Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The City Council plans to approve the 2004 city budget of Rp 12.16 trillion (US$1.43 billion) on Tuesday, but several…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Squatters facing eviction from their homes on Jl. Tanah Merah, North Jakarta, and Pinang Ranti, East Jakarta, have turned…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is expecting an extra-heavy workload on Monday, as all 24 political parties…

Andi Hajramurni and A'an Suryana, Makassar/Jakarta – Around 100 angry rank-and-file Golkar Party supporters held a demonstration here on Saturday…

Doubts that the upcoming general election next year can bring significant changes for the better to this country's political landscape are growing…

Indonesia, the world's largest Islamic country, is often described as a crucial ally of the United States in the war against terrorism.

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Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The Bus Rapid Transit system, or busway, has attracted strong opposition from transportation experts and observers…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Dozens of vendors pelted PT Jasa Marga Jagorawi toll road officers with stones and chased after them with machetes and…

Jakarta – The leader of a new Indonesian anti-corruption body was sworn in Monday, vowing never to bow to pressure and promising to act swiftly to…

Fedhly Averouss Bey, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) Student Executive Council (BEM) together with BEMs throughout Indonesia have…

Jakarta – Dozens of activists and public figures have launched a national movement which will urge Indonesians not to elect "rotten" politicians…

Kurniawan Hari and Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) will launch on Monday a nationwide information campaign on…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Prominent Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid is pursuing his presidential bid next year by launching a book on nation-…

Jepara – Vice President Hamzah Haz has called on the people not to be carried away by the notion that the New Order era was a much…

Barus – Starvation has begun to threaten some 140 traditional fishermen in Pasar Tarandam village, Barus subdistrict, Tapteng district…

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – The power crisis, which started several years ago, became worse this year and the problem is likely to continue…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Growers have blamed the high cost of locally-produced sugar on the old and inefficient manufacturing facilities of…

Jakarta – The total number of foreign intelligence agents in Indonesia is far greater than the estimation given by the army chief of…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – After much debate and public criticism since November over a 30 percent tap water rate hike proposed by the city…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – More than 2,500 families will be evicted from their houses along Jl. Tanah Merah, Rawa Badak subdistrict, North Jakarta,…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri signed on Friday two decrees, one on the Corruption…

Jakarta – A warning by the Indonesian army's chief of staff that troops would be deployed if next year's general election turned into bloody chaos…

Jakarta – There is concern that the organisation of the general elections in Aceh will face a number of serious complications because there are a…

Jakarta – At least 1732 state civil servants from a number of departments are still members or heads of political parties. This violates…

Kompas – A reexamination, evaluation and refinement of People's Representative Assembly (MPR) Decree Number VI/MPR/1999 and MPR Decree Number VII/…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – It has been six years since the banking sector started its restructuring efforts. Still, while improvement in its…

After withdrawing as a presidential contender for Golkar Party, Muslim intellectual Nurcholish Madjid seems to have run out of room to move in his…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Down but not out, is perhaps the idiom that fits the Indonesian Military (TNI) the most after the reform movement in 1998…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Despite their pledge to fight for the aspirations of the public at large, legislators in the House of Representatives…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has slammed the Army chief's statement that he would deploy troops if the 2004…

Jakarta – Christmas celebrations across the country proceeded peacefully on Wednesday and Thursday amid the heightened presence of police.

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Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – The government expects investment in oil and gas, as well as power sectors, to improve next year on the back of…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – How tragic and terrible has been the violence against a great number of Indonesian women employed overseas this year…

Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch director, Munir, has said that the statement by army chief General Ryamizard Ryacudu that 60…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has so far handed over Rp 26.1 trillion (about US$3.1 billion) to the…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister Said Agil Al Munawar is under fire after the government admitted errors and cancelled…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A middle-aged lady carrying a stack of papers rushes into the National Police Headquarters' detective building, mumbling…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Army chief Ryamizard Ryacudu has again said that at least 60,000 foreign agents have entered Indonesia. According to…

Samarinda – The orangutans (Pongo pygmaues) in East Kalimantan province are now on the brink of extinction, because rampant and…

The candidacy of three daughters of founding President Sukarno in the upcoming 2004 general elections has opened up new potential for a test of…

Jakarta – In Jakarta on Thursday December 25, army chief of staff General Ryamizard Ryacudu, explained that army intelligence has…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The National Police announced on Tuesday another financial scandal at Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) involving Rp 200 billion…

Jakarta – Indonesia's General Elections Commission (KPU) Chairman Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin expressed hope that people in the provinces of…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Government critics, students, and non-governmental organization activists on Tuesday launched a nationwide drive aimed…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesian soldiers will be mobilised to take control of the situation should next year's elections "turn bloody", the army's…

Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has questioned the motives behind the assumptions which have been made about the organisation of the…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – High-profile minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a dark horse likely to steal the spotlight from incumbent President…

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth rate in 2004 will increase to between 4.2 and 4.4 per cent despite the possibility of heightened tensions at…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The commitment of political parties that will contest next year's elections to transparency is in doubt as they…

Thousands of Indonesian police went on alert as Christians in the world's largest Muslim-populated nation prepared to celebrate Christmas under…