Jakarta – In a move to commemorate the bloody May riot in 1998, about 200 activists and students staged an anti-violence demonstration…

Denpasar – A violent clash erupted here on Monday afternoon after police officers attacked 60 student protesters from Udayana University who were…

Tangerang – Around 400 workers of PT Mawar Nirwana, a plastic flowers manufacturer in Tangerang, went on strike on Monday, demanding…

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged the US Congress to ease restrictions on military relations with Indonesia, saying Jakarta was dealing with…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Army chief Endriartono Sutarto looks set to become Indonesia's next military commander by the end of this month after…

Jakarta – The chairman of the Jakarta Residents Forum, Azaz Tigor Nainggolan, failed to answer a summons from the city police on…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Several non-governmental organizations (NGO) officially proposed on Monday to City Council a draft bylaw that aims to…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Advocates and Lawyers Association (HAPI) reprimanded on Monday a lawyer defending Tommy Soeharto on weapons…

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – Lies and irregularities uncovered during the ongoing trial of a corruption scandal implicating House of Representatives…

Kasparman and Apriadi Gunawan, Padang/Medan – Hundreds of public minivan drivers in Padang, West Sumatra went on strike Monday, forcing thousands…

Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave a positive report on the Indonesian economy on Monday, saying that macro economic indicators…

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Jakarta – Vexed by assertions that international terrorists may have burrowed into Indonesia, Vice President Hamzah Haz…

Jane Perlez, Jakarta – When the United States recast the Central Asian states from dubious dictatorships to necessary allies in the war on…

Michael Casey, Jakarta – With tales of deception, violence, and corruption, the murder trial of Tommy Suharto is gripping this country.

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Catharine Munro, Jakarta – A major international think-tank has attacked Indonesia's human rights tribunal on East Timor, saying the military's…

Tasikmalaya – A little-known outfit calling itself the Taleban Brigade has taken advantage of the new autonomy laws to get the authorities in this…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and A'an Suryana, Jakarta – As no single faction in the House of Representatives is truly fighting for labor rights, it is…

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A daughter of former president Sukarno said on Sunday the political party she led would likely merge with three other…

Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Council's decision to establish several special committees could encourage corruption and…

Jakarta (Translated by JSMP) – The Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) considers that the process of the Ad Hoc Human Rights…

Riyadi Suparno, Semarang – As recently as the early 1960s, wild birds could be heard singing, entertaining farmers on the slopes of Mount Merbabu…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Body (BPK) chairman Satrio Budihardjo Joedono blamed Law No. 16/2001 on foundations on Sunday for…

Jakarta – Security personnel in the country are reluctant to arrest or take legal action against their colleagues involved in brutality against…

Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – For decades oil has driven the country's growth. But with the government cutting back on fuel subsidies, more…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Several regional TV stations that have sprouted across Indonesia during the past year are now on the verge of collapse…

A lawyer for Tommy Suharto admitted that she had given over 600 dollars to witnesses who later changed their testimony in Tommy's murder and…

Grace Nirang, Jakarta – The streets of Indonesia's strife-torn city of Ambon were deserted on Sunday after another day of violence but Islamic…

Andrew Quinn, San Francisco – California's Supreme Court, in an important free speech ruling, said on Thursday that sportswear giant Nike Inc. can…

Ambon – Blasts rocked the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon yesterday and gunshots rang out as hundreds of loyalists protested against the flying…

Annastashya Emmanuelle, Jakarta – The internal rift within the beleaguered United Development Party (PPP), mainly between the veterans and the…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – In the past two months foreign investors have snapped up a bond by Indonesia's top mobile phone firm, a US investment fund…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has ordered several provinces to revoke "problematic" laws and regulations in a bid to reign in…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Terrorism and piracy were on the agenda but a restoration of full military ties with the United States was uppermost…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – Indonesian and US defense officials Thursday wrapped up security talks that covered issues from terrorism to piracy, marking…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) has replaced its navy and air force chiefs in a routine military reshuffle, the head of…

Jakarta – Former Indonesian military chief Wiranto, who launched a solo album of classic Indonesian love songs last year, will soon…

Bogor – About 100 alleged prostitutes were netted in a series of operations launched separately by the police and the local…

Hundreds of loyalist Muslims staged a noisy protest in Indonesia's eastern city of Ambon against independence supporters flying flags attached to…

Kasparman, Padang – Some 7,000 temporarily employed teachers in West Sumatra are threatening to go on strike in protest against the provincial…

Jupriadi, Makassar – Thousands of students in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar marched on Wednesday to commemorate the killing of three…

Jason Tedjasukmana – Here's why Iwan Fals matters: because boy bands don't take on dictatorships. They don't stand up when everyone else is…

Pramoedya Ananta Toer – Grandmother Satima and mother Saidah, according to Pramoedya Ananta Toer, made him who he is.

Two women gave me life…

Grace Nirang, Jakarta – Indonesian farmers may be fed up with the low prices they get for their coffee but young people in the world's fourth most…

Following the adoption of a statement on East Timor by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) in Geneva last Friday,…

A mob of protestors including Islamic students torched and vandalised six suspected brothels and injured four people during a rampage at an…

Jakarta – The mother of an Indonesian suspected of links to international terrorism said Thursday she was "shocked" to hear he had been jailed for…

Jakarta – US ambassador Ralph Boyce has urged reform of Indonesia's "ineffective and corrupt" legal system to help attract badly needed foreign…

Jakarta – Indonesia is planning new incentives to raise foreign direct investment after a slump last year, an official said Thursday.

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An Indonesian judge murdered 10 months after sentencing Tommy Suharto to jail, had told his wife of a threat from Tommy and a bribery attempt by…

Jakarta – A witness in the trial of Tommy Suharto, a son of the former Indonesian dictator, on Wednesday admitted that he had lied in court and…