Jakarta – At least 32 Christians were killed in a day-long attack by Muslims on an outlying village in Ambon, the capital of Indonesia…

Dini Djalal, Jakarta – Tragedy is routine for Munir, Indonesia's foremost human-rights advocate. But the early September day when he learned of…

Jakarta – The economic crisis is still gripping the country, with the number of poor families rising from 6.9 million last year to 7.7 families…

Jakarta – The leader of a youth group linked to the Indonesian military has been detained for allegedly instigating and funding an…

Padang – As many as 127 families from Aceh, who had to leave the restive town for security reasons, are facing uncertainty in West Sumatra. The…

Jakarta – Six young Christians said Thursday they spent a sleepless night in the grounds of the Swiss embassy after jumping into the mission to…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Prosecutors were deciding yesterday whether to arrest the youngest son of former president Suharto after a surprise…

Jakarta – Security authorities confiscated hundreds of rounds of ammunition, explosive materials and several M-16 rifles from a ship…

Jakarta – Two activists testified in a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday that they saw the police using force to expel four of their colleagues, who…

Jon Land – Negotiations on the future of the Timor Gap Treaty between the Australian government, the United Nations Transitional Administration…

Vanja Tanaja, Dili – The newest addition to East Timor's political landscape was declared formally at the National Council of Timorese Resistance…

Preparing the draft 2001 state budget that will be unveiled to the House of Representatives next week should be one of the most daunting jobs for…

Mark Dodd, Dili – Falintil guerillas, acting as scouts for Portuguese peacekeepers, have for the first time opened fire on suspected militia…

Agencies in Jakarta – Two soldiers among 28 suspects arrested over a spate of bombings in the capital planted the explosives at the Jakarta Stock…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, the swaggering militia leader blamed for atrocities in East and West Timor who continues to thumb his…

Budi Sugiharto/FW, Surabaya – Thousands farmers from all over East Javanese regional districts poured on to the streets in Surabaya, capital city…

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta – A bomb exploded outside the office of a prominent Indonesian human rights group Wednesday, just hours…

Makassar – Around 200 students took to the streets here on Monday protesting the fuel price hike, effective next month. The students, from the…

MMI Ahyani/GB, Bandung – Thousands of peasants have descended on the provincial parliament in Bandung, the capital of West Java. They joined…

Jakarta – At least nine people were killed and 15 others injured in an attack by Muslims Tuesday on a Christian village in Ambon, the capital of…

Lindsay Murdoch – The Whitlam Government gave Jakarta every indication that Australia favoured Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, according…

Dili – The head of the UN mission in East Timor on Monday branded Indonesian attempts to disarm pro-Jakarta militias as "pathetic" after two UN…

Mark Dodd, Oecussi – It is the dry season and the villagers of Malelat, a remote collection of thatched huts amid parched mountains, are…

Ambon – A fresh community clash broke out in Ambon Island on Monday morning when residents from Tial and Tulehu villages attacked nearby Suli…

Khairul Ikhwan D/BI & GB, Jakarta – The notorious 'Petrus' killings of the 1980s, when possibly thousands of underworld figures were…

Banda Aceh – Indonesian police and separatist rebels in Aceh province on Monday welcomed a three-month truce extension with a landmark clause on…

Lukmanul Hakim/Hendra, Jakarta – On 24 September 1999, five students were shot dead in the Semanggi district of the Indonesian capital Jakarta by…

Terry Mccarthy, Jakarta – Saludin, a newly hired driver for Coca-Cola in Jakarta, was waiting in his car in the underground parking lot of Jakarta…

Washington – Senior US government officials are actively considering steps, including moving to postpone next month's donors' meeting for…

Atambua – Bowing to international pressure, Indonesia has begun to disarm pro-Jakarta Timorese militias even as Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – As wary residents brace themselves for more surprise attacks after the bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange building,…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday he had sacked the national police chief because the latter had refused to arrest a…

Jakarta – A senior Indonesian general has warned that foreign powers – including the United States – may be plotting to take over the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman said the country's legal system is in desperate need of a complete overhaul in order to…

Jakarta – A full-scale brawl, involving more than a thousand students from the Christian University of Indonesia (UKI) and the University of Bung…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Parliament plans to investigate allegations of a 189-billion-rupiah (S$38 million) corruption scandal at a foundation run…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Several soldiers are among six suspects being questioned by Indonesian authorities over the murder of UN relief workers…

Bruce Haigh, Sydney – Critics of the Federal Government's failed policies towards Indonesia and East Timor have been targeted by the Government.…

Calvin Sims, Jakarta – Indonesia, September 20 Tens of thousands of East Timor refugees living in squalid camps on the West Timor border face…

Ambon – At least 10 people were killed when fighting between Muslims and Christians erupted Friday in the eastern Indonesian island of Saparua, a…

Penny Crisp and Dewi Loveard, Jakarta – It was, said President Abdurrahman Wahid, an incident designed to embarrass him. But leaving aside motives…

Jakarta – Two elderly Indonesian ex-servicemen have been jailed for printing 2.2 million dollars worth of fake bills, despite pleading the army…

Banda Aceh – A soldier was killed and nine people injured in fresh violence as crude bomb explosions rocked the restive Indonesian province of…

John McBeth, Jakarta and Michael Vatikiotis, Washington – It was a humiliating moment for Abdurrahman Wahid. At the United Nations' Millennium…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's tycoons are privately selling millions of dollars worth of assets to their foreign partners, but government…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday dismissed a second senior general as his government raised the ante to try and…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is to open its railways sector to outside capital, allowing foreign investors to hold up to 95…

Mark Riley, New York – Indonesia has ordered the West Timorese militia to surrender their arms or have them forcibly removed, as the Wahid…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The trial of former president Suharto's golfing partner, Mohammad "Bob" Hasan, opened yesterday but was adjourned for a…

Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world and a cornerstone of security and economic development in Southeast Asia, is a continuing…