Hundreds of students have held street rallies across Indonesia to protest swingeing government increases on fuel prices by an average of nearly 30…

Jakarta – After weeks of uncertainty, the government has announced a hike in domestic fuel prices by an average of 29 percent, which would come…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Victims of the garbage collapse at Leuwigajah dump created havoc on Monday after missing out on an opportunity to talk…

Washington – Just two days after the United States moved to improve military ties with Indonesia, the State Department said on Monday the Jakarta…

Regencies and cities, which lack resources – or the capacity to capitalize on them – should not despair when it comes to attracting private…

The United States, eager to build up its alliances in Southeast Asia, has decided to resume training members of the Indonesian armed forces…

Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta – The construction of high-rise buildings and the overexploitation of groundwater has caused the…

The US State department says Indonesia has met conditions set by Congress for re-establishing a training relationship with the Indonesian military…

Tim Shorrock – The Bush administration and the Pentagon are leveraging warmer post-tsunami relations with Indonesia to convince Congress to lift…

Jim Lobe, Washington – The State Department's decision to renew military training for Indonesia – a major step toward full normalisation of…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The internal strife in the United Development Party (PPP) appears to be worsening after members gathered for informal talks…

[The following is an abridged translations of a selection of articles from Detik.com which were posted on its web site on February 28, the day…

Murray Hiebert, Washington – The US has taken a key step that lets it restore, at least for this year, a military assistance program with the…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Denpasar/Jakarta – Aware that his popularity rating is likely to plunge over planned fuel price…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The Ministry of Forestry has decided to drop its plan to raise its logging quota this year after discovering that…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Indonesia has welcomed the Bush administration's decision to resume a training program for the Indonesian military that has…

Ellen Bork – Bush administration officials want to upgrade ties with Indonesia's military. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told Congress…

Jakarta – In a corner of a kiosk in suburban Jakarta, a young man brags about how he managed to escape being imprisoned after paying Rp 1 million…

The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) today condemned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's decision to resume full International Military…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Sunday welcomed a US decision to resume training members of the Indonesian military after a 14-year…

Rendi A. Witular and Leony Aurora, Jakarta – The government is aiming to revitalize the country's capital market industry by trying to streamline…

Some say the best way to stop corruption among state officials and officeholders is to pay them better salaries. During a conversation some years…

Bandung – Flooding in the past few days has damaged several thousand hectares of rice fields in several regencies in West Java, which…

The terrorism trial of Indonesia's Abu Bakar Bashir wrapped up in characteristically fiery fashion, with the Muslim cleric telling judges they…

Jakarta – Radical reform of the Indonesian administration and bureaucracy is imperative to help curb endemic corruption among civil servants, an…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that the government was focusing its antigraft efforts on the…

Budi Sugiharto, Surabaya – A declaration of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya…

Bill Guerin – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week pledged an "integrated crackdown" on military and police personnel and…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – For seven months Jakarta's motorists have waited patiently in traffic even heavier than normal as they watched the latest…

Jakarta – Out of all the planes owned by the Indonesian Air Force, only 40 percent can be operated optimally. The remaining 60 percent cannot be…

"With a sincere heart, I must say that I am very happy today that I officially handed over the Army's command baton to Pak Djoko. He is my junior…

Jakarta – Political observers questioned on Friday Governor Sutiyoso's motives in granting Rp 15 million (US$1,620) monthly housing allowances to…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – A team of four experts from the Office of the State Minister for the Environment has been assigned to determine…

Puji Santoso, Pekanbaru – Historically thick haze from forest fires and burn-offs blanketed several parts of Riau on Friday, including the capital…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – City councillors now have every reason to smile. Governor Sutiyoso has set councillors' monthly housing allowance at…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Cimahi Police have started questioning officials in charge of the Leuwigajah dump in south Cimahi, where mountains…

Hoping to restore closer links with the west, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be preparing to block the rise of a…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – In an apparent attempt to lobby for the job as new Indonesian Military (TNI) commander, outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen…

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – Amid growing public discontent over the lack of progress in punishing those involved in corruption, a new study says…

Jayapura – Over 150 people claiming to be timber company employers staged a protest on Thursday in Jayapura, demanding the government…

Medan/Jambi/Pekanbaru – Haze thickened on Thursday in several parts of Sumatra, causing flight delays and school shutdowns. The flight delays…

Bandung/Yogyakarta – Heavy rain over the last two days has increased the area under water in south Bandung regency, with 18 out of 45 districts…

Jakarta – Despite potential objections from the House of Representatives, the government will press ahead with its plan to increase domestic fuel…

Jakarta – A day ahead of the national gathering of the United Development Party (PPP), a survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) revealed…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Lawmakers nearly got into a brawl on Thursday after failing to agree on a plan to disclose alleged irregularities in…

There never was a good war or a bad peace. Despite the incremental pace of negotiations, the positive mood at the conclusion of a second round…

Sunariah, Jakarta – Around 40 members of the People's Representative Assembly (DPR) for the period 2004-2009 are suspected of being…

Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) unveiled on Wednesday a possible corruption case involving the People's…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Tabanan/Bali – Indonesia is mourning the passing of yet another prominent artist. Semsar Siahaan, a socialist-realist…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – For the past few weeks, M. Isa, a survivor from Meulaboh, has been trying in vain to help his son get an artificial limb…