Eric Unmacht, Jakarta – Two competing perspectives have long dominated Washington when talk turns to military aid for Indonesia. On one side there…

New York – Although East Timor continues to make progress towards self-sufficiency, it still requires international assistance for the foreseeable…

Jakarta – East Timor urged the United Nations on Wednesday not to be hasty in withdrawing its peacekeeping forces from the fledgling nation, after…

Phar Kim Beng – Indonesia is a country renowned for its far-flung geography and cultural complexities. With 13,000 islands to its name, it cannot…

Militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was charged under tough anti-terror laws for a deadly attack on a Jakarta hotel, but despite mounting…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Representatives of more than 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) began a three-day national conference here on…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has no comment to make on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's report to the UN Security Council in which he…

New York – As the United Nations readies next year's withdrawal of its mission to East Timor, Dili is making significant progress towards running…

An Indonesian court jailed an alleged member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group for 10 years for his role in the deadly bombing of a Jakarta…

Niken Widya Yunita, Jakarta – Are you a woman? A worker? Have you experienced sexual harassment in the work place? If the answer is yes you are…

New York – United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan has expressed dissatisfaction over the result of the trials conducted by Indonesia's…

Banda Aceh – An Indonesian soldier serving in war-torn Aceh province opened fire on other troops at an army barracks, killing four and…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – After a month in hiding, the guerilla hero known as L-7 has made a triumphal return to the East Timorese capital and…

Indonesia's outgoing parliament is preparing for an historic send-off. Democratic reforms which began with the overthrow of the authoritarian…

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – The draft law on the armed forces (Rancangan Undang-Undang Tentara Nasional Indonesia, RUU TNI) is not considered to be…

Jakarta – Haze from forest fires that is fouling skies over Indonesia and Malaysia may worsen in coming months as farmers continue to…

Jakarta – Indonesia's 15-month military offensive against separatists in Aceh province has failed to crush the insurgency and left Indonesian…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Defying public protest, 54 of the total 55 councillors of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam council accepted on Saturday the…

Heavyweight political parties have long held sway in Indonesia, but the emergence of a new breed of voter more likely to listen to media or even…

Jakarta/Semarang – The leaders of the Golkar Party and Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) are now facing internal revolts by members who…

Banda Aceh – A prosecutor has recommended that the South Aceh District Court sentence environmentalist Bestari Raden, 45, to five…

Jakarta – Indonesian officials and businessmen have welcomed the government's plan to abolish the unpopular exit tax next year, saying it would…

Jakarta – An Indonesian court sentenced an army captain yesterday to three years in jail and 11 of his subordinates to two years each for their…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – After weeks of controversy, the government-sanctioned Film Censorship Institute (LSF) pulled local movie Buruan…

Alue Gintong – A major military operation to crush a rebellion in Indonesia's Aceh province will be over within a year, President Megawati…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – A man who lost his attempt to become president of Indonesia now hopes to rule a resort town – if he can kick out the…

Tiarma Siboro and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – After failing to win support from the country's major parties, presidential candidate Susilo…

Alan Sipress, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri marched along the red carpet dressed in a brown Indonesian Girl Scout outfit. Then,…

Jakarta – Candidates at the presidential elections last month failed to report an estimated total of 288 billion rupiah (S$53.9 million) in…

Batam – The spread of HIV/AIDS in Batam has reached an alarming level, an official said on Friday.

Marwan Nusri, the head of…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Leaders of four political parties threw their support behind presidential candidate Megawati…

President Megawati Sukarnoputri forged a pact with Indonesia's largest political group Golkar to form a bloc that will dominate parliament but is…

Muhammad Azis Tunny, Ambon – This is the second time that Jamaria Makattita, 79, a widow with four children, has had to take refuge when her home…

Slamet Susanto and Abdul Khalik, Yogyakarta/Jakarta – The Yogyakarta Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) cleared on Thursday Yogyakarta city…

John Tribbett, Kuala Lumpur – It's late at night and I'm sitting in a 24-hour restaurant drinking tea with a group of Acehnese refugees, all men…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – After more than one year of the military operations that started in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in May 2003, President…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Dozens of residents vandalized the offices of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police in two separate regencies in East…

Jakarta – About 100 Indonesian Islamic activists on Friday protested US military attacks on the Iraqi holy city of Najaf by burning…

Thang D. Nguyen, Jakarta – As Indonesia celebrates its 59th anniversary of independence this week, it is appropriate to reflect on the democratic…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday unveiled a grand alliance to support her bid for another term in…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Although lthough many people complain about choking air caused by high levels of air pollution, the City Environmental…

Rusman, Samarinda – Fires from forests and farmland have spread across East Kalimantan, causing haze in cities and towns around the province.

Muhammad Uzair, Palembang – Pupils of an elementary school in Banyuasin regency here attend classes in the village hall, after strong winds…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Transparency International Indonesia (TII), a group devoted to fighting corruption, has estimated that the presidential…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Leading presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denied accusations that he and his running mate Jusuf Kalla were…

Alue Gintong – The military operation to crush the rebellion in the Aceh province will be over within a year, President Megawati Sukarnoputri said…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Drought has hit some subdistricts of Cirebon, West Java, leaving some 3,000 families without clean water.

President…

Zakki P. Hakim and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The next government will face the challenging task of completing deliberations of about 50 draft…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A legislator from PKB has proposed that the Indonesian Military (TNI), for which a bill is currently being deliberated…

John McBeth – Western governments and human rights groups could not hide their anger following a decision by an Indonesian appeals court to…