Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Choking haze in central and west Kalimantan reached its worst levels this season, with visibility down to only a few…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – A widespread blackout in the Indonesian capital and the surrounding West Java towns has underscored Jakarta's failure to…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Activists hailed on Friday a bill on witness and victim protection, but demanded that it not only provide protection for…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has delayed plans to pass a controversial new media law that would bar local broadcast outlets from relaying…

Yuliansyah, Banjarmasin – The Association of Indonesian Private School Employees (Asokadikta) Banjarmasin chapter said Friday that it was planning…

Jakarta – Experts welcomed on Friday the government's plan to provide incentives for rice farmers, but said that the government must also curb the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri's backing for the re-election of Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has undermined her anti-…

Ainur R. Sophia'an and Nana Rukmana, Surabaya/Cirebon – Thousands of sugar farmers and peasants employed by sugar plantations in West and East…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Suhari spends almost one-third of his day on the road. It is not because he is a driver. The employee of a…

Richard Galpin, Jakarta – A senior police official in Indonesia has confirmed reports that 30 people demonstrating on Wednesday against the re-…

[Indonesia, like other predominantly Islamic countries in the Asia Pacific region, has felt the impact of the September 11 attacks on the US.…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Over 550,000 poor families will no longer receive government assistance through "Rice for the Poor" program in 2003…

Berni K. Moestafa and Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – Local analysts expressed doubt on Wednesday that al-Qaeda had any organized cells here, but warned…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Police yesterday fired blank warning shots, tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters as Jakarta…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Three assessment companies appointed by the Ministry of Forestry to help filter out bad forest concession holders are…

Lee Kim Chew – Last week's three-year jail sentence for Akbar Tandjung, Indonesia's Lower House Speaker and Golkar party chairman, is another new…

Berni K. Moestafa and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Activists have welcomed the submission of the anti-race and ethnic discrimination bill to…

Medan – At least 700 workers from six regencies in North Sumatra grouped under The North Sumatra Labor Union NGO Forum held a rally on…

Medan – Hundreds of employees of a regional construction company staged a demo at the city council building in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday…

US Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L. Boyce has advised American investors not to make any new investments in Indonesia until the investment and…

Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is forecast to grow 3.86 percent year-on-year in the third quarter and 5.76 percent year-on-year in the fourth due…

Representatives of protesters rejecting the likely re-election of Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso scuffled with police after they were…

Jakarta – Despite improvements in health over the past decades, Indonesia is listed as being among the countries that contribute 40 percent of the…

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – In a last minute attempt to foil governor Sutiyoso's nomination in the gubernatorial election on Wednesday,…

Manuela Saragosa – Indonesia has the world's second largest reserves of natural forest but the World Bank has warned it could all disappear within…

Bill Guerin – Despite growing "anti-IMF" sentiment among some Indonesian politicians, last month's draft budget for 2003 was crafted to appease…

Tangerang – Hundreds of passengers were stranded across Tangerang on Monday following a strike by public minivan drivers serving three…

Police fired blank ammunition, tear gas and water cannons on Wednesday to stop a brawl between about 300 student protesters demanding…

Greg Sheridan – The Bush Administration was shocked at the extent of al-Qa'ida's penetration of southeast Asia, says US Deputy Defence Secretary…

Chris McCall – Virtual pariahs after their bloody destruction of East Timor, the Indonesian military and police were turned overnight into…

[Political pressure is mounting for the resignation of Indonesian Attorney-General Muhammad Abdurrahman. Following allegations that he has…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Labor union activists and businessmen have expressed discontent with the changes to the labor bill being deliberated…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has been on a seven-nation tour abroad while President Gloria Arroyo has personally…

Fitri Wulandari and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Nunukan – Rustan was dreaming of streets paved in gold when he took the offer to work in Malaysia…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – In the struggle for the public face of Islam in Indonesia, militant Muslims rarely encounter anyone willing to confront them…

Ken Dalecki – If your company does business overseas, keep an eye on several lawsuits against US corporations alleging that they are "vicariously…

Jalil Hamid, Nunukan – Indonesian officials say 35 deportees from Malaysia have died at sprawling makeshift camps in Borneo as they await the…

Jakarta – Four people, including three teenage girl athletes, died in a powerful explosion at a sports stadium in Indonesia's strife-…

The move by some 4,000 Indonesian villagers to sue the Japanese government and its aid agencies over losses caused by the Kota Panjang dam is a…

Jakarta – Two days after House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung was convicted of graft, his future has been narrowed down to two choices…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Most Jakartans are familiar with the presence of street children at most intersections in the city every day.…

Washington – The United States Under Secretary for Defense Paul Wolfowitz said here on Wednesday that the US government was very "disappointed"…

Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian government wants to allow open-pit mining in protected forest areas in a bid to get more cash out of the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI), a Muslim militant Muslim group which allegedly has links to al-Qaeda, threatened on Friday to…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – A conviction on corruption charges and a three-year jail sentence have eroded Indonesian parliamentary Speaker Akbar…

Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors yesterday indicted the half-brother of former president Suharto for embezzling state reforestation…

Jakarta (Agencies) – A powerful exploded at a stand in Merdeka Stadium in Ambon on Thursday, killing three junior high-school students…

Jakarta – Though kicked out of parliament, the army is still a force to be reckoned with. When Indonesia's parliament voted recently to abolish…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's military will not get out of business just yet but could set up holding companies to consolidate and clean up the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The conviction of parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung, the second case in which a politically connected person has…