Kornelius Purba – My hands were clasped at waist level in a submissive, defensive posture, as one of Soeharto's most feared aides told me in a…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – As the Jakarta administration completes construction of two new busway corridors this year, a non-governmental…

Jakarta – The government must continue strengthening Indonesia's economic fundamentals if it wants to sustain average economic growth of 5 percent…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Indonesia's newly-fashioned strategic relationships with China and Australia stem from its political and economic weakness…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Sjofiardi Bachyul, Jayapura/Padang – A Papuan scholar criticized on Thursday the Indonesian military's (TNI) decision to…

Jakarta – Rigid labor contracts are needed to protect up to 3.7 million Indonesian domestic workers, including some two million employed overseas…

Bogor – Representatives of about 6,000 workers of textile producer PT Great River Indonesia staged a rally at the Bogor Council on…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The parents of four Trisakti University students shot dead during a protest in May 1998 said on Wednesday that they…

Jakarta – As Soeharto left hospital on Wednesday after seven days of treatment for intestinal bleeding, the government has been urged to bring the…

Hera Diani and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – As the May 1998 riots remain unfinished business amid four administrations and two independent…

Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) launched a report on Wednesday, which for the first time presents comprehensive global and…

Jakarta – The multiparty political system has not significantly contributed to regional autonomy and politicians continue to ignore their…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) decision to expel 12 members of a dissenting group…

Jemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang – Hundreds of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) supporters went on a rampage on Tuesday…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto has suspended six officers, four of them from the military…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized around Rp 3 billion (US$315,789) out of a total of some Rp 20 billion in funds…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President of Indonesia
Istana Merdeka
Jakarta 10110 Indonesia

11 May 2005

Dear President…

Jakarta – Indonesia will increase its budget for the armed forces from Rp14.7 trillion (RM6.1 billion) to Rp23 trillion (RM9.6 billion) aimed at,…

Jakarta – After months of stonewalling, the former secretary of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), Nurhadi Djazuli, agreed on Monday to meet…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) maintained their innocence against charges of corruption before House of…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – An incident of bullying, threats and violence on a basketball court at Jakarta's top school for expatriate children has…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The rampant programs on television depicting violence and sex begs a question: Are people in the TV industry equipped with…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Apparently not wanting to go down alone, General Elections Commission (KPU) treasurer Hamdani Amin, who has recently been…

Eva C. Komandjaja and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The antigraft team set up recently by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may overlap with…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Local journalists say the nine-month imprisonment of two of their colleagues over a report on alleged corruption…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The government has finally issued the much-awaited regulation on land acquisition in an…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – A two-month joint operation against illegal logging in Papua has ended with "satisfying" results, the National Police…

Ivy Susanti and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Adm. William J. Fallon, the newly-appointed commander of the US Pacific Command, said on Friday…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The current uncertain relationship between the state and Islam stems from the Soeharto regime's unclear vision about how it…

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – Indonesia must do more to pursue justice in the shooting deaths of two American schoolteachers three years ago before…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar asserted on Friday he would not dismiss or recall any…

The United States is determined to normalize military ties with Indonesia, America's top commander in the Pacific said Friday, despite accusations…

Rachmat Gobel, Jakarta – In recent years, there has been an exodus of international companies from Indonesia. Kyocera is just one of the most…

Jakarta – The election monitoring group the People's Network for Voter Education (JPPR) believes that the provincial offices of the General…

When Director General for Land Transportation Iskandar Abubakar launched the idea of having all private vehicles undergo a roadworthiness test in…

Oyos Saroso H.N, Bandarlampung – Media freedom in Indonesia is on the brink of ruin, with two senior journalists in Lampung being sentenced to…

ID Nugroho, Sidoardjo – An old bicycle is parked among hundreds of motorcycles near a machinery assembling factory in East Java town of Sidoardjo…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – This is a story of a hero-turned public enemy. Mulyana W. Kusumah – a rights activist and member of the Indonesian…

Rendi A. Witular and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed on Wednesday 51 members of a special team…

Jakarta, Nusa Dua, Bali – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has repeated his promise to seriously fight corruption at all levels of both state…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The Armed Forces Veterans Association (Pepabri) supports TNI (armed forces) chief General Endriartono Sutarto's policy…

With great pleasure, ETAN today announced a new name for the 13-year-old organization – the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN).

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Jakarta – Military cooperation between Indonesia and the United States was high on the agenda at a meeting between Indonesian Military…

Jakarta – A US navy commander expressed optimism that the US will soon resume full military cooperation with Indonesia, citing progress by Jakarta…

Edmund McWilliams – Is the United States making the same mistakes in its search for partners in the "war on terror" as it did during the Cold War…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The Press Council again called for the government to revise the controversial draft of the new Criminal Code, which…

Indonesia is opposing United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's proposal to abolish the UN Human Rights Commission and replace it with a…

Ridwan Max Sijabat – A labor dispute bothering a major plywood company in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan, reflects in many ways the…

The fall of the New Order regime in 1998 and the formation of a new government after democratic elections in 1999 were seen as major boosts for…

Tangerang – About 500 public minivan drivers in Tangerang went on strike on Monday to protest the presence of a new public minivan…