Jakarta – Indonesia has reduced corruption over the last decade, thanks in part to a reform push by its leaders, a World Bank report says.

East Timor's president Jose Ramos Horta has called on Australia to be much more generous in providing access for East Timorese to work and study in Australia, describing Canberra's curr

Jakarta – Indonesian people appear to be getting even richer.

Jakarta – Facing pressure from students on the street, the House of Representatives decided Tuesday, by an open vote, to conduct a review of the government's unpopular fuel price policy

Brussels – Anti-poverty group Oxfam International on Tuesday urged the world's poorest nations to think twice before jumping on a biofuel boom that could drive farmers off their land an

Dili (Asia News/Agencies) - The government of East Timor has come under fire over its decision to turn over 100,000 hectares or a sixth of the country's arable land to a US$ 100 million

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The government's failure to enforce laws fairly and provide economic prosperity for all has been cited for rising support for the implementation of sharia in the

Jesse Wright, Dili – While East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is on a shortlist of candidates to become the United Nations' next high commissioner for human rights, critics at home a

About 1,000 Indonesian protesters angered by a student demonstrator's death after his arrest burned cars and hurled stones at police guarding the Parliament yesterday, witnesses said.

Pekanbaru – Around one thousand farmers attended the opening of All Indonesian Farmers and the National Peasants Union (STN) Extraordinary Congress that was held at the Bukit Square in

Jakarta – Student protests in Jakarta on Tuesday turned violent, leaving at least 18 people injured and causing massive traffic jams that brought areas of the city to a virtual standsti

Jakarta – An Indonesian plan to build a highway through the forests of Papua risks opening the door to massive deforestation in the jungle-clad half-island, environment groups said Wedn

Jonathan Wootliff – Less than two years ago few people knew about biofuels.

The mother of the woman linked to an East Timorese rebel leader says the country's President refused to meet her in Darwin today.

Irawaty Wardany, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia lacks the intelligence capabilities to prevent the dumping of hazardous waste in the country, an environmental researcher says.

Jakarta – About 1,000 protesters angered by a student demonstrator's death after his arrest burned tires and threw stones Tuesday at a police post in the Indonesian capital, witnesses s

Abdul Khalik and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Police say they will go after other people allegedly involved in the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib after finishing their

Jakarta – The majority of Muslims in Indonesia support the introduction of sharia in the country, but are wary about its implementation, a survey has revealed.

Jakarta – The distribution of direct cash aid (BLT) for the poor as of Monday has reached fewer than 15 percent of municipalities and regencies across the archipelago.

Jakarta – Two more top prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) admitted to connections with businesswoman Artalyta Suryani during her bribery trial at the Corruption Court

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must fire all top prosecutors at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) and let the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) inves

Ahmad Junaidi, Semarang, Purwokerto – A nationalist agenda and a focus on gender issues have pushed Bibit Waluyo and running mate Rustriningsih to an early lead in Sunday's Central Java

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Malnutrition has claimed 20 lives in West Nusa Tengarra over the past six months, according to a local health office.

Jakarta – Dozens of young people from various religious backgrounds toured several places of worship in the capital on Saturday as part of an event to promote religious tolerance.

Jakarta – Lawmakers are putting pressure on the National Police to summon ex-top intelligence officers in a bid to find the masterminds of the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Sa

Singapore – Regional officials on Monday praised Indonesia's efforts to reduce a haze caused by forest fires which regularly choke Southeast Asia.

Dili – Former East Timor militia chief Joni Marques, pardoned and released on parole this month after serving part of a long prison sentence for leading a massacre of nuns and priests i

Dili – Joni Marques, former leader of East Timor's notorious Team Alfa militia, was released on parole earlier this month after controversially having a 33-year prison term commuted.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The 2001 law on special autonomy has been implemented over last seven years in Papua, but its journey has lacked clear direction, a discussion concludes.

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Jessie Wright, Dili – Buried deep in a neighbourhood of tin-roofed shacks, between a Christian church and an English-language school, sits one of the few mosques in East Timor.

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.

Rafiqa Qurrata A, Jakarta – The plan to eliminate Munir was reportedly hatched during a National Intelligence Agency (BIN) leadership meeting that took place in 2004.

Antara, Wamena, Papua – Home Affairs Minister Mardiyanto officiated Saturday five new regencies in Papua as well as installing five temporary regents.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Police are being urged to widen the probe on the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib following the arrest of ex-State Intelligence Agency (BIN) d

Jakarta – A student from National University (Unas) died Friday after being detained by police for 13 days and then treated at two Jakarta hospitals another two weeks, Pertamina Hospita

Jakarta – Radical Muslims have intensified their campaign for the government to ban Ahmadiyah and for followers of the sect to return to the fold of mainstream Islam.

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Rafiqa Qurrata A., Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the House of Representatives Commission III on law and human rights, Soeripto says the plan to assassinate Munir was put together

Philip Dorling – Declassified ASIO files on East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta shed new light on the complex diplomatic and intelligence games before and after Indonesia's invasio

Philip Dorling – The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has declassified hundreds of secret intelligence reports relating to the President of East Timor and Nobel Peace laure

Dili – East Timor's recent decision to pardon and release a former militia leader responsible for several murders has undermined the country's human rights commitment, a local watchdog

Tara Ravens – Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado would still be alive today if his Australian lover had not stopped him from surrendering, says East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta.

Jakarta – Indonesia is good at attracting international trade with its relatively competitive tariff barriers, but our border controls and distribution channels create major obstacles,

Nanang Sutisna, Subang – Hundreds of fishermen from Java's northern coast at Blanakan, Subang district, West Java, are unable to work for a month as they cannot afford to buy fuel any m

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji admitted Thursday he approved the plan for his office to detain bribery suspect Artalyta Suryani following the arrest of st

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Violence by members of a radical Islamic group earlier this month has damaged the international image of Indonesian Muslims, chairman of the country's second-lar

Jakarta – Former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono said he did not know former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, who was convicted of murder

Jakarta – Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – The naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a new suspect by police in the murder of human rights activist Munir should be commend