Associated Press, Jakarta – Worried that ex-president Suharto might try to escape prosecution for massive corruption, state investigators…

Paris – The Club of Paris, a group of leading creditor nations, agreed Thursday to reschedule 5.8 billion dollars of Indonesia's public debt. The…

Jakarta – Low-income rural people appear to be most vulnerable to growing wealth inequalities in Indonesia following the economic crisis, the…

Jakarta – Indonesian police fired warning shots and tear gas Thursday to disperse hundreds of militant students protesting near the residence of…

Jakarta – Hundreds of teachers, demanding a massive pay hike, demonstrated in front of the presidential palace in central Jakarta yesterday in a…

This city in the West Java hills is home to Indonesia's state phone company, a moribund aircraft project and the country's best-known technical…

Jakarta – Thousands of teachers closed schools in at least five Indonesian cities to protest a new government pay policy for senior civil servants…

Surabaya – Giant publicly listed clove cigarette producer PT Gudang Garam in Kediri, some 125 kilometers southwest of here, suspended operations…

Jakarta – Indonesia's government will remove the chiefs of all five district courts in Jakarta and reassign almost 70 per cent of judges to other…

Pip Hinman – Mounting pressure has forced the Indonesian government to delay implementing key elements of an economic restructuring package…

Jose Manuel Tesoro – One can always rely on the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle for a public spectacle. At its six- day party congress,…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's government reached a preliminary agreement with bus operators on fare increases and additional government…

Bogor – Most state schools in Bogor and Sukabumi were closed on Monday as teachers took to the streets to protest the government's pay policy in…

Jakarta – The majority of the archives compiled by the much- feared Agency for the Coordination of Support for the Development of National…

The Indonesian air force announced plans to ask China to provide and help maintain aircraft and weaponry, reported Agence France- Presse April 10…

Jakarta – Ex-chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Soerjadi disclosed yesterday that Lieutenant General (ret.) Syarwan Hamid played a…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – A familiar sense of insecurity was afflicting Jakarta yesterday. With President Abdurrahman Wahid overseas, politicians…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Lynchings of suspected thieves and violent eruptions of long-running neighbourhood disputes have claimed at least 30…

Bogor – Residents of the otherwise peaceful Munjul village of Kayumanis in the Tanah Sareal district expressed on Sunday their deep concern and…

Jakarta – The Indonesian armed forces have been forced to take delivery of six British Hawk-200 fighter planes by ship, because vital navigation…

Simon Montlake, Jakarta – Indonesia should find it easier to restructure $2.1 billion in sovereign debt owed to donor countries at the Paris Club…

Jakarta – Three Indonesian journalists, including an AFP reporter, were beaten up by youths taking jihad (holy war) training at a camp 50…

Jakarta – The chairman of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Mr Amien Rais, said yesterday that lawmakers would block a plan…

Jakarta – Thousands of Muslims marched on the presidential palace in central Jakarta yesterday to protest against a move by the government to lift…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Finance Minister has accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank of interfering in the country's…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Protests against President Abdurrahman Wahid's policies – particularly his perceived openness to communism – escalated…

Jakarta – In their biggest show of force so far, Muslim radicals called yesterday for a holy war against the country's Christians and demanded the…

Banda Aceh – Some 500 students on Friday held a peaceful rally here in Aceh's provincial capital to protest the death of a woman medical student…

Jakarta – Several Indonesian business groups have set up a slush fund to pay out bribes to hamper an investigation into official corruption in the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – In a move to restore confidence and address allegations of corruption, Indonesia's Attorney-General announced that his…

Jakarta – The US government expressed regret on Monday over a lawsuit filed against Indonesian Army Lt. Gen. Johny Lumintang for his alleged role…

James Balowski – Thousands of students, civil servants and other workers protested in Indonesia on April 1 against cuts to subsides on fuel,…

Chris Latham – On April 1, Indonesian students involved in the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) participated in a national…

Robert Go - Representatives of Indonesia's lower-level civil servants last week warned parliamentary leaders of possible strikes should the…

Daniel Cooney, Jakarta – Riot police blocked roads leading to ex-President Suharto's house today as hundreds of protesters rallied in central…

Jakarta – City police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi regretted the seemingly endless dispute between two neighboring residents in the Matraman area,…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament has delayed a controversial hike in the salaries of senior civil servants that was scheduled to have taken effect…

Time is running out for President Abdurrahman Wahid to spur his squabbling cabinet into action and deliver promised economic reforms – or risk…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government and parliament should meet to discuss the impact of fuel subsidies on the nation's budget, Mines and Energy…

Jakarta – The National Defence Forces (TNI) will make a "comprehensive and meticulous" assessment of President Abdurrrahman Wahid's proposal to…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police Chief Major General Nurfaizi has appealed to warring gangs in East Jakarta, who were still fighting yesterday, to stop…

Semarang – Indonesian Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri has announced a new line-up for the executive board of her Indonesian Democratic Party…

Jakarta – More than 200 Indonesian protestors picketed an empty parliament building here for the second consecutive day yesterday to…

Haryoso, Semarang – The Central Java high seas are rich in marine resources; most notably fish but, ironically, loan sharks, who prey on local…

Jakarta – Violence marred protests against the controversial fuel price hike and former president Soeharto on Saturday.

One protest, held a…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Taking his case directly to the people after Friday prayers in Jakarta, President Abdurrahman Wahid made his strongest appeal…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – In a manner some here see as reminiscent of Golkar's elections during the rule of former President Suharto, Vice-…

Jakarta – Indonesia faces a race against time to fulfil pledges made to the International Monetary Fund if it is to persuade creditors to…

Michael Richardson, Singapore – The United States is moving toward restoring full military ties with Indonesia that were cut in September when…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The Indonesian government yesterday delayed a fuel hike to avert threats of mass demonstrations in the country.

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