Jakarta – Indonesia's newest political party, the United Development Party for Reforms (PPP-R), Sunday announced its new leadership…

Barani Krishnan, Kuala Lumpur – Jani Rahman shrugged when asked where his family, including his one-year-old daughter, had been spending its…

Thick haze shrouded the capital of Indonesia's South Kalimantan province on Borneo island, reducing visibility to only 10 meters (…

Prangtip Daorueng, Jakarta – Two months after the Indonesian government put an end to humanitarian assistance to East Timorese refugees living in…

Jakarta – Indonesia continues to fall further behind China and Thailand in the competition for Japanese investment, and it could be overtaken by…

Gay Alcorn, Washington – The United States believes that dozens, possibly hundreds, of al-Qaeda fighters have slipped out of Afghanistan into…

Jakarta – The Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) troops are being groomed for peacekeeping duties in the event they are needed in…

Jakarta – Hundreds of activists, skeptical about the government's effort to protect the people's rights, held a rally in Jakarta on Wednesday,…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court ruled in favor of dozens of becak (pedicab) drivers and street vendors on…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Many people tell lies. They may lie to their boss, spouse, neighbors, and even to the police, or judges.

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Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The failure of the House of Representatives (DPR) to pass 24 bills into law during the current session deprives the…

Jakarta – At least 175,000 people die from tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia each year, primarily due to ignorance and a reluctance to seek medical…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – The East Timorese are distinguished from their Islamic neighbours by their love of pigs, which normally amble at will around…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Indonesia's attempts to convince foreign critics that it is serious about justice in East Timor suffered two significant…

Jakarta – Defence lawyers Thursday challenged Indonesia's new human rights court as illegal as East Timor's former governor and police chief…

Mustafa Ali (Inter Press Service), Jakarta – For many, the presence of Indonesian top brass at the resumption of the East Timor trial on Tuesday…

Jakarta – Indonesia had better stop sending its citizens to work as housemaids abroad because they are often treated like slaves, said…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Hundreds of students and young people from a number of universities and non-governmental organizations rallied on Tuesday…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A leading environmental watchdog based in North Sumatra blamed on Tuesday at least six plantation companies for the…

[Department of Defense News Briefing Torie Clarke, ASD (PA) Wednesday, March 20, 2002 - 12:00 p.m. EST. Also participating was Air Force Brig.…

Jakarta – Noted lawyer and founder of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) Adnan Buyung Nasution resigned on Tuesday from the Indonesian…

Carol Pineau, Dili – East Timor's reluctant president-in-waiting Xanana Gusmao said on Wednesday he would do his best if voters, as expected,…

[The following statement was issued on March 8 by Dita Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI).]…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – More than 500 workers of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) marched to the state railway company's headquarters in the West…

Tangerang – Some 250 workers of PT Sandang Indo Pratama staged a protest rally at the Municipal Manpower Agency's offices on Jl.…

Jakarta – An Indonesian court on Wednesday found three East Timorese militiamen not guilty of murdering a New Zealand peacekeeping soldier in East…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands), which became a new regency in November 2001, has been unable to stop illegal…

Jakarta – Two international press freedom groups have strongly criticised the Indonesian government's decision to ban an Australian correspondent…

Catharine Munro, Jakarta – Indonesia's top military brass descended on a courthouse in Jakarta yesterday to give moral support to a…

Indonesia finally has begun prosecuting the military soldiers, police officers and government officials in charge of East Timor in 1999, the year…

Jakarta – A member of Indonesia's once omnipotent Suharto clan goes on trial for his life Wednesday amid heavy security in a case certain to cause…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Detained Parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung looks set to be ditched by his Golkar party in a move to avoid a damning…

Banda Aceh – Fifteen killings have been reported over the past two days in Indonesia's rebellious Aceh province, the army and witnesses said…

Debbie A. Lubis, Jakarta – In another sign of what appears to be an emerging trend among labor unions in opposing the government's crucial…

Jakarta – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a rise in the number of refugees returning to East Timor from camps…

Rendi A. Witular and A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Some 3,000 students from various universities staged a protest rally demanding the formation of a…

Jakarta – It hurts to see Indonesia being tagged as the most corrupt nation in Asia, said President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday…

Manila – Two of the three Indonesians arrested in the Philippines last week have claimed links with leading political parties, police…

Ignatius Stephen in Bandar Seri Begawan – Some 76,000 Indonesian workers, including those deported from Malaysia, have turned to Brunei to look…

Carol Pineau, Dili – Independence leader and presidential candidate Xanana Gusmao is no longer a national leader, East Timor Chief Minister Mari…

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – The government on Monday stood by its decision to ban an Australian journalist whose reports on rights abuses included…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesia's longest-running television station, the state-owned Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI), may go off air if it…

Jakarta – A leading Australian media group said Sunday its correspondent had been barred from working in Indonesia because of his reporting on…

Banda Aceh – At least 12 people have been killed in the latest outbreak of violence in Indonesia's Aceh province on the weekend,…

Vaudine England, Yogyakarta – Revelations from Australian spy transcripts on the degree to which senior generals directed the violence surrounding…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Police chief Timbul Silaen is only hours away from a crowded courtroom in Jakarta, where prosecutors will accuse him of…

The disclosure in the Herald this week of highly classified Defence Signals Directorate intercepts gathered during the 1999 East Timor crisis has…

A witness to any crime has responsibilities that are essential to maintaining a civilised society. The first responsibility is to the victim, to…

Jakarta – FBI director Robert Mueller has praised Indonesia's efforts against terrorism and says he is looking forward to more cooperation with…

Craig Skehan – Australian Federal Police are investigating the leaking of classified material showing that high-level Indonesian officials were…