Jakarta – The theft and smuggling of logs in the country is highly organized and supported by security personnel and some officials, a top…

Mark Dodd, Dili – It is one of the darkest chapters of East Timor's independence struggle, Fretilin's purges and murder of several hundred…

Jakarta – Angry residents have again blocked access to a gold mine in Indonesia's East Kalimantan region, an official said Monday as a row over…

Jakarta – The military takeover in Pakistan because of the failure in democracy there should be a warning to Indonesia, an Indonesian general…

Reuters in Geneva – Jakarta yesterday signed an historic agreement with the Free Aceh rebels to halt fighting in the troubled province. The deal…

Jakarta – The rupiah continued falling on Friday, breaking through the 8,500 mark against the US dollar as investors remained concerned over the…

Chris McCall – Aceh's prayers for peace have not been answered despite a landmark deal to halt the violence that has ravaged the Indonesian…

Geneva – The Indonesian government and Aceh separatist rebels yesterday signed a ground-breaking three-month ceasefire agreement at a secret…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Even as Indonesia's landmark ceasefire accord with separatist Acehnese rebels was being hailed yesterday, analysts…

Associated Press in Jakarta – Police fired tear gas and warning shots at an angry mob of people in Chinatown on Saturday in a clash that began…

Mathew Dearnaley – Indonesia's corruption inquiry into the vast wealth amassed during the Suharto clan's long stranglehold on power reaches deep…

Mark Dodd, Dili – Autocratic decision-making by a few senior United Nations officials in Dili threatens the development of democracy in East Timor…

Agencies in Jakarta – Indonesian police fired tear-gas yesterday to disperse militant student protesters trying to reach the home of former…

Jakarta – Police say former Army chief Hartono signed the order for the 1996 attack on the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI…

Jakarta – The government of President Abdurrahman Wahid has expressed concern over the increasing number of abortions in Indonesia, having noted…

Geoffrey Barker – Specially modified RAAF PC3 Orion aircraft are flying electronic spy missions against Indonesia in secret operations that…

Jakarta – In what is seen here as another blow to the Indonesian justice system, the Attorney General's Office admitted that five state…

Geneva – Separatists from Indonesia's northern Aceh province remain committed to their goal of independence, according to a written…

Jakarta – Aceh, at the westernmost tip of the Indonesian archipelago, has remained through the ages a staunch Muslim stronghold which has defied…

Mark Dodd, Dili – At least one suspected militiaman was wounded in a heavy exchange of fire between Australian peacekeepers and a group of pro-…

Thomas Wagner, Jakarta – About 25 youths held a protest outside the presidential palace on Thursday that appeared to be the first public…

Jakarta – The Dharmais Foundation, formerly controlled by ex- president Soeharto, has admitted that it channeled funds to timber tycoon Mohamad "…

Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah dropped sharply in panic selling Friday, breaching the psychological support level of 8,500 against the dollar…

Mark Dodd, DilI – In a groundbreaking decision, East Timor independence fighters will work alongside United Nations peacekeepers as liaison…

Kupang – The Timorese People's Party (PPT) intends to soon register itself with UNTAET [UN Transitional Authority in East Timor ] and become one…

Jakarta – After two decades of opposition, the Petisi 50 (Petition 50) group was unrelenting on Tuesday, marking its anniversary with a strong…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The discredited former special forces commander, Prabowo Subianto, has announced in Jakarta that his almost two-year…

Agencies in Banda Aceh – For the first time in Indonesia's landmark human rights trial in Aceh, soldiers yesterday admitted they had executed…

Jakarta – Virtually no new money has entered the forestry and plantation sectors the past two years because potential investors have been…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) urged politicians and the government on Tuesday to enhance political stability…

Julia Perkins, Jakarta – After marching with thousands of other workers on Parliament House here on May 1, 1500 workers from the Indian-owned…

Thousands of people protested in Indonesia on April 1 against policies demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for loans –…

Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of Indonesia's People's Democratic Party (PRD), has been active in the movement for democracy in his country since…

In the wake of Labor leader Kim Beazley's meeting last week in Jakarta with Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid and PM John Howard's response…

Jakarta – Indonesian student protestors on Wednesday urged Attorney General Marzuki Darusman to speed up a government probe into the wealth of…

Jakarta – The Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Military have agreed to work together to create a conducive and safe environment for…

Compere: An embarrassed Telstra is confronting something today; that its operation in East Timor is in breach of the local law.

Telstra went…

Jakarta – A gold mining firm has started vacating its mine in Indonesia's East Kalimantan following a three-week blockade by residents angered…

Ambon – Up to 200 members of the Laskar Jihad (Jihad Force) Muslim group have entered riot-torn Ambon from Namlea Port on neighboring Buru island…

Bandung – Continuing worker protests may prompt at least 20 foreign manufacturing companies to relocate outside Indonesia, the Indonesian Business…

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth this year should easily meet official forecasts of between three and four percent, the government said in…

Jakarta – An Indonesian newspaper has agreed to run a front- page apology for seven days and build a mosque following protests over an…

Jakarta – Despite being more democratically elected and rambunctious in its work, the current legislature is seen to be less qualified and…

Warren Caragata, Jakarta – Can the country's grocers fight off foreign giants? The new Carrefour supermarket on Jalan Sudirman, Jakarta's busy…

Bogor – A group of 100 masked-men brandishing sharp weapons and wooden sticks raided and burned nine dimly lit kiosks and a…

Jakarta – Once powerful generals are facing inquiries into various crimes. Munir, co-founder and advisory board member of the Commission for…

Banda Aceh – One of the two military commanders in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh admitted yesterday to having ordered his…

Jakarta – The first wave of hardline Muslim jihad fighters arrived in Indonesia's bloodied Spice Islands yesterday with the army saying it was…

Jakarta – Two retired generals separately testified before National Police investigators on Thursday and Friday that the country's former "…

Surabaya – Police at Indonesia's second biggest port of Surabaya yesterday allowed hundreds of hardline Muslim jihad fighters to board a…