Damien Kingsbury – Jakarta has always been a city of intrigue, and for every significant political event there are usually any number of theories…

Low competitiveness in the country's manufacturing products is a major obstacle in the efforts to push economic growth, according to a senior…

Indonesia's presidential candidates pledged to get tough on terrorism as official campaigning began for the country's first direct leadership…

With surveys favouring her suave presidential poll rival, Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri has sought to shed an aloof and uncaring image and…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The much-awaited dialog involving the presidential candidates and their running mates failed to draw much public…

More than 70 representatives of US organizations wrote to Secretary of State Colin Powell today opposing Bush administration plans to expand…

Max Lane – I condemn the bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on September 9, which has taken at least nine lives and injured more…

Jakarta – Indonesia's top security minister has ordered sweeping changes and granted wider powers to its intelligence services following the…

Jakarta – Over 70 lawyers have pledged to defend a coalition of five non-governmental organizations that has been reported to the…

Endy M. Bayuni, Chief Editor – The presidential "dialog" planned for the two candidates this week is proving something of an anticlimax to the…

Although the financial market in Jakarta did not panic after Thursday's bomb attack – ear the Australian embassy compound, it is no longer…

Jakarta – The rupiah, having weathered a huge shock last week following the latest bomb attack in the country, is likely to move within a narrow…

Suwarjono, Jakarta – On Tuesday September 14, victims of the 1965 tragedy(1) went to the presidential palace wanting to meet face-to-face with…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The twin-engine Fokker swooped down in the afternoon heat, kicking up yellow dust that snaked across the bumpy airport…

Salim Osman – Retired colonel Poedjiyono is a picture of confidence as he entertains guests at his house in Margorejo on the outskirts of Surabaya…

Devi Asmarani, Kupang – The provincial legislature building on this eastern Indonesian island some 2,000km from Jakarta looks abandoned just days…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The rejection by several political parties and non-governmental organizations of the contentious bill on the…

Mujiburrahman, Paris – Over the past two decades, debates and controversies have abounded among Indonesian Muslims on the interpretations of…

Jakarta – Twelve junior high school principals were found to have charged extra fees aside from – hose that had been set between…

Palu – The level of heavy metals in Palu Bay has surpassed tolerable standards – ollowing the unchecked, daily dumping of liquid waste…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – "A visitor staying for over 24 hours must report to the neighborhood unit (RT) chief," read notices posted all over…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is scheduled to pass the bill on domestic violence on Tuesday, although women activists say…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The hopes of Tas (not her real name) of getting a decent job were shattered after she ended up in a karaoke bar on…

B. Raman – In looking at the car bomb explosion outside the Australian Embassy in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta last Thursday, one must avoid…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – "Oh my, we were just starting to recover and we have been thrown on the floor again," Indonesian President Megawati…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – On September 9, 2003, Governor Sutiyoso launched the distribution of 50,000 16-page manuals containing information on…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The Indonesian currency and stock markets staged a quick recovery on Friday, as hopes are high that the deadly bombing…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Many more schools were closed on Friday in Jambi province as choking haze continued to blanket the area.

Haze also…

Alan Boyd – Terrorism thrives on symbolism, and investigators did not need to look hard for signposts after Thursday's bombing outside the…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – It was billed as the wedding of the year. President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her husband Taufik Kiemas were in the…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's central board has issued a circular ordering all regional chapters to support the reelection bid of…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Taufik Kiemas, the powerful husband of incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri, has continued distributing…

Jakarta – Fifteen former councillors in Depok municipality were named suspects on Friday in a Rp 9 billion (US$970,141) graft case.…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Community-based movements have proven effective in overcoming reoccurring problems in neighborhoods as revealed by…

Sidney Jones, Singapore – Indonesia has more victims to mourn after yet another attack that killed and maimed ordinary civilians. The same…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives, and an alliance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are…

Medan – Hundreds of students at North Sumatra University (USU) staged a protest on Friday in front of the USU rector's office,…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Malaysian bomb-maker Azahari Husin stood by the bedside of his cancer-stricken wife and told her: "I have a greater…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Muslim leaders have called for a united stand against terrorism, which they said was tarnishing the nation's…

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – Syahromi got on his feet in a daze and saw a colleague, Anton Sujarwo, lying motionless near the door of the Australian…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Lack of coordination among security officers has been blamed for what has been seen as a poor early warning system,…

Relations between Indonesia and Australia are going through another testing time following the bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in…

President Megawati Soekarnoputri called for calm and urged people to remain on the alert following Thursday's huge bomb blast in front of the…

Abdul Khalik and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – It didn't take the police long to pin the blame for the deadly blast in front of the Australian Embassy…

Jakarta – Thursday's bombing at the Australian Embassy, which killed at least seven people, drew strong nationwide condemnation, with many saying…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Jakarta stocks and rupiah closed lower on Thursday on the back of renewed security fears stemming from the deadly bomb…

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – The death of Munir has shocked activists and leaders in the nation's capital, as well as many Achenese, whose rights…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta/Mark Forbes, Canberra – At least nine people have been killed and 182 injured by a massive bomb attack on the Australian…

Sidney Jones, Singapore – When I think of the people who had the most impact in bringing about a democratic Indonesia, Munir would be up there…

David Jenkins – General Benny Moerdani, who has died in Jakarta at the age of 71, was a special forces officer who went on to become the head of…