Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The military would not try to influence President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in any decision he made to choose a new defence minister, Military Chief Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono and an Armed Forces spokesman on Tuesday both professed to have no information on a report that an Indonesian company had be

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A Jakarta company has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to supply police and army equipment to East Timor.

Nurfika Osman – The Armed Forces on Sunday again denied that it was still receiving payments from US mining company Freeport McMoran to provide security around the giant Grasberg mine,

Yuli Tri Sumarni, Bandung – Strategic industry firms are still seeking ways to do business with the Indonesian Military (TNI), which they hope will boost profits.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Military (TNI) insists military officers suspected of committing public crimes will be processed by military investigators and tried at military court despite th

Jakarta – Indonesia will increase its defense budget by 20% next year to compensate for years of low spending, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday.

Eras Poke – Residents of a remote district along the country's border with East Timor continue to oppose plans to establish a military headquarters there.

Jakarta – Activists and legislators on Wednesday blamed the stalemate in the four-year protracted military tribunal bill on the "psychological war" between the police and military, part

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has accused legislators of having no intention to eradicate alleged corruption in the Indonesian military (TNI).

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has revealed that the Indonesian Military and the National Police received funds both fro

Jakarta – Human rights activists have urged the government to better control and monitor its military (TNI) to prevent torture against civilians.

Adam Gartrell – Five Australians trapped in Indonesia's Papua province for more than nine months expect to fly home on Wednesday after authorities thwarted their plans to leave on Tuesd

Jakarta – The House of Representatives will likely increase Indonesia's defense budget to Rp 36.5 trillion (US$3.6 billion) in 2010 from Rp 33.7 trillion allocated for this year.

April Aswadi – Under pressure from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to halt a wave of crashes involving military aircraft in the past two months, the Defense Ministry has been ordered

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Angela Flassy, Jayapura – After more than a month, police have finally managed to retake an isolated airstrip in the Memberamo Raya regency, Papua province, which was seized by some 150

The National Chief of Indonesia's military, or TNI, says the military will not take short-shrift action against the gunmen from the separatist Free Papua Organisation, or OPM, who have

Ferry Irwanto, April Aswadi, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono acknowledged the need to increase the nation's defense budget, followin

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Women and children were among at least 97 people killed when an Indonesian Air Force Hercules transport plane crashed in East Java this morning.

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – The government should declare void a German government loan to procure 39 used warships, as it constitutes an odious debt, a workshop held at the Internat

AWPA is calling on the Australian Foreign minister to raise the continuing deteriorating situation in West Papua with the Indonesian President and urge him in particular to control the

Indra Harsaputra and Ahmad Faisal, Surabaya – The Surabaya Legal Aid Institute (LBH) on Tuesday accused the Indonesian Military of violating international law by conducting a military e

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Residents, the Army and police plunged into a war of words on Friday after a training exercise transformed a sleepy Surabaya suburb into a virtual battlefield.

Jakarta Post, Papua/Jakarta – Papua was on high alert Thursday as a range of incidents, including attacks on police stations, claimed 11 lives to mar voting day in the country's eastern

Jakarta – Indonesia's military denied Tuesday a disclosure by US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Jakarta – US-based mining giant Freeport McMoRan (FCX) is paying Indonesian troops to protect a large gold and copper mine in Papua, despite regulations requiring the military to hand o

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite its withdrawal from practical politics, the military remains one of the most powerful political institutions in the country, and questions on whether

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Agencies – The military on Monday denied a report that it had received illegal protection payments from US mining giant Freeport McMoran in Papua Province

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Sally Piri – Despite increasing security disturbances in Papua Province, the military does not plan to deploy additional troops to the country's easternmo

Jakarta – The settlement process of transferring the management of Indonesian Military (TNI) businesses to the state will not be affected by this year's elections, Defense Minister Juwo

Jakarta – The Army is planning to increase its personnel at security posts in Papua province, particularly in the Tinggi-nambut area in Puncak Jaya regency, to counter separatist attack

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Defense Ministry and the military are committed to eliminating corruption and nepotism, and current management practices are 90 percent better than past m

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Armed Foces Chief Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Djoko Susilo says the main reason for many Papuans wishing to separate from the Indonesian republic stems from a massive disparity in economic

Jakarta – Reforms within the Indonesian Military (TNI) have remained slow under the administration of retired Army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a discussion concluded Thursday.

Febriamy Hutapea – The head of the Armed Forces, or TNI, again on Tuesday ordered the military to remain politically neutral during the run-up to legislative and presidential elections

Jakarta – Activists said Wednesday that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should use her visit to Indonesia to urge the country's military to stop human rights abuses or risk losing

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With the country preparing for elections and the military calling for a budget increase, the government has decided to accelerate the spending of 2004-09 stat

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on Tuesday said that the government would first have to significantly enhance the welfare of its soldiers before his office

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Human Rights Commission, or Komnas HAM, said on Monday that the House of Representatives would be wise to approve the request of the Indonesian A

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Members of the Indonesian military, or TNI, should be given exceptional treatment under the law when suspected of civilian crimes, a senior officer argued on

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A House member on Wednesday sought help from the Army to prevent local political parties in Aceh Province affiliated with former members of the now defunct se

Jakarta – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono has asked for Rp 460 billion in extra funds to help the Indonesian Military (TNI) conduct operations related to maintaining territorial integ

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry, in cooperation with the National Land Agency (BPN), aims to accelerate the certification of around 3.6 million square meters of land belo

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – In what has been hailed as a big step toward reforming the Indonesian Military (TNI), the House of Representatives and the government have agreed to allow civili

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has dismissed doubts cast over its promise of neutrality in the 2009 elections Thursday.

Jakarta – Security forces stormed airports, glitzy hotels, passenger ships and the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Sunday during a massive national counterterrorism exercise.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The amendment of the military tribunal law has hit a deadlock at the House of Representatives with the government adamant that civilian police cannot be autho

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has pledged to embrace international humanitarian law to prevent human rights violations from occurring during its operations.