Surakarta/Surabaya/Yogyakarta – The violent behavior on Thursday by the campaign participants in several cities sent an alarming message to…

Jakarta – Here come the ballot papers: A few million are damaged, thousands contain mistakes or are missing and millions more have yet to…

Kendari – Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Jusuf Kalla warned on Friday that if Jakarta continued to disregard development in the…

Rusman, Samarinda – Eighteen holders of forestry licenses who had evaded paying a total of Rp 229 billion in reforestation and resource…

Jakarta – The country's investment climate remains in a poor condition despite claims by the government that it has carried out various…

Jakarta – Indonesian police tortured imprisoned rebels from Aceh province to warn them that they must confess to terrorist attacks when…

Fadli, Batam – Around 1,600 workers of PT Foster Electric Indonesia staged a protest on the industrial island of Batam, Riau province, on…

Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tanjung has warned he will instigate legal action people suspected of setting fire to the party's symbols during the…

John Vidal – Late last year more than 200 people were killed and 400 houses destroyed when hundreds of illegally felled trees in the Leseur…

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian military said Thursday it had shot dead a key figure in the self-styled government proclaimed by…

Jamie Wilson – Waiting for the first shards of light to break through the night sky, the two inflatable speedboats were running without…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The whole of Papua society could unite in a movement to secede from the Republic of Indonesia if the…

For the first time since it was called into the case, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is believed to be…

East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao said today he would not stand for re-election in his country's second presidential elections, are…

Guido Guillart, Dili – An American group said on Thursday it cancelled plans to distribute a children's book on democracy in East Timor, after the…

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – If there is money, the parties are popular. If they only have T-shirts they are ignored.

At least that…

Jakarta – Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province urged Acehnese on Wednesday to vote in next month's elections and said…

Indra Shalihin, Jakarta – Scores of students from the University of Indonesia (UI) Student Action Front (Front Aksi Mahasiswa,…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Another list naming "rotten" politicians would be released to the public soon, the group…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Don't be fooled by the apparent enthusiasm for giveaways from political parties – including money – many…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – With the House of Representatives in recess, and campaigning for seats in the new legislature heating up, a cabinet…

Moch. N. Kurniawan and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Amid the growing trend among most of the 24 political parties to distribute money…

A. Junaidi and Rusman, Jakarta/Samarinda – Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say, and Regional Representatives Council (DPD)…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The youngest of Sukarno's children from his third wife Fatmawati, Guruh Soekarnoputra, expressed his pain…

Jakarta – The lackluster reception since last Thursday's kick-off of the 22-day campaign period vanished on Tuesday – at least in part, as…

Robert Go, Jakarta – They think that the tougher-looking they are, the better. And so, members of Indonesian political parties…

Dean Yates, Bojong Gede – Indonesia's most famous novelist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, nearly totters over from age and illness.

Grabbing…

James Balowski, Jakarta – One thousand people from the Indonesian capital and the satellite cities of Bogor, Bekasi and Tangerang…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Police here said on Tuesday they had named four more suspects charged with involvement in last week's deadly…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Seven of Indonesia's most senior judges have retired to consider their verdict in a case that could result in…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of environmental activists and economists called on the government on Monday to revoke the regulation in…

Geneva – A leading environmental group on Tuesday warned that the exotic Sumatran tiger was bound for extinction if the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government Tuesday issued Rp 2 trillion ($1=IDR8,457) of bonds with a weighted average yield of 11.57…

Dili – A former Australian diplomat said his country's "policy of failure" was partly to blame for Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor and its…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Monopolistic practices and a lack of concern toward public complaints were continuing to perpetuate a culture of…

Jakarta – Five alleged members of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah group have been jailed on terror charges by an Indonesian court…

Jakarta, Kompas – Accusations of human rights violations have not affected retired Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto's plan to advance…

Jakarta – Idealists and officials have spoken for years of the benefits of "dialog campaigns" rather than rowdy rallies and convoys, but on…

P.C. Naommy and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) revealed on Monday that it planned…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – The Indonesian general election campaign started with a bang last week, but it will end with a whimper. Never have…

With no warning, Akbar Tandjung suddenly jumped out of his car and headed towards a becak pedicab parked 1 kilometer from the Sriwedari…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – It began with a bang. Just six days ago, party faithful thronged the streets of Indonesia in carnival mood to…

Jakarta – Almost all of the 24 political parties contesting this year's elections had committed 100 violations as of Monday, according to…

Jakarta – Two family members of former dictator Suharto have launched separate campaigns for the coming Indonesian elections.

His…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Islamic-leaning political parties contesting this year's general elections have selected more non-Muslim…

A pro-independence group in Indonesia's Aceh province has accused police and troops of intimidation and violence in the run-up to the…

Dian Intannia, Jakarta – On Monday March 15, ten people from the Manggarai regency in the East Nusa Tenggara province were formally…

Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian groups has released a list of names of 61 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Entering day four of the election campaign, [Former President Suharto's eldest daughter] Siti…

Jakarta – Government troops have shot dead a separatist leader in Indonesia's eastern most province of Papua, a military spokesman said on…