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

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The 2002 killings of an Indonesian and two American teachers in Papua province was caused by local separatist soldiers firing on civilians by mistake, National P

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Four Timika residents arrested by Papua Police over the killing of two American teachers and their Indonesian colleague continue to live in fear, despite

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

Raymond Bonner, Jakarta – An Indonesian who was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington in connection with the killing of two American school teachers in Papua Province has admit

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

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

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

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – It has been more than a year since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took office.

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

Jakarta – NGO activists consider think that the security of foreign companies such as Freeport McMoran must be provided as a compensation for tax payments to the state.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Friday its latest reshuffle affecting three-star generals, including former Aceh commander Lt. Gen.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono has told local and international companies not to make direct payments to the military officers guarding their operations a

Jakarta – Indonesia's defense minister called Friday for an investigation into allegations that a US gold-mining giant paid US$20 million to military commanders guarding its mine on Pap

A'an Suryana and Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Ignoring mounting criticism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has approved a plan for the Indonesian Military to deploy troops to help speed

Banda Aceh – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denied earlier reports saying he planned to send more than 15,000 troops to Aceh, saying the soldiers would number less than 1,000 and wo

Banda Aceh – General Endriartono Sutarto, Commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI), has said that the TNI operational command based in Lhokseumawe would be closed down following the w

A'an Suryana, Banda Aceh – Despite mounting criticism, the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) is pressing ahead with its plan to request the Indonesian Military (T

Banda Aceh – Indonesia withdrew 1,600 troops from Aceh province as part of a pact aimed at ending a separatist conflict in the province devastated by last year's tsunami.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Papuans have continued protesting the presence of security forces in villages across their troubled province, which they say has caused t

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Wirabuana Military Command is still questioning 25 soldiers accused of being responsible for attacking and looting houses in a remote subdistrict in Sout

Malang, East Java – The Indonesian Army is to establish one Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) division in Papua.

Malang – Lieutenant General Hadi Waluyo, Chief of the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), has stated that the number of Army weapons was sufficient.

Lhokseumawe – Indonesia pulled out more than 2,000 troops from Aceh province Saturday after the rebels handed over weapons as part of a peace deal to end 29 years of fighting, the provi

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was criticized on Friday for showing lack of commitment in pushing through the military reform program during his first year

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense says it will ban servicemen from being involved in the management of businesses owned by the Indonesian Military (TNI) in order to achie

The government has yet to approve a formal resumption of counter-terrorism training and exercises between Australian troops and Indonesia's controversial special force, Kopassus.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will likely retain many of its businesses, despite a law mandating that the government take over all the military's enterprises to

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) demanded on Wednesday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) punish a TNI soldier accused of shooting four members of the Free Ac

Jakarta – The TNI pulled out another 2,163 soldiers from Aceh on Tuesday as the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) completed their second round of weapons decommissioning as part of the terms of

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Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Under scorching midday sun, Chief Sgt. Abdul Manaf steered left his motorcycle entering the compound of the East Medan district military command.

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Lisa Misol, New York – Now that the Indonesian military might be independently selling off its shares in private companies, the government has no time to waste in setting ground rules t

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – The plan to reactivate the TNI's (Indonesian military) territorial commands has been greeted by condemnation.

Ahmad Yunus, Bandung – It is indeed appropriate for Bandung to be called a sea of factory outlets.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Challenges still loom for a democratic state in Indonesia where civilians reign supreme, with a significant minority of people still believing military posts are v

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Indonesia urgently needs a doctrine on state defense to identify all internal and external threats to its territorial integrity and to manage its defense f

Indonesia's defence minister, Juwono Sudarsono, has denied media reports that Indonesia's National Defence Forces have deployed a large number of military personnel to Papua province.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The "clearance sale" of assets and properties belonging to Indonesian Military (TNI) foundations and business ventures could last for a month, the Minister of De

The Indonesian military has begun selling off some of its business ventures as part of government reforms.

Tony Hotland and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Over Rp 38.8 billion (US$3.85 million) worth of profits from assets of the Indonesian Military (TNI), which were used by third parties, have no

Jakarta – Following the selling of the Kartika Eka Paksi foundation's 11-percent in PT Bank Artha Graha for not depositing the requested capital, the working group within Indonesian Mil

Canberra – A US defence commander said on Friday that Indonesia must show it had taken steps to reform its military for resumption of aid and arms sales, held back because of concerns o

Jakarta – Indonesia will pull 2,600 soldiers out of Aceh province on Tuesday as it steps up the withdrawal of troops under a peace agreement that ended decades of conflict with rebels,

Nani Afrida, Lhokseumawe – Around 800 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers left Aceh on Sunday as the mass withdrawal of reinforcement troops from the province agreed under the recent pea

Jerry Norton, Banda Aceh – Indonesia will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from strife-torn Aceh province as soon as rebels there complete the first stage of an arms surrender this