Jakarta – All 24 political parties eligible to join the general election have signed a nine-point agreement to maintain peace before,…

Indonesian troops shot and killed 18 suspected rebels in gunbattles across the restive province of Aceh, a military spokesman said…

Bontang – As he flew over the coal mines and shrimp farms that dot Indonesia's part of Borneo island, a smiling Gen. Wiranto couldn't contain…

Bob Burton, Canberra – One month after an unarmed protester against the construction of a Australian-owned mine in Indonesia was shot and killed,…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Former minister of religious affairs Tarmizi Taher complained to the Jakarta Police on Thursday that he had been defamed by…

Indonesian presidential candidate General Wiranto has agreed to testify to a public hearing of war crimes charges against him, East…

An East Timor court has jailed a former pro-Jakarta militiaman for seven years for murdering an independence supporter during the…

Dili – The UN Security Council will "probably" opt for a continued civilian and security presence in East Timor following the end of its current…

Muhamad Fasabeni, Jakarta – Arriving in three Metro Mini Number 79 busses at 11am, around 60 people demonstrated at the offices of the Commission…

Jakarta – The environmental group Greenpeace said yesterday that it had documented massive illegal logging in a protected national…

Banda Aceh – Government troops mounting an offensive against Aceh separatist rebels have killed six more guerrillas, the military said…

Jakarta – Three non-governmental organizations concerned about labor and poverty announced on Thursday political parties and…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – In anticipation of the possible delay of the general election, the government has developed a number of…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) issued on Thursday a list of 7,786 legislative candidates eligible to contest…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Observers warned the nation on Thursday that press freedom was back under threat, despite the downfall of authoritarian…

Damar Harsanto and Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Taxpayers should fight the three-in-one traffic policy if they believed it was disadvantaging them,…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Three non-governmental organizations filed a lawsuit against President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday at the Central…

John McBeth/Jakarta and Murray Hiebert/Washington – Indonesia's elections are about to become interesting. Last year, retired armed-forces chief…

So much for Indonesian armed forces chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto's promise that the military will refrain from any attempt at…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Central Committee for Labor Dispute Settlements (P4P) has decided to accept the decision by ailing state-owned…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The chaotic preparations for the elections continue to amaze one and all, with the General Elections Commission (KPU…

The International Crisis Group has warned that Indonesia could face long term threats from militants, not so much from Jemaah Islamiyah ... but…

[Indonesian trade unionist Dita Indah Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour struggle, addressed 6000 people at the World…

Jakarta – Indonesia's exports in 2003 rose by 6.76 percent from a year earlier, partly because of a pick up in global demand and a high…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – Repeated warnings from the government to the public to take preventive measures against dengue fever at the beginning and…

Jakarta – A witness told the human rights court on Tuesday she experienced sexual abuse during her detention by the military following…

Kelly McEvers, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri is poised to authorize the expansion of Indonesia's national intelligence agency, a plan…

Orin Basuki – It is the afternoon of January 30, and as many as 1169 names of prospective legislative candidates for the provincial Regional…

Max Lane – The Indonesian people's contempt for, and rejection of, the country's elit politik (political elite) is wide and deep. So deep, that a…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government claimed on Tuesday that in the ninth month of the military operation, the situation in Nanggroe Aceh…

Singapore – Indonesian Military chief, Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, received Singapore's highest military award here on Tuesday for his…

Nani Farida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – While the provincial government has predicted Aceh's elections will run successfully,…

Melbourne coffee roaster Wells Trenfield is the second-last person in a global coffee chain. Before him are the brokers, importers, exporters,…

Tim Shorrock, Washington – The United States is committing a major political blunder in Indonesia by focusing solely on terrorism, according to…

Election fever along with the inevitable campaigning essentially began as soon as the legislation was finalized by the House of Representatives (…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – A storm is brewing with polls looming. And it has nothing to do with backroom dealings, smear campaigns and the…

Frans Surdiasis, Jakarta – When a new party founded by Eros Djarot – a popular figure in politics, the arts and the media – was introduced, many…

Jakarta – Although deliberation by the panel of judges on the case of Akbar Tanjung only began yesterday, six organisation held a demonstration in…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Theresia Sufa, Jakarta/Bogor – Mounting opposition from residents over environmental damage has not deterred the city from…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise plans to impose non-tax fees on import and export clearance and…

John Garnaut – Wiranto, the former Indonesian military chief accused of crimes against humanity over the 1999 carnage in East Timor, says…

Indonesia said that tests had shown it was suffering from the same strain of bird flu that has left 12 people dead in Thailand and Vietnam.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – A group of bogus police detectives are raiding unwary Jakartans' homes and searching them on the street, in a spate of…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar Party co-chairman Agung Laksono told party members on Monday not to be provoked by the ongoing campaign against…

Semarang – Four university students of Papuan origin, detained by Central Java police for having raised the separatist "morning star"…

A political dissident in East Timor says he is preparing to challenge the government when the United Nations mission to the country…

Radio Australia – The United Nations has announced it may maintain a presence in East Timor beyond the end of its peacekeeping mandate on May 20.…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais joined on Thursday those expressing concern over a possible…

Tangerang – Some 200 activists of 10 non-govermental organisations staged a rally on Thursday at the Tangerang municipal council,…

Indramayu – Hundreds of local supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) burned party flags and tore down other…