Karen Michelmore, Jakarta – East Timor's United Nations-sponsored vote for independence was a fraud, Dili's former mayor and alleged militia organiser said today.

Legal experts have criticized Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh over his rigid stance regarding the implementation of capital punishment in Indonesia.

Anissa S. Febrina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will pass the spatial plan bill this Tuesday, despite criticisms that the bill lacks ecological sustainability provisions.

Jakarta – The government has reiterated its commitment to attracting more foreign investment, affirming its guarantees for major infrastructure projects and longer-term land and propert

Following the string of airline accidents over the past few months, the Directorate General for Air Transportation announced Thursday its ratings of 20 private and state-owned airlines

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Indonesians would be better off if safety ratings were given to other modes of transportation, not just airlines, and were conducted by independent a

Blessed with abundant resources, Aceh is now struggle to put almost three decades of armed conflict and the devastating tsunami behind it.

Jakarta, Sandy Indra Pratama – Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf has said that the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) will set up a local party.

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Paul Toohey – A failed effort to heal an injured child has led to the machete killings of three East Timorese women branded as sorcerers.

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Jakarta – The newly-passed law on human trafficking has government officials and NGOs alike raring to wage an all-out war on the crime.

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Economists criticized Friday the target set by a strategic group for Indonesia's transformation into a developed nation in the next 20 years.

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh has defended the government's decision to keep capital punishment in the country's legal system, saying it was a

Indonesia is giving six airlines three months to improve safety or face suspension or closure.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalem administration and the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) announced their partnership Friday in an all-out battle against corru

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – None of the 20 airlines it has audited are completely complying with safety regulations, the Transportation Ministry announced Thursday.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists and experts have said a decision to acquit former councilors from graft charges in a case review will set a bad precedent in hand

Jakarta – Young politicians are demanding a greater role for themselves in political parties to better represent their younger constituents.

Bekasi – Hundreds of Jati Mulya villagers in Tambun Selatan district, Bekasi, rallied Thursday at car assembly company PT IndoMobil Suzuki International to demand the right to collect a

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – The ratification of the Draft Law on Capital Investment by the House of Representatives (DPR) is drawing opposition.

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – A working committee of the House Representative has finally concluded the prolonged debate on the investment bill, which is now expected to be endorsed by a Hous

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said it supports the planned questioning of its active and former officers by the Truth and Friendship Commission (KKP) over human rights violati

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – Three Islamic militants were found guilty Wednesday of decapitating three Christian schoolgirls in Indonesia and dumping their bloodied heads in nearby villages

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – The National Mudflow Mitigation Team is preparing to drop 500 additional chains of concrete balls into the mouth of the mud volcano in Sidoarjo, East Java,

Agus Maryono and Andi Hajramurni, Purwokerto/Makassar – Twenty tons of rice has vanished from a warehouse of the state logistics agency Bulog, raising suspicion it was sold illegally.

Palu – An anti-terror squad in Indonesia has arrested a suspected Muslim militant accused of involvement in a deadly attack on Christians, police said Thursday.

The Cultural Institute of the Papua People's Council or MRP in Indonesia says it fully supports the formation of Papua's first local political party, the Papua People's Awakening Party.

Fabio Scarpello – The Reverend Socrates Sofyan Yoman is a soft-spoken man.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government admitted Wednesday that the weak enforcement of industrial relations laws has left millions of workers unprotected in thousands of companies

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – They say the Internet knows no boundaries.

The administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took another bold step in its war on corruption with Tuesday's arrest of the chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), Widjan

Susie Berindra and Sidik Ramono – The government wants to strengthen the presidential system by simplifying the multi-party system.

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Major mining companies issued a 'white paper' Tuesday, calling on the government to retain the Contract of Work (CoW) system under the proposed new mining law

Jakarta – Most Indonesians are willing to die to prevent separatism but at the same time are exhibiting stronger tendencies toward regionalism, a recent poll has revealed.

The central government has issued Government Regulation Number 20/2007 on Local Political Parties in Aceh. The decision was announced at the State Palace yesterday.

Max Lane – On April 9, East Timor will hold its second presidential election, which will be followed by parliamentary elections.

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of job-seekers from the Amungme and Kamoro tribes staged a rally in front of the Memangkawai Mining Institute office in Mimika regency, Papua, demanding

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers and activists staged a demonstration outside the House of Representatives on Tuesday, protesting against the bill on capital investment

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Vannessa Hearman – Suciwati, the widow of Munir, the prominent Indonesian human rights activist killed by arsenic poisoning aboard a plane in 2004, visited Australia in February to call

Rini Kustiani, Jakarta – A volunteer who has been working in Aceh since the tsunami disaster submitted a judicial review of the hate sowing articles in the Criminal Code to the Constitu

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has passed a long-awaited bill on human trafficking carrying a maximum 15-year jail sentence and/or a maximum fine of Rp 5 bil

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Political parties are revealing undemocratic tendencies in choosing their candidates for governor of Jakarta, with elites ending up having the final say, an

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has approved a bill to overhaul the elections system, requiring the government to establish a new general elections commission

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The opening of a new US$1.1 billion gas pipeline would appear to mark a rejuvenation of Indonesia's until now woefully inefficient natural-gas sector and boost th

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Stephen Skinner – Timorese people are starving on our doorstep.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Dozens of students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a demonstration on Tuesday March 20 condemning the US invasion of Iraq and demanding that US