Jakarta – The Indonesian distributor of Time magazine censored photos of headless corpses in Borneo in the weekly's latest Asian edition, fearing they might incite more violence, offici
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March 7, 2001
Cipatat, Bandung – Army Chief of Staff Gen.
March 6, 2001
Daniel Cooney, Kualakuayan – Deep in the heartland of Borneo Island, a civil servant named Manarung explains why his tribe is perfectly justified in massacring hundreds of people and dr
March 5, 2001
[This is an opinion piece from Tuesday's Asian Wall Street Journal. Mr.
Djoko Tjiptono/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – Students grouped in the Golkar Disbursement Alliance (ABG) wanted to take over the Jakarta offices of the Golkar Party but apparently have not
Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung has joined calls for the involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in maintaining security nationwide.
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Security forces were slow to react to the crisis in Central Kalimantan because ground commanders "misread" the intensity of the conflict, a high-ranking govern
March 4, 2001
Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.
March 3, 2001
Jakarta – Leading Indonesian politicians met at a Jakarta mosque for what media reports said Saturday were talks on dumping President Ambdurrahman Wahid, now overseas, and replacing him
Jakarta – The closed-door meeting between some of the nations top politicians at Al-Azhar Mosque in South Jakarta yesterday was an attempt to use religion for political purposes, says a
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Anger is growing over the continued absence of President Abdurrahman Wahid at a time of ethnic slaughter on the island of Borneo and alleged corruption charge
Palangkaraya – "I felt so strong; so powerful." These are the words of a 21-year-old Dayak as he narrated his experience in chopping off the heads of his Madurese victims last week amid
Bandung – Around 100 West Java politicians and public figures at a ceremony at the Panghegar Hotel here on Friday signed up to the establishment of the West Java Anti-Communist Front in
March 2, 2001
Down to Earth and TAPOL express deep concern about the horrific violence and ethnic cleansing in Central Kalimantan
Khairul Ikhwan D/HD & HY, Medan – Around 300 workers of PT Cipta Prima staged a demonstration at north Sumatra Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD Sumut) office, Monday.
March 1, 2001
Jake Lloyd-Smith, Batam/Vaudine England, Jakarta – Shirley Lau says she fled her home in fear of her life, clutching just a handful of possessions.
Less than three years after the fall of Suharto amid calls for "reformasi", there are serious signs that the democratically-elected government of Abdurrahman Wahid is slipping back into
Rohit Jaggi and Tom McCawley, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's hold on power grew increasingly tenuous on Thursday after his vice-president broke her silence to stress
An explosion of violence in Kalimantan in late February shook the entire province of Central Kalimantan.
February 28, 2001
Jonathan Head – The clashes in the Indonesian province of central Kalimantan are part of a pattern of violence between the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Borneo and immigrants
Agencies in Sampit, Palangkaraya and Jakarta – Security forces called in to quell ethnic violence on Borneo instead turned their guns on each other yesterday while thousands of desperat
Calvin Sims - Jakarta – The ethnic violence that erupted 10 days ago in the Indonesian section of Borneo, where hundreds of people have been decapitated and thousands more left destitut
Jakarta – Five major factions at the House of Representatives will recommend that faction members, who were on a special committee investigating two financial scandals allegedly linked
February 27, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia is rushing hundreds of special force troops to its Borneo province in an attempt to end the slaughter of migrant settlers by mobs of headhunting Day
Jakarta – The Indonesian Footwear Association (Apresindo) was cautious on Monday in responding to reported labor abuses in Nike's Indonesian partner factories.
[The following is excerpts from a report prepared for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom which held a hearing on the Maluku Islands on February 13 in Was
Jakarta – The rupiah dropped on Monday by 2 percent to its lowest level since October 1998 amid worsening ethnic violence in Central Kalimantan and problems with the International Monet
Jakarta – Head of the Food and Drug Control Agency Sampurno revealed on Monday that the government would increase the prices of generic drugs by some 15 percent starting April this year
Jakarta – A regulation has been issued specifically aimed at preventing forest fires by holding more parties, including forest concession holders, accountable for fires breaking out in
February 26, 2001
Louise Williams – At the turn of the century a convention of tribal head hunters gathered beneath the towering canopy of the rainforests of Borneo and reluctantly agreed to end their pr
As always, Singapore's senior minister Lee Kuan Yew is keeping a wary eye on the big powers in his region-especially Indonesia and China.
Makassar – A skirmish erupted between student demonstrators and members of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Banser civilian guards at the Makassar Islamic University compound on Saturday.
Sonya Hepinstallm, Washington – The human rights picture in Indonesia has steadily deteriorated as Jakarta loses control over ethnic, social and religious strife in its most unstable pr
Surabaya – Masudi Muali said he ran as fast as he could after seeing many of his friends beheaded by indigeneous Dayak tribesmen outside his college in Sampit on the Indonesian part of
Vaudine England – Megawati Sukarnoputri's father founded independent Indonesia and was its first president until deposed in 1966.
February 25, 2001
Madiun – Some 4,000 supporters of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid hit the streets in East Java on Sunday, resuming protests against efforts to oust the beleaguered Muslim cleric.
Reuters in Sampit – Terrified refugees crammed onto an Indonesian navy ship on Saturday to escape marauding mobs in Borneo as officials said the death toll from a week of ethnic bloodsh
Jakarta – A man was killed and another was injured Friday night in a communal clash that broke out in Woja district, Dompu regency, West Nusa Tenggara.
February 24, 2001
Philip Bowring, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia faces many crises, several of his own creation.
Jakarta – Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) chief Lt. Gen.
Agencies in Sampit and Palangkaraya – The death toll from six days of brutal ethnic clashes on Borneo island rose to at least 143 yesterday as the violence spread and armed bands of Day
Hamish McDonald – The World Bank warned yesterday that if a political or economic crisis broke out in Indonesia it would cease all new lending until stability is restored.
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Most Indonesians will not be able to watch the coverage of inter-ethnic clashes like those in Central Kalimantan on their television screen under a new broadcas
February 23, 2001
Jakarta – The official death toll from six days of brutal ethnic slayings on Borneo island rose to more than 200 Friday, a medical worker said.
Associated Press in Portland – Workers at nine of Nike's contract factories in Indonesia have witnessed verbal and physical abuse by supervisors against their colleagues and seen female
Tim Dodd, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid left Jakarta yesterday on an overseas trip which takes him out of the country for two weeks while a leadership crisis grows at
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The recent ethnic bloody violence in central Kalimantan was orchestrated by two civil servants who were furious at having lost their jobs in a regional auton
Jakarta – The government will proceed with its plan to raise fuel prices in April despite concerns that it could trigger a new wave of social unrest, according to Minister of Manpower a
Indonesia's stock market watchdog has issued a ruling allowing mainly listed firms to make substantial transactions without shareholder approval as part of efforts to revive the indebte
Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency disclosed on Thursday that it found 1,760 instances of financial irregularities involving a total sum of more than Rp 11.8 trillion (US$1.2 billion) i
