M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The government and all political factions at the House of Representatives have agreed to continue listing religion on identity cards.

Duncan Campbell – Indonesia is of vital strategic importance to Australia. That much is generally agreed. How we should deal with that reality is not.

Duncan Graham, Surabaya – There's a critical five-letter word absent from the Framework for Security Cooperation agreement signed this week (Monday Nov.

Dili – Four people are believed to have died in the latest East Timor violence which also saw 10 homes torched, Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta said today.

Adam Henry – The enigmatic Jakarta Lobby is "... an informal group of like-minded people who regard Indonesia as a special case".

Jakarta – A high level meeting of ASEAN countries in Jakarta called on Indonesian government officials Wednesday to collaborate and approach the grassroots community to promote gender e

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Criminologist Adrianus Meliala laments the government's lack of action against crimes involving state officials.

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Jakarta – In another twist to the Sidoarjo mud volcano disaster, PT Energi Mega Persada (EMP) says it has sold PT Lapindo Brantas Inc., its unit that operates the gas well that caused t

Jakarta – Local and foreign analysts are upbeat that Indonesia will be able to meet its economic growth target of 6.3 percent next year despite an expected slowdown in world trade.

Jakarta – With six days to go before the arrival of US President George W. Bush in Indonesia, protests against his 10-hour visit reached a new volume across the country Tuesday.

Amy Goodman – The troops marched slowly, their US-made M-16s raised. It was Nov. 12, 1991, a day that would forever be seared into my memory, and into history.

Dili – Nearly 1,000 soldiers and police paraded on the streets of East Timor's capital Dili Wednesday in an apparent gesture of reconciliation after their differences contributed to unr

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – After months of violence, hundreds of youths from rival gangs have gathered on the streets of Dili to embrace each other, shed tears and celebrate a fragile pe

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – A non-government group claims many of the houses built for tsunami victims on Nias island in North Sumatra have been illegally sold, leaving disaster su

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Protesters demanding an increase in the minimum wage scuffled with security officers Tuesday in front of the offices of the Bandung regency and local legisla

Suherdjoko, Cilacap – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was greeted Tuesday by hundreds of protesting residents when he arrived to open a new coal-burning power plant in Cilacap, Centr

Jakarta – The country's antimoney laundering watchdog, the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), says it has noticed a significant jump in the number of suspicious

Niniek Karmini, Mantangai – With smoke from nearby forest fires stinging his eyes, the conservationist aims his tranquilizer dart at the orangutan high in the Borneo jungle.

Ellen Whinnett – East Timorese refugees say they have been threatened with visa cancellations if they do not support the Labor Party.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A noted Papuan figure criticized the Indonesian government on Tuesday, saying it was only interested in the province's natural resources, not its people,

Jakarta – The defamation articles in the Criminal Code are undemocratic and must be revoked or amended, a prominent constitutional law expert told a court hearing Tuesday.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The 30th congress of the Indonesian Christian Student Movement ended in chaos here Saturday when a dispute turned violent.

Banda Aceh – All eight pairs of candidates for the governorship and vice-governorship of Aceh on Tuesday vowed to work for peaceful elections in December.

Nani Afrida, Aceh Besar – Tsunami survivors living in Aceh Besar regency are demanding the government compensate then for land acquired to build an alternative road from Banda Aceh to M

Bogor – Hardline Indonesian Islamic groups are considering launching a no-confidence motion against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over US President George W.

Mark Forbes in Senggigi, Lombok – With two signatures and a handshake, Indonesia and Australia have proclaimed a new era of closer relations with a treaty aimed at ending a roller-coast

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Murdered Papuan independence figure Theys Hiyo Eluay was a hero who struggled peacefully to uphold democracy in Indonesia, former president Abdurrahman "G

Dili – Timor Leste Prime Minister Jose Ramon Horta expressed gratitude to Cuba on Monday for providing medical training to almost 500 young people from that small insular Southeast Asia

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The botched bombing of a US-franchised fast food outlet in Indonesia at the weekend bears none of the hallmarks of previous anti-Western attacks by Islamic mil

Hundreds of East Timorese youths, including members of rival gangs who fought each other in the streets of the capital earlier this year, have held a rally to promote unity and peace.

On the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of over 270 East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military, calls for justice and accountability continue for its victims and their fami

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Following Democratic victories in last week's US midterm elections, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Indonesia would continue to spread its military purcha

Magelang, Central Java – A former military (TNI) chief says there is no reason to deny soldiers their basic right to vote in the 2009 general elections.

Aguswandi, Banda Aceh – Expectations are high while the possibilities for violence are likely slim in the scheduled December elections in Aceh.

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Indonesia and Australia will sign a new treaty on Monday aimed at smoothing prickly ties through greater security cooperation, and underlining support for Jakarta's sovereignty over res

Indonesia said it was confident Australia will no longer be used as a staging post for separatist groups following the signing of a historic security pact.

Ben Terrall and John M. Miller – This November 12 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the 1991 massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor (also called Timor-Leste).

Lisbon – Timor Leste's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri, under investigation for his alleged role in violence that wracked the nation earlier this year, said Saturday that he believe

Dili – More than 1,000 East Timorese gathered in the capital Dili on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, when Indonesian troops fired on a memorial processio

Let's hope that the head of the Hutt River Province, His Royal Highness Prince Leonard, does not have many ardent followers in Indonesia.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta Post – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Friday that there would be "no more fuss" about a new presidential advisory team, at least from the Golkar Party, although h

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post – The National Commission on Human Rights says the current government is responsible for finding 13 democracy activists still missing after being abducted by

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Aceh needs at least 10,000 election observers to help ensure just and democratic regional polls in Aceh on Dec.

John McBeth – Ms Patsy Spier sat through every hearing these past five months, quietly taking notes with the help of a translator and, just as quietly, returning to her mid-city hotel.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – An official at a state-run river management agency in East Java has accused factories of dumping toxic waste into one of the province's main sources of cl

Jakarta – An alliance of activists, politicians and experts has accused Forestry Minister M.S.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) demanded Friday that the Air Force discipline the airmen who allegedly assaulted reporters in Tangerang, Banten, two days earlier

Jakarta/Makassar – Antigraft and human rights groups have warned the Judicial Commission it is risking its legitimacy by nominating corruption suspect Achmad Ali as a justice candidate