Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – About 500 inhabitants of Dagouto village in Paniai Regency, Papua, have opted to leave their homes and seek refuge following the deployment of 150 Mobile Bri

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia says it has ratified a global treaty banning nuclear test explosions.

Denpasar, Bali – Indonesia Sunday released a 14-year-old Australian boy convicted of drug possession on the resort island of Bali after two months in detention.

David McRae – The planned deployment of 2500 US Marines to Darwin has only periodically been front-page news in Indonesia, with coverage in some of Indonesia's main papers confined, wit

Daniel Flitton and Tom Allard, Nusa Dua, Indonesia – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono quizzed Julia Gillard and Barack Obama over the new American "base" in northern Austr

Karlis Salna – Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pointed to the growing strategic significance of Australia's relationship with Indonesia as she prepares for a meeting with President Sus

Chichi Conde, Bali, Indonesia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to set up review group that will study the application for membership

Jakarta – The United Nations has declared that Indonesia's detention of Papuan human rights advocate Filep Karma is an infringement of international law, New York human rights group Fre

Flip Prior, Broome – East Timor's ambassador to Australia Abel Guterres flew into Broome last week for a whirlwind round of meetings with Broome Shire councillors and tourism and hospit

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The presence of large firms in Papua alongside Freeport could exacerbate conflict in the region if locals are not given the chance to take up economic opportu

International pressure is mounting for Indonesia to address growing unrest and violence in its Papua region.

Arientha Primanita, Dessy Sagita & Agus Triyono – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have been flirting with political suicide when he awarded a Malaysian sultan a medal of hono

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) and economic analyst Hendri Saparini have voiced concerns over the government's prolonged import policy, which say could cause a

The arrest of a 14-year-old Australian boy in Bali on drug possession charges will test Indonesian-Australian relations, an NGO said.

Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry has agreed to settle the Rp 6.5 billion (US$750,000) parking fine bill incurred since 2002 by Indonesian diplomats in New York City.

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – The details of a controversial new regulation that would ban the export of raw commodities from 2014 are set to be released later this year.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Singapore – The Singaporean government on Wednesday said it regarded its current extradition treaty with Indonesia, signed in 2007, as final, despite difficulties the

Ezra Sihite – The Indonesian government on Tuesday blamed a lack of legal parking spaces in New York City for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid parking tickets its diplomat

East Timor's foreign minister Zacarias da Costa says his country is keen to work closely with Melanesian countries to assist them in economic development.

Jakarta – The common effective preferential tariff (CEPT) adopted by ASEAN countries does not provide any real benefit to Indonesian industries, but amplifies the trade balance deficit,

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Across the city, banners and posters signal the new country's increasing integration with the world outside, heralding events such as Timor-Leste's hosting of th

Jakarta – World Bank managing director Sri Mulyani Indrawati commended Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao for his administrative and financial reform policies during the former's

Specialty media have recently reported that China "has sought to take better advantage of the strategic value" of East Timor, "especially bearing in mind the prevalent regional and inte

The Singapore Embassy in Jakarta on Monday clarified that, contrary to recent reports, the Singaporean government had already signed an extradition treaty with Indonesia and that this t

Tom Allard, Jakarta, and Richard Willingham – The live cattle trade to Indonesia will be dramatically restricted under a plan being considered by the Australian and Indonesian governmen

Linda YulismanJ, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus fell further in April as imports reached an all-time high during April thanks to the appreciation of the rupiah against the US dolla

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D.

Tom Allard in Tangerang, Banten – The ban on sending Australian cattle to just 11 Indonesian abattoirs is bound to fail and a far stricter regime is required to lift standards of animal

Canberra – Australia suspended live cattle exports to 11 Indonesian abattoirs on Tuesday and announced a review into the A$320 million ($342 million) trade after graphic footage was bro

Megawati Wijaya, Singapore – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will weigh this week in Jakarta whether to bring East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, into the 10-membe

Barry Wain – Government officials, analysts and academics continue to debate the merits of admitting Timor Leste this year to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, seemingly unawa

Lynn Lee – Indonesia is backing Timor Leste's bid to join Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) because excluding it would be "economically unnatural" and "politically destabil

Brian Padden – Indonesia's unreserved support for East Timor's membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reinforces the growing ties between two countries that were on op

Francezka Nangoy – Beef may become increasingly scarce next month as the government rushes its efforts to reach self-sufficiency, the Indonesian Meat Importers Association said on Tuesd

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The government has said that Indonesia would support Timor Leste's full membership in ASEAN – despite opposition from other countries.

Jakarta, Indonesia – East Timor has applied for a membership in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations. Its application was submitted Friday by East Timor's foreign minister.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – It is a ubiquitous sight, and sound, across the cities and villages of Indonesia: the bakso vendor tapping a steady rhythm on a large steel pot, quite literally dr

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono voiced support Thursday for East Timor's bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, his spokesman said.

Mark Dodd – East Timor's defence chief has blasted Australia for its tardy response in helping the half-island state develop a patrol boat fleet to tackle people-smuggling.

East Timor is seeking to become the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono conveyed his government's full support for Timor Leste's intention to join the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year, l

Singapore – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday it would be symbolic if his fledgling country gained ASEAN membership next year when former occupier Indonesia takes ove

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Israel and Taiwan on Monday became the only two countries with no diplomatic links with Indonesia, after the government and House of Representatives agreed on

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A court in The Hague on Tuesday rejected a motion filed by the South Maluku Republic seeking the arrest of former Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda dur

Mark Moloney, Jakarta – Ridiculing Indonesian Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring has gone global with international television and online news portals taking turns to poke fun at

Tifatul Sembiring, the controversial and conservative minister of Communications and Information Technology, has found himself at the center of a media and Twitter maelstrom for shaking

Jakarta – The Indonesian media and blogosphere continued on Thursday a campaign of condemnation against a conservative Muslim minister Tifatul Sembiring who expressed embarrassment abou

Anita Rachman & Mark Moloney, Jakarta – It has become the handshake seen and discussed around the world.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – For Deni Gustianto, 23, taking part in Tuesday's rally to protest the visit of US President Barack Obama was a no-brainer.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The US President, Barack Obama, has praised Indonesia's transition from dictatorship to democracy and identified it as a "critical leader" in the region and on the