Indonesia's exports rose 1.2 per cent to $US57 billion ($97.3 billion) in 2002 from a year earlier, helped by higher oil and commodity prices as…

Warren Fernandez, Jakarta – Brace yourselves – the next 18 months are going to be tense and turbulent as Indonesia heads down a bumpy road to the…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The country's export performance turned out last year to be better than many had expected, thanks to stronger exports…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Indonesia's national police headquarters was rocked by a bomb blast early yesterday.

While the explosion injured no…

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Agus Maryono, Bandung/Cilacap – State-owned forestry company PT Perhutani has increasingly come under fire for its failure to…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The 2003 city budget, which amounts to Rp 10.98 trillion, will better serve the city administration and council, instead…

Jafar G. Bua, Palu – The arrest of student activists has not lessened the number of demonstrations. In an action today, Monday, around 1000…

A bomb which exploded at Indonesia's national police headquarters has heightened fears of new attacks in the country, the police chief said.

Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – Debuts by new Indonesian artists may soon become a thing of the past.

Digital piracy, through the duplication…

Jafar G. Bua, Palu – The Central Sulawesi Poor People's Forum (Forum Rakyat Miskin Sulawesi Tengah, FRMST) protested the arrest of 13 pro-…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – After a series of debates and delays, the steering committee of the House of Representatives agreed on Thursday to bring…

Investigators in Indonesia have begun the first formal probe into mass killings that took place more than three decades ago. The massacres…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The country's forestry-related industry should cut its installed capacity by more than 70 percent in order to protect…

The widow of one of two American teachers shot dead in Indonesia's rugged Papua province last year has been lobbying the United States…

Jakarta – Speaking again before supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) at her private residence in Kebagusan,…

Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Each faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) agreed to adopt an "open-list" election…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) disclosed on Tuesday widespread corruption in the country's judicial system,…

The head of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation has rejected a breakfast invitation from the US Congress, blaming the possible…

Max Lane, Jakarta – On January 22, more than 300 journalists and other observers crammed into a room in the Struggle Museum to hear…

Tony Sitathan, Jakarta – A retired stockbroker who once assisted Indah Kiat Paper and Pulp – considered the darling of the paper and pulp industry…

Arpiadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of residents including activists from various non-governmental organizations, clergymen and ulemas again staged…

Jakarta – Indonesia is considering issuing a decree to allow mining firms to operate in areas protected by the country's forestry law…

Max Lane – In the Jakarta Post, on January 27, Juwono Sudarsono is quoted as stating that there was too much political party involvement in the…

Indonesian state human rights investigators have begun a wide-ranging probe of violations committed during the long dictatorship of former…

Leo Wahyudi S – The antidrug campaign seems to be getting more intensive support from the police as drug abuse problems become more serious. There…

The United States is expected to bypass Congressional restrictions on funding the Indonesian military or TNI as early as this week. During the…

Denpasar – The chief of Indonesia's National Terrorism Desk, Police Inspector General Ansaad Bay, expressed his belief yesterday that…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Despite staging street rallies almost every day, the current student protests against the…

A former rock star has led three-thousand Indonesian protesters in a rally outside the British embassy to condemn a possible war on…

Reports from Jakarta say large numbers of rare and protected animals are being smuggled out of Indonesia with the complicity of…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Deforestation of the country's already much-depleted natural forests has accelerated as local administrations are…

Jim Lobe, Washington – The administration of US President George W Bush has moved a major step closer to normalizing military ties with the…

Jakarta – Drug trafficking and abuse in Jakarta are increasing at an alarming rate due to big supplies and easy access to it in the market, an…

There are warnings today about a negative fallout in the region from the Howard Government's decision to deploy forces to the gulf before any…

Imanuddin, Jakarta – The general elections is still a year ahead, but prospective candidates for the next presidency, who have their roots in the…

Jakarta – About 1,000 Muslims chanted anti-American slogans outside the US embassy in Jakarta on Sunday saying any war against Iraq…

Jakarta – Indonesia's former armed forces chief, General Wiranto, denied yesterday that he has tried to seize power from President…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior politicians, Parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung, yesterday declared that three of the…

After fervently voicing support for alleged terrorists last year in the name of Islamic brotherhood, Vice President Hamzah Haz has ventured onto…

Moch. N. Kurniawan and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – US senators voted down on Thursday an attempt to limit US military training for Indonesian…

Jakarta – In another effort to curb illegal logging, the government has issued a joint ministerial decree on the transportation of logs and a…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Complicated procedures have put an early damper on moves to show House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung the…

Bill Guerin – A key Indonesian Christian leader working for an end to the violence in the Spice Islands (Malukus) is reported to have been…

Jakarta – With war looming in Iraq, Quds Production garment workshop owner Syahrul Arief mass produces tee-shirts supporting Iraqi…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police released on Friday 20 protesters who staged a rally in front of the residence of President Megawati…

Jakarta – Human rights groups reacted angrily Friday to a US Senate decision not to block military ties with Indonesia over reports that army…

US senators voted down an attempt to limit US military training for Indonesia, triggering outrage from campaigners striving to bring East Timor…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A group of religious leaders publicly condemned abortion on Wednesday, saying it was against the teaching of all…

Robert Go, Nusa Dua – International donors have pledged US$2.7 billion in fresh aid to cash-strapped Indonesia this year, despite ongoing concerns…