Jakarta – Shortly after several cabinet ministers arrived in Ambon, Maluku, an unidentified man threw bombs at passing cars, which…
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January 14, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 14, 2003
Jakarta – The government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri has restored some political stability but failed to address human rights…
January 13, 2003
Straits Times - January 13, 2003
Mengwi – President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday defended her decision to raise fuel and power prices, arguing they were needed to end the…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2003
Jakarta – Riding the momentum initiated by mounting anti-government protests, several individuals representing different groups have become united…
Radio Australia - January 13, 2003
Protests against price hikes for fuel and phone charges are continuing for a second week across Indonesia. The price rises for fuel, electricity…
January 12, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2003
Ati Nurbaiti, Ambon – It seems an inevitable, accepted fact of life here that while things must return to "normal", it would be wishful thinking…
January 11, 2003
Straits Times - January 11, 2003
Jakarta – Despite making progress in clamping down on suspected terrorists, Indonesia lacks a comprehensive policy to combat terrorism and puts…
Asia Times - January 11, 2003
Bill Guerin – A year ago Indonesia's debut into the free-trade era took place when it opened its markets to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).
…Straits Times - January 11, 2003
Jakarta – Police have uncovered a fifth military-style training camp in South Sulawesi – suspected to belong to the group behind last month's…
Straits Times - January 11, 2003
Jakarta – Already under investigation for corruption, Indonesia's Attorney-General was accused by police yesterday of embezzling…
Straits Times - January 11, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – After pulling up President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia's main audit body is flexing its muscles and plans to fire…
Straits Times - January 11, 2003
Jakarta – Domestic researchers lashed out at the government's plan to impose restrictions on foreign scholars who wish to conduct…
Asia Times - January 11, 2003
Tony Sitathan, Jakarta – "I do not know how I am going to survive with three children, an ailing mother and an unemployed husband, with the…
Jakarta Post - January 11, 2003
Jakarta – Street protests continued across the country Friday against steep increases in fuel and utility charges as the government began…
January 10, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 10, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Leniency in the labor law and lack of enforcement of standard safety measures have put the lives of millions of…
Jakarta Post - January 10, 2003
Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Police fired two warning shots into the air to disperse a rally of some 1,000 former workers of PT Doson Indonesia, a…
Jakarta Post - January 10, 2003
Jakarta – The non-governmental organization, The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), condemned on Thursday the government's…
Antara - January 10, 2003
Jakarta – Hundreds of workers grouped in the workers union of many companies joined in a rally in protest of the increase in fuel oil…
Jakarta Post - January 10, 2003
Maria Endah Hulupi and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and students staged a rally in front of Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on…
Jakarta Post - January 10, 2003
Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – Unable to force the government to cancel utility price increases despite mass protests across the country, protesters…
Jakarta Post - January 10, 2003
Jakarta – Calls for a national boycott on taxes and utility bills, and for the resignations of President Megawati Soekarnoputri and her deputy…
January 9, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 9, 2003
Jakarta – The police reiterated once again that they would take very strict actions against demonstrators, if they planned to insult…
Straits Times - January 9, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – With a glut of new parties set up ahead of next year's general election, disputes are breaking out over the right to use…
Straits Times - January 9, 2003
Jakarta – In another show of deep cracks within the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), five functionaries in Lampung…
Jakarta Post - January 9, 2003
Jakarta – Unable to accept the burning of her effigy, President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the people not to insult state symbols…
Jakarta Post - January 9, 2003
Jakarta – The government has announced a plan to restrict foreign researchers' access to conduct field work in Papua and Aceh, saying that many…
Jakarta Post - January 9, 2003
Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – Some 25,000 workers are expected to hit the streets of Jakarta on Thursday in what will likely be the biggest…
Reuters - January 9, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign direct investment pledges slumped 35 per cent last year compared with 2001, a bad sign for economic…
Jakarta Post - January 9, 2003
Jakarta – A lawyer for a Christian gang suspected of deadly bombings and shootings in Maluku said Wednesday some attacks had been assisted by…
Straits Times - January 9, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputi faces one of her toughest challenges today as Indonesia's businessmen join thousands of…
Jakarta Post - January 9, 2003
Evi Mariani, Jakarta – About 150 becak (trishaw) drivers united in the Daya Manunggal Becak Driver Group (PBDM) visited the National Commission on…
January 8, 2003
Straits Times - January 8, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia could be building nuclear power plants by the end of this decade, as part of government efforts to provide…
Straits Times - January 8, 2003
Jakarta – Hundreds of students burned tyres and pictures of President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday when protests against fuel, telephone and…
Straits Times - January 8, 2003
The recent furore over Singapore Technologies Telemedia's purchase of a major stake in Indonesia's Indosat is just a case of domestic…
Radio Australia - January 8, 2003
A new report claims Indonesia's booming paper industry is responsible for widespread attacks on indigenous communities in Sumatra. The New York-…
January 7, 2003
Straits Times - January 7, 2003
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – It comes as no surprise that a handful of legislators are seeking an inquiry into the S$1.2 billion purchase of a major…
Jakarta Post - January 7, 2003
Jakarta – Mass strikes by public transportation drivers commenced in a number of cities on Monday as street protests against recent hikes in…
Jakarta Post - January 7, 2003
Jakarta – The country's booming paper industry is responsible for widespread attacks on indigenous communities in Sumatra, said a…
Asia Times - January 7, 2003
Richel Langit, Jakarta – Dozens of people suspected of plotting the deadly Bali bombing have been arrested, and the head of the joint…
January 6, 2003
Straits Times - January 6, 2003
Jakarta – In a mainly Muslim nation dominated by Javanese culture, few Indonesians know much about the remote and mainly Christian province of…
Straits Times - January 6, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's businessmen and labour unions have formed a rare alliance to protest the government's New Year price hikes –…
Agence France Presse - January 6, 2003
Hundreds of Indonesians took to the streets here to protest the government's decision to raise electricity and telephone rates and fuel prices,…
January 4, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 4, 2003
Debbie A. Lubis, Jakarta – The government's decision to hike fuel, electricity and telephone charges has drawn a strong public rejection, with…
Asia Times - January 4, 2003
Bill Guerin – Indonesia's largest supermarket chain PT Hero Supermarket plans to open three hypermarkets on the outskirts of Jakarta this year to…
Melbourne Age - January 4 2003
Tom Hyland, Jakarta – The relentless techno beat is so loud your insides vibrate. Strobe and laser lights flash out across the crowd of maybe 5000…
Jakarta Post - January 4, 2003
A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Employers remain committed to implementing a 7 percent increase in the minimum labor wage despite a simultaneous utility…
Jakarta Post - January 4, 2003
Makassar – Hundreds of students of the State University of Makassar on Friday staged a demonstration at the provincial legislature here, demanding…
January 3, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 3, 2003
Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) launched a campaign on Thursday against the much-criticized government policy of…
Jakarta Post - January 3, 2003
Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Women, beware. Every five hours, a woman is raped in Indonesia. Every day, at least one rape case in Jakarta is reported…
January 2, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 2, 2003
Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais said Tuesday the government should stop working with the…