Ambon – Fresh violence erupted in Hatualang village in Pirus district, West Seram island in Central Maluku on Wednesday, resulting in the death of…
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January 25, 2001
January 24, 2001
John Mcbeth, Jakarta – The deadly Christmas and New Year bombings in Indonesia and Manila, which killed 40 people and left hundreds injured, have…
Budi Sugiharto/Hendra & GB, Surabaya – 182 village heads from Sampang regency, on the island of Madura, East Java province, have occupied the…
Jakarta – The left-wing Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) and the nations biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) are to hold a joint rally…
Jakarta – An ad hoc committee of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) for the amendment of the 1945 Constitution will discuss numerous crucial…
Jakarta – The US administration of George W. Bush will continue to support Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid in his efforts to build a strong…
Jakarta – The foreign minister of East Timor's transitional goverment – in a shock move on Wednesday – threw his support behind Jakarta's calls…
John Gauci, Sydney – One hundred and fifty people rallied outside the Australian Defence Force headquarters here on January 20 to support self-…
The public should watch out for military control of civilian institutions, says political analyst Kusnanto Anggoro of the Jakarta-based Center of…
Jakarta – Crowds of ethnic Chinese, with mixed feelings of fear and a new sense of pride, flocked openly to temples in Jakarta Wednesday to…
January 23, 2001
Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto told soldiers on Monday not to be discouraged by claims by certain groups that the military…
Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid on Monday left legislators dumbfounded as he abruptly walked out of a meeting with the House of…
Aulia Andri/GB, Jakarta – Around 500 members of the notorious Ka'bah Youth Movement (GPK) snuck in through the back gate at the parliament and…
Jakarta – Unlike in the past, political parties are now the vanguard of corruption in the country, as a result of democratization and…
January 22, 2001
Ambon – Eight Muslims were killed and 19 injured Monday after an attack on an Indonesian military patrol in Ambon, a city ravaged by two years of…
Budi Sugiharto/Fitri & GB, Surabaya – Surabaya bus terminal, the biggest terminal in Surabaya, capital of East Java, has been paralysed by a…
January 21, 2001
Jakarta – The World Bank's board in Washington has approved a new lending program for Indonesia of $400 million annually over the next three years…
Jakarta – Police said on Saturday a woman arrested at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) on Friday in the possession of three bombs admitted she…
January 20, 2001
Associated Press in Sydney – Protesters seeking independence for the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh called on Saturday for…
Jakarta – Employers tend to try to block the establishment of labor unions, and this is a violation of the law, the head of the Jakarta Legal Aid…
Associated Press in Jakarta – Four people have died in fresh violence in Indonesia's troubled Maluku islands, a Muslim cleric said on Saturday.…
Ambon – The Ambon capital of Maluku was paralyzed on Friday in the wake of the commemoration of start of the bloody conflicts that have gripped…
January 19, 2001
Jakarta – In yet another desperate attempt to locate the fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, police announced plans on Thursday to drill and…
Jakarta – The political history of bombings in Indonesia took a sharp turn after the 1998 May riots, in which all of the cases involving bomb…
Shefali Rekhi – The man behind the reforms and privatisation efforts of Indonesia's state-owned enterprises has criticised his government for the…
Jakarta – The Army's Special Force (Kopassus) will be reorganized to meet the demands of security environment in the future, a senior military…
Vaudine England – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday brushed off calls for his resignation from students and lawmakers, saying his opponents…
Gay Alcorn, Washington – The new Bush administration wants Australia to take the lead in dealing with Indonesia's problems of violence and…
January 18, 2001
Dini Djala, North Sulawesi and West Kalimantan – At a crowded refugee camp in Bitung, North Sulawesi, some 3,000 children pass their days jumping…
Sadanand Dhume, Jakarta – With a shaky currency, the former president's son on the run from police and a series of recent bomb blasts in major…
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court commenced the trial of Bank Indonesia (Central Bank) governor Syahril Sabirin on Wednesday regarding…
Jakarta – Police fired warning shots at stone throwing protesters outside a trial of three Christians accused of provoking bloody…
Makassar – The South Sulawesi Police sent 300 personnel from its Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit to the restive regency of Poso in Central Sulawesi…
Jakarta – The generals are back. With civilian leaders mired in political infighting and unable to tackle Indonesia's mounting crises, the army…
Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung rejected calls by the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction for an investigation…
January 17, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesian police yesterday denied reports that they were investigating the involvement of former army generals in the…
Kerryn Williams – "We see the potential energy among urban poor youth, whose power has been shown many times in Indonesian history. They are brave…
Max Lane – The process of overthrowing the Suharto dictatorship did not go sufficiently deep enough to deliver a deathblow to the political…
Jakarta – Police on Wednesday fired volleys of teargas at 2,500 protestors who gathered outside parliament calling on Indonesian President…
Jakarta – An Indonesian court has dismissed a case against an author charged seven years ago with insulting former president Suharto by suggesting…
Jakarta – A group representing the Chinese community in Indonesia yesterday met Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid to ask for help…
January 15, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Indonesia's Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri has vowed to clean up her Indonesian Democratic Party-Perjuangan (PDI…
January 14, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri Sunday told 100,000 supporters of her Indonesian Democracy Party- Struggle (PDIP) that…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab has reassured Asean members that the South-east Asia grouping is still central…
Jakarta – The government is under the control of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and has to obtain IMF approval for every…
Jakarta – Vice President and chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) Megawati Soekarnoputri scolded…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Even though the police are taking extra precaution to secure the capital against mass demonstrations rumoured to begin…
January 13, 2001
Ambon – One hundred people marched to the Maluku Police Headquarters in Batumeja on Friday to protest Thursday's arrest of Alex Manuputty, chief…
Jakarta – Indonesian police have detected an underground bunker below the central Jakarta home of former president Suharto's fugitive son Hutomo "…
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Banking magnate James Riady's conviction for illegal funding of US politicians will ruffle feathers in the US Congress…