Dili – An increase in new, higher-yield seed varieties is helping some rural communities produce more food in Timor-Leste, but greater support is still needed, aid agencies say.

Jayapura – In response to the decision of the government of Papua New Guinea to reject a request by the OPM to open an office in Port Moresby, the Director of Baptist Voice-Papua, Mathi

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The death of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) patron Taufiq Kiemas will leave the party more centered on his widow, former president Megawati

Slamet Susanto – The Grand General HM Soeharto Memorial, chronicling the life of the second Indonesian president, opened on Saturday.

Imron Rosyid Taufikur – Thousands of people attended prayers to celebrate what would have been the 92nd birthday of the late President Suharto in Solo, Central Java, on Saturday.

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia would likely experience a year-long wet season, a condition that could have an impact on the country's food production capabil

Novi Lumanauw & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has embraced foreign nongovernmental organizations as valuable partners in the development process, in a marked brea

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo would emerge an easy winner if Indonesia's presidential election were held today, a political analyst said on Sunday.

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – Analysts have predicted that the Prosperous Justice Party's tough stance against the government's plan to increase the price of subsidized fuel will not bo

Banda Aceh – The government in Aceh has claimed that a social media movement aiming to discredit Shariah law in the province exists, though it has refused to provide any details on who

Singapore – The future finances of the young, poor nation of Timor-Leste, formerly East Timor, have become embroiled in allegations of skulduggery by Australia nearly a decade ago.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Party (PDI-P) patron and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Taufiq Kiemas died at a hospital in Singapore on Saturday eve

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Human rights groups have called on the United Nations special rapporteur on housing rights, Raquel Rolnik, to demand that the Indonesian government immedi

National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo has decided to replace 76 middle- and top-ranking officials within the National Police, citing tours of duty as the sole reason.

Jakarta – Fans of the scantily dressed Miss World contestants will be disappointed this year as the bikini category will not be included.

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – The controversy over Aceh's flag and symbol between the Aceh administration and the central administration in Jakarta lingers on, despite weeks of "cool

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – All community elements in Yogyakarta have been told to remain in control during the planned trial of members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus).

Jakarta – A legislator at the House of Representatives Commission XI on economy, banking and finance has urged the government to impose a higher levy on alcoholic beverages.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party insists that it supports a bill on domestic workers' rights currently being proposed for deliberation, despite earlier remarks to the contrar

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to make a decision regarding the fate of the "rebellious" Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ezra Sihite & Yeremia Sukoyo – The ruling Democratic Party on Thursday demanded that coalition partner the Prosperous Justice Party swiftly remove banners

Dili – 'Tara bandu', a traditional form of conflict resolution, can play a bigger role in mitigating conflict in Timor-Leste at the community level, local leaders and experts say.

Australia's Foreign Minister has accused people who advocate self-determination rights of West Papuans of misleading the indigenous people of Indonesia's Papua region.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A man was murdered on Thursday after he allegedly refused to join the Free Papua Organization (OPM), police said.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – State-owned energy company Pertamina says it does not know how a low-ranking police officer in Papua who is accused of fuel smuggling and illegal logg

Jakarta – As Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's popularity has grown for his impromptu visits, locally known as blusukan, the family of former president Soeharto is saying that the

The National Parliament of East Timor has voted in favour of ordering a review of excessive use of force within the national police force after a violent attack on a youth and member of

Islamic hardliners vowed Thursday to stop the "immoral" Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organizers agreed this year's contestants would not wear bikinis.

TJ Burgonio – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao on Thursday thanked President Aquino for the latter's renewed expression of Philippine support for Timor-Leste's bid to j

An Australian parliamentary inquiry into the bilateral relationship with East Timor has come under attack for only hearing from so-called "insiders and bureaucrats".

Jakarta – A clash between the Tangerang police and members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) over a land dispute in Tangerang resulted in two police officers being hospitalized.

Patricia Denise Chiu – The Philippines and Timor Leste have inked three bilateral agreements in areas of education, policy consultations and infrastructure to further strengthen the coo

Jakarta – The Timor Leste Democratic Republic (RDTL) government plans to cooperate with the Indonesian government by exporting goats and cows to help to fulfill the latter's need of mea

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS Movement has officially invited West Papua to attend this month's Melanesian Spearhead Group summit in Noumea.

Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Anis Matta denied rumors that the party was adopting Wahhabism as residents of Sampang, Madura, East Java protested his visit to the area on thos

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – A coalition of women's rights groups report that cases of violence against women have been on the rise in Aceh in the past two years.

Corry Elyda and Sita W.

Hundreds of workers from PT Bali Taru Utama, a stationery company located in Tangerang regency, took to the streets to demand that the management abandon outsourcing, which they said wa

Yeremia Sukoyo – Newly installed Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Jakarta – Tempers have flared during a hearing between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the House of Representatives monitoring team on the Bank Century scandal.

Indonesia remains one of the least tolerant countries in the world regarding attitudes toward homosexuality, a new survey finds.

Jakarta, Indonesia – Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia's Sumatra island in less than a decade, highlighting weak e

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – After cooling off for a month, protest against construction of a grand mosque by the Indonesian Islam Propagation Institute (LDII) mounted when gangs of youths

Clinton Fernandes – A parliamentary inquiry examining Australia's relationship with East Timor is underway and the proceedings so far do not make for comfortable reading.

Children born as a result of sexual abuse by the Indonesian military during the occupation currently have difficulty obtaining official birth certificates and according to the Executive

SP/Fana FS Putra – A woman accused of stealing two BlackBerry cellphones was assaulted before being stripped bare and shaved bald in another instance of vigilante justice in Jakarta on

Singapore – Timor-Leste said it is committed to building its human resources in order to contribute fully to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Members of Parliament are concerned because the number of people unemployed within the country continues to increase every year.

[An interview with Mugiyanto, a victim of enforced disappearance, published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.]

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Members of the Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) studying in West Java staged a rally on Monday demanding the United Nations hold a referendum on Papua.