Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen who live along the banks of the Muara Angke River in North Jakarta did not go out to sea on Tuesday, instead staying at home to wait for the

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Terrorism will top the agenda during US President George W. Bush's visit to Indonesia.

Bali – Five Indonesian men were jailed on Wednesday for terms running from three to six years for helping to hide one of the top suspects for last year's Bali nightclub bombings that ki

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's macro indicators are probably better today than they have been at least since the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 wrecked the economy.

La Remmy, Palu – A bomb blast rocked Betania village in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, as police intensified the hunt for masked gunmen who killed at least nine people in recent raids

Dan Eaton, Jakarta – With the air of a trained librarian, the shopkeeper runs his finger along a shelf stacked with brightly coloured packages.

Max Lane – Australia Professor William Liddle's article of October 6 in this newspaper appears to analyze the Megawati Soekarnoputri government's policies in a kind of reality vacuum.

Sydney – Australia's opposition slammed the government's plans to revive military links with Indonesia's special forces Tuesday, after the cancellation of a visit by its chief over alle

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Noted religious leader Hasyim Muzadi blamed poor intelligence and political interests on Monday for the renewed violence in Poso, Ce

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Masked gunmen who slaughtered eight Christians in Central Sulawesi over the weekend may have timed the killings to coincide with the Bali bombing commemoration

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army has turned down Australia's invitation for some of its Special Forces (Kopassus) officers to talk about antiterr

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Last week's celebration of the 58th anniversary of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) was one of pomp and military muscle.

Jakarta – The jailed head of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) urged Jakarta officials on Tuesday to shut down bars, discos and nightclubs during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan or fa

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen living on the banks of the Muara Angke River in Pluit, North Jakarta, rejected on Monday an offer from the North Jakarta administration to c

Tony Stephens, Kuta – More than 90 per cent of Balinese communities suffered a fall in income and school drop-out rates were up to 60 per cent after the Kuta bombings, according to a re

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – For Sumaryono, 24, and his mother, Iis Iswati, 45, hospital treatment is a luxury only for the rich.

Jakarta – A Muslim militant was jailed for 20 years by an Indonesian court on Monday for a 2000 bomb attack on the Philippine ambassador's residence which killed two people and badly wo

Singapore – Indonesia can do more to curb Islamic schools that served as a training ground for extremists who carried out some of the deadliest attacks since the September 11, 2001 stri

Kuta – Indonesia vowed yesterday to hunt down five Bali bombers who are still at large one year after the attack as more than 2,000 mourners held an emotional service to commemorate tho

The greatest obstacle to upholding the law in Indonesia is located in the capacity and resoluteness of law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of legislation, rather than the need t

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen living on the banks of Angke River in North Jakarta have decided to stay put despite an eviction notice from the North Jakarta administratio

Peter Cave: Well, the death of al-Ghozi may have been a small victory, but the continuing fight against regional terrorism has suffered a setback, it seems, with Australia and Indonesia

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Australian Government has refused to allow the commander of Indonesia's Kopassus special forces to accompany his officers for anti-terrorism talks in Perth

Indonesia's chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a new defence pact with Australia, saying it was needed to promote the fight against terrorism.

Jakarta – The consumer confidence index – which measures the people's perspective on the economic situation – declined in August, Bank Indonesia said over the weekend in its latest repo

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The cool response from the public with regard to the recruitment process for Commission for Corruption Eradication (KPK) executives indicates people's

Jakarta – Six Christians have been killed, and more are feared dead, in attacks by unidentified armed men on three villages in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, police said on Sund

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Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – As talks with city administration officials on violent evictions have become futile, three human rights commissions called on Thursday for a moratoriu

Jakarta – Former president Soeharto has made a brief third visit to his youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra in an island prison, his aide said on Friday.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – The simplest statistic about the economic impact of the terrorist bombings in Bali a year ago this Sunday is that two McDonald's have closed.

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – While many people are worried about the economic outlook for next year because of the legislative elections and the ending of the International Monetary Fund

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Aboeprijadi Santoso, Radio Netherlands, Brussels – The public hearing on Aceh and Papua held by the European Parliament in Brussels on October 1 was a rare but important occasion.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Suspended workers of state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) threatened on Thursday to break into the company's compound if the management

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Major political parties contesting the 2004 general election have failed to woo support from poor people living in urban areas, according to a recent poll.

Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its 10th review of Indonesia's performance under a 5.2 billion-dollar extended fund facility arrangement and approved the r

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Yuli Tri Suwarni and Blontank Poer, Bandung – Around 200 hard-line clerics urged the government to include Islamic sharia law in the revised Criminal Code (KUHP) as they cut short their

Indonesia is to restrict the number of countries which receive free travel visas to just 10.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Lack of knowledge about sex, reproductive health and illegal drugs has put Indonesian adolescents at risk, while data made available by the United Nations Populat

Jakarta – The assessment by number of groups is that the 2004 general elections represent a critical period, where it is hoped that a political transition towards democracy will occur.

Denpasar – President Megawati Soekarnoputri said Thursday that she does not want to be accused of abusing human rights in her fight against corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) at h

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The government's lack of legitimacy and political will has allowed corruption to flourish, say activist students, the vanguard of the country's reform movement

Indonesian judges jailed three men for more than four years for their part in last year's Bali bomb attacks in which 202 people died.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Bandung State Administrative Court ordered on Tuesday that state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) revoke its resolution suspending its

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The lack of political will to combat corruption has once again positioned Indonesia as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, anticorruption activists

The Justice and Human Rights Ministry's team tasked to ascertain whether political parties are eligible to contest next April's general election has been accused of taking bribes.

Robert Go, Jakarta – A fire gutted South-east Asia's largest textile bazaar on February 19, and Tempo, Indonesia's best-selling magazine, has been feeling the heat ever since.

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Observers have warned the public not to be overly optimistic about the newly established Constitutional Commission, saying that the final say was still in the