Golkar leadership race boils down to two
As preliminary convention begins, fight between party chairman Akbar Tandjung and retired general Wiranto is main event.
Golkar kicked off a preliminary convention
Indonesia
Bush to meet Muslim leaders in Indonesia
BUSH'S FLYING VISIT
He will meet Muslim leaders and offer sweeteners to win over moderates and improve the US image in Muslim world.
Terrorism
Military trying to stick to its guns on politics-free role
Last week's celebration of the 58th anniversary of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) was one of pomp and military muscle.
The newly acquired
Bali blasts woke up Jakarta
BALI BLASTS
ONE YEAR LATER
They pushed the Megawati administration into enacting anti-terror laws and hunting down the JI.
On the night of Oct 12
Megawati to skip memorial service for Bali blast victims
DESPITE CRITICISM AT HOME AND ABROAD
Shocking’ Muslim hostility towards US
Washington's public relations drive fails to stop Muslim anti-US sentiment hitting rock bottom worldwide, expert panel says
There is a growing tide of
Muslims’ love-hate affair with America
ANTI-AMERICANISM IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
THE VIEW IN JAKARTA
Indonesians may love Hollywood movies, big Macs and Madonna, but their anger towards Americans has
The JI’s island of terror
PULAU Sebatik, a tear-shaped island in East Kalimantan, has lush rainforests and mangrove swamps packed with gibbons and crab-eating macaques.
It would be
JI poised to strike in new terror wave
TOP OF THE NEWS
A NEW breed of homegrown 'twentysomething terrorists' is poised to strike at Indonesia's international hotels with a wave of
Sentence delivers wrong message
THE BASHIR VERDICT
Bashir's light jail term jeopardises Jakarta's credibility in terror fight and offers extremists hope.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir did
Hubby pulling the strings to get Mega re-elected
Behind every man is a powerful woman, or so runs an old cliche. In the corridors of Indonesia's presidential palace, the roles
Mega Power, Mega Problems
JULY 2004
President Megawati might have strong mass appeal, but she is fighting for re-election both with a resurgent Golkar and within her