Indonesia's armed forces will put mothballed equipment back into operation following a funding increase.

The armed forces –…

Retno Sulistyowati, Jakarta – Eurico Gutteres, former commander of East-Timorese Pro-Integration Fighters, came to National Police…

An Australian defence think-tank says there's a growing risk of Indonesia reverting violently to a military authoritarian government…

[A new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says there's evidence that Al Qaeda members fleeing Afghanistan have moved to…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Thousands of people from all walks of life, from becak (pedicab) drivers and street vendors to bankers and…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists say widespread corruption in procurements of goods and services in most units of the city…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Facing a meltdown in its transportation system, the Jakarta government now dreams of a high-speed subway, elevated trains and…

Maria Ressa, Jakarta – An Indonesian man is being linked to the top echelons of the al Qaeda terrorist network with officials saying he allegedly…

"Yesterday's action by the Senate Appropriations Committee restoring full International Military Education and Training (IMET) for Indonesia sets…

Muhammad Nafik and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri, once a popular opposition leader, has developed…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has come under fire for issuing a decree ordering members of her Indonesian Democratic…

[An Australian defence think tank says there's a growing risk of Indonesia reverting violently to an authoritarian government backed by the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Confusion over the powers of local regents, or district heads, who have been empowered under Indonesia's messy…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Anti-corruption campaigners questioned on Wednesday a demand from the House of Representatives (DPR) for additional…

Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – On his third day of his mission to investigate the independence of Indonesia's judiciary, a United Nations legal…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Collusion and corruption are still rampant in procurements of goods and services in nearly all units of the city…

Jakarta – Sycophantic officials are getting on the Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri's nerves. Some of them, she complained yesterday,…

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has called upon party leaders to speed up the passing of key Bills which are holding up economic…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Inadequate naval patrolling and officials who can be paid off to turn a blind eye are the weak links enabling a…

John McBeth, Jakarta – His office overlooking Jakarta's central business district, the shirt-sleeved boss of a Western mining company gestures to…

Rita A. Widiadana, Denpasar – The office of Animal Conservation for Life (KSBK) has reported that some members of the Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – As the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) opened on Wednesday the bidding for its ambitious sale of some Rp…

American military cooperation with Jakarta, suspended during the Suharto dictatorship over the Indonesian Army's human rights abuses, should not…

John Roberts – Under considerable international pressure, the Supreme Court of Indonesia on July 8 overruled a decision by the country's…

Jim Lobe – More than 50 human rights groups in Washington D.C. are pressing a key Senate committee to retain tough conditions on military aid to…

Kathy Fairfax, Sydney – Husaini Hasan, chairperson of the Government Council of the Free Acheh Movement (MPGAM), told a meeting on…

Max Lane, Jakarta – Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, was 27 years old when he became chairperson of the Indonesian National Party in the…

The Indonesian embassy appealed to all its citizens living in Malaysia illegally to return home before an amnesty period ends in two weeks.

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Cilacap – Hundreds of fishermen in Donan subdistrict here have protested to state oil company Pertamina for allegedly polluting the…

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – Senior politicians from Muslim-based parties met again here on Monday in an apparent move to counter a coalition between…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Two of the largest parties in the Indonesian Parliament, the ruling PDI-P and Golkar, are trying to dislodge Mr Amien…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Hundreds of residents from Kampung Walahir in Nambo village, Klapa Nunggal district, protested on Monday to demand the…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Former president Suharto's children enjoy a measure of protection from the establishment even today, analysts said after…

Ainur R. Sophiaan, Surabaya – Some 300 people rallied in front of the Surabaya legislative council on Monday, claiming its decision to dismiss the…

Grace Nirang, Jakarta – Indonesia's plans to impose higher tariffs on a string of agricultural commodities might not help farmers as intended but…

Apriadi Gunawan and Jacob Herin, Medan/Maumere – More than 430 workers from East Java occupied the North Sumatra legislature building out of fear…

Michael Shari, Surabaya – When Indonesia's President Suharto fell from power in 1998 and the business empires of his cronies melted down, young…

John Garnaut – Forget luring Allan Jones to 2GB, or his role in rescuing Channel 10 – John Singleton looks set to realise his most lucrative media…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The rampant practice of exorbitant mark-ups will likely continue as a senior defense official responsible for equipment…

The involvement of the Soeharto family in the country's arms procurement business only started in the early 1990s. Nevertheless, in a short time,…

Debbie A. Lubis, Jakarta – With HIV spreading rapidly in Indonesia, the country cannot expect much from the government but instead many non-…

Leo Wahyudi S, Jakarta – With the new school year beginning, parents are facing increased financial demands. Those parents unable to come up with…

A radical Indonesian Muslim cleric that Singapore accuses of leading a terrorist network, has accused Washington of being behind a…

A teenager was killed and four other people were wounded when a bomb exploded outside their bus in the troubled Poso district of Central Sulawesi…

Jakarta/Medan – West Kalimantan Governor Aspar Aswin declared his province on top alert on Thursday, urging local governments to tackle forest…

Jakarta – The Democratic People's Party (PRD) launched on Thursday the Democracy Front to unite like-minded reformers within a forum in a bid to…

Yogita Tahilramani and Edith Hartanto, East Java – This year's drought has dealt a severe blow to East Java province causing the country's major…

Debbie A. Lubis and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Most people still think that the spread of HIV/AIDS here is mainly caused by the sharing of…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Indonesia's offer to act as the honest broker between the two Koreas, made during North Korean number two leader Kim…

Jakarta – Garbage problems continue to haunt the Jakarta city administration.

The Bekasi legislative council complained on Thursday about…