Seth Mydans, Kuala Lumpur – Tigers and elephants are fleeing the burning jungles. Birds are falling from the murky skies. Schoolchildren are…
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October 27, 1997
Miami Herald - October 27, 1997
Reuters - October 27, 1997
K.T. Arasu, Jakarta – The effects of the El Nino-induced drought hitting Indonesia could worsen sharply in the coming months, causing disease and…
Straits Times - October 27, 1997
Jakarta – The number of cities covered by the thick haze from rampant forest and bush fires nearly doubled yesterday, amid uncertainty over when…
October 26, 1997
Straits Times - October 26, 1997
Jakarta – Outspoken Muslim scholar Amien Rais has suggested a national poll be held to determine whether the majority of Indonesians want…
Reuters - October 26, 1997
Chris Johnson, Singapore – Choking yellow-grey smog over Southeast Asia has already closed factories, cancelled flights and lengthened queues in…
Reuters - October 26, 1997
Lewa Pardomuan, Jakarta – Thick smog from rampant forest and bush fires spread to more cities in Indonesia on Sunday while uncertainties over the…
Associated Press - October 26, 1997
Jakarta – The worst drought in half a century has devastated crop harvests by as much as 40 percent, the government said Friday. Officials had…
October 24, 1997
Australian Associated Press - October 24, 1997
Stephen Spencer, Canberra – The federal ALP has moved to dramatically recast major areas of its foreign policy, in what it frankly admits is a…
October 23, 1997
Far Eastern Economic Review - October 23, 1997
John McBeth with Fanny Lioe in Jakarta – On October 10, two days after Indonesia announced it was going to seek the International Monetary Fund's…
Reuters - October 23, 1997
Lewa Pardomuan, Jakarta – Indonesia's state-owned aircraft manufacturer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) said on Thursday it had found…
October 22, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - October 22, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has warned that forest fires and smoke haze are getting worse, and monsoon rains are expected…
Australian Associated Press - October 22, 1997 (excerpts)
Karen Polglaze, Jakarta – East Timorese independence advocate and Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta today rejected accusations by…
Australian Associated Press - October 22, 1997
Karen Polglaze, Jakarta – Indonesia's military has tried to link Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Jose Ramos Horta with an alleged terrorist group…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 22, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – In a new effort to arrest the slide of the rupiah, Indonesia's Central Bank has announced that commercial banks may…
October 21, 1997
Agence France Presse - October 21, 1997 (abridged)
Canberra – Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta Tuesday accused the Australian government of covering up Indonesia's involvement in the deaths of…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - October 21, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) is concerned for the safety of Manuel Afonso and Lino Xavier Nunes who are currently in detention at…
The Scotsman - October 21, 1997
Trevor Royle – Traditionally Britain's foreign interests have been dominated by a mixture of strategic initiatives to protect national interests…
October 20, 1997
Reuters - October 20, 1997
Lewa Pardomuan, Jakarta – Military helicopters flew rice and noodles to famine-stricken areas in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province on Monday…
October 19, 1997
Agence France Presse - October 19, 1997
Sydney – The president of the Timorese Democratic Party (UDT) said here Sunday he was asked by the Indonesian military to kill Australian…
The Australian - October 18-19, 1997
Don Greenlees – The Federal Government is facing a political contest over human rights after a decision by the ALP to call for the first time for…
October 18, 1997
The Globe and Mail - October 18, 1997
Jacqui Birchall, East Timor – The path of most despair - Site of death and oppression since 1975, East Timor had little to offer one intrepid…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 18, 1997
A report into the death of five Australia-based journalists at Balibo in East Timor 22 years ago will be examined today at a seminar at the…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 18, 1997
With Indonesia's President Soeharto nominated by his Golkar party this week for a seventh five-year term, his unopposed re-election by a largely…
October 17, 1997
Indonesia Times - October 17, 1997
Jakarta – Another 17 people have died in drought stricken Irian Jaya, taking the toll to 462, a report says.
On the other hands, another 90,…
Reuters - October 17, 1997
Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta – Indonesia's ruling Golkar party has predictably nominated ageing President Suharto to lead the country into the next…
Jakarta Post - October 17, 1997
Jakarta – President Soeharto denied press reports yesterday that a food shortage has forced people in Lampung and Java to eat cassava for their…
Lusa - October 17, 1997
Sydney – The Indonesian army has arrested in the last days dozens of youths, in several raids to villages aimed at discredit the armed…
October 16, 1997
Agence France Presse - October 16, 1997
Sydney – Five Australian journalists killed in East Timor were deliberately targeted by Indonesian troops and not caught in crossfire as had been…
Far Eastern Economic Review - October 16, 1997
President Suharto has earned plaudits for deregulating various aspects of Indonesia's economy. But he can't complete the job without challenging…
Financial Times (London) - October 16, 1997
Sander Thoenes and Quentin Peel, Jakarta – Indonesia may walk out of talks with Portugal over the status of East Timor unless progress is made…
The Age - October 16, 1997
James Dunn – Timor watchers would have detected a touch of irony in a news item from Jakarta earlier this week. In a bizarre announcement Colonel…
Reuters - October 16, 1997
Jakarta – At least 416 people in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province have died of famine and disease and nearly 90,000 face serious food…
Suara Pembaruan - October 16, 1997
There will be many redundancies in the industrial sector if businesses are forced to close down because of the present tight money policy, said…
October 15, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald, - October 15, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Rising prices, cutbacks in health services and lay-offs resulting from economic reforms to be pushed by the…
South China Morning Post - October 15, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Popular Muslim figures have criticised the Government for failing to provide moral leadership in a time of economic and…
Tapol - October 15, 1997
I see this strike as the first action in a wave of actions that could hit the Suharto regime as a direct result of the crisis engulfing the…
October 14, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - October 14, 1997
Craig Skehan and Louise Williams – In an attempt to secure political asylum for a colleague, jailed East Timorese independence leader Xanana…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 14, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from Indonesia's state aircraft manufacturer held mass demonstrations yesterday, following rumours…
Media Indonesia - October 14, 1997 (Posted by Tapol)
Four thousand five hundred workers at PT Prima Buana Tex which is located in Anggadita, Klari sub-district, West Java held a protest…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 14, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Hot, dry winds across Indonesia have caused a dramatic fourfold increase in forest fires and new smog warnings, after…
October 13, 1997
Australian Financial Review - October 13, 1997
President Soeharto and his family are the most reluctant to make the necessary sacrifices because of their business interests, contends George J.…
Financial Times - October 13, 1997
Quentin Peel and Sander Thoenes, Jakarta –
Western diplomats in Jakarta are urging the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to co-…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - October 13, 1997
Up to thirteen East Timorese men are believed to be still in detention in Semarang and Dili following two recent incidents involving home-made…
The Australian - October 13, 1997
Military authorities in East Timor have seized a cache of 20 homemade bombs and detained two rebels accused of planning to destroy the territory's…
October 12, 1997
Tapol - October 12, 1997
[From Media Indonesia 10 Ooctober and Kompas 11 October 1997, Summarised.]
Thousands of workers at Indonesia's prestigious aerospace…
Tapol - October 12, 1997
[Media Indonesia, 10 October 1997, Summary only]
The trial of Muchtar Pakpahan, chairperson of the Indonesian Prosperity Trade…
Suara Pembaruan - October 12, 1997 (Posted by Tapol)
A number of hotels in Kuta tourist complex, Bali, were burned down in a series of fires that engulfed four hotels and a group of…
Reuter - October 12, 1997
Jakarta – An Indonesian military official has accused two East Timorese sheltering in the Austrian embassy in Jakarta of being terrorists.
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October 11, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - October 11, 1997
Events in modern Indonesia bear an eerie resemblance to the calamities foretold in an ancient prophecy by a Javanese king. Herald Correspondent…
October 10, 1997
Indonesia Times - October 10, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia was urged on Thursday to carefully preserve and manage its peat forests to avoid environmental disasters such as that which…