Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Feeling the heat from the global financial woes, the government has revised down budget assumptions for next year – including economic growth, Finance Minist

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the global financial crisis currently battering local markets and expected to hit middle and low-income families within the next three months, domestic poli

Dicky Christanto and Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – More than 5,000 people from various occupations, religions and organizations stormed Denpasar's main thoroughfares Saturday with one goa

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has, after some delays, finally published the preliminary list of 11,868 legislative candidates for the total 560 seats in the 2009 elections.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The ideal proportion of votes a party must win to be able to put forward a presidential candidate would be around 20 percent, which would create a solid and e

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesians should base their lives on the values of pluralism and respect for differences which they have inherited from their founding fathers so as to allow p

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – In the weeks before and after the Idul Fitri holidays many middle-class households are busy with domestic matters.

Luh de Suriyani, Denpasar – Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings said prayers and lit candles on Sunday during a small, private ceremony to remembe

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has called on Indonesian Muslims to alter their perception of mudik (journeying to one's hometown), citing the many people wh

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Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has said the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is welcome to follow up an investigation involving the alleged misapp

Pandaya, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been accused of turning a deaf ear to public demands that former Bank Indonesia deputy chief Aulia Pohan be charged ov

The impact of the global financial crisis will be felt the deepest next year, economists said at a discussion on Friday.

Denpasar – Thousands of protesters rallied on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali on Saturday to demonstrate against an anti-pornography bill denounced by critics as a threat to natio

Cirebon, West Java – His face blackened by smoke and dust, and sweat streaming into his eyes, Sugeng took a break by the roadside after clocking 100 kilometers, halfway to Jakarta from

Who does not think Yogyakarta is special? Only a few who have had the privilege to taste the lifestyle in this ancient city fail to leave enamored.

Desy Nurhayati and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Anti-corruption observers have criticized the Attorney General's Office for dropping investigations into two high-profile cases, saying the ha

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Golkar Party is facing the threat of internal disintegration, with influential members and affiliated groups seemingly at odds with party chairman and Vice P

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Another key witness in the murder conspiracy trial of former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono gave confusing testimony, spark

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – When the US Congress approved a bailout plan last week, it was expected to ease the global financial crisis.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Informal lobbying within the House of Representatives special committee deliberating the presidential election bill is expected to expedite a decision on the

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The government has decided to extend the tenure of Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubowono X by three years, in a bid to prevent a vacuum of power in the pro

Jakarta – Indonesia is to sign up to a charter committing Southeast Asian nations to the principles of democracy and human rights, its foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A witness confirmed Tuesday the use of Bank Indonesia funds to make state prosecutors drop investigations into alleged graft involving two former top officials

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) announced Tuesday the names of 22 generals who will be promoted or dismissed in the first major military reshuffle since July.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Greenpeace ship Esperanza and its crew of activists arrived in Jayapura on Monday, beginning a two-week campaign on forest protection that is focusing

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives voted not to pass a controversial bill stipulating an extended mandatory retirement age for the chief justice of the Supreme Cour

Jakarta – Former Bank Indonesia (BI) legal bureau head, Oey Hoey Tiong, on Tuesday admitted to using BI money to prevent the arrest of former BI governor Sudrajat Djiwandono, who was im

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Exports in August fell 0.43 percent to US$12.5 billion from the month before, as crude oil prices continued falling, dragging down other commodity prices.

Jakarta – The leader of radical Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah was prohibited from visiting convicted Bali bombers at Batu prison, Nusakambangan island, Monday.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – In an attempt to promote transparency and prevent illegal funding in the presidential election, the House of Representatives has agreed on prison terms for ca

Rizal Sukma, Jakarta – On Sunday, Oct. 5, the Indonesian Military (TNI) celebrated its 63rd anniversary, although its official commemoration will be held on Oct. 14 in Surabaya.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia may start feeling the pinch of the economic meltdown in the United States and in some European countries as early as next year, dragging down fairl

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Up to 427 people have died and 1,408 others have been injured in traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri exodus, the National Police reported.

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – Those offering "laundry by the kilo" services are beaming over the plight of Jakartans inundated with dirty clothes and abandoned by their maids during Lebaran,

Aditya Suharmoko and Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is recalculating the state budget deficit's tolerance level, as the shortage in global liquidity and higher costs of

Philip Dorling – One hazard of being prime minister is you never quite know who you'll meet next.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Gen.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy is estimated to grow by more than 6 percent during the year's third quarter on the back of robust private consumption, investment and

Jakarta – The Huria Batak Protestant Church followers say the pornography bill is "not needed" to maintain Indonesians' morality.

The election season is already in full swing.

Fadli and Jon Afrizal, Batam, Jambi – Coastal erosion is progressing at an alarming rate in Batam and Jambi as a result of widespread illegal logging of mangrove forests, the Maritime A

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – It is a moment for seeking and giving forgiveness, but for political figures, Idul Fitri has become an opportunity to gain public sympathy, win popularity and ex

Sara Webb and Fitri Wulandari, Cilegon – Like its volcanic namesake nearby, state-owned Krakatau Steel looms large over this part of Indonesia.

Jakarta – Reforming Indonesia's army, once among the world's most corrupt and abusive, has been a slow process since the army-backed Suharto regime collapsed ten years ago.

Nusakambangan, Indonesia – Three Islamic militants on death row for the deadly 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali sounded a defiant tone on Wednesday during celebrations to mark the end of

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Sunday announcement that he will run for reelection, which came 10 months before the 2009 presidential election scheduled fo

Abdul Khalik and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has hinted at his readiness to stand as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate in the 2009 presidential

A preliminary list of legislative candidates eligible to compete in next year's elections was published last Friday, sending many of the country's 38 registered parties into a frenzy of

Jakarta – Newly-installed National Police chief Comr. Gen.