body said it…

Megawati Sukarnoputri was right. In a pre-independence day address, the Indonesian president rejected intervening in a series of court decisions…

The inadequate 10-year sentence handed down to self-confessed Bali bomber Idris, after the charges relating to Bali were dropped, is a slap in the…

Dadan Wijaksana and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Renewed debate on whether to retain the hugely costly national fuel subsidy remerged on Wednesday,…

Australia announced a cruise missile programme to give it the region's "most lethal" air combat capacity, a move that further strained awkward…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Religious leaders have asked the Indonesian Military (TNI) to sacrifice its interests – at least for the next five years…

Millions of people nationwide are beginning to feel the effects of the dry season this year, which has led to water shortages and forest fires in…

Rusman, Samarinda – East Kalimantan forestry office firefighters are on high alert as forest and cropland fires spread to coal deposits. As the…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Seven months after its launch on Jan. 15, the busway has only managed to attract around 5,600 private car owners, or…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The swearing-in ceremony of 75 city councillors on Wednesday was marred by a rally, involving some 1,000 people, in…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Although Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still being touted as the favorite to assume the country's top job, the race…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on shaky ground with ethnic Chinese after comments by his running mate…

Adhi Pratomo, Jakarta – Activists from the Student and People's Alliances Against RUU TNI (Aliansi Mahasiswa dan Rakyat Tolak RUU TNI) believe…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – A national meeting of civil society involving around 200 non-government and social organisations has taken a decision…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A labor union has cried out against the nationwide trend of outsourcing, labor layoffs and dismissals that have…

Jakarta – The Justice and Prosperity Party's (PKS) support for presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has clearly attracted a great…

New York – A number of countries have expressed concern about the trial of gross human rights violations in East Timor carried out in Indonesia…