Banda Aceh – A massive solidarity strike involving truck drivers and state oil company Pertamina workers has resulted in fuel supply shortages and power outages in restive Aceh.

Jon Land – Imagine someone referring to prime minister John Howard and his foreign minister, Alexander Downer, as "more generous than Mother Theresa".

Joanna Jolly, Dili – In a legal first for East Timor, United Nations prosecutors yesterday filed multiple rape charges against an Indonesian army officer and two militia leaders.

Mark Dodd, Dili – An East Timorese independence fighter pleaded for acquittal yesterday at the end of his trial for the killing of a pro-Indonesian militiaman in retaliation for the mil

Joe Leahy, Hong Kong – The Jakarta stock market has a reputation for defying gravity and the first few weeks of this year have been no exception.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – A Supreme Court ruling in Jakarta has staved off the prospect of former president Suharto facing corruption charges in court again soon but leaves open the po

Yogi Arief Nugraha/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has released its report on the causes of two years of sectarian conflict in the Molucc

Surabaya – Disgruntled supporters of the incumbent President Abdurrahman Wahid continued venting their anger in East Java on Monday by vandalizing the National Awakening Party (PAN) and

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Scores of MPs backed a petition calling for the immediate convening of a special session of Parliament to force the resignation of President Abdurrahman Wahid

Banda Aceh – The dossier on the detained chief of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA), Muhammad Nazar, has been handed over to the court in Medan to be processed for trial, an

Jakarta – East Timorese are expected later this month to begin preparations for a constituent assembly election likely to be held around August 30, the first major political exercise in

Djoko Tjiptono/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – On Tuesday, around 1000 students from several student and youth groups under the banner of the Joint Alliance Against The New Order rallied at

Hestiana Dharmastuti/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – To keep sidewalk traders under control, the Jakarta special province government has reportedly sought out petty criminals and gang hoolig

Denpasar – Nearly 200 followers of different religions yesterday staged a rally in Denpasar, capital city of the resort island of Bali, calling for an end to religious violence and ethn

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Thousands of members of Indonesia's largest Muslim group rallied in Jakarta in support of President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday, while in the President's hear

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Since becoming chairman of the Peoples' Consultative Assembly, Amien Rais' hair has gone grey.

Jakarta – An association of minor Islamic political parties yesterday called on embattled president Abdurrahman Wahid to exercise greater wisdom, but rejected calls for him to resign.

Jakarta – A Golkar Party branch office in Pasuruan, East Java was attacked as rallies in support for President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid continued on Sunday.

Chaidir Anwar Tanjung/Fitri & GB, Pekanbaru – Tens of families from Betung village, Pangkalankuras subdistrict, Belelawan regency, Riau province, have fled to the shelter of a neigh

Jakarta – Fighting in Indonesia's restive Irian Jaya province killed four soldiers from the country's elite special forces and a separatist rebel, media reports said Sunday.

Robert Go, Jakarta – Labour unrest and strikes cost the Indonesian economy up to US$2 billion (S$3.5 billion) last year, analysts estimate.

Jill Jolliffe – The house in East Timor's second city, Baucau, stands derelict, its windows boarded up and a tap running endlessly inside.

Jakarta – Thousands of residents the East Java's town of Situbondo Saturday built a roadblock on the Besuki-Banyuwangi road connecting Surabaya and Bali in protest of the House of Repre

Jakarta – In a show of unity two days after being censured by the House of Representatives (DPR) for his alleged involvement in two financial scandals, President Abdurrahman Wahid calle

Jakarta – Overshadowed by the tumultuous events in Indonesia this week the groups at the forefront of the overthrow of former dictator Suharto declared they would have no part in the fu

Jakarta – Mohammand "Bob" Hasan, the timber tycoon and business partner of former Indonesian dictator Suharto, sentenced to two years jail for corruption, will serve his term under hous

Ambon – One policeman was killed and 17 police and marine personnel injured during overnight gunfights between the two groups, an officer said on Friday.

Vaudine England – Indonesia's politicians are eager to give the appearance that they are acting properly in following a process that could lead to the impeachment of the President.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Exuberant party politics is assumed to be a feature of post-Suharto Indonesia, making Parliament's censure of President Abdurrahman Wahid a heartening display

Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Jakarta – When he took office in October 1999, President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia described his relationship with Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri as lik

Banda Aceh – Truck drivers who use the Banda Aceh-Medan road have staged a strike since last Thursday in protest against rampant illegal levies along their routes, paralyzing the local

Jakarta – Persistent opponents of President Abdurrahman Wahid seemed to keep their word on Friday to continue rallying until their demand – that the President steps down – is fulfilled.

Jill Jolliffe – United Nations investigators have sought international warrants to arrest three men – including a former Indonesian Government minister – for the murders of five Austra

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to drop the 1999 emergency law and to provide some time for the government to draft and socialize the new emergency bill.

Ambon – A gunfight between disputed security personnel took place on Thursday in two villages, Lateri and Passo in Teluk Ambon Baguala district some 12 kilometers east of Ambon, forcing

Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid's future looked bleak last night after Parliament's decision to censure him over corruption allegations, a vote that leaves him wi

Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's chances of staying in power appeared bleak yesterday after the country's Parliament voted overwhelmingly to accept a spec

Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – Indonesia's political crisis deepened as Parliament demanded that President Abdurrahman Wahid respond to allegations that he was involved in two multimillion-do

[The following are excerpts from an interview with sociologist George Junus Aditjondro with The Jakarta Post's Ati Nurbaiti, following his one-week visit to East Timor in early Janua

Mark Dodd, Aileu – The Falintil guerilla force yesterday became the world's newest internationally recognised army – the East Timor Defence Force.

Mark Riley, New York – The United Nations Security Council will consider withdrawing troops from East Timor in four months if the security situation continues to improve.

Jakarta – Braving heavy rain, thousands of protesters swarmed the streets around the House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday to apply pressure on President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahi

Jakarta – As most factions of the House of Representatives (DPR) accepted on Thursday the recommendations of the special committee on the Bulog and Brunei scandals, thousands of support

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Jakarta – A number of test holes drilled in the vicinity of the home of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra have confirmed suspicions of more underground bunkers located under the fugitive's r

Ambon – The second round of troop withdrawal from Maluku was held on Wednesday with Battalion 403 of the Central Java's Diponegoro Regional Military Command leaving Halong Naval base, s

From behind the bars of his prison cell, as he awaits his trial for anti-state activities, mild-mannered Aceh independence activist Muhammad Nazar is still a man Jakarta fears.

Chaidir Anwar Tanjung/Fitri & GB, Pekanbaru – Around 300 residents of Bangun Sar village, Kampar Kiri sub district, Kampar regency, Pekanbaru, Riau province, rallied at PT Uni Seray

Banda Aceh – Detained chief of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA) Muhammad Nazar rejected on Wednesday the proposal to move the trial against him to Medan, capital of neighbo