Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Noted scholars warned the government on Wednesday of social upheaval that could explode at any time as people were…
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January 23, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2003
ETAN Press Release - January 23, 2003
"Today's Senate floor vote against an amendment offered by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to restrict International Military Education and Training…
Straits Times - January 23, 2003
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri fired the opening salvo in her campaign for next year's election by challenging her…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of women legislators have taken the lead in the movement to force out House of Representatives Speaker Akbar…
Laksamana.Net - January 23, 2003
The insistence of House Speaker Akbar Tanjung on retaining his position in Golkar and in the House is likely to provoke post-power syndrome groups…
Melbourne Age - January 23 2003
Marian Wilkinson, Washington – A confidential FBI report revealing that a key member of the extremist group Jemaah Islamiah planned to bomb…
January 22, 2003
Green Left Weekly - January 22, 2003
Pip Hinman – When Indonesian judge Asril Marwan on December 30 sentenced Joy-Lee Sadler to four months' jail and Lesley McCulloch to five months,…
Green Left Weekly - January 22, 2003
Max Lane, Jakarta – On the evening of January 15, senior Indonesian cabinet ministers announced the postponement of a proposed 22% increase in…
Reuters - January 22, 2003
Joanne Collins, Bali – Indonesia would not need to "beg" for money from the international community if it tackled the corruption costing the cash-…
Radio Australia - January 22, 2003
The former head of Indonesia's national human rights commission says the agency's independence is under threat because of recent legislative…
Asia Times - January 22, 2003
Bill Guerin – International aid donors led by the World Bank may, just may, put more pressure on Indonesia to reform its forestry policy.…
January 21, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - January 21, 2003
Mathew Moore, Jakarta – Despite certain criticism from its international financial backers, Indonesia's Government is set to abandon a series of…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 21, 2003
Matthew Moore – In a nation where conspiracy theories and rice are two of life's staples, Indonesians appear to be changing their habits. You can…
Reuters - January 21, 2003
Bali – Indonesia's moves to reduce earlier announced rises in fuel prices were very understandable and would not compromise its goals…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2003
Students, workers and employers vowed on Monday to continue their street rallies to force the government to make radical changes to economic…
Reuters - January 21, 2003
Joanne Collins, Bali – Indonesia's government said on Tuesday it wanted an end to IMF funding this year, seeking to break a financial lifeline in…
January 20, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Police fired warning shots and beat hundreds of anti-CGI protesters with batons, while representatives of Indonesia's…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang As the sun sets, some factory workers rush to their boarding houses to refresh themselves. They take off…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – Corruption charges against politicians and state officials abound, but analysts say they probably have more to do…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Nana Rukmana and Kurniawan Hari, Cirebon/Jakarta – The move to clip House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung's wings has taken a new turn…
Straits Times - January 20, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesian activists vowed yesterday to hold more protests against recent price rises despite government promises to delay some…
January 19, 2003
Reuters - January 19, 2003
Joanne Collins, Jakarta – Happy with Indonesia's fight against terror and its efforts for peace in Aceh, international donors look set this week…
January 17, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Novi had to rush to her factory because she was afraid of being late for her night shift and it never occurred to her…
Straits Times - January 17, 2003
Jakarta – Intelligence information has uncovered a plot to use the current protests against fuel and utility price hikes to overthrow…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Leo Wahyudi S – Drug abuse is one of the serious problems facing the country, especially big cities like Jakarta. Under the antidrug laws which…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung insisted that he would retain his position despite the fact that he…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Jakarta – The National Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) demanded on Thursday the Attorney General's…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Residents of Kelapa Gading district, North Jakarta, lost on Thursday their class-action suit against Governor…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Bogor – Eight people, including a man in military uniform, ran amok at a cafe in the district of Kemang in Bogor early Thursday…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
La Remmy, Palu – Police here said on Thursday they had arrested at least 30 people suspected of involvement in an attack on the headquarters of…
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Widespread illegal logging costs US$609 million annually in environmental destruction throughout the country, an…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 17, 2003
Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians face poverty as investors continue to desert the country largely because of rampant corruption…
Asia Times - January 17, 2003
Bill Guerin – The Indonesian government raised fuel prices, electricity rates, and telephone charges at the start of the year in an effort to…
January 15, 2003
Asia Times - January 15, 2003
Tim Shorrock, Washington – The US Congress may vote as early as this week to restore a military training program for Indonesia despite…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Indonesian managers, and professionals such as doctors and lawyers could find themselves competing with their foreign…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Jakarta – The recent protest involving only about 3,000 workers in Jakarta, instead of the threatened 25,000 people, is further proof of how weak…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) moved to save face in the price hike controversy on Tuesday…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Bogor – Some 2,000 workers in Bogor regency, West Java, staged a protest on Tuesday demanding minimum wages the same as for workers in…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputricanceled a trip to Central Sulawesi on Tuesday following the latest wave of protests around…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has said that people would have difficulty in obtaining water if…
Radio Australia - January 15, 2003
The Human Rights Watch annual report has singled out the government of Indonesia for failing to address human rights abuses by the military. It…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2003
Jakarta – Nationwide protests against increases in utility prices entered their second week on Tuesday, turning more militant in some provinces as…
Asia Times - January 15, 2003
Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – On New Year's Eve, I pulled into my local Pertamina station. While waiting for my tank to fill, I asked the attendant…
January 14, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Karawang – The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Monday said it was the right of citizens to protest over recent price hikes but warned against hidden…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – Some 5,000 women staged a rally on Tuesday outside the presidential palace in Central Jakara, protesting the government's…
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – Violence erupted again on Monday as thousands of people embarked on a second week of protests nationwide against the steep rises in fuel…
Reuters - January 14, 2003
Achmad Sukarsono and Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Thousands of protesters rallied in more than a dozen Indonesian cities on Tuesday and knocked down…
Laksamana.Net - January 14, 2003
[The following is a by Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern University, via Joyo Indonesia News Service.]
I would like to offer the…
Straits Times - January 14, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) headed by President Megawati Sukarnoputri has joined the chorus of…
BBC News - January 14, 2003
Rachel Harvey, Jakarta – Rampant corruption in Indonesia is hampering attempts to tackle the problem of illegal logging, according to a report.…