Jakarta – The government expects Indonesia's economy to expand as much as 6 percent next year, widening the 2010 budget deficit to accelerate growth.

Jakarta – Apparent displays of disloyalty toward President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by a number of parties in his coalition recently are simply a political ploy to increase bargaining p

Febriamy Hutapea – The House of Representatives' proposed investigation into the flawed voters list used for the legislative elections may backfire on the parties that supported the inq

Pandaya, Jakarta – Neoliberalism?

On the third anniversary of the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster human rights groups have once again called on the Government of Indonesia to provide all affected persons with immediate assist

Soeryo Winoto, Jakarta – On Sunday at the Bantar Gebang dumpsite in Bekasi, West Java, presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Lt. Gen.

Jakarta – Islamic symbols will be nondeterminant factors for Indonesians electing the president and vice president in July, just as in April, an observer says.

Jakarta – The government admitted Wednesday that water services across the archipelago are unlikely to meet the 2015 target set by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Hera Diani, Bojonegoro (East Java) – The clock struck an hour past noon; the field was sweltering hot, without the hint of a breeze.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – State Minister of Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman said on Thursday that tenders for nuclear power plants, which were initially targeted for comple

Yuki Mariam – In what could mark the beginning of the next generation of two political dynasties, the youngest son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the daughter of former Presi

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Sidoarjo (East Java) – With sadness and increasing despair, former residents of dozens of villages engulfed by mud will today mark the date three years ag

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Up to 800 of the 2,400 employees of the state's largest shipping company PT PAL Indonesia in Surabaya are facing possible dismissal due the financial diffic

Indonesia
Head of state and government Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Death penalty retentionist
Population 234.3 million
Life expectancy 69.7 years

Jakarta – The House of Representatives welcomes a record number of 102 female legislators for the 2009-2014 period, or around 18 percent of the total seats.

Millions of Indonesians working abroad contributed significantly to the country's economy last year with a total remittance value of Rp 120 trillion (US$11.64 billion), a manpower offic

Farouk Arnaz & Febriamy Hutapea – Lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously voted to update a 1992 Traffic Law, but ran into immediate controversy over a clause in the new version that requi

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – It's been just 10 years since Indonesia held its first open elections after more than 30 years of president Suharto's authoritarian rule.

Jakarta – Several parties aligned in a political coalition with President SBY spearheaded a move Tuesday by the House to scrutinize the government over the electoral roll fiasco, which

A total of 116 cases of dumping have been filed against Indonesia by 32 export destinations between the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1995 and 2007, a trade official

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto have closed their popularity rating gap with the leading ticket of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono, thank

Daniel Flitton, Jakarta – Indonesian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono has dismissed Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's push for an all-encompassing "Asia-Pacific community" to tack

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – The success of a water supply management scheme does not depend on whether it is privatized, but on its operator's corporate performance, a research publicati

Despite serious problems with flawed voter lists and complicated voting procedures, last month's elections in Indonesia passed off relatively peacefully with a rainbow of secular and re

Jakarta – With many veteran legislators in the current House of Representatives about to be replaced by newcomers with little or no experience, doubt has been cast over the future abili

Several National Mandate Party (PAN) members may have been spotted recently supporting other presidential candidates, but the party's leaders say they remain firm in their support for P

Ferry Irwanto, April Aswadi, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono acknowledged the need to increase the nation's defense budget, followin

Jakarta – Fragile political coalitions may restrict opportunities to improve presidential governance in the next five years, experts and party members said.

Febriamy Hutapea – Following reports of rifts within the parties supporting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election drive, a Democratic Party leader on Tuesday called on the co

Febriamy Hutapea – An influential state-funded defense think tank advocates a tighter requirement for political parties that seek to secure seats in the House of Representatives.

David Jardine – In the recent brouhaha over whether or not Adam Malik had links to the CIA, I was struck by the absence of any commentary on a possible British role in efforts to underm

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – An HIV/AIDS commission senior official who claimed Mimika regency, Papua, had the highest HIV/AIDS rate increase in the country and in the world, advised r

Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-corruption agency is able to conduct its business as usual despite the suspension of its chief, who is a suspect in a murder investigation,

Febriamy Hutapea – Golkar Party chairman Vice President Jusuf Kalla should prepare himself to step down as party chairman if he fails to win the presidency in the July 8 election, one o

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is coming under scrutiny over his credentials in making peace with separatists in Papua, as well as quelling sectarian conf

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Presidential hopeful Megawati Sukarnoputri and her running mate, Prabowo Subianto, delivered important political promises to their supporters at the launch of

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Hundreds of students, social workers and NGOs activists celebrated the Nusantara AIDS Vigil (MRAN) 2009 on Saturday night by issuing a five-point statement,

Heru Andriyanto – The investigation of Antasari Azhar's alleged role in the murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen had made little progress in the three weeks since his arrest, Antasari's lawyer

Taufik Darusman – The past week saw President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate, former central bank Governor Boediono, on the defensive as they scrambled to fend off their

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's Armed Forces of yesteryear returned to politics on Monday when 10 retired generals pledged their loyalty to Vice President Jusuf Kalla's bid to wi

For Risti Ariyani, the dream of working abroad and helping her family is over.

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Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission has performed better since its head, Antasari Azhar, was suspended over his alleged involvement in a murder case, the country's most

Lynn Lee, Jakarta – Pollsters say President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will be re-elected easily on July 8, but some analysts insist that such predictions are premature.

Jakarta – Having secured seats in the House, winning women candidates from Jakarta's electoral districts say female legislators should also focus on issues other than gender.

Indra Harsaputra, Magetan, East Java – Many have been shocked to learn that 1,700 Muslim clerics of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) – the largest Muslim organization in Indonesia – have issued an

Jakarta – Although presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri earned credit and some sympathy for her willingness to confront prominent businesspeople in a high-level economic dialog

Jakarta – Politicians have been advocating so-called "people oriented" platforms, pitting them against "neoliberalism" as a way to win voters' support for the July presidential election

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