After Indonesian dictator Suharto invaded Timor-Leste in 1975, Australian communists set up an illegal radio station, ...

President Prabowo Subianto, a former general in the Suharto regime, is taking a step towards dictatorial rule, amid a massive social crisis and an international political shift to the right by the ...

Indonesia's parliament has passed controversial changes to legislation that will allow its military a bigger role in ...

Maria Catharina Sumarsih (front row, sixth from left) with fellow rights activists after submitting a letter of objection to ...

Former journalist Mário Robalo, who in 1991 managed to interview Xanana Gusmão while underground, believes that independence ...

Recent revisions to the country’s 2004 National Armed Forces Law have broken down the firewall between the military and civilian spheres.

President Prabowo Subianto, who took office last October and was a special forces commander under Suharto, has been expanding the armed forces’ role into what were considered civilian areas ...

Sukarno will henceforth be referred to only as “Doctor Engineer” Sukarno, in deference to his academic training, will not be allowed to travel inside or outside the country without Suharto’s ...

Legislators revised a law to allocate more civilian posts for military officers, a move that harked back to the era of the dictator Suharto. By Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono Indonesia’s ...

Protests in Indonesia continued amid resistance to growing military power in the country. Enraged demonstrators opposed recent amendments to a bill that allows active-duty military officers to hold a ...

Indonesia's parliament passed revisions to the country's military law on Thursday, allocating more civilian posts for military officers as hundreds of students and activists protested against the ...