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April 28, 1998

AFX-ASIA - April 28, 1998

Tokyo – US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the lack of public participation in Indonesia's government aggravated the effect of the Asian financial crisis.

April 16, 1998

Financial Times - April 16, 1998

By Gwen Robinson in Jakarta and John Authers in New York

April 13, 1998

Washington Post - April 13, 1998

Keith B. Richburg, Jakarta – Members of the U.S.

April 11, 1998

The Age - April 11, 1998

Andrew Higgins, West Java – Wood huts scattered around fields of rice are a long way from the haggling between the International Monetary Fund and the technocrats of President Soeharto.

April 10, 1998

Asiaweek - April 10, 1998

No memorandums have been signed, no handshakes photographed.

April 8, 1998

Reuters - April 8, 1998

Jakarta – The following is a chronology of Indonesia's financial crisis and political developments in the country the last eight months.

1997

April 6, 1998

Business Week - April 6, 1998

An expected IMF deal leaves him plenty of maneuvering room It's a confrontation that has pitted the might of the U.S.

April 2, 1998

Kyodo - April 2, 1998

Christine T.

April 1, 1998

Reuters - April 1, 1998

Jakarta – Hundreds of hospital patients in Jakarta have fled their beds before making a full recovery because they cannot afford their bills, an Indonesian newspaper said on Thursday.

March 31, 1998

Australian Financial Review - March 31, 1998

Peter Hartcher – The international community's $US43bn ($64bn) package for support of Indonesia is a waste of money, according to a US analyst and former senior policy maker in the Bush

March 19, 1998

Straits Times - March 19, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic woes should be blamed on the government's failure to implement reforms, not on deficiencies in the International Monetary Fund's programme for the country

Far Eastern Economic Review - March 19, 1998

Murray Hiebert with S. Jayasankaran in Kuala Lumpur – A late-afternoon telephone call alarmed the retired Malaysian civil servant.

Far Eastern Economic Review - March 19, 1998

Salil Tripathi, Jakarta – If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

March 15, 1998

Asiaweek - March 15, 1998

Amien Rais has many personas. He is professor of political science at Gadjah Mada University in Jogjakarta in Central Java.

March 14, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - March 14, 1998

By David Jenkins – So who is to blame for the mess in Indonesia, a nation that appears to be sliding inexorably towards political, social and economic chaos?

Business Times - March 14, 1998

Leon Hadar – The Clinton Administration, frustrated over its inability to persuade President Suharto to embrace economic and political reforms, has decided to adopt a "wait-and-see" pol

March 12, 1998

Far Eastern Economic Review - March 12, 1998

By Margot Cohen in Jakarta and Bandung, West Java – By all accounts, the speech was masterly. "Human rights have practically disappeared," intoned President Suharto.

Sydney Morning Herald - March 12, 1998

Jennifer Hewett, Washington – The International Monetary Fund, responding to criticism of its tough approach to Indonesia, has indicated it is willing to be more flexible in negotiating

March 8, 1998

Reuters - March 8, 1998

Phil Smith, Jakarta – Indonesia is being criticised for not implementing the International Monetary Fund's new set of economic reforms quickly enough and President Suharto has come unde

March 7, 1998

New York Times - March 7, 1998

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – As an electoral assembly moved through its scripted steps Friday toward the expected re-election of President Suharto next week, the new players on the Indonesian

Kyodo - March 7, 1998

Washington – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not disburse a second 3 billion dollar installment of its loan to financially beleaguered Indonesia before April, an IMF spokeswo

March 6, 1998

Posted on reg.indonesia - March 6, 1998

1997

July 8: Indonesia's currency, the rupiah, begins to fall. The Government widens its rupiah trading band from 8 to 12 percent.

South China Morning Post - March 6, 1998

Ian Stewart in Kuala Lumpur and Jenny Grant in Jakarta

Hunger is forcing thousands of Indonesians to flee to Malaysia, police there said yesterday.

March 5, 1998

New York Times - March 5, 1998

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – As a decision nears on whether to infuse billions of dollars in international aid into Indonesia, a close look at President Suharto's performance shows a pattern

February 26, 1998

Far Eastern Economic Review - February 26, 1998

A defiant Suharto gambles everything on an unorthodox financial plan that could cost Indonesia the IMF's support.

February 25, 1998

Wall Street Journal - February 25, 1998

Canberra – International Monetary Fund Director for Asia-Pacific Hubert Neiss Wednesday said the fund is examining ways to preserve subsidies for food, rice and cooking oil in Indonesia

February 24, 1998

Agence France Presse - February 24, 1998

Jakarta – The spectre of current food shortages leading to a famine throughout the island of Java has emerged as a major threat to President Suharto's regime, observers say, adding it c

February 23, 1998

Washington Post - February 23, 1998

Keith B. Richburg, Jakarta – Indonesia-Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country, is sliding steadily toward economic and social chaos.

February 21, 1998

Australian Financial Review - February 21, 1998

Peter Hartcher – One of Indonesia's key Islamic leaders has promised to lead a "people's power" mass movement to unseat President Soeharto unless his regime can solve the country's cris

February 19, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - February 19, 1998

James Woodford – The Chief of the Defence Force, General John Baker, the Foreign Minister, Mr Downer, and the Defence Minister, Mr McLachlan, expressed serious concerns yesterday about

Washington Post - February 19, 1998

Keith B.

DIGEST No. 52 - February 19, 1998

For all the almost hysterical reporting of unrest in the press, no one has yet tried to create an overall picture of what has happened on the ground.

February 18, 1998

South China Morning Post - February 18, 1998

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Rioters in West Java had admitted being paid to initiate unrest, police said yesterday.

February 17, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - February 17, 1998

Louise Williams, Jakarta – Indonesia's ruling Golkar Party has announced that the controversial Technology Minister, Dr Jusuf Habibie, is its vice-presidential choice, a move which is c

February 14, 1998

Mercury News - February 14, 1998

Michael Dorgan, Jakarta – It's 5:30 a.m. and a new day is dawning.

Reuters - February 14, 1998

Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta – At least three people have been killed and 154 detained in riots over rising prices directed mostly against shops run by Indonesia's minority Chinese, polic

Kyodo - February 14, 1998

Jakarta – Some 2,000 students threw stones at several stores Saturday morning on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island after their rally to protest higher basic commodity prices turned into a rio

February 13, 1998

Associated Press - February 13, 1998

Irwan Firdaus, Sukamandi – In the most violent day of protests yet in Indonesia's economic crisis, thousands went on the rampage in at least eight towns today, venting their anger again

Reuters - February 13, 1998

Indonesia's security forces plan to tap phones to monitor dissidents calls and pull the plug on conversations that are deemed political, a newspaper said on Friday.

February 12, 1998

Reuters - February 12, 1998

Raju Gopalakrishnan, Jakarta – President Suharto accused unnamed groups on Thursday of using Indonesia's economic crisis to undermine his government as the country announced the appoint

Reuters - February 12, 1998 (Extracts only)

Washington – The IMF is headed for a showdown with its third largest borrower on Thursday, insisting Indonesia was not ready for a rigid currency regime and highlighting political uncer

Associated Press - February 12, 1998

Christopher Torchia, Jakarta – It wasn't a bomb, but the box found next to a bank machine in an airport was meant to send a warning.

Financial Times - February 12, 1998

Indonesia's plan for a currency board may look attractive. But it is a high-risk gamble that could cause huge damage.

February 11, 1998

New York Times - February 11, 1998

Seth Mydans, Surabaya – The military officer seemed puzzled when asked about the giant Tactica armored water cannon that was parked beside him, in front of the glass-and-chrome Delta Pl

February 10, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - February 10, 1998

Louise Williams, Jakarta – Hundreds of people marched through Jakarta's main business district yesterday protesting against rising prices and unemployment, just a day after the armed fo

February 9, 1998

Reuters - February 9, 1998

Jakarta – About 200 people attacked and set on fire shops and vehicles in an eastern Indonesian town in protest against price hikes, the Jakarta Post reported on Monday.

Wall Street Journal - February 9, 1998

Raphael Pura, Jakarta – A food crisis is closing in on Indonesia.

Sydney Morning Herald - February 9, 1998

Louise Williams, Jakarta – Riots over rising food prices hit drought-stricken eastern Indonesia over the weekend as the chief of the armed forces led thousands of troops bristling with

February 8, 1998

New York Times - February 8, 1998

Seth Mydans, Semari – When hundreds of rough-looking men burst through the alleyways of the nearby town of Kraton two days ago, throwing stones and waving sharpened sickles, most of the

February 7, 1998

Reuters - February 7, 1998

Jakarta – At least two shops were burned and seven others damaged in an eastern Indonesian town on Saturday during a protest against price hikes triggered by the currency crisis, the of