Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – Anti-military demonstrations dogged [former armed forces chief] Wiranto and Gus Solah [National Human Rights Commission…

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Democratic Party presidential candidate and retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono alias SBY says he is saddened by the…

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Democratic Party presidential candidate, [former coordinating minister for politics and security] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The Jakarta stock market fell precipitously for the eighth straight trading day on Monday as regional stock markets…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The inflow of smuggled goods to the country surged during the first quarter of this year, according to an internal…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A police disciplinary committee dismissed here on Monday three high-ranking officers in South Sulawesi from their…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Rusman, Jayapura/Samarinda Illegal logging continues unchecked in East Kalimantan province and Papua, Indonesia's…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday opened the debates of the bill on the truth and reconciliation commission…

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – "Do you know how it feels to work hard but not see any results?" asked midwife Ni Luh Sutini of Cakung public health…

Dian Intannia, Jakarta – If before they were being criticised, now scores of demonstrators have gone to the Indonesian police…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Kotaagung, Lampung – Some 30,270 hectares of forest out of a total of 360,000 hectares in the South Bukit Barisan National Park…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Poll watchdogs have urged presidential candidates to allocate a big chunk of their budgets to deploy witnesses to…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party at its central executive board meeting has declared an associate chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),…

Robert Go, Jakarta – The race for Indonesia's top job heated up yesterday with former president Abdurrahman Wahid, barred from the July 5 election…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – "I see a great degree of promiscuity in Indonesian politics. Anyone can get married to anybody." That is how Dewi Fortuna…

Woro Swasti, Jakarta – Next Wednesday, May 12, thousands of students from 23 campuses across Greater Jakarta plan to hold simultaneous actions…

Two big pictures of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her new running mate Hasyim Muzadi fell to the ground as she approached the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has concluded that the dissolved Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) performed its…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia could experience more security problems and political instability ahead of its first direct presidential election…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The Kupang District Court sentenced nine civilian defendants on Friday to one year in prison each for their involvement…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) has threatened to delist 35 firms, including bluechip state-owned telecommunications…

President Megawati Sukarnoputri teamed up with the head of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation in an attempt to re-energise her flagging…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, facing an uphill battle for a second term in July's election, yesterday…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The central bank announced on Wednesday a decline in the banking sector's non-performing loans (NPLs) in March, but…

Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – A wave of demonstrations hit the East Java city of Surabaya on Thursday May 6. Hundreds of activist from the Indonesian…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Religious-inspired violence is old news in Indonesia. Muslim extremists were behind the Bali bombings of October 2002 and…

Abdul Khalik and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – One high-ranking and eight low-ranking police officers will stand trial while over 30 others…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Child trafficking and violence against children remain a cause for concern in East Java, particularly in Surabaya and…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – A purge has taken place in the top ranks of the Indonesian police force after a bloody clash last week…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Hundreds of local residents have cut down mangrove forests in 2,800 hectares of coastal land in Sungai Burung,…

Slamet Susanto and Rusman, Yogyakarta/Samarinda – Hundreds of students staged protests in Yogyakarta and Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Tuesday to…

Jakarta – Thousands of students across the country hit the streets on Tuesday to condemn a brutal police attack against university students over…

Makassar, Kompas – On Tuesday May 5, massive demonstrations and rallies by thousands of students from almost all schools of higher education in…

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – Calls for President Megawati Sukarnoputri to sack Indonesian chief of police General Da'i Bachtiar have been raised again…

Fredolin Adhysa Pelupessy, Jakarta – On Wednesday May 5, demonstrators from a number of Islamic mass organisations went to the national parliament…

The impact of Indonesia's election has been widely debated, but little attention has been paid to the movements for change in the country. Green…

Bogor – More than 230 mostly female staff laid off from the PT Sahabat Unggul Internasional textile factory staged a protest at the…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – The United States is pleased Indonesian police have re-arrested militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir but Washington should not…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has decided to team up with the leader of the country's largest Muslim organisation in a…

The Golkar party of former dictator Suharto officially won Indonesia's parliamentary election but now faces a tougher battle for the presidency in…

The country's exports increased by 3.43 percent in March to US$5.07 billion from $4.90 billion in February, the Central Statistics…

Robert Go, JaKarta – Mr Fektur claims he earns 20 million rupiah (about S$3,900) a month – a sum that firmly puts him in Indonesia's middle class…

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – Foreign arrivals in the country hit a six-year high of 1.03 million in the first quarter of this year despite the…

Jakarta – Twelve years after a law was passed forcing drivers to wear seat belts, police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Despite praise from the international community, the April 5 legislative election is unlikely to bring about…

Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – Scores of activists from the Indonesian National Student Movement (Gerakan Mahasiswa Nasional Indonesia, GMNI…

Dian Intannia, Jakarta – Actions by police on the campus of the Indonesian Muslim University (UMI) in Makassar, South Sulawesi…

Dadan Wijaksana, Singapore – Indonesia's pulp and paper industry still has plenty of room for improvement if it wants to be internationally…

The police chief of Indonesia's Maluku province has been replaced following week-long Muslim-Christian battles in which 38 people died and…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Police investigators named nine police personnel as suspects on Monday, following a brutal police attack on Saturday…