Esther Samboh, Jakarta – In an event attended by finance ministers and senior officials from ASEAN states, as well as representatives of various regional and international organizations

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh is fast becoming a key destination for firearms smuggled into and around the country, a human rights activist said on Tuesday.

Armando Siahaan – The past year has seen a flood of headlines that drowned the nation in misery, tragedy and controversy.

Indonesia – A series of conflicts sparked by a racist mobile phone ringtone will not affect a visit by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Jayapura, Papua.

Tasa Nugraza Barley – Like any Indonesian, Endah Puspita, 27, was taught growing up that she lived in a nation of friendly and polite people.

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has dispatched his three coordinating ministers and their officials on a quick trip to Papua as part

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.

Zaky Pawas – A student at Garut Teachers' College was allegedly killed by a police-issued revolver during a game of Russian roulette, police have said.

"Political drama" is the reason respected journalist Goenawan Mohamad, returned the Bakrie Award he received in 2004.

Jakarta – A 25-year-old man, Tenius Tabuni, died on Friday after being ambushed by a group of people in an extended communal conflict involving two ethnic groups in Kwamki Lama village,

A statue depicting US President Barack Obama as a boy was Sunday removed from a park in Indonesia's capital, officials said.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's prayers of late have likely been dominated by wishes that the PT Bank Century bailout probe might die an unholy death, but

Indonesian police are hunting for the gunmen responsible for a shooting near the Freeport mine in Indonesia's majority-Melanesian Papua province.

Nurfika Osman – After years of being accustomed to public attention for his penchant for flamboyance, Brig. Gen.

Dessy Sagita & Emmy Fitri – A new year, a new decade. But is the country in for better things ahead, or will 2010 be as scandal-filled as 2009?

Banda Aceh – Officials say a German working for the Red Cross has been shot by men on a motorcycle in Indonesia's Aceh province.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Lhokseumawe – Residents in a North Aceh village almost cut off a thief's hand late Saturday, in what was the first known attempt at sharia-style punishment of its kin

Biak – After having meetings with the DPRP, the MRP and the Papuan provisional government, a team from Komnas HAM visited Biak Numfor to seek opinions from local people about views for

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said Thursday Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf should be held responsible for a recent incident in the provin

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Southeast Aceh regency was tense Monday evening after the installation of Marthin Desky as acting regent, replacing Rajidin, by Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Governo

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A noted Papuan figure criticized the Indonesian government on Tuesday, saying it was only interested in the province's natural resources, not its people,

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Murdered Papuan independence figure Theys Hiyo Eluay was a hero who struggled peacefully to uphold democracy in Indonesia, former president Abdurrahman "G

Jakarta – While some officials claim that militants who raided armories in southern Thailand are selling weapons to rebels in Indonesia's neighboring Aceh province, an expert said Monda

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Lhokseumawe – Saturday night is no longer lively in the North Aceh capital Lhokseumawe where youngsters used to gather in street cafes downtown or just ride aro

Jakarta – Around 30 suspected separatist rebels, some armed with automatic rifles, ambushed a group of government officials in Indonesia's Papua province on Monday.

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri publicly asked on Saturday for forgiveness from all Acehnese for past mistakes of the government.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Combatants in Aceh's separatist war like to use visits by Jakarta dignitaries to make brutal political points – and President Megawati Sukarnoputri's trip to

Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has postponed a September 2 visit to rebellious Aceh province, an official said, citing technical reasons.

Craig Skehan, Nauru – A senior member of the Irian Jayan independence movement who slipped into Nauru for the annual gathering of Pacific island leaders despite an official ban, made an

Hamish McDonald – A Sydney law professor will head an international study into whether there are grounds for a legal challenge to the incorporation of Western New Guinea into Indonesia

John Martinkus, Banda Aceh – Handing out gruesome photographs of Acehnese shot point-blank in the head in recent violence, Free Aceh Movement (GAM) representative Zulfani saw nothing po

Jakarta – Two men were wounded in an attack Saturday evening on the residence of Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh located on Jl. SA Mahmudsyah in Banda Aceh.

Vaudine England – Excitement pervaded the airport at Sentani, near Irian Jaya's capital Jayapura.

Chris McCall, Sigli – An Indonesian soldier cannot expect an easy life in troubled Aceh at the best of times, but most assume their own colleagues will not betray them.

Jakarta – Aceh, at the westernmost tip of the Indonesian archipelago, has remained through the ages a staunch Muslim stronghold which has defied all outside attempts at domination.

Associated Press in Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Tuesday that fighters of the separatist Free Aceh Movement group (GAM) could join the Indonesian military following a p

Banda Aceh – Preparations for a planned consultative congress on the future of the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh are nearing completion, participants said Monday on the eve of a

Jakarta – Indonesia has captured provocateurs, some of them formerly with the military, who were trying to stir up trouble in rebellious Aceh province, senior minister and former armed

Jakarta – Demands for an East Timor-style referendum on self-determination are on the rise in the staunchly Muslim Indonesian province of Aceh after decades of violence involving soldie

The Deputy Head of the Provincial Government in Aceh, Yusri Hadjerat (who belongs to the ABRI faction in local government) told students and the people to "kill" the provocateurs who ha