Hamish McDonald – As Megawati Sukarnoputri edges closer to assuming the Indonesian presidency, she has given some signs of a more conciliatory…
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June 1, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - June 1, 2001
South China Morning Post - June 1, 2001
Reuters in Sydney – With President Wahid fighting for his political survival and his supporters vowing to lay down their lives for him, aid…
Sydney Morning Herald - June 1, 2001
Hamish McDonald – Warning of a new financial crisis in Indonesia, the Federal Opposition yesterday urged a softer approach by international…
Jakarta Post - June 1, 2001
Bogor – There was a second explosion at the house of the parents of Budiman Sudjatmiko, chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), in the…
Straits Times - June 1, 2001
Surabaya – Protesters in East Java have admitted that they were paid to hit the streets in support of President Abdurrahman Wahid,…
May 31, 2001
Jakarta Post - May 31, 2001
Jakarta – Some 10,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid occupied on Wednesday the office of Situbondo local administration in…
Australian Financial Review - May 31, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's intelligence agency has named a prominent Australian academic as a potential security threat, in the latest sign of the…
May 30, 2001
Jakarta Post - May 30, 2001
Jakarta – A day ahead of the much-anticipated plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR), thousands of President…
Green Left Weekly - May 30, 2001
Max Lane, Jakarta – If opponents of President Abdurrahman Wahid have their way, when it meets on May 30 the Indonesian parliament will call a…
Jakarta Post - May 30, 2001
Surabaya – Security forces fired warning shots into the air in an attempt to disperse thousands of supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid who…
May 29, 2001
Jakarta Post - May 29, 2001
Jakarta – Pro-democracy activists, alarmed of strong signs of a reappearance of the military within politics, warned the Indonesian Military (TNI…
May 28, 2001
Reuters - May 28, 2001
Jakarta – Hundreds of enraged supporters of beleaguered Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Monday attacked buildings linked to…
Jakarta Post - May 28, 2001
Surabaya – East Java authorities have stepped up precaution measures in anticipation of possible unrest resulting from the heightened tension…
Sydney Morning Herald - May 28, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Abandoned by almost all of Jakarta's political elite, some of whom think he has lost grasp of reality, Abdurrahman…
Straits Times - May 28, 2001
Jakarta – The city's hospitals are struggling to admit new patients and are having a hard time treating existing ones because a…
May 24, 2001
Far Eastern Economic Review - May 24, 2001
John McBeth, Jakarta – The Indonesian military is in a sorry state at a bad time. Many of its aircraft can't take to the skies, most of its ships…
May 23, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - May 23, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The United States has entered the political debate in Indonesia, saying that the military must obey the civilian…
Tempo - May 23, 2001
Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of House of Representative (DPR) for Political and Security Affairs, Sutardjo Surjoguritno, and House Commission II…
Detik - May 23, 2001
Hestiana Dharmastuti/HD, Jakarta – On Wednesday, around 200 workers came to the Vice President Palace. They are demanding the…
Straits Times - May 23, 2001
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief Admiral Widodo Adisucipto, seeking to defuse tensions that could trigger sporadic violence…
Straits Times - May 23, 2001
Jakarta – Illegal loggers are suspected of moving border posts between Indonesia and Malaysia in the rainforests of Borneo island,…
May 22, 2001
Straits Times - May 22, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is seeking to patch up ties with his old Muslim allies, who have turned political…
Detik - May 22, 2001
Rizal Maslan/HD, Jakarta – The meeting of the Army Forced generals at the Indonesian Military's headquarters last Saturday has indicated the…
Detik - May 22, 2001
Indra Shalihin/HD Detik, Jakarta – Around 300 workers from the National Front for Indonesian Labour Struggle (FNPBI) staged a…
Straits Times - May 22, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Jakarta has witnessed some very strange events in the last 48 hours – the army's strategic reserve chief Lieutenant-…
Agence France Presse - May 22, 2001
Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto was a better leader than Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, according to a readers' poll conducted by…
Straits Times - May 22, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – A change of leadership in Jakarta is crucial to Indonesia's economic recovery, say business leaders and analysts.
After…
May 21, 2001
Straits Times - May 21, 2001
Jakarta – A senior Indonesian military commander yesterday urged troops to remain loyal to the nation and not to any individual after…
Jakarta Post - May 21, 2001
Jakarta – Members of the Anti-Communist Coalition (AAK) made visits to a number of major bookstores here on Saturday, but the alliance did not act…
Detik - May 21, 2001
Muchus Budi Rahayu/HD, Jakarta – In solo, Central Java, an action to commemorate three years of the Suharto's stepping down on May 21, 1998 were…
Detik - May 21, 2001
Bagus Kurniawan/HD, Yogyakarta – Around one hundred students from various universities in Yogyakarta, Central Java staged a demonstration in front…
Detik - May 21, 2001
Djoko Tjiptono/FW, Jakarta – The third year of the step-down of iron-fist ruler Suharto was commemorated by students across the…
Sydney Morning Herald - May 21, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Wahid is refusing to drop plans to sack senior generals, declare martial law and disband…
May 19, 2001
Assocated Press - May 19, 2001 (abridged)
Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court will examine demands that the Golkar party of former president Suharto be disbanded because of corruption and…
Straits Times - May 19, 2001
Jakarta – Police in Jakarta have shot dead 36 thugs and nabbed 682 others across the city in a month-long anti-hoodlum campaign, an official has…
Straits Times - May 19, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of protesters in Indonesia's Sulawesi province forced a two-hour cut in electricity and telephone services to…
Straits Times - May 19, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Recession-hit, lower-income Indonesians are turning to instant noodles instead of rice as a key source of nourishment,…
Jakarta Post - May 19, 2001
Jakarta - City Police detectives questioned a coordinator of the Solidarity for Peace in East Timor (Solidamor), a non-governmental…
Agence France Presse - May 19, 2001
Jakarta – Social and religious leaders in a district of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan have agreed to the conditional…
Sydney Morning Herald - May 19, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Taufik Kiemas, the wealthy businessman husband of Megawati Sukarnoputri, sent a recent message to Abdurrahman Wahid at…
May 18, 2001
South China Morning Post - May 18, 2001
Vaudine England – Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri may be readying herself to assume the presidency, but she faces daunting obstacles before…
South China Morning Post - May 18, 2001
Vaudine England – Days before a threatened sweep by radical Islamic groups against book stores alleged to be selling communist books, support for…
May 17, 2001
Jakarta Post - May 17, 2001
Jakarta – Under the threat of massive labor rallies, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Al-Hilal Hamdi decided on Wednesday to delay for 14-…
Indonesian Observer - May 17, 2001
Jakarta – Nearly 1,000 protesters yesterday staged a demonstration at the house of Ginandjar Kartasasmita a former minister declared a suspect in…
Jakarta Post - May 17, 2001
Jakarta – Top Indonesian Military (TNI) brass have again warned that they would reject any top level reshuffle in the military command if it was…
Straits Times - May 17, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Frustrated with the lack of recovery and stability at home, many Indonesian businessmen are scouting for opportunities and…
Straits Times - May 17, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia needs around US$28.45 billion in new investment over the next 10 years to stave off a power crisis which has begun to hit some…
May 16, 2001
Detik - May 16, 2001
Nuriddin Lazuardi/HD, Jakarta – A political observer Kusnanto Anggoro from Central Strategy for International Studies (CSIS) believes that several…
Indonesian Observer - May 16, 2001
Jakarta – At least 147 military personnel from Wirabuana Military Command in Sulawesi have been arrested by the local military police when they…
Australian Associated Pess - May 16, 2001
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – Human rights, not military ties, would be the key to a new relationship with Indonesia under a Labor government,…