John Kerin and Terry Plane – East Timorese Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta wants Australia's UN peacekeepers to be involved in joint operations with the East Timor Defence Force to co

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of women legislators have taken the lead in the movement to force out House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung over his conviction in a Rp 40 bi

Jakarta – Timor Leste faces the worst threat to its stability since independence as security forces counter raids by armed gangs from Indonesia's West Timor.

Robert Go, Nusa Dua – International donors have pledged US$2.7 billion in fresh aid to cash-strapped Indonesia this year, despite ongoing concerns about its inability to implement cruci

"Today's Senate floor vote against an amendment offered by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to restrict International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia is an outrage whic

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A group of religious leaders publicly condemned abortion on Wednesday, saying it was against the teaching of all religions and against human values.

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The insistence of House Speaker Akbar Tanjung on retaining his position in Golkar and in the House is likely to provoke post-power syndrome groups to continue to radicalize the anti Meg

Policemen and soldiers deployed on border duties have yet to receive their operational orders from superiors.

Marian Wilkinson, Washington – A confidential FBI report revealing that a key member of the extremist group Jemaah Islamiah planned to bomb Westerners in bars and nightclubs from Thaila

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri fired the opening salvo in her campaign for next year's election by challenging her rivals to 'fight' her at the ballot box.

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – President Xanana Gusmao has denied a report that East Timor is seeking increased Australian military involvement in the territory to curb militia infiltrations fro

The former head of Indonesia's national human rights commission says the agency's independence is under threat because of recent legislative changes.

Alan Sipress, Banda Aceh – On New Year's Eve, city streets once emptied by fear swelled with revelers, despite persistent drizzle.

Anna Peltola, Malmo, Sweden – A Christian rebel group in Indonesia accused Jakarta on Wednesday of helping Islamic militants set up bases in the country's resource-rich Papua province.

East Timor's Foreign Minister, Jose Ramos Horta, has warned that the United Nations peacekeepers stationed in the new nation are not managing to control border raids into East Timor by

The Army's elite Special Forces (Kopassus) is reportedly behind recent incursions into East Timor by militia fighters.

Max Lane, Jakarta – On the evening of January 15, senior Indonesian cabinet ministers announced the postponement of a proposed 22% increase in telephone charges and the postponement and

Bill Guerin – International aid donors led by the World Bank may, just may, put more pressure on Indonesia to reform its forestry policy.

Pip Hinman – When Indonesian judge Asril Marwan on December 30 sentenced Joy-Lee Sadler to four months' jail and Lesley McCulloch to five months, he declared that McCulloch should have

In Indonesia's Papua Province, human rights groups have warned the presence of American investigators will do little to bring the perpetrators of last year's Freeport mine killings to j

Joanne Collins, Bali – Indonesia would not need to "beg" for money from the international community if it tackled the corruption costing the cash-strapped country some $28.4 billion a y

Mathew Moore, Jakarta – Despite certain criticism from its international financial backers, Indonesia's Government is set to abandon a series of fuel price rises introduced on January 1

Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The top security minister warned on Monday that Indonesia could withdraw from the peace agreement with the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) i

Jakarta – Three male bodies have been unearthedfrom one grave in Aceh province despite the ceasefire in the separatist war, AFP reported.

Joanne Collins, Bali – Indonesia's government said on Tuesday it wanted an end to IMF funding this year, seeking to break a financial lifeline in place since the Asian financial crisis

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Matthew Moore – In a nation where conspiracy theories and rice are two of life's staples, Indonesians appear to be changing their habits.

Students, workers and employers vowed on Monday to continue their street rallies to force the government to make radical changes to economic policies aimed at bailing the country out of

Bali – Indonesia's moves to reduce earlier announced rises in fuel prices were very understandable and would not compromise its goals of keeping its budget deficit under control, an IMF

Jill Jolliffe, Atsabe – The hamlet of Tiarlelo is only a few kilometres from Atsabe, itself 25 kilometres from the border with West Timor, but the rough jungle track that leads to it em

Jakarta – Indonesian activists vowed yesterday to hold more protests against recent price rises despite government promises to delay some increases and review others.

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Nana Rukmana and Kurniawan Hari, Cirebon/Jakarta – The move to clip House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung's wings has taken a new turn following a Jakarta High Court verdict a

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang As the sun sets, some factory workers rush to their boarding houses to refresh themselves.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Police fired warning shots and beat hundreds of anti-CGI protesters with batons, while representatives of Indonesia's traditional foreign donor countries and i

Joanne Collins, Jakarta – Happy with Indonesia's fight against terror and its efforts for peace in Aceh, international donors look set this week to pledge the $2.8 billion in aid that t

La Remmy, Palu – Police here said on Thursday they had arrested at least 30 people suspected of involvement in an attack on the headquarters of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's party

Leo Wahyudi S – Drug abuse is one of the serious problems facing the country, especially big cities like Jakarta.

Bogor – Eight people, including a man in military uniform, ran amok at a cafe in the district of Kemang in Bogor early Thursday morning, damaging the establishment and injuring the cafe

Jakarta – Intelligence information has uncovered a plot to use the current protests against fuel and utility price hikes to overthrow the government, Indonesia's top security minister s

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Residents of Kelapa Gading district, North Jakarta, lost on Thursday their class-action suit against Governor Sutiyoso at the Jakarta State Administra

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Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Widespread illegal logging costs US$609 million annually in environmental destruction throughout the country, an expert has said.

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Indonesian military has pledged full co-operation with a new FBI investigation into the fatal shootings of two American school teachers at the Freeport mine

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung insisted that he would retain his position despite the fact that he has been convicted twice by two different courts for

Jakarta – The National Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) demanded on Thursday the Attorney General's Office charge former president Soeharto and his gener

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians face poverty as investors continue to desert the country largely because of rampant corruption and collapsing infrastructure, a new repo

Bill Guerin – The Indonesian government raised fuel prices, electricity rates, and telephone charges at the start of the year in an effort to slash expensive subsidies and help ailing s

The main border crossings between the Indonesian province of Papua and PNG have been shut down because of an Indonesian military operation against Papuan separatist rebels.