Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, has a new president – the colourful former military general Prabowo ...

His severed head was mailed to then-Indonesian President Suharto as proof of his death. With that mission, Prabowo began his long military and political career. It would be a career littered with ...

JAKARTA: Twenty-six years have passed since New Order security forces fired on democracy protesters in Central Jakarta’s ...

During the riots, which human rights activists maintained were designed by the military to divert attention from the disastrous Asian Financial Crisis and calls for then-president Suharto’s ...

A CIA analysis from 1985 reckoned he might become president some day. But in the twilight of Suharto’s rule, he ordered the kidnapping of activists, around a dozen of whom remain missing.

His severed head was mailed to then-Indonesian President Suharto as proof of his death. With that mission, Prabowo began his ...