Annastashya Emmanuelle, Jakarta – State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim has said the construction of both the toll road, which leads to…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday celebrated her 55th birthday with hundreds of orphans and homeless children in…

Jakarta – Only 49 of 500 Indonesian legislators showed up on time for a plenary meeting to debate the setting up of an inquiry team to investigate…

Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – The Salim Group is lurking behind the scenes, ready to grab its former jewel in the crown, Bank Central Asia. That's the…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – City councillors are again spending millions of rupiah of public money by conducting a two-day meeting with city…

Oyos Saroso HN, Bandarlampung – Activists and the Lampung provincial legislative council clashed on Wednesday after the activists said the…

Yogita Tahil Ramani, Jakarta – Long working hours and working without a day's rest may soon be a thing of the past for Indonesia's housemaids, if…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Despite the outcry from city residents, the public order agency continued on Wednesday its controversial door-to-door…

Jakarta – Amid mounting concern over the negative impact of its fuel price hike policy, the government said the poor should not be affected as it…

Annastashya Emmanuelle, Jakarta – The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) stepped up its pressure on Wednesday for Indonesia…

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, which has temporarily halted the recruitment of Indonesian workers after a riot, Thursday deported 22 textile workers,…

Primastuti Handayani, Jakarta – Critics condemned the Jakarta administration for continuing its controversial door-to-door ID card raids Wednesday…

Jakarta – Protests have continued in several cities across the archipelago against the soaring price of staple foods and other commodities,…

Jakarta – Some 500 activists of the Surakarta-based Islam Defenders Front (FPIS) staged a rally in front of the US Embassy on Jl.…

Jakarta – The city administration started its controversial door-to-door ID card raids in the five mayoralties on Tuesday, arbitrarily arresting 1…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Though accomplices implicated in crimes allegedly masterminded by Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra are being tried, the fate…

Max Lane – There have been student demonstrations, involving hundreds of students, in Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Denpasar and…

A'an Suryana and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – After giving a tepid response to the setting up of an inquiry team to investigate House Speaker Akbar…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The city administration revealed on Tuesday that only 32 companies, among 25,000 private firms here, have officially…

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – The soaring prices of basic commodities caused by fuel price increases have forced people to try to reduce their…

Jakarta – The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has set a deadline of March 18 for Indonesia to begin trials of suspects…

Jakarta – The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) said on Tuesday that it would import some one million tons of rice this year, higher than an earlier…

Jakarta – An Indonesian human rights court to try those accused of violence in East Timor in 1999 must meet international standards, the visiting…

Jakarta – The latest biographer of former Indonesian dictator Suharto said Tuesday he believed the ex-president had no part in plotting the 1965…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government Tuesday announced plans to raise telephone charges as protests continued over last week's stiff increase in…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Fuel subsidies cost the Indonesian government 16 percent of its overalll expenditures in 2001. A total of US$5.3 billion (…

Jakarta – Supporters of an Indonesian party chief suspected of corruption have massed in the capital Jakarta to show solidarity with him, a party…

Jakarta – Some 300 members of a radical Muslim group on Tuesday staged a protest outside the US embassy, accusing the United States…

A'an Suryana and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Political observers lashed out on Saturday at what they saw as a conspiracy to save House Speaker Akbar…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The fate of one of Indonesia's most powerful political figures, Akbar Tandjung, is being weighed today as a plenary…

Jakarta – An Indonesian parliamentary commission wants the national logistics agency Bulog to resume its control over the price of rice, a…

Jakarta – A faction from Indonesia's Muslim United Development Party (PPP) announced it was breaking away Sunday to form a new…

Jakarta – An angry mob in Indonesia's West Java town of Tasikmalaya took justice in their own hands and burned to death three street…

Catharine Munro, Jakarta – When Guntur Alfie's friends and colleagues told him to buy a bullet proof vest to sit in judgment on Indonesian…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The government's fuel price rises have dealt a blow to public transportation drivers who are complaining that the hike…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Almost every day it seems, the media report that at least one suspected robber has been shot dead by police.

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Vaudine England, Jakarta – The jailing of an Acehnese activist for holding a peaceful rally and the resurrection of a "blacklist" of people banned…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Former president Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, may escape prosecution again after two suspects in…

Robert Go, Jakarta – One in 100 Indonesians, or roughly two million people, are hooked on narcotics, according to information provided by the…

Jakarta – Foreign investment in Indonesia dropped by nearly 42 per cent last year due to political instability and increasing lawlessness that the…

Two separate protest marches, organized by members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and several universities in Jakarta respectively, converged…

Jill Jolliffe, Maliana – A special court to judge suspects accused of crimes in East Timor in 1999 should be given a chance, the chairman of the…

Jakarta – Widespread protest against the fuel price hike hit the capital on Friday, creating heavy traffic congestion in many parts of…

Jakarta – Street protests hit the Indonesian capital of Jakarta for the second day in a row Friday over the government's decision to raise fuel…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Yesterday's 22-per-cent hike in fuel prices dealt a second blow within a month to Indonesia's already hard pressed businesses…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The sharp increases in fuel prices on Thursday boosted the prices of several staples, causing an outcry among the…

Makassar – Student protests against the fuel price hike turned violent here on Thursday, with crowds hijacking and vandalizing a truck…

Jakarta – About 200 students grouped in the loose student alliance City Forum (Forkot) protested on Thursday the government's decision…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Imam Utomo, Governor of densely populated East Java, is concerned about the increasingly crushing burdens of poverty,…

Reme Ahmad, Kuala Lumpur – SOME 500 Indonesian textile workers in Negri Sembilan overturned vehicles and shouted profanities at policemen in a…