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Indonesian deputy spy chief on trial

18:27:37, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News

A former deputy chief of Indonesian intelligence is on trial for the murder of a rights activist who had challenged abuses by the military-led Suharto regime.

Delay likely for Bali bombers execution

04:33:24, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia's attorney general says it is unlikely that the three Bali bombers will be executed before the holy month of Ramadan.

ASEAN considers observer status for Burma's elected government

16:02:15, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News

ASEAN members meeting in Singapore this week will consider the admission of members of Burma's civilian government in exile as observers of the group.

Papua murder case will not be reopened: Indonesia

10:54:04, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia says it will not re-open investigations into the 2002 killing of two American school teachers and an Indonesian in remote Papua province.

PNG, Indonesia visit for Australian agriculture minister

09:04:09, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Australia's Agriculture Minister and a delegation of Australian primary industry representatives are visiting Indonesia and Papua New Guinea this week.

Clouded leopard reappears in Borneo

09:04:05, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News

British and Indonesian researchers say they have discovered a new population of clouded leopard in a national park on the Indonesian part of Borneo.

Indonesian military accused of school teacher murders

02:48:51, 19 August 2008, Radio Australia News

A new report accuses the Indonesian military of being behind the murder of two US school teachers and an Indonesian colleague in Papua province in 2002.

Indonesia's AG says plea won't delay execution of bombers

21:07:05, 17 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia's Attorney-General says the latest plea by the three Bali bombers to the constitutional court would not affect plans for their execution.

Sumatran train accident claims eight lives

08:21:42, 17 August 2008, Radio Australia News

At least eight people were killed and 60 others injured, 27 seriously, after two carriages of a passenger train collided with each other in Sumatra.

Corby's Indonesian sentence cut by three months

20:09:07, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia will cut three months off the 20-year sentence imposed on Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby as part of independence day celebrations this weekend.

Indonesia police detain Afghan asylum seekers

19:28:19, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesian police have confirmed that nine Afghan asylum seekers who had been planning to travel to Australia have been detained on the island of Flores.

NZ man arrested in Indonesia for swindle

17:35:34, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News

A New Zealand man accused of swindling Aussie Home Loans boss John Symonds out of $US 232,000 dollars has been arrested in Aceh in Indonesia following an extradition request from Australia.

Indonesian court to consider execution delay

09:24:10, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia's Constitutional Court has agreed to consider an application from the Bali bombers for their executions to be postponed until the court hears a challenge against their deaths by firing squad.

Bali considers extraditing Australian man for child sex charge

22:09:56, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Prosecutors in Bali have asked a court to approve a request to extradite an Australian man to face child sex charges in Australia.

Japanese man arrested for drugs in Bali

21:28:36, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News

A Japanese man is facing the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested with 86 grams of marijuana on Bali island.

Indonesia ignores pleas to release Papuan activists

14:37:57, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not respond to a letter from 40 members of US Congress demanding the immediate release of two Papuan activists.

Indonesian authorities plan uniforms for accused corruptors

14:37:57, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News

There is growing criticism of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision not to dismiss two senior ministers, implicated in a Bank Indonesia corruption scandal.

Suharto's son formally denies corruption

07:57:36, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News

The youngest son of Indonesia's former leader Suharto has formally denied corruption allegations and filed a counter-suit against the government seeking millions of dollars in damages.

West Papuan refugees keen to stay in Australia

15:56:51, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News

West Papuan refugees in Australia are denying claims by Indonesia's Foreign Minister that some of them want to return home.

Clemency hope for Australians on death row

14:35:47, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Indonesia's foreign minister has indicated his nation's willingness to listen to a clemency plea from Australia on behalf of three members of the so called Bali Nine on death row.

Indonesian pilot charged over crash maintains innocence

13:42:00, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News

A former Garuda pilot charged with crashing the plane which killed 21 people including 5 Australians in March last year says it would have been impossible for him to have done it deliberately.

Papuan tribes seek compensation from mining giant

11:59:42, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News

A tribal chief in Indonesia's Papua Province has launched a campaign to get compensation from US mining giant Freeport for environmental damage to his homelands.

Australia gives Indonesia $US2.21 billion

18:20:57, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Australia is to give Indonesia around $US2.21 billion dollars in aid over the next five years.

Australia's foreign minister in Indonesia for talks

14:30:42, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News

Australia's foreign minister Stephen Smith is expected to discuss the death penalties faced by the Bali bombers and three members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring when he meets his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta today.