Jakarta – Kontras National Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, Elsham Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy and National Solidarity for Papua formerly Irian

Slamet Susanto and Teuku Agam Muzakir, Yogyakarta/Lhokseumawe – Eighty-nine convicted Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members arrived in Yogyakarta on Sunday from their home province in the se

Sebastiaan Pompe, Jakarta – It is accepted theory that reliable law enforcement and legal certainty are critical for investment recovery.

Starting on Monday, the police will begin enforcing the extended three-in-one traffic policy, with offenders facing sentences of up to a month in jail and a fine of Rp 1 million (US$119

Irvan NR, Palu – At least two persons were killed, eight suffered stab wounds and 39 homes werethat erupted in Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi, following the alleged theft of a chicke

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The most detailed count of wild orang-utans in the past decade has found 50,000-60,000 of the great apes left on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo –

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Hundreds of flood victims in Bahorok claimed on Saturday that the disbursement of aid from the government had been marked by irregularities.

Rais Hidayat, Jakarta – The Prosperous Peace Party (PDS) is special because it is the only party representing the Protestant and Catholic minorities, which passed the selection by the G

Jakarta – A young Islamic militant accused of involvement in last year's bombing of a US-run hotel in Indonesia told a court on Monday he had targeted Americans and regretted that all b

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has signed Law No. 2/2004 on the settlement of labor disputes, which replaces Law. No. 22/1957.

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – All workers, whether in the formal or informal sectors, will receive a monthly pension upon retirement, according to the national social security system (NSSS)

Yogyakarta – The government said it has no plan to raise a civil emergency status on Papua, despite constant security problems in the country's easternmost province.

Karima Anjani, Jakarta – Indonesia's government came under fire from farmers on Monday over its handling of a bird flu outbreak that has killed millions of chickens, while officials sai

John McBeth, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia has cut its 2004 sales forecasts by nearly one-third after a second landslide in three months forced it to reconfigure the slopes of its gia

Jakarta – Two human rights workers detained in Indonesia's Aceh province have reportedly been beaten up by security forces while in custody and may face further torture or ill treatment

Indonesian troops have shot dead seven suspected separatist militants in Aceh province, the military said Monday.

Atambua – The people living in border areas shared by Indonesia's province of East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor did not care about the UN Peacekeeping Force (UNPKF)'s plan to withdraw i

Jayapura – The plan by the People's Consultative Assembly Commission I urging the government and related partners to conduct a military operation in Papua for the sake of safeguarding t

Jill Jolliffe, Bobonaro – There is a palpable fear in the town of Bobonaro, which sits on the Timorese side of the border with Indonesia.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of fishermen from Tanjung Balai regency, North Sumatra, have gone on strike for five days in a protest against abductions by unidentified gunmen opera

Tom Benedetti – A storm is quietly but rapidly gaining force in an overlooked corner of the world.

Jayapura – The Papua Police are preparing two-third of its personnel to guard the upcoming elections, a senior officer at the police headquarters said on Wednesday.

Charles Foster – It was predictable and depressing.

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ID Nugroho and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Hundreds of workers are taking indefinite vacations after fire destroyed a petrochemical plant in Gresik, East Java, while police continued t

Yogyakarta – A senior minister said here on Saturday the General Elections Commission (KPU) had the authority to decide regarding indications of legislative candidates' involvement in t

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Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) vowed on Friday to report to police any political parties displaying logos or election numbers during public gat

Rais Hidayat, Jakarta – If there is something new in Indonesia's current political outlook, it is the persistent growth in influence of a new party that has virtually no roots in the co

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Indonesia Military (TNI) pledged on Thursday to maintain its neutrality in this year's elections in accordance with its professed intention to get

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police began a two-day training program on Wednesday for 90,000 city-employed community unit guards on how to handle possible disturbances at polling booths leadin

Djoko Tjiptono, Jakarta – The 2004 general elections will not be able to provide a solution to the various problems which are being faced by the Indonesian people.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Sectarian fighting erupted in Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, leaving one person dead, two others seriously injured and four houses burned.

Frans H. Winarta, Jakarta – Indonesians, and especially those of Chinese descent, have just celebrated Chinese New Year.

Nani Farida and Suherdjoko, Banda Aceh/Semarang – Under a tight security escort 54 convicted Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members were transferred from Aceh on Thursday to prisons across Ce

Banda Aceh – A German freelance journalist was arrested for illegally entering and reporting in war-torn Aceh province, a military spokesman said Saturday.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has found preliminary evidence of human rights violations by former president Soeharto du

Yogyakarta – Muslim scholar and presidential hopeful Nurcholish Madjid held a closed-door meeting with Sultan Hamengkubuwono X late on Tuesday night.

ID Nugroho and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Tuesday's devastating fire at a petrochemical plant in Gresik, East Java, in which two people were killed and more than 50 others injured, al

Defying common sense, the South Jakarta District Court chose to denominate the damages in US currency rather than rupiah in its verdict on Tuesday.

Brooklyn, New York – The US Congress on Thursday restored a ban on International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia, just months after President George W Bush cited a

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The United States had confidence this year's elections in Indonesia would run as safely, freely and fairly as the previous polls in 1999, Ambassador Ral

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri joked about her age as she celebrated her birthday on Friday with hundreds of workers at the Jababeka industrial zone in Bekasi, West Java, so

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – The country's commercial banks are expected to see slower growth in time deposits and savings this year due to continuing declines in interest rates and other fa

Makassar – The South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday it had completed the case files of two police officers charged with human rights abuses in Papua province a month

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – Indonesian generals, on the defensive since the ouster of the dictatorship they supported for 32 years, are becoming kingmakers again as the campaign for presi

Banjarmasin – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned all the governors not to slash the fund allocated for the forest and land rehabilitation program (RHL) in an attempt to prevent

Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to hire 1 million new civil servants over the next three years despite concerns expressed by foreign investors, donors and institutions suc

Congress today restored a ban on International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia, just months after President Bush cited a "changed attitude" among legislators that w

Alan Sipress, Jakarta – An Indonesian court has handed down a record libel judgment against one of the country's most prominent newspapers, ordering Koran Tempo on Tuesday to pay $1 mil