Dili – Stone-throwing between two street-roaming youth gangs in the capital of East Timor Thursday marred an otherwise peaceful celebration of a major Catholic holiday in the tiny resti

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Residents of Jatirejo village in Sidoarjo, East Java, took to the streets Wednesday after a monthlong break for Ramadhan, accusing Lapindo Brantas Inc., the

Tangerang – A total of 6,500 employees of PT Dong Joe Indonesia, which produces Reebok sports apparel, have been out of work since the factory owners fled to their home country, Korea.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Miner PT Freeport McMoran Indonesia and pulp and paper company PT Kiani Kertas have denied a labor union's claim they intimidated or dismissed workers who

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Breaking a long silence on the issue, the Justice and Human Rights Ministry promised Wednesday to review regional bylaws accused of discriminating against minori

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Social scientists warned Tuesday that Indonesia's social problems will get worse over the next 10 years because the bulk of the 11 million unemployed will

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – The restoration by the US of full military ties with Indonesia, in the common interest of combating global terrorism, has been used by Jakarta's generals to f

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Seven Papuans arrested over the 2002 killings of two Americans and their Indonesian colleague in Papua declined to enter a plea of not guilty Tuesday, saying the

Jakarta – The National Police said Tuesday that they would not allow a United Nations representative to take part in the investigation of the murder of human rights campaigner Munir, de

The defence minister has rejected calls for a UN inquiry into the death of Indonesia's leading human rights activist, following the acquittal of the only suspect in the poisoning.

The processes of justice in Indonesia's court system continue to baffle anyone looking for consistency or punishments fitting the crime.

Jakarta – The early release from jail of the son of former Indonesian President Suharto has thrown the spotlight on what critics say is a justice system still capable of being manipulat

Jakarta – Concerned that the embankments containing the Sidoarjo mudflow might burst during the rainy season, the team overseeing the East Java disaster area has opened a spillway, a ca

Andi Hajramurni and Ruslan Sangaji, Makassar/Poso – Troops were sent to Poso on Monday, one day after Vice President Jusuf Kalla and religious leaders here drew up a list of government

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The widow of murdered activist Munir and her lawyers pressed national flagship airline Garuda on Monday to hand over documents they say could lead to his killers

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of people rallied in Timika, Papua, on Monday in opposition to the trial in Jakarta of seven Papuans charged with the 2002 murders of two American teache

Banda Aceh – An eight-person team from the European Union has begun monitoring work ahead of elections in Indonesia's Aceh province, the head of the monitoring mission said Tuesday.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Prosperous Labor Unions (KSBSI) filed 20 complaints with the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry on Monday.

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Gangs responsible for East Timor's violence, political intimidation, extortion and crime have been linked to powerful Timorese figures with political ambitions a

Mario de Queiroz, Lisbon – After centuries of Portuguese colonialism and more than two decades of Indonesian military occupation, instability and violence continue to plague East Timor,

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Waving and wearing big smile, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putera walked away from the Cipinang narcotics prison Monday a free man, after serving less than half of his

Ahmad Pathoni, Jakarta – The youngest son of former Indonesian president Suharto was conditionally released from jail on Monday, after serving a third of his original sentence for plott

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – The East Timorese Government has ordered a crackdown on activists behind a campaign aimed at denigrating Australian security forces in Dili and fuelling anti-Aus

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – As Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono enters his third year in office, the world's most populous Muslim country is widely viewed simultaneously as one

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Losing trust in the new police investigating team, activists demanded Saturday that the government involve the United Nations in the probe into the 2004 murder o

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Australian embassy officials and staff in Dili have tightened their security as unidentified people spread rumours that appear to be aimed at provoking attacks a

Gagah Wijoseno, Jakarta – Suspicions that the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) was involved in the murder of Munir are becoming stronger.

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – The commander of East Timor's army has called for an investigation into the behaviour of Australian troops in Dili, including claims they have taken sides in the

Jakarta – The national team overseeing the East Java mudflow disaster is racing against time to reinforce a 7.2 kilometer embankment so that it doesn't collapse during the raining seaso

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Central Sulawesi Antiviolence Caucus asserted Friday that four police generals in charge of maintaining order in the conflict-ridden city of Poso should be h

Maryadi, Jakarta – A visit by Munir's widow, Suciwati to the United States on October 14-20 has produced results.

Matthew B Arnold – With America's adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan faltering and United Nations peace-keeping missions stretched thin and struggling from Haiti to the Ivory Coast and

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The generous sentence remissions given to wealthy criminals on national holidays smack of corruption, activists said Friday.

Jakarta – An environmental group is questioning the government's commitment to combating rampant illegal logging in North Sumatra, saying many cases have been left unresolved while seve

Panca Nugraha and Ary Hermawan, Mataram/Jakarta – Suspected Muslim militants have attacked a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyah sect in Sulawesi on Tuesday while the group was performing

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A man for all seasons, Marsillam Simanjuntak joined Thursday a State Palace meeting to review the progress of the country's economic and political reforms in his

Blontank Poer, Klaten – This year's Idul Fitri was hard work for Yadi and Sriyati who live in the earthquake-hit village of Gesikan in Klaten, Central Java.

Ridarson Galingging, Jakarta – According to existing Indonesian law, Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who commit ordinary crimes are supposed to be tried by regular or civilian court

Poso/Jakarta – New violence flared up in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Wednesday when a mob of villagers ransacked a house rented by policemen after a villager was shot by security forces

Jakarta – The effectiveness of the government's plan to cage fowls in residential areas as a move to curb the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus has been met with skepticism.

Jayapura – Development planning in the province of Papua is not being handled well even though the province has huge sums of money, in the form of general allocations as well as special

Lindsay Murdoch – Security forces in East Timor fear violence will dramatically escalate in Dili after the execution of a leader of one of East Timor's biggest gangs.

There's a call for the Pacific Islands Forum to send a fact finding mission to Indonesia's Papua province.

Vanda Mutia Dewi, Jakarta – A recent report by Greenomics Indonesia revealed some very interesting facts about who exactly is to blame for the delays affecting the reconstruction proces

Dili – East Timor's Bishop Carlos Belo has reportedly held meetings with a rebel leader and key politicians named in a damning UN report on the country's violence to try to stop the ong

Martin Abbugao, Singapore – The annual recurrence of carbon-rich haze caused by illegal fires in Indonesia's vast tropical peatlands may help fuel global warming if left unchecked, expe

Jakarta – Two Islamic militants jailed for their role in helping bombers in the 2002 Bali blasts, were freed from prison after receiving sentence cuts to mark the Islamic holiday of Eid

Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians have taken part in morning prayers before celebrating the end of the month-long Ramadan fast with family and friends as the world's largest Muslim nati

Two men were stabbed to death after evening prayers in East Timor, a hospital director said, in the latest violence to disrupt the tiny nation since foreign peacekeepers arrived in May.