Tangerang – Hundreds of residents attacked on Thursday the houses of Lontar village officials, who they accused of taking bribes to…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – While public participation in the fight for good governance has increased in the current regional autonomy era, the role of…

Jakarta – Fishermen in Cilincing, North Jakarta, demanded the city administration close factories located on the northern coast, which…

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – Although anti-military demonstrations in Jakarta have proceeded safely, it wasn't so in Denpasar Bali. On Friday May 21…

Jakarta – Discontent with a regulation detrimental to the comeback bid of its presidential candidate Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, the National…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The renewed rivalry between the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and its old nemesis the Golkar Party…

Slamet Susanto and M. Taufiqurrahman, Yogyakarta/Jakarta – Presidential candidates are set to spend billions of rupiah in the one-month campaign…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Public polls are a much-sought device in Indonesian politics these days.

Several polling groups have emerged since…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has ordered a review of the teaching of religion in Indonesian schools, saying the…

Jakarta – An Indonesian court has jailed dozens of town councillors in West Sumatra for pocketing millions of dollars meant for…

Jakarta – Indonesia will allow 13 mining firms, including Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc and PT International Nickel Indonesia , to continue…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Chinese-Indonesians pressed on Saturday for the prosecution of the masterminds and perpetrators of the deadly…

Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surabaya – The National Awakening Party (PKB) looks certain to throw its support behind Golkar presidential candidate Gen. (…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Ahead of the campaign period for the July 5 presidential election, the Jakarta administration has begun a month-long…

Tangerang – A group of ulema have asked Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim to eliminate prostitution in the municipality, citing fears that…

Jakarta – Over 1,000 supporters of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) staged a rally at the Proclamation Monument in Central Jakarta…

Dadan Wijaksana, Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – While sentiment remains in favor of the dollar, the rupiah is expected to regain some ground against…

[By Usamah Hisyam, et al, Dharmapena Publishing, Jakarta, March 2004, xx + 1,003 pp.]

Basilius Triharyanto – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the…

Kuala Lumpur, Kompas – Domestic and foreign investors in Indonesia's capital markets don't care about the background of the presidential…

Batam – Riots erupted when police and public order officers tried to evict squatters from more than 400 illegal houses on the industrial island of…

Bandung – Around 500 residents living on land belonging to state railway firm PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) in Kebon Jeruk, Ciroyom…

Fadli, Batam – Squatters in Tanah Longsor, Batam, who had earlier rejected the compensation offered by the local government in return for their…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – After years of silence, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) demanded on Friday a thorough…

Jakarta – A consortium of Indonesian and foreign investors yesterday said they will build a monorail system to ease Jakarta's notorious traffic…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – For the sake of the Cabinet's performance, President Megawati Soekarnoputri has every reason to fill vacant…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Observers are blaming poor education, inadequate training and the absence of external control as the root causes of police…

Jakarta – Indonesian police yesterday moved terrorism suspect Abu Bakar Bashir to a new jail cell, a lawyer for the firebrand cleric…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – As the central bank moved to tighten the rules on foreign exchange transactions to minimize speculation on the rupiah,…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank has predicted that Indonesia's economy will grow by only 4.5 percent in 2004 and 2005, and…

Apriadi Gunawan and Nana Rukmana, Medan/Cirebon – At least eight students were injured after being attacked by children of military and police…

Surabaya – Vice presidential candidate Siswono Yudohusodo pleged that if he and presidential aspirant Amien Rais of the National Mandate Party (…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) will soon issue a joint decree encouraging…

Jakarta – Head of Wiranto's team of lawyers handling the East Timor case Dr Muladi said those who had been accusing the one-time military (TNI)…

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – The six pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Indonesian election in July, revealed on…

Jakarta Post, Cirebon/Kupang/Yogya – Demonstrations continued on Wednesday in several parts of the country against an apparent military comeback…

Woro Swasti, Jakarta – The coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Usman Hamid, says that if Wiranto…

Budi Sugiharto, Surabaya - A demonstration opposing presidential candidates from [former President Suharto's state ruling party] Golkar and the…

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – Lively demonstrations against ex-military presidential and vice-presidential candidates are continuing. On the afternoon…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – "If you can't beat them, join them" seems to be Solahuddin Wahid's motto.

Only two years ago…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Rejecting accusations of partiality, the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has again placed the Democratic Party's cofounder…

Abdul Khalik/Nana Rukmana, Jakarta/Cirebon – Scholars warned on Tuesday that the candidacy of several top figures from Nahdatul Ulama (NU) and…

Jakarta – The unprecedented presidential election in July looks certain to see six pairs of contenders, with the incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri…

Robert Go, Jakarta – A battery of 520 questions from psychiatrists checking for psychosis, neurosis, retardation or personality complexes; up to…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) team found indications on Tuesdays of human rights violations in an…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Six years after the onset of the reform movement that was triggered by the death of four Trisakti University students in…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Plans by the US Federal Reserve to increase its interest rate could cause a devastating impact on the Indonesian…

M. Munab Islah Ahyani, Bandung – Army chief General Ryamizard Ryacudu says that there is a modern war conspiracy which has and is being carried…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Noted Muslim scholars played down on Tuesday fears of rising radicalism among Indonesian Muslims, saying the phenomenon…

Jakarta/Surabaya – United Development Party (PPP) leader Hamzah Haz has added his name to the list of presidential candidates when he announced on…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – The political ambitions of some leaders of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) may create friction within the nation's largest Muslim…