An Islamic militant who shielded a key member of the Bali bombings plot has been jailed for nine years, the last in a series of trials…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The collapse of the rupiah in 1998 left Indonesian telecommunication companies barely able to pay their dollar-denominated…

Kurniawan Hari and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Ansor, a youth group of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, has…

Jakarta – Although optimistic, the chief of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), General Endriartono Sutarto, has said that there is no guarantee…

Jakarta – A consultant with the World Bank in Central Sulawesi rejected on Tuesday a statement that a bank-funded project in Donggala regency in…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Prominent religious leaders, businesspeople and activists have agreed to step up efforts against corruption by not…

Jakarta – The husband of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday accused the security minister of behaving like a child for…

Rais Hidayat, Jakarta – Several youth organizations were closely tied with the ruling Golkar party under New Order regime. They were its right arm…

Cirebon – The National Mandate Party (PAN) is open to and will allow the ex-members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to join the party. The…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto pointed to the Army leadership as the party responsible for the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Police have arrested another 30 suspected illegal loggers in Kalimantan, an island adjacent to Malaysia, and seized almost…

Student protesters on Monday burned effigies of former president Suharto and parliament speaker/Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tanjung.

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Apriadi Gunawan and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Medan – The government has not yet tended to poor labor conditions at state-owned oil palm plantations in…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – A rise in non-oil and gas exports drove the overall export figure in January slightly higher by 0.74 percent compared…

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.02 percent in February from the previous month as the rice harvest and a stronger…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's worst outbreaks of dengue fever for years has struck more than 19,000 people, killing at least 336 and…

Eva C. Komandjaja and Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The City Council urged the Jakarta Administration on Monday to cut down on the bureaucratic red…

Indonesia goes to the polls in next month, with President Megawati Sukarnoputri expected to retain power. But this time around, the president's…

Almost a third of Indonesia's state primary school buildings need repairs and some are so decrepit they threaten children's safety, a…

Sri Wahyuni and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Sleman Regent Ibnu Subiyanto reassured teachers and students here on Monday that state-run Ambarrukmo…

Jakarta – As the election draws close, political parties are now openly touting their possible presidential and vice presidential candidates in…

Lee Kim Chew – Indonesia's biggest political parties expect to hang on to the votes they won in the 1999 polls, but two emerging Islamic parties…

Semarang – The campaign against rotten politicians which is being promoted by a number of non-government organisation (NGO) activists should be…

Jakarta – Former vice president Gen. (ret.) Try Sutrisno defended on Monday a decision by the military to open fire on a crowd during…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The printing of ballot papers may be moved further back as film printing firms have still not finished the templates…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The government announced on Monday its plan to develop several infrastructure projects worth more than Rp 200 trillion (US…

Jakarta – Efforts in Indonesia to ease chronic traffic jams in the teeming capital Jakarta are boosting one of the city's more curious professions…

Hong Kong – Indonesia is seen as the most corrupt country in Asia for the third year running, followed by India and Vietnam, a survey of foreign…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A former business associate of well-connected businessman Tomy Winata told the Central Jakarta District Court on…

Pasuruan – Her father was known as the Smiling General and some have already dubbed her party the Smiling Party. But Suharto's daughter, Siti…

Mafoot Simon – All was quiet in the Islamic religious school on the outskirts of this city at the weekend, as students and workers went about…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the government would increase security at all…

Mafoot Simon – The sense of anxiety is palpable as six men try to stay calm. After all, they are in their party leader's house to complain about…

By Mafoot Simon THE story goes that motorists worried about accidents during Indonesian elections carry the colours of all contesting parties – it…

Ben Terrall – In the first visit to Indonesia by a Bush cabinet official since George W.'s October "trip to al-Qaeda hell" (in the words of an…

Jakarta – Thousands of white-clad, religious conservatives rallied and prayed in cities across Indonesia on Sunday, demanding the imposition of…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Students, parents and teachers of the SMPN 56 state junior high school opposing a controversial property deal sought…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – In funeral services, preachers often say, "May he rest in peace". But you can't take that on face value if you are a…

Indra Harsaputra and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta/Surabaya – The historic verdict by the Constitutional Court to scrap a ruling which…

Lee Kim Chew – In his bid to become Indonesia's next president, former military chief General Wiranto yesterday used Singapore as his launch pad…

Muh. Azis Tunny and Yemris Fointuna, Ambon/Kupang – Tens of thousands of eligible voters in Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara provinces may not be…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A constitutional law expert has called on the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Constitutional Court to have a…

Robert Go, Medan – Motorised-rickshaw driver Iskandar was one of millions who chose the black bull symbol of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's…

Mafoot Simon – In this Indonesian city of almost 1,000 Islamic religious schools, it comes as no surprise that the Muslim parties will slug it out…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The National Police have deployed over 7,000 reinforcement personnel to three conflict-prone areas to help the existing…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Having seen the current pre-election political maneuverings in the country, nobody would argue the classic adage in…

Semarang – State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim says it is very difficult to end illegal logging across the country as…

Taufik Kamil, Jakarta – Indonesian State Minister of Environment Nabiel Makarim has said that indications of Malaysia's involvement in receiving…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – The start of the academic year is four months away, but schools in Jakarta – including kindergartens, high schools, state…

Jakarta – Two months and more than 300 deaths after a deadly outbreak of dengue fever across the country, Indonesian President Megawati…