Bandung – There are currently no plans to develop a new military command in West Irian Jaya following that its separation from Papua, according to Army chief Gen. Djoko Santoso.

Jakarta – The Indonesian army has lost 129 billion rupiah (14 million dollars) in an alleged embezzlement scheme involving a colonel and an official from the state bank Mandiri, it has

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – At a glance, there was nothing significant about the proposal by departing Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Jakarta – Following the arrests of two soldiers Saturday for transporting marijuana, the Marine Corps conceded Monday that at least four other marines could be involved.

Jakarta – A military tribunal in Indonesia's Papua province has jailed a soldier for eight months for his role in a shooting last month that left a student dead and two others wounded.

Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi – A rally was held at the Southeast Sulawesi provincial council Saturday to protest against the involvement of military personnel in a land eviction case in

Mark Dodd – More than 400 mutinous East Timorese soldiers – a quarter of the country's army – will be dismissed for deserting after protesting over poor conditions and selective promoti

Reporter: Karen Percy

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Home Minister M. Ma'ruf supports the idea of soldiers being allowed to vote in the 2009 elections.

Nearly 600 East Timorese soldiers have deserted their barracks this month in protest against alleged discrimination and over-zealous surveillance, an officer in the group says.

Dili – A group of about 350 troops in East Timor who remain AWOL in a dispute with military and civil authorities will be disciplined for their actions, which do not constitute a threat

Jakarta – Transforming Indonesia's tarnished but powerful military into a modern defence force will be an uphill battle, even for its new pro-reform chief who took over this week, analy

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Activist groups united on Monday to oppose the government's plan to "legalize" the military's security business, in which private companies pay soldiers to

Jakarta – Outgoing Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Friday that several articles in the Military Criminal Code, mainly pertaining to prosecution of Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel, needed amendm

Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has put forward four preconditions that have to be met before the right to vote is given to members of the TNI (Indone

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Outgoing Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

Maruli Ferdinand, Jakarta – The Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial) opposes the Indonesian military (TNI) being given the right to vote in the 2009 general elections.

Dili – A crisis among East Timor's Armed Forces that erupted last week after hundreds of disgruntled troops left their barracks is still a long way from being resolved, military sources

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Vice Marshall Herman Prayitno has been appointed as the new Air Force chief of staff, replacing his boss Marshal Djoko Suyanto, who will soon head the Indonesia

Ratna Nuraini, Jakarta – TNI (Indonesian military) chief General Endriartono Sutarto has revealed that there has been no increase in security disturbances in Papua.

Dili – An inquiry commission began hearings Friday on the complaints of hundreds of East Timorese soldiers who went AWOL to protest alleged discrimination and ill-treatment by commander

Dili – Most of the 400 East Timorese soldiers protesting against alleged discrimination bowed to President Xanana Gusmao's ultimatum to return to barracks and dispersed early Thursday f

Dili – Hundreds of East Timorese troops who gathered outside Dili's presidential palace Wednesday to demand the dismissal of a senior commander have left the complex and will meet Presi

Jakarta – Foreign companies will soon receive guidelines on seeking military protection for their operations in Indonesia, the defense minister said Monday.

Jakarta – Former Army chief of staff General Ryamizard Ryacudu says there is a global plot to weaken the TNI (Indonesian military).

Pramono, Jakarta – General Ryamizard Ryacudu says that the TNI (Indonesian military) is being ruined and weakened.

Although he initially seemed a surprising choice for a position dominated by the Army for decades, Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto was confirmed Thursday to head the Indonesian Military (TNI)

Reports of huge payments by US mining company PT Freeport-MacMoran to Indonesian soldiers in Papua have caused controversy, with critics saying such payments erode the professionalism o

Muninggar Sri Saraswati,Jakarta – Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said what many wanted to hear Wednesday, vowing during his confirmation hearing to keep the military out of politics and pres

The next chief of Indonesia's military faces one of the toughest jobs in the country professionalising the country's armed forces.

Jakarta – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a deft move in nominating the country's airforce chief as the next boss of the powerful but reforming armed forces, ana

Tom Allard – The Indonesian military is using the same tactics of terror in West Papua that were employed during its bloody reign in East Timor, and Australia should step in to mediate

Makassar – A soldier was killed and three seriously wounded when a police truck rammed into a crowd of people amid a dispute between military troops and police officers in Manado, North

Phelim Kyne, Jakarta – Investors in New York have asked US investigators to determine whether millions of dollars allegedly paid by mining giant Freeport to Indonesian military officers

Reporter: Hamish Fitzsimmons

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – With continuing questions over its role in safeguarding the property of private companies, the military has asked for clear regulations to provide a "legal umbr

Emmy Kuswandari, Jakarta – After a period of reducing the number of military personnel tasked with guarding vital installations such as ExxonMobil and Freeport, the TNI (Indonesian mili

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – It is apparent that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has heard the demand that the post of Indonesian Military (TNI) chief be rotated among the three milita

Andi Widjajanto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has nominated Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto to be the next Indonesian Military (TNI) commander.

Tiarma Siboro and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Reorganizing the military and reviewing the Army-focused national defense concept will be the main tasks for the new military chief, analysts s

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Had the New Order leader Soeharto – a former Army general – not been deposed, few Indonesian Air Force officers would likely hold important roles within the Ind

Tiarma Siboro and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Although the nomination of the first Air Force chief to head the military has been hailed as a fresh start in reform efforts, an analyst fears

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – As widely expected, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has nominated Air Marshall Djoko Suyanto to lead the Indonesian Military (TNI

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Three Army soldiers involved in a violent attack last November on a village in Jeneponto regency, South Sulawesi, were each given 10-week jail sentences and

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has obligated the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police to purchase weapons or other products produced by the ten str

Rendi Akhmad Witular and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The government has gathered its strategic state enterprises together to develop the country's arms industry and increase self-relian

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An active duty Army soldier has been arrested for piracy in the busy Strait of Malacca, in another blow to the already tarnished image of the Indonesian Militar

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono surely has his own way of measuring the capability of the three candidates for the top post in the Indonesian military (TNI), in the form of a shootin

Jakarta – General Endriartono Sutarto, Commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI), has stated that reforms carried out by the TNI were not to please the United States, nor the US govern