Jakarta – Political analysts have criticized potential coalitions being discussed for the presidential elections as "superficial and fragile".

Supporters of Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI-P), have demanded her to be cautious not to choose vice president candidates with possible t

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Negotiations began in earnest yesterday after the spectacular split in Indonesia's ruling coalition, as Vice-President Jusuf Kalla held closed-door meetin

Denpasar – 23 percent of voters abstained from voting in the April 9 legislative election, or 621,443 voters out of 2,667,065 registered voters did not cast their vote.

Ambon – Unlike in previous years, the anniversary of separatist movement Republic of South Maluku (RMS), which falls today, is not marred with violence or deployment of massive security

Teguh Prasetyo & Dian Ariffhami – The European Union has taken a firm step against illegal logging by adopting stricter certification rules on timber sold within the bloc's markets,

Yoga Rusmana – Exports of natural rubber from Indonesia, the second-biggest grower, plunged 32 percent by volume in the first quarter in a bigger reduction than targeted by the country'

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Families of activists missing since 1997 have called on candidates hoping to run in the July presidential election to avoid cooperating with parties led by in

Norimitsu Onishi, Jakarta – From Pakistan to Gaza and Lebanon, militant Islamic movements have gained ground rapidly in recent years, fanning Western fears of a consolidation of radical

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Around 40 workers from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a demonstration on April 24 calling on the political elite – who are in middle of fighting over t

Syahrul Hidayat, Spring Exeter, UK – In the recent election the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) failed to keep up its momentum gained from the 2004 election when it saw a 600 percent inc

High tempers were hard to miss on Wednesday as the Golkar Party made a clear move to cut ties after less than five years in its coalition with the Democrat Party.

Jakarta – Indonesia boasts the highest consumer confidence index in the world, a survey by the Nielsen Company shows, effectively brushing off any threat to economic activities here fro

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesia's Golkar party has opened up the national election race by declaring Vice-President Jusuf Kalla will stand against President Susilo Bambang Yudh

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's ruling coalition has disintegrated after the Golkar party decided yesterday to run its own presidential candidate against the immensely popular incumbe

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The political uncertainty following Golkar Party's decision to abandon a nearly five years coalition with the Democratic Party will not affect the government

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Jakarta – As the global financial crisis continues to hit domestic and international industries, the number of layoffs across the country hit a new level, with the manpower ministry ann

Mustaqim Adamrah and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic recovery will depend heavily on how reforms in the US and Europe manage to lift them out of the worst downturn in d

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Police dismissed Wednesday a report citing alleged manipulations in the final voter lists used for the April 9 legislative elections.

Achmad Faisal, Surabaya – Witnesses from 20 small political parties walked out of a plenary session with the provincial elections commission (KPUD) on Wednesday, during the counting of

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Muhamad Al Azhari, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – In a day of hectic political maneuvering, Golkar executives announced on Wednesday that t

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Golkar party officially declared its chairman Jusuf Kalla as presidential candidate to compete in coming election.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – A number of small parties have demanded that an Elections Law stipulation on the legislative threshold be postponed, saying it bars them from having their own

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment Minister Meutia Hatta says Kartini was a heroine and rejects criticism that she did little to fight for her own rights.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The pace of Indonesia's economic growth will likely pick up in the last quarter of the year on strengthening consumption while predicted signs of global econ

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has set up a team to investigate why so many people were left off the fixed voter lists for the April 9 legislative electi

Dicky Christianto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The so-called Teuku Umar Block, led by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is consi

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Jakarta – Women legislative candidates added life to the Kartini Day celebrations in West Kalimantan on Tuesday with a possible unprecedented clean sweep of Regional Representative Coun

Suherdjoko and Slamet Susanto, Semarang, Yogya – More than 30 female journalists in Semarang, with the support of Central Java Deputy Governor Rustriningsih, declared Tuesday their oppo

Alfian, Jakarta – The government is soon to issue a presidential regulation allowing mining companies to mine underground in protected forest areas, despite a recent report by the Supre

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, commemorated Kartini Day on Tuesday by presenting awards to three women who have struggled to ove

Janeman Latul & Anita Rachman – Newly installed business representatives in the National Tripartite Agency for Industrial Relations said on Tuesday that during the ongoing two-day m

Jakarta – Personal problems, laziness and the obligation to help their party achieve its goals have burdened legislators, raising doubts as to whether they can ratify dozens of crucial

Purwokerto, Central Java – The prolonged economic crisis has brought about an increase in the number of divorces, Muhammad Farid, an official at Purwokerto's religious court said Monday

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says his Democratic Party and Vice President Jusuf Kalla's Golkar Party have so far agreed on maintaining coalition in the go

Jakarta/Bandung/Yogyakarta – The electronic but slow vote counting finally came to an end after almost two weeks on Monday, as the General Elections Commission (KPU) races against time

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The Indonesian capital market has retained its position as the third most optimistic market in the Asia-Pacific region in the first quarter of this year.

Titania Veda – Despite the institute of marriage being the norm in Indonesian society, an increasing number of households are headed by women, both in urban and rural settings.

Roswita Nimpuno Khaiyath – Today is Hari Kartini, or Kartini Day, a national holiday proclaimed by the late President Sukarno in 1964 in recognition of Raden Ajeng Kartini for establish

Jakarta – With President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party set to form a coalition with the Golkar Party and most of the middle-rank parties, the next executive branch of gove

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Jakarta – The founders of the Democratic Party, together with partisans, have formed a campaign team called "Indonesia Bisa" or "Indonesia Can", to support Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's bi

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – If the July presidential election were held today, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would garner a whopping 87.5 percent of the votes, according to a poll by

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Sunday it was almost certain he would face former president Megawati Soekarnoputri in the presidential election once again, but with di

Pandaya – Turning up at the polling station on last week's election day was like a great family outing for many people, especially those taking the once-every-five-year political event

Jakarta – A move to keep the duo of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla has gained further ground as Golkar Party leaders agreed Friday to let its provinci

Jakarta Post, Jakarta – The Indonesian financial intelligence unit reported a sharp increase in suspicious transactions in the country's financial institutions during the election campa

Idi Rayeuk, Indonesia – The only solace for the almost 200 men living in a squalid refugee camp here is the freedom they now have to pray.