Jakarta – A survey from Australian research firm Roy Morgan has found that most Indonesian consumers are predicting better economic prospects for 2007.

Jakarta – Three women accused of being witches were killed and burned along with their house in East Timor.

Denpasar – The number of political parties running candidates in the 2009 general election should be slashed so as not to confuse voters, a politician said Sunday.

Jakarta – While Indonesia has lost many lives to plane crashes, the airlines have never been held responsible, an activist group says.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – When avian influenza became a major global issue in 2006, some foreign health experts thought it was over hyped.

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Patrick Thronson – Americans lose part of the past in an obvious sense when a former president dies: A living link to our history is extinguished.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The government should set up a special court to hear environmental crimes because suspects in illegal logging cases are evading justice in the regular courts, t

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – There must be nothing more bitter than feeling you have been victimized, especially when you were supposedly working for the greater good.

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Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi Jakarta) says the next governor should have a keen understanding of the current issues that are key to t

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – After raising on-street parking fares and directing motorcyclists to drive in the "slow" left lanes, the Jakarta administration is now planning to ban bi

Jambi – Traditional communities and farmers in Indonesia, particularly in Jambi province, Sumatra, are still falling victim to disadvantageous government policies and as a consequence b

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government failed to address a range of rights abuses related to religious fundamentalism last year and its inaction means sectarian violence will likely rem

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Small-scale aluminum casting producers in Yogyakarta are on the brink of collapse, losing out to a boom in Chinese products and handicapped by limited acces

The sexual exploitation of children is growing at an alarming rate and now affects millions of children across the globe.

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As a developing country saddled with huge foreign debts, Indonesia's tourism industry is a much needed source of income.

Jakarta – The government is being urged to pay more attention to the country's large working-age population, the result of the Soeharto-era family planning program that reduced the nati

Multa Fidrus, Banten – Aisyah looks out from her oceanfront bamboo hut at the submerged concrete foundations of her family home in Karang Serang village, Tangerang regency.

David Fullbrook – Cutthroat cost competition, overcrowded airports and perennial safety concerns, including a tragic accident involving an aged plane that killed at least 90 people on M

Jakarta – Decentralization has been blamed for the downfall of the national family planning program during the reform era.

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – The country's exports broke yet another record in November at US$8.92 billion, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported Tuesday, adding weight to predictions

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Non-government activists reacted resolutely to Bandarlampung Mayor Eddy Sutrisno's allowance "gift" to city councillors by protesting Tuesday.

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The people of Aceh have spoken.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – With the prices of basic needs continuing to soar, life is tough for Sugeng Supriadi.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia is on the upswing, with strong export and economic growth combining to drive the Jakarta Stock Exchange Index up by more than 55%, accounting for the wo

Muhammad Qodari, Jakarta – It has been more than eight years since the country began the transition to democracy, but the Indonesian political elite's understanding of democracy is stil

Jakarta – The growing number of minimarkets and convenience stores in Jakarta is forcing many small-scale traders out of business.

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Jakarta – Thousands of the city's poorest people left dissatisfied Monday after queuing since early morning for free meat at Istiqal Grand Mosque.

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – More Indonesians say they are economically worse off compared to 12 months ago and most cite the increased costs of basic goods and travel expenses a

Patrick Walters – The Fraser government refused visas to prominent East Timorese left-wingers forced into exile after the Indonesian invasion of the former Portuguese colony in late 197

Russell Skelton, Canberra – The Fraser cabinet was warned by a powerful committee of defence chiefs that a prolonged war of independence by Fretilin rebels could lead to intervention by

Patrick Walters – Thirty years ago the Fraser government grappled with the consequences of the Indonesian takeover of East Timor.

Tony Stephens – Just three months after Indonesia invaded East Timor 30 years ago, the Australian government of the prime minister, Malcolm Fraser, was covertly supporting the tiny colo

Nabiha Shahab, Rembang – Indonesian navy ships have renewed efforts to reach survivors of a ferry disaster who spent a third night on the open sea as continuing rough weather hindered t

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – A ferry carrying hundreds of passengers sank in a storm off Indonesia's main island of Java and nearly all were still missing 12 hours later, officials said Sa

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Theologically, Islam encourages its adherents to perform philanthropic deeds in the widest sense, but Indonesian Muslims often only do so in the light of persona

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Prosecutors and police said Friday they would file for a review of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the conviction of the pilot convicted of the murder o

Jakarta – Incentives should be given to businesses to improve their productivity and increase their taxable incomes, an economist says.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel Irwandi Yusuf and running-mate Muhammad Nazar won a landslide victory in the first direct election for governor in Nanggr

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Jakarta/Banda Aceh, Langkat – The Forestry Ministry on Thursday blamed the authorities' inability to halt illegal logging for the devastating floods and landslides that have killed at l

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Police said here Thursday they would summon new witnesses in an effort to shed light on the 2004 murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

There have been fresh warnings of an Indonesian military build-up in the Punjak Jaya region of Papua province.

Banda Aceh – A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel won the first direct election for governor of Aceh province, the electoral commission announced on Friday, a step in a peace deal th

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Jakarta – The government did nothing to prepare for the floods and landslides in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra that have killed more than 100 people, a leading environmenta

Hendarsyah Tarmizi, Jakarta – If the government's macroeconomic targets are used as the yardsticks to assess the country's economic performance this year, the results would be fairly go