Jakarta – The jailed head of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) urged Jakarta officials on Tuesday to shut down bars, discos and nightclubs during…

Tony Stephens, Kuta – More than 90 per cent of Balinese communities suffered a fall in income and school drop-out rates were up to 60 per cent…

Dan Eaton, Jakarta – With the air of a trained librarian, the shopkeeper runs his finger along a shelf stacked with brightly coloured packages.…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – For Sumaryono, 24, and his mother, Iis Iswati, 45, hospital treatment is a luxury only for the rich.

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Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army has turned down Australia's invitation for some of its Special Forces (…

Sydney – Australia's opposition slammed the government's plans to revive military links with Indonesia's special forces Tuesday, after the…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen living on the banks of the Muara Angke River in Pluit, North Jakarta, rejected on Monday an offer…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Masked gunmen who slaughtered eight Christians in Central Sulawesi over the weekend may have timed the killings to…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – At least five of 14 regencies in East Nusa Tenggara have refused to give land for resettlement areas for thousands of…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Australian Government has refused to allow the commander of Indonesia's Kopassus special forces to accompany his…

Indonesia's top security official, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has listed terrorism and seperatist wars in the provinces of Aceh and Papua as the…

Indonesia's chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a new defence pact with Australia, saying it was needed to promote the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) claimed on Sunday that it had killed another leader of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Aceh province.

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Jakarta – The consumer confidence index – which measures the people's perspective on the economic situation – declined in August, Bank Indonesia…

Peter Cave: Well, the death of al-Ghozi may have been a small victory, but the continuing fight against regional terrorism has suffered a setback…

Jakarta – A former pro-Indonesia militia member in East Timor has been jailed for 10 B1/2 years for crimes against humanity including one count of…

Singapore – Indonesia can do more to curb Islamic schools that served as a training ground for extremists who carried out some of the deadliest…

Jakarta – A Muslim militant was jailed for 20 years by an Indonesian court on Monday for a 2000 bomb attack on the Philippine…

Kuta – Indonesia vowed yesterday to hunt down five Bali bombers who are still at large one year after the attack as more than 2,000 mourners held…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen living on the banks of Angke River in North Jakarta have decided to stay put despite an eviction…

The greatest obstacle to upholding the law in Indonesia is located in the capacity and resoluteness of law enforcement agencies in the enforcement…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The cool response from the public with regard to the recruitment process for Commission for Corruption…

Alan Sipress, Dili – "Turn around!" the police cadet barked. "Get on your knees! Cross your legs!" The suspect dropped to the hot asphalt and…

Jakarta – Six Christians have been killed, and more are feared dead, in attacks by unidentified armed men on three villages in Indonesia's Central…

Jakarta – The Aceh Ad Hoc Team from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has asked the government to immediately reduce the security…

Banda Aceh – The wheels of government in many sub-districts and villages in the province of Aceh are still not functioning properly. Of the 227…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Radio Netherlands, Brussels – The public hearing on Aceh and Papua held by the European Parliament in Brussels on October 1…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – While many people are worried about the economic outlook for next year because of the legislative elections and the…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – The simplest statistic about the economic impact of the terrorist bombings in Bali a year ago this Sunday is that two…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – An expert witness testified in the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday that there was nothing libelous in over…

Jakarta – Former president Soeharto has made a brief third visit to his youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra in an island prison, his aide…

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – As talks with city administration officials on violent evictions have become futile, three human rights…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – An Aceh woman activist denied on Thursday the treason charge leveled against her, saying she had campaigned for a…

Banda Aceh – A court martial in Aceh province on Friday cleared 12 soldiers of beating villagers during a hunt for separatist rebels…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – All 50 eligible political parties beat the midnight deadline for registration with the General Elections Commissions…

Netty Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura District Court sentenced on Thursday Edison Waromi and Herman Wanggai to two years in prison for…

Kurniawan Hari and Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Politicians in the Papua provincial legislature have threatened to boycott the 2004 general…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Suspended workers of state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) threatened on Thursday to break into…

Dulhadi, Jakarta – A class action suit which was launched by the People's Lawyers Union (Serikat Pengacara Rakyat, SPR) against President Megawati…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The government's lack of legitimacy and political will has allowed corruption to flourish, say activist students, the…

Denpasar – President Megawati Soekarnoputri said Thursday that she does not want to be accused of abusing human rights in her fight…

Jakarta – The assessment by number of groups is that the 2004 general elections represent a critical period, where it is hoped that a political…

Damar Harsanto and Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Thirty-four political parties filed a complaint with the Jakarta Police on Wednesday against…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Major political parties contesting the 2004 general election have failed to woo support from poor people living in urban…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Lack of knowledge about sex, reproductive health and illegal drugs has put Indonesian adolescents at risk, while data made…

Indonesia's chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that separatist rebels in troubled Aceh province are the country's greatest…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan district court is scheduled to begin the trial next week in Medan of 11 alleged members of the Free Aceh…

Amid the ongoing military operation to quell the armed rebellion in Aceh, it is very difficult to meet with GAM leaders. Ishak Daud, GAM Commander…

Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its 10th review of Indonesia's performance under a 5.2 billion-dollar…

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Blontank Poer, Bandung – Around 200 hard-line clerics urged the government to include Islamic sharia law in the revised…