Shinta NM Sinaga/Swastika & LM, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNPBI) led by Dita Indah Sari marked the final…

Jakarta – People across the country, including those in troubled areas, marked the 55th Independence Day on Thursday with solemn ceremonies and…

Abdul Haerah HR/BI, Makassar – Up to a hundred low paid workers and waterside labourers who demanded a 100% pay rise have been forcefully removed…

Hestiana Dharmastuti/Hendra & Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – Disgraced former dictator Suharto and his cronies can not yet breathe easily. Once…

Marianne Kearney Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid's pre-Independence Day address to Parliament yesterday began and ended with his trademark…

Jakarta – About 1,000 university students staged a peaceful demonstration in Central Jakarta yesterday, to celebrate Independence Day with calls…

Maryadi/Fitri & Lyndal Meehan, Pontianak – Today is Indonesian Independence Day. In West Kalimantan, thousands of people are expected to mark…

Jakarta – Six students who pulled down the Indonesian flag at the Attorney General's Office in South Jakarta yesterday could be imprisoned for up…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – A leading armed forces reformer has made an unprecedented attack on corrupt generals.

Lieutenant-General Agus…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Removing the military from politics was one of the key agendas of the reform movement in 1998, yet legislators on a…

Jakarta – Indonesian police on Wednesday said they had identified 22 suspects in connection with a violent military-backed attack on the then-…

On July 10, a new labour rights bill was unanimously passed by the Indonesian House of Representatives. It still requires President Abdurrahman…

James Balowski – After months of delays, false starts and a performance to rival Christopher Skase's "Now I'm sick, now I'm not", former president…

Chris McCall, Pekanbaru – When Indonesia's politicians and pundits talk about the separatist movements that plague the country, two provinces on…

Surabaya – Dozens of the banners denouncing political figures and parties which have been erected since the start of the People's…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Amid loose talk of a constitutional coup, President Abdurrahman Wahid says he will run his Government through a gang of…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As politician after politician attacked President Abdurrahman Wahid during this week's general assembly for failing to…

Robert Go, Jakarta – If a recent Tempo Magazine poll is correct, Indonesians have little patience left for the manoeuvrings of Jakarta…

Djoko Tjiptono/BI & LM, Jakarta – A large metal gate at the parliament was torn down by members of the City Front (Front Kota) student group…

Jakarta – Over 1,000 people from different groups rallied on Monday in front of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), voicing various demands…

Jakarta – After eight relatively peaceful and calm days outside the Parliament building, the ninth day of the current annual general session of…

Arifin A/Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – NGOs and students in the province of Jambi, Sumatra, have called on the Minister of Forestry and Plantations,…

Matthew Draper – Political elites who sit on a low-profile committee of Indonesia's highest legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly (…

Thomas Omestad, Jakarta – "The old man at No. 8 Cendana Street sits by his satellite TV, watching local sitcoms and nature shows on the Discovery…

Jakarta – Jakarta City Councilmen questioned on Saturday the absence of police officers on several raids conducted recently by local officials…

Bagus Kurniawan/BI & LM, Jakarta – The nightmare of unemployment has been weighing on the minds of thousands of members of the state-sponsored…

Ian Timberlake Indonesia – Vigilante mobs have slain more than 100 people on the streets of Jakarta already this year, reflecting a loss of faith…

Jakarta – Workers' protests at gas company Vico Indonesia Ltd might cause a total cut in the natural gas supply to the country's largest liquefied…

Djoko Tjiptono/BI & LM, Jakarta – During the busiest day of demonstrations yet seen during this year's session of the People's Consultative…

Ambon – Ambon was still tense on Sunday following clashes between troops and armed rioters at the border between Batu Merah and Mardika areas that…

Michael Sheridan, Manado – The martyrdom of the village of Duma began with the gathering of spectral figures in white shrouds chanting about holy…

Jakarta – Scores of people who witnessed and survived the 1984 massacre at Tanjung Priok, yesterday rallied outside the Attorney General's Office…

Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian Workers Prosperity Union (SBSI) yesterday continued their blockade of a coal mining company's site in East…

Jakarta – Indonesia's national assembly is expected to shy away this week from committing itself on controversial amendments to the country's 55-…

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Jakarta – Shortly after taking office in the autumn, President Abdurrahman Wahid, who is nearly blind, quipped to group of…

Jakarta – Indonesian soldiers shot dead at least five people who defied warnings and attacked soldiers attempting to disperse…

Rayhan Anas Lubis/Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – In an effort to improve the welfare of motorised pedicab drivers and cap the number of the vehicles…

Bandung – Two groups of Bandung students greeted Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Friday with a demonstration, criticizing the government…

Jakarta – The number of student rallies has increased since the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly opened on Monday with at…

Indonesia is in a mess, but President Wahid's latest attempts to ease the turmoil have backfired. Lindsay Murdoch reports.

Indonesia is…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) became the latest organization on Friday to criticize the People's Consultative Assembly (…

Santa Fe, New Mexico – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid will harm his country's stature if he follows through on plans to visit Iraq this…

Facing a hostile parliament and a deteriorating national economy, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid handed over a portion of his duties to…

Tom McCawley – A patter of applause from the floor of the 700- member People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) greeted the appointment this week by…

Jakarta – The first trial of a lawsuit filed by the Democratic People's Party (PRD) against Soeharto regime was postponed on Thursday after only…

Jay Solomon, Jakarta – Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri's appointment to manage the Indonesian government's daily business has calmed…

On the fourth day of the annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) demonstrations were held by a number of organisations and…

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid's "rainbow" Cabinet is losing its lustre. Other than yesterday's resignation of top Economics Minister Kwik…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – A proposed article in the Constitution that stipulates the implementation of the Islamic Law for Indonesian Muslims has…

Kuala Lumpur – Some 120 Indonesian maids fleeing physical abuse or attempted rape by employers or agents have taken refuge at their country's…