Jakarta – Three elements of the Central Axis, the main supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid in the latest general session of the People's…

Jakarta – Indonesia's state-owned aircraft manufacturer, PT Nusantara Aircraft Indutries (IPTN) will lay off another 2,500 workers…

Denpasar – Hundreds of teachers and members of the Bali chapter of Indonesian Teachers Union (PGRI) staged a street demonstration here on Friday…

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid has criticised the decision by teachers to strike for higher wages, saying that their action could damage…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The Indonesian government, brushing aside the threat of foreign investors pulling out from Batam, said yesterday it…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court was red-faced yesterday when newspapers splashed the transcript of a tape recording in which one of its clerks…

Political divisions within the Indonesian cabinet and a lack of political support for agencies charged with implementing financial…

David McLennan – Despite the "admirable commitment" of four East Timor independence activists to a "compelling cause", their actions during a…

Bogor – Some 7,000 teachers began their three-day strike on Thursday to demand, among other things, a 300 percent increase in their salaries,…

Jakarta – A group of 3,000 militant Muslims preparing for a holy war against Christians in the strife-torn Maluku islands has agreed to leave a…

Havana – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid in his address during the opening of Group of 77 (G-77) Summit here has stressed the…

Tim Dodd, Jakarta – While President Abdurrahman Wahid hogs the headlines as leader of the country's reform effort, his Attorney General, Mr…

Jakarta – Indonesian police fired warning shots and tear gas Thursday to disperse hundreds of militant students protesting near the residence of…

Jakarta – Hundreds of teachers, demanding a massive pay hike, demonstrated in front of the presidential palace in central Jakarta yesterday in a…

Jakarta – Low-income rural people appear to be most vulnerable to growing wealth inequalities in Indonesia following the economic crisis, the…

Paris – The Club of Paris, a group of leading creditor nations, agreed Thursday to reschedule 5.8 billion dollars of Indonesia's public debt. The…

Associated Press, Jakarta – Worried that ex-president Suharto might try to escape prosecution for massive corruption, state investigators…

This city in the West Java hills is home to Indonesia's state phone company, a moribund aircraft project and the country's best-known technical…

Pip Hinman – Mounting pressure has forced the Indonesian government to delay implementing key elements of an economic restructuring package…

Jose Manuel Tesoro – One can always rely on the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle for a public spectacle. At its six- day party congress,…

Jakarta – Thousands of teachers closed schools in at least five Indonesian cities to protest a new government pay policy for senior civil servants…

Surabaya – Giant publicly listed clove cigarette producer PT Gudang Garam in Kediri, some 125 kilometers southwest of here, suspended operations…

Jakarta – Indonesia's government will remove the chiefs of all five district courts in Jakarta and reassign almost 70 per cent of judges to other…

Jakarta – Ex-chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Soerjadi disclosed yesterday that Lieutenant General (ret.) Syarwan Hamid played a…

The Indonesian air force announced plans to ask China to provide and help maintain aircraft and weaponry, reported Agence France- Presse April 10…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – A familiar sense of insecurity was afflicting Jakarta yesterday. With President Abdurrahman Wahid overseas, politicians…

Bogor – Most state schools in Bogor and Sukabumi were closed on Monday as teachers took to the streets to protest the government's pay policy in…

Jakarta – The majority of the archives compiled by the much- feared Agency for the Coordination of Support for the Development of National…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's government reached a preliminary agreement with bus operators on fare increases and additional government…

Simon Montlake, Jakarta – Indonesia should find it easier to restructure $2.1 billion in sovereign debt owed to donor countries at the Paris Club…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Lynchings of suspected thieves and violent eruptions of long-running neighbourhood disputes have claimed at least 30…

Bogor – Residents of the otherwise peaceful Munjul village of Kayumanis in the Tanah Sareal district expressed on Sunday their deep concern and…

Jakarta – The Indonesian armed forces have been forced to take delivery of six British Hawk-200 fighter planes by ship, because vital navigation…

Jakarta – Three Indonesian journalists, including an AFP reporter, were beaten up by youths taking jihad (holy war) training at a camp 50…

Jakarta – The chairman of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Mr Amien Rais, said yesterday that lawmakers would block a plan…

Jakarta – Thousands of Muslims marched on the presidential palace in central Jakarta yesterday to protest against a move by the government to lift…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Protests against President Abdurrahman Wahid's policies – particularly his perceived openness to communism – escalated…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Finance Minister has accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank of interfering in the country's…

Jakarta – In their biggest show of force so far, Muslim radicals called yesterday for a holy war against the country's Christians and demanded the…

Banda Aceh – Some 500 students on Friday held a peaceful rally here in Aceh's provincial capital to protest the death of a woman medical student…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – In a move to restore confidence and address allegations of corruption, Indonesia's Attorney-General announced that his…

Jakarta – Several Indonesian business groups have set up a slush fund to pay out bribes to hamper an investigation into official corruption in the…

Daniel Cooney, Jakarta – Riot police blocked roads leading to ex-President Suharto's house today as hundreds of protesters rallied in central…

Robert Go - Representatives of Indonesia's lower-level civil servants last week warned parliamentary leaders of possible strikes should the…

Chris Latham – On April 1, Indonesian students involved in the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) participated in a national…

James Balowski – Thousands of students, civil servants and other workers protested in Indonesia on April 1 against cuts to subsides on fuel,…

Jakarta – The US government expressed regret on Monday over a lawsuit filed against Indonesian Army Lt. Gen. Johny Lumintang for his alleged role…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament has delayed a controversial hike in the salaries of senior civil servants that was scheduled to have taken effect…

Time is running out for President Abdurrahman Wahid to spur his squabbling cabinet into action and deliver promised economic reforms – or risk…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government and parliament should meet to discuss the impact of fuel subsidies on the nation's budget, Mines and Energy…