A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Semsar Siahaan was a powerful artist who revealed the complexities and injustices of society with a clear eye.

Born on…

Edward Aspinall – The international community needs to be cautious in welcoming signs of an apparent breakthrough in the recent Aceh peace talks…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A discussion here on Wednesday identified shortcomings in Law No. 27/2004 on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The investigation into the murder of top human rights campaigner Munir suffered another setback as national carrier…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Mismanagement at the Leuwigajah dump in south Cimahi was to blame for the collapse of mountains of garbage on Monday,…

It has taken Indonesia many years, and an international scandal, for the country to finally wake up to the immensity of the looting that has been…

Urip Hudiono and Sri Wahyuni, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – To hike or not to hike. That is the question – and the fuel for many arguments currently raging…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff Marshall Chappy Hakim has suggested that the President consider a high ranking Air…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A number of international human rights observers have expressed their pessimism that offering amnesty for human rights…

A survey of 1,305 businesses and top managers of local and multinational firms here named Jakarta as the most corrupt city in the country. The…

Palembang (South Sumatra) – Dozens of Palembang students protested on Tuesday against the central government's plan to raise fuel…

Gunawan Mashar, Jakarta – For the umpteenth time, on Wednesday February 23 students from the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar have…

The Bush administration is trying to convince the American Congress to restore some US military assistance to Indonesia. But, it must also win…

Rescuers sifting through the debris of a garbage landslide in Indonesia say that any of the more than 100 missing who have not suffocated or been…

Jakarta – The customs agency, airport security and the Soekarno-Hatta Animal Quarantine office often work in cahoots with smugglers to bring…

[West Papua and Indonesia since Suharto – Independence, Autonomy or Chaos? By Professor Peter King. University of NSW Press, 2004. 240 pages, $40…

Jakarta – An inter-ministerial work group is now investigating the existence of military businesses.

"How many businesses that will be…

Rendi A. Witular and Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Military and police personnel along with officials from the ministries of forestry and…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – State oil and gas company PT Pertamina expects a decline in profit and revenue this year due to declining oil…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – As Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono and several of his ministers were wooing investors in Singapore last week,…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Two days of heavy rain forced over 50,000 residents in south Bandung to flee to safety on Monday as their houses were…

Indonesian prosecutors accused Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir of failing to prevent militants allegedly under his leadership from carrying out…

Jakarta – Indonesia's top intellectual and a longtime contender for the Nobel Literature prize believes that the influx of foreigners and aid…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – International experts on truth and reconciliation commissions have expressed concerns about Indonesia's recently passed…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono denied on Monday reports that the government would again combine the Indonesia Military (…

A survey by Transparency International Indonesia (TII) has ranked Jakarta as the nation's most corrupt city. The tax and customs offices have also…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Just like government officials, corruption watchdogs showed no surprise on Friday at the results of a survey placing…

John Mcbeth (Straits Times, Asia News Network), Singapore – The recent oil strike by Australian-owned Santos off the coast of East Java and major…

The president is the supreme commander of the Indonesian armed forces. The 1945 Constitution – both in its amended and original forms – clearly…

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto's term in office has been extended twice. He has also…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The National Police have shrugged off a report that declares it to be the second most corrupt institution in the…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Indonesia imported about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of processed fuel last year to meet domestic demand for…

"I don't care," has apparently become a catchphrase among government officials, following President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's example.

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"This is a smuggler... ha... ha... He is a mafia [member]... ha... ha...," an unidentified man told undercover investigators.

He pointed his…

Ivy Susanti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has welcomed the US government's gesture to restore full military training ties with Indonesia,…

Yogyakarta – The replacement of three Indonesian armed forces (TNI) chiefs of staff which took place yesterday (18/2) is believed by a political…

Jambi – A lecturer said here on Friday that some student groups have hidden agendas for staging protests in the province ahead of the…

On average, 10 people with dengue fever are admitted to city-owned hospitals every day, bringing the total of dengue cases since the…

Jakarta – Prior to its fuel price hike plan in April, which will eventually reduce budget expenditures for the fuel subsidy, the government has…

Environmental investigators said Thursday they had uncovered massive timber smuggling from Indonesia's Papua province to China in what they…

Palu (Central Sulawesi) – Central Sulawesi Police named as suspects on Friday 19 councillors for their alleged involvement in the…

Kupang – Hundreds of residents staged a protest on Friday outside the East Nusa Tenggara council building, demanding the release of a…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Minister of Forestry Malam Sambat Kaban said on Friday he planned to meet with Coordinating Minister for…

Shaunak Mazumder, Jakarta – "You are late for class," my English teacher said, "Sorry, Miss. There is a lot of traffic on the way to school lately…

Tangerang – Cable thieves disrupted trains services between Tangerang and Jakarta for the second time in a month on Friday.

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John Aglionby – Environmental activists have exposed what they claim to be the world's biggest timber smuggling racket, the supply of the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A brief commotion ended a five-hour hearing between the Attorney General's Office (AGO) and the House of Representatives…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Government officials appeared indifferent when responding to a survey by Transparency…

Jakarta – The most egregious case of timber smuggling ever discovered – valued at more than US$1 billion – was made public on Thursday by two non-…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced on Thursday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had appointed three new…