Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – Corruption charges against politicians and state officials abound, but analysts say they probably have more to do…
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January 20, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Nana Rukmana and Kurniawan Hari, Cirebon/Jakarta – The move to clip House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung's wings has taken a new turn…
January 19, 2003
Reuters - January 19, 2003
Joanne Collins, Jakarta – Happy with Indonesia's fight against terror and its efforts for peace in Aceh, international donors look set this week…
January 17, 2003
Radio Australia - January 17, 2003
The main border crossings between the Indonesian province of Papua and PNG have been shut down because of an Indonesian military operation against…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Widespread illegal logging costs US$609 million annually in environmental destruction throughout the country, an…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 17, 2003
Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians face poverty as investors continue to desert the country largely because of rampant corruption…
Asia Times - January 17, 2003
Bill Guerin – The Indonesian government raised fuel prices, electricity rates, and telephone charges at the start of the year in an effort to…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Novi had to rush to her factory because she was afraid of being late for her night shift and it never occurred to her…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Residents of Kelapa Gading district, North Jakarta, lost on Thursday their class-action suit against Governor…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 17, 2003
Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Indonesian military has pledged full co-operation with a new FBI investigation into the fatal shootings of two…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung insisted that he would retain his position despite the fact that he…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Bogor – Eight people, including a man in military uniform, ran amok at a cafe in the district of Kemang in Bogor early Thursday…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Jakarta – The National Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) demanded on Thursday the Attorney General's…
Straits Times - January 17, 2003
Jakarta – Intelligence information has uncovered a plot to use the current protests against fuel and utility price hikes to overthrow…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Leo Wahyudi S – Drug abuse is one of the serious problems facing the country, especially big cities like Jakarta. Under the antidrug laws which…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
La Remmy, Palu – Police here said on Thursday they had arrested at least 30 people suspected of involvement in an attack on the headquarters of…
January 16, 2003
Melbourne Age - January 16 2003
Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Some of the 28,000 East Timorese who remain in West Timor after fleeing the carnage that followed East Timor's 1999 vote…
Radio Australia - January 16, 2003
An Indonesian soldier has been killed by rebels in the province of Aceh, putting a five-week old ceasefire to the test. The Indonesian government…
Far Eastern Economic Review - January 16, 2003
Mark Dodd, Darwin – Southeast Asia's poorest country, East Timor, could get its first royalty payments from the oil- and gas-rich Timor Sea by…
Lusa - January 16, 2003
Dili – Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is studying a possible restructuring of East Timor's government ministries to improve their functioning and…
Lusa - January 16, 2003
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao said yesterday that it may be necessary to extend the mandate of the 5,000-soldier UN peacekeeping force in…
January 15, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) moved to save face in the price hike controversy on Tuesday…
Radio Australia - January 15, 2003
The Human Rights Watch annual report has singled out the government of Indonesia for failing to address human rights abuses by the military. It…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Indonesian managers, and professionals such as doctors and lawyers could find themselves competing with their foreign…
Asia Times - January 15, 2003
Tim Shorrock, Washington – The US Congress may vote as early as this week to restore a military training program for Indonesia despite…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Jakarta – Nationwide protests against increases in utility prices entered their second week on Tuesday, turning more militant in some provinces as…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputricanceled a trip to Central Sulawesi on Tuesday following the latest wave of protests around…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has said that people would have difficulty in obtaining water if…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Bogor – Some 2,000 workers in Bogor regency, West Java, staged a protest on Tuesday demanding minimum wages the same as for workers in…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Jakarta – The recent protest involving only about 3,000 workers in Jakarta, instead of the threatened 25,000 people, is further proof of how weak…
Asia Times - January 15, 2003
Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – On New Year's Eve, I pulled into my local Pertamina station. While waiting for my tank to fill, I asked the attendant…
January 14, 2003
Laksamana.Net - January 14, 2003
The Indonesian government made only half-hearted attempts during the year to hold accountable those responsible for TNI abuses in East Timor.…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – Violence erupted again on Monday as thousands of people embarked on a second week of protests nationwide against the steep rises in fuel…
Lusa - January 14, 2003
Dili – The atmosphere of instability looming over East Timor is leading to a deterioration of relations between national and UN security…
Lusa - January 14, 2003
Dili – A captured former anti-independence militiaman has told interrogators in Dili that at least seven armed groups infiltrated East Timor from…
Australian Financial Review - January 14, 2003
Tim Dodd, Jakarta – Two senior Indonesian police officers who uncovered evidence of army involvement in the killing of three teachers near the…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – Shortly after several cabinet ministers arrived in Ambon, Maluku, an unidentified man threw bombs at passing cars, which…
BBC News - January 14, 2003
Rachel Harvey, Jakarta – Rampant corruption in Indonesia is hampering attempts to tackle the problem of illegal logging, according to a report.…
Straits Times - January 14, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) headed by President Megawati Sukarnoputri has joined the chorus of…
Laksamana.Net - January 14, 2003
[The following is a by Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern University, via Joyo Indonesia News Service.]
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Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – The government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri has restored some political stability but failed to address human rights…
Asia Times - January 14, 2003
Alan Boyd, Sydney – Indonesia may close its key border crossing into Papua New Guinea (PNG) after renewed separatist tensions in the rebellious…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Karawang – The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Monday said it was the right of citizens to protest over recent price hikes but warned against hidden…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Ambassadors from the United States, Japan and Italy arrived here on Monday for a two-day visit to show support for a…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – Some 5,000 women staged a rally on Tuesday outside the presidential palace in Central Jakara, protesting the government's…
Reuters - January 14, 2003
Achmad Sukarsono and Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Thousands of protesters rallied in more than a dozen Indonesian cities on Tuesday and knocked down…
January 13, 2003
New York Times - January 13, 2003
Jane Perlez, Banda Aceh – An American nurse freed after having been convicted by the Indonesian authorities of visa violations, which involved…
Radio Australia - January 13, 2003
Protests against price hikes for fuel and phone charges are continuing for a second week across Indonesia. The price rises for fuel, electricity…
Straits Times - January 13, 2003
Mengwi – President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday defended her decision to raise fuel and power prices, arguing they were needed to end the…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2003
Jakarta – Riding the momentum initiated by mounting anti-government protests, several individuals representing different groups have become united…