Malangke – Police said on Saturday they found it difficult to arrest perpetrators of unrest in Luwu, while the burning of residents houses in two…

Vaudine England – It is hard to find a mention of East Timor – the province that got away – in daily conversation or reporting in Jakarta. But it'…

Maumere – At least 2,000 people from 12 villages in the district of Molo Utara have been occupying a marble quarry in the town of Soe, South Timor…

Susan Sim, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid warded off the prospect of a crumbling Cabinet as he and his allies worked yesterday to project…

Jakarta – Multilateral lenders including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have…

Jakarta – The family planning (KB) program in Indonesia has long been perceived as a birth control measure, but ignores the reproductive health of…

It is no dream team, but can President Abdurrahman Wahid's new Cabinet save his presidency from an early death? Many of the Jakarta elite do not…

Jakarta – The state of civil emergency in Indonesia's Maluku islands, torn by warfare between Muslims and Christians, should be extended for…

Barry Wain – The way most reports had it, the Indonesian military ambushed unarmed politicians in the final hours of People's Consultative…

United Nations – A recent amendment to the Indonesian Constitution might force the United Nations to hold an international inquiry into human…

Jakarta – In a slum of West Java's Kiaracondong district, hundreds of families live on the border of death. With their shacks just an arm's length…

Jakarta – Pro-Soeharto protesters threatened yesterday to bring around 25,000 people to the Agriculture Ministry building in Ragunan, South…

Mia Trinephi, Hong Kong – While Indonesia's debt has reached unsustainable levels, the government's immediate options to restructure its debt…

Jeremy Wagstaff, Manado – One day in December 1998, a hearse pulled into the graveled courtyard of the Saint Joseph Catholic church in this port…

The annual two-week session of Indonesia's Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) from August 7 to 18 witnessed growing collaboration between Golkar…

Jakarta – The new Cabinet has been criticized as having ministers lacking in competence and being poorly supported by major political parties.…

Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid unveiled a new slimmer Cabinet to tackle myriad problems, ranging from separatist unrest to economic woes…

Many hope to see the new team last the full term, but early signs are discouraging, says Yang Razali Kassim

What a way to start off a new…

Shoeb Kagda – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday unveiled a new Cabinet tilted strongly in his favour, catching many observers and market…

Jakarta – A leading human rights watchdog says four missing activists from the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) may have been abducted by hired…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday appointed a retired army general and an economist to key posts in a streamlined…

Jakarta – US Ambassador Robert S. Gelbard and National Police Chief General Rusdihardjo yesterday signed an agreement to provide training,…

Michael Backman – Three years ago, Ari Sigit was on the cover of Indonesian magazines trumpeted as Indonesia's business whiz kid. Today, Mr Ari's…

Jakarta – The number of unemployment in Indonesia has reached 37 million, a senior official said.

The existing program for…

Jakarta – Lawyers defending Indonesian military officers accused of human rights violations in East Timor have vowed to use a controversial…

Makkasar – Fresh sectarian violence hit Luwu regency, South Sulawesi. Masses clashed sporadically between Monday, August 21, until today, August…

Max Lane – The current session of Indonesia's parliament, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), began with much criticism of President…

Dan Murphy, Yogyakarta – At a humble mosque on the gentle slopes below one of Indonesia's largest volcanoes, Ja'far Umar Thalib, commander of a…

Kafil Yamin, Jakarta – Indonesia's still floundering economy has thrown many families across the country into throes of despair and wreaked havoc…

Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the Riau Farmers Association (SPR) yesterday demonstrated outside the main branch of Bank Rakyat…

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Top military commanders have won a skirmish in Parliament to slow their retreat from political influence. At the same time…

Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) condemned the violence committed against activists and the office of the…

MMI Ahyani/BI & AH, Bandung – Hundreds supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) have staged a protest in Bandung.…

Medan – Some 10,000 public transportation drivers paralyzed the North Sumatra capital on Monday with a city-wide strike. The strikers, who were…

Scott Burchill – In his first lecture on Indonesian soil after being banished for 26 years, Professor Benedict Anderson spoke about the bewildered…

Jason Tedjasukmana, Pekanbaru – Syaparudin, a former logger, stands next to the Caltex oil pipeline that stretches for 900 km across the central…

Anthony Spaeth – If you stand at the harbor of Surabaya, Indonesia's famed port and second-largest city, you can see the island of Madura only 4…

Hestiana Dharmastuti/Hendra & LM, Jakarta – The blame for the disappearance of four activists from the parliament grounds is being laid in…

Jakarta – An average of 1.6 million ha of Indonesia's forests are being destroyed every year, mostly by illegal loggers with powerful connections…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from various groups rallied outside the compound of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to express their…

Devi Asmarani and Robert Go, Jakarta – No fire on the streets and smaller fireworks than expected in Indonesia's parliament complex. The first…

Jakarta – Concluding its Annual Session on Friday, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) endorsed nine decrees, two of which certified the…

Robert Go, Jakarta – One of the most amazing outcomes of the recent MPR session must be that the rupiah continued to strengthen even as…

Jakarta – Employees of coal mining firm PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) in Sangata regency, East Kalimantan, ended their strike on Friday after…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia's discredited military yesterday won a blanket amnesty for past human rights abuses. Human rights activists…

Jakarta – Human Rights Watch on Saturday slammed Indonesia's MPs for passing a law that could let former president Suharto and senior military…

Warren Caragata, Jakarta – If anything represents the uneasy muddle that is Indonesian politics these days, it may well be Golkar, the party of…

Irna Gustia/Swastika & LM, Jakarta – A Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) investigation into a foundation owned by the Army Strategic Reserves Command…

Aulia Andri/Swastika & Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party (PRD) did not just demo on the final day of the…

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid led on Thursday a solemn commemoration of Indonesia's 55th anniversary on the grounds of the official…