Jason McLeod – Despite Prime Minister Tony Abbott's speech insisting that his government will do all they can to prevent West Papuans and their supporters "grandstanding" in support of

Margie Mason, Jakarta, Indonesia – Everyone in Bulumulyo village knew the mass grave was there, but no one dared to visit.

Phelim Kine – Delegates to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ("APEC") CEO summit October 5-7 on Indonesia's island of Bali aren't likely to hear about Eko Mardi Santoso.

Tungadewa Mattangkilang – Amid a concerning trend of sexual violence across the archipelago, police in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Thursday confirmed the arrest of two men for the ra

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) has warned that the country could fail to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as it con

Peter Lloyd: New light is being shed on Australia's preparedness to challenge Indonesia over its actions in East Timor after the invasion back in 1975.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit set to commence in Bali this weekend is part of the US government's efforts to control developing countries, a hard-l

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Jakarta – Russia has always supported Indonesia in international politics, said Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Djauhari Oratmangun.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) charged Constitutional Court chief justice Akil Mochtar with allegedly accepting a bribe to fix the court's ruling on a contested election on

The trial of Benny Handoko who is known on popular microblogging site Twitter for his critical opinions, began on Monday, he is accused of defamation of former member of the House of Re

Rizki Amelia & SP/Erwin Cristianson – Indonesian legal experts and activists are calling the Wednesday arrest of Constitutional Court chief justice Akil Mochtar over allegations of

Bayu Marhaenjati – Despite strong evidence against Ari Sigit – the grandson of former President Suharto who is accused of making Rp 2.5 billion ($216,788) from embezzlement and fraud –

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Raras Cahyafitri and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia surprisingly recorded a 0.35 percent deflation in September, the first since May, triggered by declining food and transportati

James Bennett – Malcolm Fraser has acknowledged newly obtained diplomatic cables from the period after Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 suggest his government was warned of a loomin

Joseph Saunders – A long-awaited agreement signed on Monday by Indonesia and the European Union to trade only in legal timber is a critical first step toward reform of Indonesia's notor

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SP/Carlos Paath – Weak internal control systems and legal non-compliance cost the government Rp 57 trillion ($4.95 billion) in lost revenue during the first half of this year, state aud

Hans Nicholas Jong, National – Antigraft activists have lambasted the House of Representatives its alleged attempts to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) through bills o

A group of aggressive thugs interrupted a rally organized by the Movement of People with Concern (GMP) in front of the Medan mayor's office on Tuesday.

Ethan Harfenist, Arientha Primanita & AFP – The United States Labor Department praised 10 countries, including Indonesia, for their "significant advancement" in fighting the worst f

Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc reached a tentative agreement with Indonesian union workers on Wednesday over wages and pensions, a union official said, raising hopes t

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Director Joshua Oppenheimer has made his acclaimed documentary "The Act of Killing," based on Indonesia's 1965 anti-communist purge, available as a free download in the hope that the co

Key Australian government officials sounded early warnings about the rapidly deteriorating situation in East Timor in the late 1970s that led to the starvation deaths of an estimated 10

Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste has expressed its wish to be associated with the Malaysian Parliamentary Friend to facilitate better cooperation between the two countries.

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi on Tuesday completed a humiliating climbdown from comments made last week in which he said that an urban ward chief should be transferred on account

Desy Nurhayati, Denpasar – Activists on Monday criticized the ongoing APEC Summit as a way for developed countries to imperialize and exploit Indonesia's natural resources.

Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste has expressed the desire to emulate Malaysia in developing its infrastructure.

Lea Jellinek – This is a brilliant book, a must read for anybody wanting to understand the Asian city. In Indonesia, kampung dwellers make up over half of the urban population.

Elisabeth Kramer – American whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, revealed that Australian intelligence agencies had been tapping the phones of Indonesia's president, the first lady and a sle

Max Lane – The systematic political murder of around 1 million people in Indonesia began on 1 October 1965 and lasted around three years.

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – As Indonesia's 1965 communist purge is under the spotlight with the screening of "The Act of Killing" across the United States and other parts of the world, the

With some canny scaling back of his asylum seeker rhetoric and a hardening on West Papua, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has done much to retrieve his first international trip.

Indonesia must immediately conduct an investigation into the alleged excessive use of force by police against protesters during a demonstration in Papua on Sept.

The Refugee Action Coalition says the Australian government has acted unlawfully in transferring seven West Papuans, who had fled Indonesia and sought asylum in Queensland, to Papua New

The Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, has restated that Canberra has total respect for Indonesia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

An Australian activist group says the Australian government is doing its best to wash their hands of the plight of a group of West Papuan asylum seekers, which have been transferred fro

Jacqui Baker – On 3 March of this year, in a Tangerang courtroom, a young warung (food stall) owner named Yeni raised her skinny fist in victory.

The group of seven West Papuan asylum seekers deported by Australia to Papua New Guinea say they feel powerless and afraid about what will happen to them.

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott skirted the question of asylum seekers in talks on Monday in Indonesia, an issue which has threatened to overshadow his

Sandra Siagian – Despite Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's push to strengthen ties with Indonesia during a meeting with business and government delegates on Tuesday morning, a pre

Elizabeth Pisani – I'm sitting at a warung in Central Sulawesi, waiting to pay for my coffee. Two coffees, in fact, and two cakes.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Farmers and activists in West Java have slammed the government for implementing agrarian policies that favor large-scale producers at the expense of small farmers.

The exhumation of 17 people executed by the Indonesian military in 1984 in Fatudere, Adarai village of Uatolari (Viqueque).

Farouk Arnaz, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Being considered the most harmless among a rotten bunch is hardly a ringing endorsement for the man the president

Jess Melvin, Melbourne – Forty-eight years ago on Oct.

An American director working in Indonesia with survivors of the bloodshed relating to the 1965 purge gained trust and stories from first hand sources – killers of thousands of fellow In

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Despite exchange rate depreciation, high inflation and slower growth, the country is not likely to slip into another 1997-1998 crisis, says the International M