Jakarta – Greenpeace activists literally smoked out the forestry ministry in Jakarta on Thursday to protest the government's failure to stop forest fires.

Debate about human rights in this country seems to be too often all sound and fury that signifies nothing.

Four Indonesians have been arrested in the United States charged with conspiring to ship arms illegally to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas and customers in this country.

Jakarta – Politicians and activists are blasting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration for "not being serious" about resolving the 2004 poisoning death of prominent human

Jakarta/Batam – Haze from land-clearing fires in jungle-clad Kalimantan and Sumatra worsened Thursday, disrupting travel and shutting schools across the northern part of the country as

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Outspoken legislators from the major political parties are criticizing the state secrecy bill, which they say has been deliberately made to hide corrupt go

B. Herry-Priyono, Jakarta – The recent exchange of words between former president B. J.

Nograhany Widhi, Jakarta – Feeling that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the families of the defendants in the Abepura case have lodged a complaint with the National Human Right

Try, Jakarta – Who knows if it's just for fun or has a political purpose, but T-shirts with a picture of the hammer and sickle (the symbol of the Indonesian Communist Party or PKI) are

Dili – East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao expressed on Thursday his gratitude for the Cuban medical and education cooperation in his nation and pleaded for its continued development

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As it observes its 61st anniversary, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is still reluctant to abandon its old political culture, politicians and analysts say.

As in the previous few years, the anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI) will be commemorated without fanfare.

Shinta Shinaga, Jakarta – Female circumcision is indeed already a tradition in Indonesia.

Jongker Rumteh, Manado – Residents of North Minahasa, North Sulawesi, are protesting a future gold mining operation in the regency because of a possible plan to dispose of tailings into

Cath Hart – Labor has thrown its support behind Coalition moves to ensure the asylum system is not manipulated for international political purposes.

Raymond Bonner and Muktita Suhartono, Kedungbendo – It started as a natural gas well.

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Denpasar – Two musicians went on trial Wednesday at the Denpasar District Court in Bali for allegedly singing a song that likened a police officer to a dog.

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under pressure to release a report which implicates his security forces in the murder of a high profile democracy activist.

Helen Hill – If accurate, recent revelations by John Martinkus about East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao are disturbing but not altogether unexpected.

Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono asked Gen.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has slapped a disclaimer on the government's 2005 annual budget accounts, citing continuing glaring problems as regards transparen

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The management of state-owned workers' insurance firm PT Jamsostek is coming under increasing fire from its union members for its decision to demote 12 out

Zaky Yamani, Bandung – She is tall and slim, her skin is clean and her hair drops down to her shoulders. When speaking, she does so with a soft, polite voice.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – A police officer in Bekasi, West Java, attempted suicide in late August after he shot his wife to death.

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has quashed a murder conviction handed last year to a pilot over the death of a leading human rights activist on a flight to Amst

Morgan Mellish – On the main road into Jayapura, a large two-storey building is being erected – the bureaucrats of Papua's provincial capital are upgrading themselves to better lodgings

Dennis Shanahan and Stephen Fitzpatrick – Papuan asylum-seekers face tougher scrutiny in Australia over fears that political activists are manipulating the system to guarantee successfu

With their leaders continuing to bicker over their political differences, there's no end in sight to the troubles of the hapless East Timorese.

Carmela Baranowska – When the Australian Federal Police (AFP) fired tear gas towards the refugee camp, the young men who had launched the initial attack with stones and bows and arrows

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The Indonesian military is scrambling to distance itself from claims it is linked to terrorist networks after the arrest of a retired general in American

Tito Sianipar/Eko Ari Wibowo, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will ban a number of school books from the 2004 curriculum.

Jakarta – About 20 people staged a rowdy demonstration outside the Justice and Human Rights Ministry office Monday demanding the speedy release of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putera from jai

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Dita Indah Sari, Jakarta – For more then 60 years they have lived overseas after the land where they spilled their blood denied them an entry.

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – High global demand for non-oil and gas commodities, including crude palm oil, coal and rubber, has once again helped the country's total exports reach a record g

Malcolm Cook and Ivan Cook – Unlike people, countries cannot choose their next-door neighbours or the neighbourhood they live in.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Sexual minority groups demanded Monday the government revoke dozens of regional bylaws they described as discriminatory.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Last week's arrest of four Indonesians in the US reveals the chaos in arms procurement, involving both partners of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and its cu

Jakarta – Indonesia's military denied on Tuesday any links with four Indonesians charged in the United States with a conspiracy to export arms.

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso, Central Sulawesi – Paramilitary police are being deployed here after a series of attacks and bombings during the weekend amid rising religious tensions following

Fanny Febiana, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is still investigating the reason why the words "(defunct) Indonesian Communist Party (PKI)" are not included in the "Geraka

Anissa S. Febrina, Jakarta – It was not yet afternoon, but North Jakarta's sun had already exhausted 11-year-old Syaiful last Saturday.

David O'Brien, Jakarta – The issue of continued slow recovery of the Indonesian economy and in particular the perception of Indonesia as a suitable investment destination has again hit

Efforts to stop the unprecedented flow of hot mud in the East Java town of Sidoarjo are continuing, but truly extraordinary measures are needed to help the more than 3,000 affected fami

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has denied any links Sunday with a retired admiral arrested in the United States last week for allegedly conspiring to sell arms and equipment to

The U-N mission in East Timor has been thrown into disarray with the appointment of the new mission chief revoked.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Greenomics Indonesia and the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) urged the government Sunday to cancel its plan to write off Rp 1 trillion (about US$1.1 bill