Jakarta – The United Nations must pressure Indonesia into allowing relief aid into its war-torn province of Aceh in order to prevent a full-blown humanitarian crisis from developing in

The division between Islamic and secular laws will be put to the test in the Indonesian province of Aceh, as the treason trial of five pro-separatist negotiators continues next week.

Jakarta – Dozens of evicted local people who had been living on disputed land at Kampung Baru, Cengkareng Timur in West Jakarta, filed a complaint on Thursday with the National Commissi

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Jakarta – A labor observer warned the government of an emerging crisis from after some sort of tacit permission was granted to three unauthorized private companies to run an insurance s

Scott B MacDonald – In early August, the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta was bombed.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) director A.M.

Jakarta – The national intelligence agency admitted on Thursday that it had supplied information and other important data for the police in the recent arrest of 15 Muslim terror suspect

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Anyone planning or persuading other people to commit acts of terrorism will in future be classified as a terrorist and thus could be arrested, a government offic

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – The 15 people arrested in the past month for allegedly plotting fresh terror attacks in Indonesia attended meetings led by the supposed heir of Abu Bakar Bashir

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Despite considerable public opposition, the House of Representatives began on Thursday to review the controversial bill on water

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said on Thursday the change in the visa policy was prompted by the gross misuse of the visitor's stay p

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Muslim extremists have been convicted of the bombings that left 202 dead in Bali last October and which devastated Indonesia's tourism industry.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – First it was militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.

Heru Margianto, Jakarta – A number of political and economic figures launched a new political organisation at the Hotel Aryaduta, Jakarta, on Thursday September 18.

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's chief prosecutor, Longuinhos Monteiro, has warned that the country could face internal problems if it drops cases against Indonesian human rights viol

East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is today travelling to China, an old ally from his years in exile.

James Balowski, Jakarta – Indonesian government officials and high-ranking military officers have been hinting that, despite the military's (TNI) much-touted successes in its war agains

Jakarta – In order to resolve the conflict in Aceh there must be a new political party which does not have the mentality and methods of the New Order [regime of former President Suharto

Paulo Gorjao – East Timor is seen at the United Nations headquarters as one of its state-building success stories in the past few years.

James Balowski, Jakarta – Indonesian government officials and high-ranking military officers have been hinting that, despite the military's (TNI) much-touted successes in its war agains

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The ongoing military operation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) appears to now be directly involving the participation of civilians, with around 1,000 village

The Indonesian military said soldiers have shot and captured alive a rebel "governor" in Aceh province, marking the first arrest of a senior rebel leader since a major offensive began i

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Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesia yesterday amended a money-laundering law to curb illegal flow of funds and get the country off an international blacklist.

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Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – A number of organizations criticized on Tuesday the General Elections Commission (KPU) for its failure to consult the public in many of its roles.

Kefamenanu, East Nusa Tenggara – East Timor should prevent illegal trade at the border between its Oecusse district and Timor Tengah Utara district in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara pro

Just a few days after the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) announced plans to form new battalions in Papua, a prominent environmentalist has warned that illegal logging mafias are joinin

Indonesian police have arrested 13 more people suspected of involvement in a wave of bombings across the country, a police spokesman said.

Jakarta – Revoking the status of a military emergency in Aceh is a prerequisite for holding general elections in Aceh. If not, it will be difficult to hope for quality elections.

Andi M. Sadat, Jakarta – Although the national economy has not fully recovered, some businesses are thriving. The country's major banks are one example.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Defeated by an array of provincial legislatures, local interest groups and plant management, Indonesia's government appears to have thrown in the towel after a fi

Indonesia revoked a three-year state of emergency in the eastern Maluku islands, where clashes between Muslims and Christians have left more than 5,000 people dead.

Russell Thirgood – Four years after the East Timorese people voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia, justice remains elusive for the victims of the violence that followed.

An Indonesian rights court opened the first trial on the massacre of 33 Muslim protestors in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok harbour area 19 years ago with an army captain and 10 soldiers as de

After blaming the press, human rights groups and anyone who expresses a critical view on the military operation in Aceh as obstacles to the failure of the government to speedily elimina

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – As Indonesia's priceless rainforests continue to disappear at alarming rates, 15 provinces signed an agreement in the South Sulawesi town of Malino to replan

Commentary by Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, Jakarta – It seems that Americans are wondering why more and more Muslims in Indonesia are getting annoyed with the US, including "moderate" Musl

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Minister of Finance Boediono warned bankers on Friday to remain prudent as the economy would continue to face uncertainties next year.

Eight separatist rebels including a local leader have been killed in fresh clashes in Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province, the military said.

Faced with the serious threats posed by other political parties in the 2004 general elections, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has closed ranks in a move to consolid

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Despite high public distrust toward political parties, abstention will not be that significant in the 2004 general elections, political analysts say.

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The government has prepared the necessary documents to have the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group and its leaders placed on the United Nations's

Jakarta – In a press statement issued by the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial), which was presented by Imparsial program director Rachland Nashidik on Friday September 13, [th

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A bid by East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao to further his campaign for reconciliation with Indonesia came apart yesterday when Jakarta's former foreign minister

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – It has been an exciting two years in the relationship between the United States, the world's only remaining superpower, and Indonesia, the nation with the world

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – The prosecution of those alleged to have taken part in the massacre of at least 33 people by the Indonesian Military in Tanjung Priok in 1984 would be

Jakarta - The forced relocation of a population, as has occurred in Aceh, can be viewed as a crime against humanity.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government has already conceded that its 2003 reforestation target is unlikely to be met, even before the program has been launched.