At least four people have reportedly been killed and 27 others injured after police allegedly fired on protesting coffee growers in…

Jakarta – Four people were killed and 27 injured when police opened fire Wednesday morning on protesting coffee growers in the island…

Indonesia's most celebrated literary figure Pramoedya Ananta Toer, now suffering declining health, is pessimistic about Indonesia's future due to…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Banking reform in the country is still far from complete despite the closure of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring…

US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has charged Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is deeply involved in terrorism after Indonesia's top court…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Muslim cleric accused of a lead role in the group blamed for the Bali bombings is set to be released from jail within…

Jakarta – The central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), has predicted that the country's economy will, in the first quarter of the year, grow by 4.2…

David Fullbrook, Jakarta – Unnoticed by most, a quiet revolution took place in Indonesia in 1999. Its consequences were plunging air fares and…

Anton Doni, Jakarta Post – Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, who served as minister and secretary-general of the then ruling party Golkar, during the…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Indonesian plywood products may be allowed to enter the British market again after officials met with British buyers…

Haidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru – A local government official said on Tuesday that tens of thousands of people would take to the streets of Kampar…

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – When the nation held its first ever election in 1955, the atmosphere was euphoric. The feeling was justified since it…

Cirebon/Surabaya – A plenary meeting of influential Muslim clerics (kyai khos) of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has mandated Abdurrahman "Gus Dur"…

Hasrul, Kendari – The Kendari General Elections Commission (KPUD) has barred four political parties from campaigning on the grounds that they…

Robert Go, Jakarta – The 24 political parties that will contest the Indonesian election on April 5 pledged yesterday to keep tight control of…

Max Lane – Of the 19 parties contesting the July Indonesian presidential elections that are not currently represented in the parliament, eight are…

Fadli, Batam – The Batam Mayoralty is planning to conduct raids on couples living together out of wedlock.

Head of the social office, Azwan…

Jakarta – In order get a message across to the public who will soon be under a new administration, around 20 children between 7 and 12 years of…

Jakarta/Surabaya – International Women's Day was commemorated across the country with a public call not to vote for any political party which does…

Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations called on the government to immediately appoint a minister to represent them…

Activists displaying the freshly severed heads of two dogs outside the Jakarta offices of Indonesia's Election Commission (KPU)…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Experts warned the central bank against seeking an instant solution to the slow growth in bank loans to the corporate…

Indonesia's Supreme Court has halved a three-year prison sentence imposed on militant Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a court official said.

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Journalists, experts, activists and artists gathered on Monday at the Tempo office building on Jl. Proklamasi,…

A deadly dengue fever outbreak which has killed almost 400 people has spread across Indonesia, the health ministry said.

At least 30 out of…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – An ad hoc human rights tribunal announced a plan to summon Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former…

Verrianto Madjowa and Dian Yuliastuti, Manado – International Women's Day (IWD), which falls on March 8, was also commemorated in Manado, North…

Nurul Hidayati, Jakarta – Around 1000 activists from Greater Jakarta are expected to commemorate International Women's Day at the…

Triyono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Scores of women's activists have demanded that the quota of women representatives in the National…

Danang Sangga Buwana, Jakarta – Monday March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD), and a number of groups from the pro-democracy movement held…

Jafar G. Bua, Palu – International Women's Day was also commemorated in Palu. Interestingly, women in Palu protested against the…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – In commemorating International Women's day which fell on Monday March 8, women from a number of different groups in…

Jakarta – Couples caught kissing passionately in public in Indonesia could spend five years in jail.

Members of parliament in…

Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – International Women's Day (IWD) was also commemorated in Surabaya, East Java. Around 100 students from the…

Campaigning starts this week for Indonesia's general election, with a resurgent Golkar party that backed former dictator Suharto hoping to…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Electoral Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) said misuse of state facilities by government officials for party…

Jakarta – A group of teachers representing schools in Kampar regency threatened to return to the streets on Monday unless Home Minister Hari…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) slammed the Attorney General's Office on Friday for…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Playing down public criticism and without the knowledge of its partner in the project, the Jakarta Public Works Agency…

Jakarta – Indonesia's intelligence chief Hendropriyono has sparked off a controversy by allowing himself to be listed as a national campaigner for…

Moch. N. Kurniawan and Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Just 30 days ahead of the April 5 legislative election, only 47 percent of the country's…

Jakarta – Indonesia Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) chief Maj. Gen. Ng Yat Chun ended…

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – After being considered a pariah nation for years by power investors, Indonesia has started to regain investor…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that the government had succeeded in retaining market confidence…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) wound up its seven-week long session on Friday with only about 50 legislators showing…

Syaiful Amin, Yogyakarta – On Friday March 5, at least 100 students from a number of schools of higher education held an action warning against…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – President Megawati Sukarnoputri herself closed the book on the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency last Friday, thanking…

Jakarta – Indonesian environmental activists filed a police complaint against plans to build a road network through a huge conservation area in…

Smoke was hampering rescue efforts after a blaze at an Indonesian gold mine in which at least 12 people, mostly illegal miners, are feared to have…

Gunawan Mashar, Makassar – Actions protesting rotten politicians and political parties are still happening. In Makassar, at least 500…