Lance Collins – The storm in a teacup sparked by the Snowden leaks and the heated response from Jakarta – when Tokyo, Hanoi, Dili and Beijing were also mentioned – has resulted in predi

The most senior commander in the OPM rebel force in Indonesia's Papua region is in Vanuatu to thank that country for its support for the indigenous people's push for independence.

A coalition of activist groups has praised Indonesia for signing an international treaty on mercury emissions, but emphasized that the country has much to do to reduce the use of the hi

Tom O'Lincoln – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may just be posturing about Australian intelligence phone taps. But it wouldn't be surprising if he was genuinely annoyed.

Tom Clarke – Indonesia isn't the only country in our region upset about Australia's spying.

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Brace yourself to see more discrimination and persecution of religious minorities in Indonesia, after the House of Representatives formally re-endorsed a law limi

Liam Fox, PNG – The governor of Port Moresby has raised the flag of the West Papuan independence movement, despite a request by Papua New Guinea's prime minister not to do so.

Marni Cordell – Three organisers of a pro-West Papua rally in Port Moresby have been taken into custody, with the governor of the Papua New Guinean capital accusing the country's govern

The Green Party is calling on the Government to cancel police and military ties with the Indonesian regime in West Papua on a day of international action in support of West Papuan indep

David Robie, Dili – On 28 November 1975, Timor-Leste made its fateful unilateral declaration of independence.

A day before the 48th anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, a member of the group was killed in an exchange of gunfire between figh

Marni Cordell – The West Papuan activist Benny Wenda has said immigration officers in Papua New Guinea threatened to have him arrested along with an Australian lawyer for "engaging in p

Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutarman says the country's police will take stern measures against those wanting to separate Papua from Indonesia.

Jayapura – The XVII/Cenderawasih Military Command (Kodam) chief Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Rory Callinan – Six years ago, NSW magistrate Dorelle Pinch recommended that the killings of Australian journalists Brian Peters, 29, Malcolm Rennie, 28, Gary Cunningham, 27, Gregory Sh

Tri Artining Putri, Jakarta – Despite the rising tension, the Indonesian government decided to accept nine Hercules C-130 airplane donation from Australia.

Jakarta – Members of religious minority groups have again spoken of the misery they have suffered for years due to what they claim is state-sponsored persecution.

A week after Indonesia announced the suspension of military cooperation with Australia in the wake of allegations of spying by Canberra, Jakarta said it could re-evaluate bilateral coop

Reheated allegations that Australia bugged Timor-Leste's leaders during negotiations over resource revenues will reinforce perceptions that colonialism still underpins our foreign polic

A new organization, the Federation of Women-headed Households and Unions that comprises around 20,000 members across 19 provinces, was established on Thursday in Central Jakarta.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers rallied outside City Hall on Thursday as they once again protested against the Jakarta administration's decision to ig

Nadya Natahadibrata and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Wednesday's national strike by doctors protesting a Supreme Court ruling that sentenced three doctors to 10 months in jail for the d

Paulina Quintao – Despite the outcry from the community for the government to ban cigarette advertising in public spaces, the Minister of Health said it won't be able to because there i

Jayapura – A member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) assigned as a non-commissioned officer serving as Community Affairs (Babinsa) personnel in Wurak village, Puncak Jaya, Papua, was sh

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt. Gen.

Unless the General Elections Commission (KPU) fixes a data entry problem on the final voter list and restores trust with the public, then millions of eligible voters in the 2014 general

Batam, Riau Islands – Noisy crowd of protesting workers are converging on the Hang Nadim cross road seeking to close access to the Batam airport.

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) have agreed to step up cooperation to enhance the security and stability of the two nations, TNI chief Gen.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – National Police chief Gen.

Jayapura, Papua – The National Police Chief General Sutarman has stated that the country's police will take stern measures against those wanting to separate Papua from Indonesia.

Camelia Pasandaran – Two Ahmadiyah Muslim families left their homes in Jambi after members of a local Islamic boarding school offered the families an ultimatum: convert to Sunni Islam o

Made Arya Kencana, Nusa Dua – Indonesia's food resilience is considered so weak that it could put the people in jeopardy unless the government immediately took measures to increase food

Activists are up in arms over the Jakarta administration's plan to enforce a little-known bylaw banning beggars, buskers and bards in the Indonesian capital, calling the law, which make

WPM apologises for the delay in posting due to the remote location of the WPM team, and the delays in finding independent witnesses to help in cross-checking of this extreme situation.

Michael Bachelard and Heath Aston – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hopes for a quick resumption of co-operation with Indonesia appear dashed after Jakarta outlined a road map to restoring

A group of protesters staged a rally in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday, calling for the antigraft body to arrest Edhie "Ibas" Baskoro Yudhoyono, the s

Jakarta – Dozens of students from various universities staged a rally in Bandung, West Java, on Thursday to express their disappointment over what had been achieved by the government of

Joanne Wallis – In March 2013 Australia drew down the last members of the Australian Defence Force-led international forces that had been deployed to stabilise Timor-Leste after a major

Dan Harrison – A senior East Timorese minister has backed Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call for a code of conduct on spying, questioning whether intelligence gatherin

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Amy Ripley – The respected East Timorese human rights organisation La'o Hamutuk is demanding that the Indonesian government finally be held accountable for their bloody 24-year occupati

Dozens of West Papuan activists are reported to have been arrested by a combined police and military deployment in the Indonesia province of Papua on Tuesday.

The Abbott Government is facing fresh accusations of spying on a near neighbour and it could cost Australia dearly.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The invisibility of women-headed households leads to them encountering difficulties when accessing various facilities, said participants in a discussion of the i

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A team of lawyers from the Association of Indonesian Journalists (PWI) Yogyakarta branch blasted the Yogyakarta Police's tardy 17-year investigation into

East Timor is accusing Australia of bugging its cabinet for commercial advantage and threatening to end a lucrative gas treaty over the claims.

Leo Shanahan – East Timor Minister of State Agio Pereira has said allegations of spying by Australian intelligence on Indonesia's President will not be used as ammunition in Dili's disp

Conor Duffy, Nikki Tugwell, Peter Lloyd and staff – Australia is under further pressure over spying in the region, with East Timor accusing spies of bugging its cabinet room for commerc