Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – For many young people in Jakarta's kampongs, the 22-day official campaign period this month is manna from heaven –…

Nurul Hidayati, Jakarta – Arbi Sanit, a political observer from the University of Indonesia, is of the view that the a report by Transparency…

Suwarjono, Jakarta – The results of a survey by the Institute of Research, Education and Information of Social and Economic Affairs (LP3ES), show…

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Hamish Robertson: A children's schoolbook which portrays the President and Prime Minister of East Timor as monkeys has…

Jakarta – Indonesian will no longer pay attention to East Timor's Serious Crime Unit (SCU) which has accused several Indonesian…

Jakarta – Indonesia's government said yesterday it would pay its civil servants a special bonus in June but the finance minister has…

Jakarta – Indonesia has increased restrictions on foreign journalists trying to visit war torn Aceh province ahead of April parliamentary…

The smiling daughter of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto is waging a high-profile electoral campaign – less than six years after her father was…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Former Indonesian military chief and prominent presidential candidate General Wiranto has challenged United Nations…

Suwarjono, Jakarta – On Thursday March 25, scores of activists from the People's Lawyers Union (Serikat Pengacara Rakyat, SPR) and the…

A leading Indonesia analyst says Jakarta has grossly mishandled the troubled province of Papua, and now seems to be stepping back to watch it…

Jakarta – The leaders of Indonesia's Islamic parties have reluctantly accepted the defeat of political Islam by Malaysia's dominant secular…

Jakarta – Indonesia's bird flu outbreak, which has killed up to 6.2 million chickens across the archipelago, is showing signs of…

Max Lane – Since the East Timorese independence referendum in 1999, the Australian government has received approximately $1 billion dollars in…

Tony Sitathan, Jakarta – A new Islamic fad is sweeping across Indonesia. But this time the divine message is reinforced by an amplifier and a…

Jill Jolliffe, Pante Macassar – The 45,000 inhabitants of East Timor's tiny enclave of Oecusse have suffered isolation and economic disadvantage…

Jakarta – A lawyer for former Indonesian military chief Wiranto accused East Timor prosecutors on Wednesday of trying to sabotage the general's…

Bob Burton, Canberra – East Timor's government, Australian political leaders and community groups are condemning the Australian government for…

Devi Asmarani, Makassar – For them to graduate, primary school students in Bulukumba regency, about a three-hour drive from here, must take…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Despite the nationwide policy of providing free medical treatment to poor dengue fever patients, some hospitals…

Jakarta – A court in Indonesia's Aceh province on Tuesday jailed a former separatist rebel ceasefire negotiator for two years for…

Dili – UN prosecutors Tuesday urged East Timor's legal authorities to issue an international arrest warrant for Indonesia's former military…

Jakarta's governor has urged residents to be on guard against terror attacks as Indonesia heads towards next month's elections.

The warning…

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – A former senior economics lecturer from the University of Indonesia, Professor Sarbini, has warned that the forces of the…

Brendan Nicholson – A lobby group supporting East Timor wants Australia to put the billions flowing from some of the Timor Gap oil and gas fields…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – Eight months after authorities began enforcing Law No. 19/2002 on copyrights, the government will begin using licensed…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Major political parties are fine-tuning their campaign strategies in order to bounce back from disastrous early…

Just nine days remain to the 22-day campaign period, after which there is a three-day cooling-off period before people cast their votes for…

Mafoot Simon – The indoor stadium turned into a sea of white. Some 10,000 supporters of the Islamic-based Justice Party (PKS) crowded into an area…

Banda Aceh – Government troops shot dead two suspected separatists in more clashes in restive Aceh province, the military said Monday…

East Timor has threatened to withold ratification of an agreement with Australia to develop oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea worth eight-…

Brendan Nicholson – The East Timorese Government says Australia is breaching international law by taking billions of dollars worth of fuel from…

Mark Davis – Moves to develop massive natural gas fields in the Timor Sea face new hurdles after East Timor's government yesterday strongly…

Muchus Budi R., Solo – After failing to form a new political party, in the 2004 general elections ex-members of the Indonesian Communist Party (…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Accused war criminal, love-song crooner and charismatic speaker: Wiranto is an oddity even among Indonesia's eccentric…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – While most political parties are united in condemning the government for failing to set out an economic program…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The order for Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel not to vote in the upcoming election remains, its chief Gen.…

Moch. N. Kurniawan and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information (ISAI) reported on Thursday to…

Jakarta – The troubles surrounding the preparations for the general elections has led the Indonesian Military to put itself on high alert,…

Robert Go, Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) chief Amien Rais hops from one destination to another across Indonesia on a jet chartered…

Jakarta/Medan – Desperate to win people's hearts and minds, political parties have openly employed dubious tactics to draw indifferent…

Matthew Moore, Surabaya – One-time Indonesian strongman Wiranto couldn't quite decide whether to take the Mercedes or the becak, one of the…

P.C. Naommy, Jakarta – The investigation into alleged corruption involving Attorney General MA Rachman was dealt a large blow on Friday…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Police chief Maj. Gen. Sulaiman A.B. announced on Friday that two…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Despite the series of natural disasters that have ravaged vast stretches of the country in recent years, current…

Jakarta – The success of a proposed regulation in lieu of law (perpu) on eradicating illegal logging requires the establishment of an…

Bambang Nurbianto and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Time is money – especially that of time-pressed women, as one campaigning…

Indonesians are hiring themselves out to attend campaign rallies as parties struggle to drum up enthusiasm before next month's general…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – When Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardijanti "Tutut" Rukmana recently came forward as a possible challenge…

Jakarta – The public's lackluster response to election campaigns has forced political parties to draw up new strategies to attract people…