Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – US and Indonesian military ties are growing as evidenced by US participation in the recent US-Indonesian joint-funded Counterterrorism Exercise (CTX) held Sept.

Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party chief patron Lt. Gen.

Rebecca Lake & Sandra Siagian – Indonesian leaders and rights groups have criticized Australia's policy on asylum-seekers, citing its disregard for human rights and ineffective unil

While the Australian PM is taking 20 prominent business leaders with him to Jakarta, the diplomatic tension over asylum-seekers will be hard to ignore.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Criticism by state officials and political figures towards Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo will only serve to further boost his popularity, an analyst said.

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Olivia Rondonuwu – Wearing a black T-shirt and leather jacket, the governor of Jakarta thrusts his fist into the air among a sweat-soaked, headbanging crowd at a concert by rock band Me

Jakarta – The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has allegedly been receiving illegal funds from the Australian government with regard to the handling of refugees and asylum s

George Roberts, Indonesia – Members of the Indonesian military have been implicated in a fatal people-smuggling operation that may have killed up to 30 children.

Tom Clarke – The Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, should use his visit to Indonesia on Monday to cast aside the wilful blindness previous Australian governments have had about the human rig

Vanuatu's prime minister has used his time at the United Nations General Assembly to call for investigations into alleged cases of human rights abuses in West Papua.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seems to have made a safe decision by nominating Comr. Gen.

The East Timor Judicial System Monitoring Program has released the English translation of its report on observations of a trial in the Dili District Court concerning alleged crimes agai

[An abridged version of this article appeared in the Australian newspaper Red Flag on October 5 h

The Bandung State Administrative Court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by four trade unions against the suspension of the 2013 minimum wage plan on 257 companies by West Java Gove

A consultation in Geneva has proposed political dialogue as the only way towards peace and stability in Tanah Papua, a province of Indonesia.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The financial assets of Indonesian households jumped almost three times between 2007 and 2012, but this upward trend was not enough to keep the country from

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) condemned on Saturday Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city administration should bow to the demands of har

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry decided to retain the national examinations, defying criticism from education experts who said the educational policy w

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has nominated Comr. Gen.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The fate of displaced Shia Muslims is in the dark as government officials and ulema on Madura Island, East Java, question the validity of the peace treaty r

Survivors of a boat that sank off Java claim the Australian embassy ignored a distress call.

George Roberts, staff – For the second time in 24 hours, Australian authorities are attempting to return asylum seekers to Indonesia after rescuing them at sea.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Anis Matta played it safe during a graft trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday when he testified for co

Marni Cordell – A group of West Papuans who went into hiding in fear for their lives after taking part in the West Papua Freedom Flotilla have been deported to Papua New Guinea after se

There are fears for the safety of a group of West Papuans held by Australia's Immigration Department after fleeing from Indonesia.

Havana, Cuba – The President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, Taur Matan Ruak, placed a wreath on Friday by the Monument to National Hero Jose Marti located at the capital's Re

Bengkulu – A researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Prof Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, said voter turnout would be higher if Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) runs for pr

Otniel Tamindael, Jakarta – Most of the basic necessities for the people of Timor Leste, formerly known as East Timor, are sourced from Indonesia.

Michael Bachelard – A young orang-utan died prematurely on Saturday after a short life spent in the squalid environment of Indonesia's Surabaya zoo.

Fundasaun Mahein has released the English translation of its report and recommendations on international defence cooperation. The text of the translation follows.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The government defended the controversial purchase of US$5.6 million worth of intelligence equipment from a UK-based company, saying the devices were not int

SP/Hendro Situmorang – The Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport in Pekanbaru has emerged victorious in the Sapta Pesona cleanest airport toilet of the year award.

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo & SP/Robertus Wardi, Makassar – The Indonesian Defense Force is set to receive an upgrade with plans to train more pilots and add eight new squadrons of fighter je

SP/Hotman Siregar – Deputy Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama condemned Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi's suggestion that the city administration should transfer a Christian wa

Rebecca Lake – Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has outlined his commitment to stabilize the nation's faltering economy, but as his popularity rises analysts question whether the f

Dessy Sagita – Activists have lashed out at a Thai university's decision to honor Indonesia's minister of religious affairs, Suryadharma Ali, with a Doctor Honoris Causa title for his e

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government says it is becoming more concerned that the weakening rupiah will unexpectedly cause soaring energy subsidies despite its commitment not to

The Indonesian foreign ministry has warned that the Australian government's plan to turn back asylum seeker boats would endanger co-operation and trust in joint efforts aimed at combati

The recent signing of a peace deal between the Sunni and Shia Muslim communities in Sampang on the island of Madura in East Java was surely more than just typical ceremony.

Lily Partland – Anne Stewart's world changed in 1975 when her brother Tony was killed – along with four other Australian-based journalists – by Indonesian troops as they invaded East Ti

Jakarta – Senior officials from Indonesia, Timor Leste and Australia held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly, in a bid to enhance connecti

Havana – The President of Timor-Leste, Taur Matan Ruak, will arrive in this capital today, after attending the UN General Assembly, in which he condemned the US blockade against this co

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Suherdjoko, Semarang – Hundreds of workers from Central Java staged a rally on Wednesday, in front of the governor's office in Semarang, demanding monthly wages of Rp 2.1 million (US$18

Joel Magarey And Lauren Wilson – Up to seven West Papuan independence activists are believed to have fled across the Torres Strait to northern Queensland in search of asylum after suppo

Daniel Drageset – The daughter of a political prisoner in West Papua has sent a letter to the Indonesian president appealing for the release of all political prisoners in the Indonesian

Sidoarjo, East Java – Displaced Shia Muslims from Sampang regency in Madura, East Java, who for months had taken refuge in Sidoarjo, broke down in tears as they hugged members of the Su

Farouk Arnaz – Weak law enforcement by the police has become one of the main reasons why militant groups, thugs and gangsters have dared to take the law in their own hands while at the

One person is said to have been killed and at least two others injured on Monday when Indonesian riot police opened fire on civilians in Waghete, West Papua.