Eworaswa, Jakarta – The fatal shooting on September 14 in Mulia, Puncak Jaya, in which four civilians were killed, has left behind feelings of deep fear.

Bogor – Hundreds of villagers in Jonggol district, Bogor regency, protested on Tuesday against frozen and dry food producer PT Belfoods Indonesia for polluting Cibodas River.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Santo looks much older than 21. His emaciated body, attacked by the HIV virus, rotting teeth and patchy skin testify to years of drug abuse.

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – With the new government holding marathon meetings to resolve the problem of ballooning fuel subsidy spending, an economist has presented a scenario in which a 10

Pekanbaru – The Pekanbaru municipal government warned on Tuesday that government officials would shave sex workers' heads, if they were found operating during Ramadhan.

Mari Alkatiri – The talks in Dili last week between the governments of East Timor and Australia were aimed at finding a way to resolve our overlapping maritime boundary claims in the Ti

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh – The raging armed conflict in Aceh has left behind a huge trauma for the Acehnese people.

Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs, Widodo Adi Sutjipto, says that his office is in the process of putting together a recommendation on Aceh when

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The government must abandon its security approach and open dialog with civilian figures to settle the Aceh conflict once and

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Security Minister said yesterday that the new government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would make no deals with separatist guerillas in troubled Aceh a

A month after being sworn in, Indonesian lawmakers have yet to begin work amid a bitter dispute that could threaten efforts by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to improve security and

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Jakarta's provincial tripartite wages council failed to reach a compromise on the planned increase of the 2005 provincial minimum wage (UMP) on Monday.

Jakarta – Prices rose at a slower rate in October mainly because of an abundant supply of rice that helped ease inflationary pressures caused by the soaring oil price and weaker rupiah.

Jakarta – Indonesia's top security minister called on rebels in Aceh province Tuesday to disarm and "rejoin the nation," but didn't say whether fighters who surrendered would be given a

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – With the six-month state of civil emergency in Aceh nearing an end, leading ulemas in the province suggested on Monday that the government of President Susilo

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh – The prolonged conflict in Aceh cannot be resolved by arms.

Suwarjono, Jakarta – The state of civil emergency in Aceh will end on November 18.

Eworaswa, Jakarta – The Aceh Working Group (AWG), a grouping of non-government organisations concerned about the Aceh question, have put forward a three point plan to evaluate [whether

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – As he faces a second trial on terrorism charges, Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has taken on symbolic value far beyond his real importance.

Harry Bhaskara – The new members of the House of Representatives have become embroiled in a power struggle less than a month after taking their seats.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ruled out allowing Australian troops to be stationed on its soil or letting them carry out pre-emptive strikes against extremists on it

Suliyanti, Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), Lukman Halim, has proposed that the People's Representative Assembly (DPR) commissions be temporarily

Palu – Fearing corruption charges, former Donggala councillors returned some of what they had taken on Monday to the Central Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Leaders of the Indonesian Military (TNI) stressed on Monday that regardless of what the House of Representatives (DPR) said about the leadership change, they wo

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Jakarta – Very few property developers in Jakarta have built public and community facilities in accordance with a requisite for obtaining land-use permits, an official of the City Asset

Jakarta – As well as having the potential to violate human rights, the revisions being made to Law Number 15/2003 on Eliminating Criminal Acts of Terrorism which are being considered by

Jakarta – Foreign tourist arrivals in the first nine months of this year increased by around 28 percent over the same period last year, despite the terrorist bombing incident in front o

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – As the environment on several islands in Kepulauan Seribu regency continues to deteriorate, the Jakarta Police have yet to show significant progress in their ongo

Jakarta – While details remain sketchy, the newly unveiled 100-day national economic program has apparently met the expectations many people have, by showing that the government literal

RR Ariyani, Jakarta – A grouping of non-government organisations (NGOs) who are handling the Buyat Bay pollution case including the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) and the Mining

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Sri Wahyuni, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – An education expert warned on Sunday that extensive liberalization of education would threaten the existence of local univers

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Eworaswa, Jakarta – Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) are questioning

Aguswandi, London – Aceh will be the best place to judge whether the new government will be any different from previous regimes in Indonesia.

Imanuddin Razak – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's request to annul his predecessor's request for lawmakers to discuss the replacement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief, which

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been urged to reconsider his idea to appoint an Army chief as the new Indonesian Military (TNI) chief, and instead choose the Air Force

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The country's commercial banks have booked strong third quarter profits, thanks mainly to low cost of funds that allowed them to enjoy fat net interest margins.

Gunawan Mashar, Makassar The perpetual internal conflicts in West Papua has prompted students originating from Papua who are studying in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassa

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Noted observers have criticized the two opposing coalitions in the House of Representatives on Sunday for placing short-term, party gain over and above the pub

Karen Orenstein - November 2 has come and gone.

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – What do people survive on a monthly wage of only Rp 671,550 (US$73.80) in Jakarta?

Bill Guerin – Indonesia's new president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, dubbed the "the thinking general", has been hard at work making the rounds of key ministries to lay down the law, as i

On 7 September, the Indonesian House of Representatives passed a long-awaited Law on the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation ("the Truth Commission").

Antonia Staats – US-based gold mining enterprise Newmont, the world's biggest gold mining corporation, has been operating its Minahasa Raya mine in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, since 1

Pekanbaru – Plantation workers and tribe members clashed on Saturday at an oil palm plantation in Balam Jaya subdistrict, Rokan Hilir regency, Riau province.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – For Chinese-Indonesians, albeit a minority, the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's pledge to fight discrimination is not convincing.

Abdul Khalik and Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Jakarta/Padang – After several dozen local legislators across the country were convicted for corruption, police and prosecutors were currently tar

The Chief of Army has admitted more than 1300 troops who served in East Timor were given an anti-malarial drug with potentially devastating side effects.

Banda Aceh – Indonesian troops killed seven men they claimed were separatist rebels in the country's oil-and-gas rich Aceh province, the military said Sunday.