Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Former minister of religious affairs Tarmizi Taher complained to the Jakarta Police on Thursday that he had been defamed by…

Jakarta – The environmental group Greenpeace said yesterday that it had documented massive illegal logging in a protected national…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Three non-governmental organizations filed a lawsuit against President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday at the Central…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) issued on Thursday a list of 7,786 legislative candidates eligible to contest…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – In anticipation of the possible delay of the general election, the government has developed a number of…

Muhamad Fasabeni, Jakarta – Arriving in three Metro Mini Number 79 busses at 11am, around 60 people demonstrated at the offices of the Commission…

John McBeth/Jakarta and Murray Hiebert/Washington – Indonesia's elections are about to become interesting. Last year, retired armed-forces chief…

So much for Indonesian armed forces chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto's promise that the military will refrain from any attempt at…

The International Crisis Group has warned that Indonesia could face long term threats from militants, not so much from Jemaah Islamiyah ... but…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The chaotic preparations for the elections continue to amaze one and all, with the General Elections Commission (KPU…

Jakarta – A witness told the human rights court on Tuesday she experienced sexual abuse during her detention by the military following…

Orin Basuki – It is the afternoon of January 30, and as many as 1169 names of prospective legislative candidates for the provincial Regional…

[Indonesian trade unionist Dita Indah Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour struggle, addressed 6000 people at the World…

Kelly McEvers, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri is poised to authorize the expansion of Indonesia's national intelligence agency, a plan…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – Repeated warnings from the government to the public to take preventive measures against dengue fever at the beginning and…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Central Committee for Labor Dispute Settlements (P4P) has decided to accept the decision by ailing state-owned…

Max Lane – The Indonesian people's contempt for, and rejection of, the country's elit politik (political elite) is wide and deep. So deep, that a…

Jakarta – Indonesia's exports in 2003 rose by 6.76 percent from a year earlier, partly because of a pick up in global demand and a high…

Tim Shorrock, Washington – The United States is committing a major political blunder in Indonesia by focusing solely on terrorism, according to…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Theresia Sufa, Jakarta/Bogor – Mounting opposition from residents over environmental damage has not deterred the city from…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – A storm is brewing with polls looming. And it has nothing to do with backroom dealings, smear campaigns and the…

Singapore – Indonesian Military chief, Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, received Singapore's highest military award here on Tuesday for his…

Election fever along with the inevitable campaigning essentially began as soon as the legislation was finalized by the House of Representatives (…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise plans to impose non-tax fees on import and export clearance and…

John Garnaut – Wiranto, the former Indonesian military chief accused of crimes against humanity over the 1999 carnage in East Timor, says…

Indonesia said that tests had shown it was suffering from the same strain of bird flu that has left 12 people dead in Thailand and Vietnam.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – A group of bogus police detectives are raiding unwary Jakartans' homes and searching them on the street, in a spate of…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar Party co-chairman Agung Laksono told party members on Monday not to be provoked by the ongoing campaign against…

Jakarta – Although deliberation by the panel of judges on the case of Akbar Tanjung only began yesterday, six organisation held a demonstration in…

Frans Surdiasis, Jakarta – When a new party founded by Eros Djarot – a popular figure in politics, the arts and the media – was introduced, many…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – Any move to ban people belonging to the New Order regime from the elections violates the principle of democracy itself,…

Indramayu – Hundreds of local supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) burned party flags and tore down other…

Tangerang – Some 200 activists of 10 non-govermental organisations staged a rally on Thursday at the Tangerang municipal council,…

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla has urged the public to report any diversion in the distribution of…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais joined on Thursday those expressing concern over a possible…

Anton Doni, Jakarta – The dilemma of idealistic intellectuals ahead of the first election after Soeharto quit the presidency in 1998 was whether…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) disqualified on Thursday 126 of 1,682 regional legislative candidates…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has questioned a proposal to grant the presidency the right to veto the entry…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court yesterday postponed until next week its review of an appeal by the country's Speaker of Parliament…

Jakarta – Dozens of demonstrators staged a protest at City Hall on Thursday, demanding Governor Sutiyoso take stern measures against…

Rusman, Samarinda – The East Kalimantan General Elections Commission (KPUD) ruled on Wednesday that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – A blueprint just released by the central Bank Indonesia (BI) spells out in some detail how banking-sector reforms will be…

Jakarta – The State Budget for the Indonesian National Military Forces (TNI) has been increased by 15 per cent from 11.536 trillion rupiah in 2003…

Jenny H. Backstrom, Kuta – It is still the rainy season in Bali. But other forms of clouds, confusion and uncertainty, currently cover the island…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) called on Wednesday for the National Police to refrain directly intervening in…

News about the possibility that the central government might impose a civil emergency in Papua province has caused strong reactions in several…

More than 200 people from Kajang village in Bulukumba regency protested at the South Sulawesi legislative council on Wednesday to…

An Indonesian court has jailed an Islamic militant for life for helping to make one of the bombs which ripped through two Bali nightclubs and…

John Aglionby – The bird flu ravaging Asia has thrown up many surprises in the last week and many experts are expecting more in the next few days…

Indonesian government is currently discussing a bill on safeguarding vital objects throughout the country. The discussion is to highlight…