Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Children here and overseas are frequently physically and emotionally abused at home and at school with many people around the world thinking the abuse is "normal

Benito Lopulalan, Kuta – Indonesians and foreigners on Bali have marked the fourth anniversary of deadly bombings by Islamic extremists with a series of emotional ceremonies and rituals

Tony Hotland and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The unresolved murder of noted human rights campaigner Munir continues to get international attention, while his widow, Suciwati, is prepa

Twelve Australians jailed in Indonesia – including convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby – could soon be eligible to return home with a landmark deal believed to have been struck betw

Jayapura – The Jayapura District Court on Wednesday handed down a five-year prison term to Sem and Wandik, the latest defendants to be convicted for their involvement in a bloody clash

Reporter: Anne Barker

Pandaya, Jakarta – When you are on your way from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to downtown Jakarta, look down as your taxi climbs the first flyover.

Mark Dodd and Sid Marris – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao and his former prime minister Mari Alkatiri have been singled out for criticism in a report from the UN into the violence l

Canberra – East Timor's parliament will next month consider ratifying a revenue sharing treaty with Australia covering Timor Sea energy resources that would remove one of the stumbling

Lisbon – East Timor's deposed prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, rejected Thursday a report by a conflict-prevention group which recommended that he and President Xanana Gusmao sit out next

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must make public a report by a presidential fact-finding team into the murder of human rights activist Munir, the leadership of the organiza

James Balowski, Jakarta – Although still three years away, citing the need to prevent Indonesia's 2009 general elections from becoming "overly fragmented" by a plethora of new political

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Jailed leaders of Jemaah Islamiah are using Indonesian prisons as a recruiting ground and publishing house, translating radical Islamic texts and distributing the

Jakarta – Parcel vendors claiming a ban on government officials exchanging gifts at Idul Fitri is harming their businesses continued their protest Tuesday.

Martin Abbugao, Singapore – Pressure is intensifying on Indonesia to take action on the smoke haze blighting neighbouring countries as Singapore invited regional ministers to discuss "u

Eko Ari Wibowo, Jakarta – The Executive Organization of People's Advocacy Studies (ELSAM), an organization of human rights activists, is urging that the government shortly forms a Commi

The Supreme Court's split decision to quash the murder verdict of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the sole defendant in the killing of rights activist Munir, is seen by some as a major b

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Medical experts warned Tuesday that Indonesia's rising suicide rate was representative of the declining level of mental health in the country.

Victor Tjahjadi, Jakarta – Indonesia has terminated a contract with ExxonMobil Corp to drill a major offshore gas field in the Natuna Sea off the west coast of Borneo, in a move that ma

The Indonesian government recently issued a ministerial decree to implement a citizenship law passed in July.

Choking once again on what has become a yearly haze, Indonesia's neighbors could be forgiven for thinking that Jakarta could care less about other countries in the region.

Dili – East Timor violence could return to East Timor ahead of general elections next year, a conflict-prevention group warned Tuesday, recommending that the country's president and for

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The widow of murdered human rights campaigner Munir is planning to lobby American and United Nations officials to help her pressure the Indonesian government to

East Timor will need to tackle security sector reform to get back on track after deadly unrest earlier this year, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report.

Ahmad Pathoni, Jakarta – Giving jobs to some 600 military rebels whose dismissal triggered deadly violence in East Timor this year is crucial to resolving a crisis there, the Internatio

Reporter: Tony Jones

An oil company behind allegations that East Timor's former prime minister accepted bribes from oil giant ConocoPhillips, says banking records in Darwin could be destroyed before the cas

ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – For the thousands of Muslims made homeless by the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster there is little to celebrate this fasting month as they look forward to an uncertain f

Jakarta/Jambi/Palembang – As parts of Indonesia and neighboring countries continue to suffer through what is being called the worst haze since the massive forest fires of 1997, Malaysia

Jakarta – Police here said on Monday they had arrested at least 53 people suspected of involvement in a recent violent protest against the closure of illegal mines in Bangka Belitung pr

The market price of turtles varies depending on their unique features, including their rarity in the wild or their status as a protected species.

Jakarta – Hundreds of students at Bogor's Pakuan University protested at the campus Monday, demanding that the administrative staff who allegedly imposed illegal levies be punished.

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Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Human rights groups on Sunday criticized a Supreme Court decision overturning the 14-year prison sentence of a man convicted of killing Indonesia's most promi

Paul Kelly – The Howard Government must rethink its policy towards Papua to prevent tensions or even hostilities with Indonesia and to terminate the myths that underwrite our public sym

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Non-governmental organizations called on the Yudhoyono administration Friday to press on with corruption cases involving state officials and legislators, despite

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A civil society activist in Poso, Central Sulawesi, denied Friday military accusations that he had been involved in the violence that followed the executions of

The hot mud that is surging from PT Lapindo Brantas Inc.'s gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has remained unstoppable after over three months.

Jakarta – Frustrated with the government's handling of the murder of her husband, human rights campaigner Munir, the activist's widow Suciwati sought political support from the House of

Tangerang – It was business as usual at the construction site of Pamulang Square near Lake Tujuh Muara on Jl.

Markus Makur, Timika – Papua Police apprehended 47 traditional gold miners Friday for their alleged involvement in a blockade against work at the Freeport gold mine in Timika.

Jakarta – Indonesia's justice system failed in overturning the conviction of a pilot for the murder of a leading rights activist, Human Rights Watch said, calling for a new investigatio

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reiterated his call Thursday for the once all-powerful military to press ahead with internal reform and to respect democracy.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A civil society activist and local officials are some of the people the military blame Thursday for the recent violence in conflict-torn Poso, Central Sulawe

Fadli, Batam – A wheelchair was the closest companion that Dian Elfina's brought back home from Malaysia.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – It has been eight years since the National Commission on Violence Against Women was established following the mass rape of ethnic Chinese women during the 1998 pol

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The tug-of-war between the government and the powerful pharmaceutical industry over drug price rationalization and labeling is raging on, with only a small percent

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Within a week, Indonesia will finish repaying all its debts to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ending an eight-year, up-and-down relationship with the glo