Tarko Sudiarno, Yogyakarta – Tension engulfed the tourist city of Yogyakarta on Sunday as hundreds of supporters of the United Development Party (…

Gland, Switzerland – Wildlife conservation experts raised the alarm on Monday about an Indonesian forest where a record number of plant species…

Berni K. Moestafa, Jakarta – The final bidders have been announced, the financial markets are calm, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is…

Robert Go, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri's economic team shows signs of wear and tear after six months in office, as Cabinet members…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A total of 1,660 illegal Indonesian workers were deported home by Malaysian authorities between January 11 and January 31…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A number of legislators at the House of Representatives (DPR) admitted on Friday that they were not working for the…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Floods have become an all too familiar disaster for Jakartans. When tragedy struck this year, however, the floodwaters…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso tried to calm hundreds of angry flood victims by partially opening the Manggarai floodgate in…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Total exports fell by 9.8 percent to US$56.03 billion last year, the biggest percentage decline in 12 years, the…

Jakarta – Indonesia should follow the lead of Singapore and Malaysia in taking firmer action against suspected terrorists, US Ambassador Frank…

Jakarta – Indonesian exports fell 9.8 percent in 2001, the biggest percentage slump in 12 years, the Central Bureau of Statistics said…

Jakarta – An Indonesian court yesterday jailed two bodyguards who procured forged documents for Tommy Suharto, the youngest son of a former…

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations (KPP HAM) during the 1999 Trisakti,…

Jupriadi, Makassar – Representatives from both of Maluku's warring factions flew home on Thursday after meeting separately with government…

Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – The lawyer of the Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) chief Abu Bakar Ba'asyir said on Thursday there was no evidence…

Alex Wilson and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' decision to retain four legislators representing East Timor has raised…

Jakarta – Inflation in Indonesia rose 1.99 percent in January and surged 14.42 percent year-on-year, the Central Bureau of Statistics…

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – A member of the General Elections Committee (KPU) urged the House of Representatives on Thursday to immediately revise the…

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Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations suggested on Wednesday that the government dissolve the Public…

Jakarta – Indonesia lacks the legal framework and the necessary counter-terrorism laws to deal with the problem, said national police…

Jakarta – Flooded areas in Jakarta, Tangerang and Bekasi have paralyzed economic and office activities since the last three days in the capital.…

[This year we have still to see the worst of the floods. Former state minister for the environment and professor in business ethics Sonny Keraf…

Max Lane – The Indonesian government's implementation of policies demanded by the International Monetary Fund – the reduction of subsidies on…

Max Lane – The Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) is advertised as a body promoting people-to-people relations between Australia and Indonesia.…

Jakarta – State Minister for Environmental Affairs Nabiel Makarim said on Wednesday that the current flooding in Greater Jakarta was the result of…

Chris Mccall, Halmahera, North Maluku – More than a year after their final stand, the Christians of Duma still lie in shallow graves dotted around…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest political party, Golkar, could be coming apart at the seams.

Several top members have…

Singapore – It would be easier to fight terrorists in Indonesia if the US resumed normal military ties with the country, the chief of the US…

Jakarta – The United States is offering support – including millions of dollars for police training and increased intelligence sharing – to help…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The problem of flooding in the capital city was worsening due to continuing violations of the Jakarta Master Plan,…

Erick W., Palu – The situation in Luwuk, Banggai, Central Sulawesi remained tense on Monday as thousands of people marched through the small town…

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Indonesia's president has always avoided reporters, but new curbs on journalists covering her activities have sparked…

The president has recently appointed eighteen ad hoc Human Rights judges. Can Indonesia's Court of Human Rights function objectively and…

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – The dissolution of the Environmental Impact Control Agency (Bapedal) has ignited fears that all previous…

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian manufacturers Monday urged the government to allow the employment of Indonesian women workers amid a recent ban on the…

Jakarta – Indonesia criticised neighbouring Malaysia on Monday for Kuala Lumpur's decision to halve the number of Indonesians working in the…

Semarang – Employees of state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telkom's Central Java and Yogyakarta regional offices will strike on Monday to…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The resignation of legislator Sophan Sophiaan from both the House of Representatives (DPR) and the People's Consultative…

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Political observers expressed concern on Saturday that amid the crisis of leadership the nation was facing, the government…

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, ended its annual meeting here on Sunday, calling on…

A'an Suryana and Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A team established to save Golkar is accusing certain leftist groups of trying to dissolve the party by…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Activists have demanded that the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Home Affairs mount an immediate investigation…

Robert Go – Tattooed and multiple-pierced 19-year-old Ismail, aka Pluto, cannot remember how long he has been homeless.

All he knows is that…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government will not extend any logging contracts until a survey is conducted of all forest concessions,…

Jakarta – New witness testimony in a corruption case against Indonesia's parliament speaker Akbar Tanjung has further discredited his claim that…

Mark Baker in Manila and Lindsay Murdoch in Jakarta – The Indonesian Government is under mounting pressure to crack down on the fundamentalist…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – As a governor, Sutiyoso should abide by the law. Ironically, he has long violated a ministerial decree that bans him from…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – West Java, a large province closest to the capital, Jakarta, has hidden its decade-long teacher crisis behind its…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Two top separatist leaders in Indonesia's Papua and Aceh provinces have been killed in the last three months, raising…