Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged employers and their employees on Saturday to exercise restraint when seeking settlements to…

Jakarta – Money talks. Even though prostitution and gambling is officially illegal, the Kalijodo red light area in Pejagalan subdistrict, North…

Jakarta – Rumours that the construction of a bridge linking Indonesia's densely-populated East Java province with Madura island would need the…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – National Assembly Speaker Amien Rais has openly declared that he will quit the leadership of the National Mandate Party (…

Jakarta – Human rights activists paid tribute to one of their modern day heroes, the late Johanes Cornelis Princen, for his lifetime's…

Jakarta – The huge funds provided by the city administration for flood-rehabilitation projects appear open to misuse, as several city…

Robert Go, Jakarta – From his small electronics kiosk in Jakarta's Glodok market, Mr Gunawan sells imported 21-inch Sony televisions for 4.1…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The state has suffered more than Rp 137 trillion (US$13.3 billion) due to the manipulation of the Bank…

Adi Mawardi, Surabaya – Ralph L. Boyce, the United States Ambassador to Indonesia, has promised that he will fight to get a reduction…

Jakarta – Four people were injured on Saturday in clashes that marred a joint Muslim-Christian peace rally in Indonesia's Ambon city, the scene of…

Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors have arrested and jailed former trade and industry minister Rahardi Ramelan for his alleged…

Agus Hidayat – Although Tommy Suharto may be facing the death penalty if convicted, the charges against him contain many weaknesses. A good…

Lee Siew Hua, Washington – The United States appears frustrated with Indonesia for not being aggressive enough in its pursuit of Al-Qaeda…

Jakarta – Indonesia's inflation rate in February rose 1.5 percent from January and 15.13 percent from a year earlier, it was announced…

Jakarta – Indonesia announced a rise in January exports Friday in what one analyst called a good sign for the country's economy.

Like Bob Hasan, Tommy has built a palace at Cipinang jail. But many prisoners are unhappy about it.

In jail, Tommy received a letter…

Nusa Dua/Jakarta – The much-awaited ad hoc human rights trial is faced with another stumbling block as the government has asked the Supreme Court…

Blora – A major fire that is still raging at Pertamina's oil and gas exploration field in Cepu in Central Java has displaced more than…

Jakarta – The commercial center and wholesale market in Kramat Jati in East Jakarta returns to normal on Wednesday afternoon after the two warring…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Activists from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) renewed on Wednesday their demand for an independent…

Nusa Dua – Around 170 political parties have so far registered with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights to contest the 2004…

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday launched an indirect diplomatic broadside at Australia over its stance on illegal immigrants…

Nglinting Darmono, Yogyakarta – There's no such thing as a wholly "natural" disaster. The recent catastrophic floods in Jakarta and along the…

Jakarta – Jakarta is planning to discontinue scholarships to some 1,100 East Timorese students in Indonesia, a report said Wednesday…

Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors said Wednesday that former president B.J. Habibie is not currently a suspect in a 3.8 million dollar fraud case…

Max Lane – Normalinda, an activist from the Indonesian National League of Students for Democracy (LMND) and Fransiscus "Black"…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's grand scheme to rev up its economy by revitalising four key industries has been branded unrealistic by…

Oktovianus Pinontoan, Ambon – At least one person was shot on Monday in the capital of Maluku province, Ambon, in the first spate of serious…

Jakarta – A political stalemate and lack of legal certainty are hampering efforts to reform and restructure Indonesia's banks, Moody's Investors…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Hackers forced the temporary closure of the website of Indonesia's highest legislative assembly yesterday after plastering it…

Jakarta – Former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra had threatened the late Supreme Justice M. Syafiuddin…

Tiny East Timor, which becomes the world's newest nation on May 20, held its first trilateral talks with giant neighbours Indonesia and Australia…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia and East Timor ended bilateral talks on Monday, signing two agreements on direct postal service…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The city administration announced on Monday that more than 60 percent or 68 of 109 private developers in West Jakarta had…

Jakarta – Civil servants who are absent for 12 days consecutively without notice must be fired, according to State Minister of Administrative…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Singapore's 'authoritarianism' is at the root of a dispute with Indonesia over how to deal with alleged terrorists, says…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Gourmet coffee is coming home to Java as cafe culture takes hold of Indonesia's yuppies – even in the midst of an economic…

Kurniawan Hari and I Wayan Juniartha, Jakarta/Denpasar – Health clinics, hospital or physicians are supposed to serve all patients, including…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Minister of Industry and Trade Rini M. Soewandi urged the nation to focus on revitalizing four industries –…

Jakarta – Senior human rights activist Haji Johannes Cornelis Princen who died early on Friday after suffering a stroke, was eventually laid to…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Former president Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra continues to enjoy special treatment even…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Islamic organisations are making their mark on Indonesia's economy with growing operations in the retail, manufacturing…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The City Population Agency started a week of free services on Thursday for flood victims seeking identity cards (KTP…

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – The West Java administration has decided to suspend all industrial logging for the next three years in an…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The floods that have plagued Jakarta for the past three weeks have claimed more than 30 lives and forced more than…

Kuala Lumpur – Indonesia's Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said here yesterday that his countrymen were laughing at what they saw as overblown…

Yemris Fointuna and R.K. Nugroho, Kupang/Jayapura – A score of activists conferred Wednesday 55 coffins to the 55-member of the East Nusa Tenggara…

Batam – Two men were killed in rioting involving 100 members of the Barisan Brigade youth organization at a major taxi stand in…

Yogyakarta – At least two people have been killed and several others wounded when two separate groups of people dressed in Ninja garb attacked…

Jakarta – A powerful politician has expressed fears a privatisation programme will turn Indonesia into a "nation of coolies."

"With the…