London – Human rights abuses emerged in East Timor last year amid delays in rebuilding the territory after the bloody destruction carried out by Indonesian forces, Amnesty International

Jakarta – A day ahead of the much-anticipated plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR), thousands of President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid supporters staged a protest at Mo

Max Lane, Jakarta – If opponents of President Abdurrahman Wahid have their way, when it meets on May 30 the Indonesian parliament will call a special session of the People's Consultativ

Surabaya – Security forces fired warning shots into the air in an attempt to disperse thousands of supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid who tried to forcibly enter the provincial l

Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor In an effort to mend an economy devastated by the violence that accompanied the Indonesian withdrawal in 1999, the United Nations transitional administratio

Max Lane, Jakarta – More than 500 people, Acehnese and Indonesians, attended a series of lively debates and cultural events at conference organised by the Acehnese People's Democratic R

The death toll in yesterday's attack along the border between East and West Timor has reached five, with up to 40 people injured, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East

Jakarta – Pro-democracy activists, alarmed of strong signs of a reappearance of the military within politics, warned the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Monday not to enter the political c

A group of GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana) [a security arm of Civpol], on Monday, fired warning shots at a group of RDTL supporters and activists at the border of Metinaro and Manatut

Surabaya – East Java authorities have stepped up precaution measures in anticipation of possible unrest resulting from the heightened tension between members of political elite in Jakar

Jakarta – The city's hospitals are struggling to admit new patients and are having a hard time treating existing ones because a collapsed dike has caused a shortage in clean water suppl

Mark Dodd, Gleno – Ironically, it is neglect which has produced independent East Timor's first major export crop: world-class organic, forest-grown coffee.

Jakarta – A key independence leader in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province told a court trying him for alleged subversion Monday that the province was already independent, his lawyer

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Abandoned by almost all of Jakarta's political elite, some of whom think he has lost grasp of reality, Abdurrahman Wahid is showing there is little he will no

Jakarta – Hundreds of enraged supporters of beleaguered Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Monday attacked buildings linked to rival politicians and burned tyres in the cleric's

John McBeth, Jakarta – The Indonesian military is in a sorry state at a bad time.

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Indonesia's six-week-old crackdown on Aceh's separatist rebels is as bad as any experienced during the worst years of the military operation conducted under

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The United States has entered the political debate in Indonesia, saying that the military must obey the civilian government, just days after army chiefs resis

Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of House of Representative (DPR) for Political and Security Affairs, Sutardjo Surjoguritno, and House Commission II received representatives of organizations th

Mark Dodd, Dili – Only 5 per cent of East Timorese understand the purpose of the United Nations-organised election to be held on August 30, a voter education survey released yesterday f

Jon Land – The World Bank has been prominent in East Timor's transition to full independence – so prominent in fact that the country now faces a looming struggle about whether the insti

Hestiana Dharmastuti/HD, Jakarta – On Wednesday, around 200 workers came to the Vice President Palace. They are demanding the disbandment of the Labour and Transmigration Ministry.

Banda Aceh – Four people, including two rebels and a soldier, were killed in the latest violence in Indonesia's Aceh province as clashes continued between separatist rebels and governme

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief Admiral Widodo Adisucipto, seeking to defuse tensions that could trigger sporadic violence across the archipelago, called on the cou

Jakarta – Illegal loggers are suspected of moving border posts between Indonesia and Malaysia in the rainforests of Borneo island, causing Indonesia to lose some territory, the governme

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Jakarta has witnessed some very strange events in the last 48 hours – the army's strategic reserve chief Lieutenant-General Ryamizard Ryacudu sitting astride

Rizal Maslan/HD, Jakarta – The meeting of the Army Forced generals at the Indonesian Military's headquarters last Saturday has indicated the evidence that the military have steadily inc

Robert Go, Jakarta – A change of leadership in Jakarta is crucial to Indonesia's economic recovery, say business leaders and analysts.

Indra Shalihin/HD Detik, Jakarta – Around 300 workers from the National Front for Indonesian Labour Struggle (FNPBI) staged a demonstration at the Indonesia Hotel roundabout.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is seeking to patch up ties with his old Muslim allies, who have turned political foes, a palace source said yesterday.

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are preparing for the registration of some 100,000 East Timorese refugees in camps in West Timor, a report said Tuesday.

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto was a better leader than Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, according to a readers' poll conducted by the Media Indonesia daily.

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Wahid is refusing to drop plans to sack senior generals, declare martial law and disband parliament in moves that have intensified the c

Richard Galpin, Dili – East Timor is celebrating becoming the world's newest country.

Jakarta – Members of the Anti-Communist Coalition (AAK) made visits to a number of major bookstores here on Saturday, but the alliance did not act on its earlier threat to raid them for

Djoko Tjiptono/FW, Jakarta – The third year of the step-down of iron-fist ruler Suharto was commemorated by students across the country.

Bagus Kurniawan/HD, Yogyakarta – Around one hundred students from various universities in Yogyakarta, Central Java staged a demonstration in front of the Yogyakarta Provincial Legislati

Muchus Budi Rahayu/HD, Jakarta – In solo, Central Java, an action to commemorate three years of the Suharto's stepping down on May 21, 1998 were cheered with the demands of the disbandm

Jakarta – A senior Indonesian military commander yesterday urged troops to remain loyal to the nation and not to any individual after generals warned President Abdurrahman Wahid not to

Partido Trabalhista Timor (PTT), on Friday, submitted its registration application with the Independent Electoral Commission.

Jakarta – Security forces in Irian Jaya arrested 16 members of a Papuan separatist movement after an armed clash which injured five people, local police said yesterday.

Jakarta – An Indonesian military leader yesterday in Kupang, West Nusa Tenggara (NTT), expressed doubt that 95% of the East Timorese refugees in East Nusa Tenggara would opt to stay.

Mark Dodd, Dili – In a breakthrough for relations between East Timor and its former ruler, Jakarta has finally agreed to settle the issue of pension payments to East Timorese who worked

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Taufik Kiemas, the wealthy businessman husband of Megawati Sukarnoputri, sent a recent message to Abdurrahman Wahid at the presidential palace in Jakarta: "Wh

Jakarta – Social and religious leaders in a district of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan have agreed to the conditional return of Madurese refugees who fled weeks of bloods

Jakarta - City Police detectives questioned a coordinator of the Solidarity for Peace in East Timor (Solidamor), a non-governmental organization, on Friday, in connection with last week

Jakarta – The Indonesian navy has launched a special operation to cut off the distribution of guns and munitions from Thailand to the separatist movement in Aceh.

Robert Go, Jakarta – Recession-hit, lower-income Indonesians are turning to instant noodles instead of rice as a key source of nourishment, sending sales soaring.

Jakarta – Thousands of protesters in Indonesia's Sulawesi province forced a two-hour cut in electricity and telephone services to oppose a visit by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahi

Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court will examine demands that the Golkar party of former president Suharto be disbanded because of corruption and vote-rigging, the new Chief Justice ann