Jakarta – Civil society groups and the press are expected to serve as opposition functions during the next administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as most political parties

Camelia Pasandaran – One basic problem in the long list of problems related to campaign finance irregularities is bad legislation, according to an antigraft watchdog report released on

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita – Local journalists had mixed reactions to a recent report from France-based Reporters Without Borders that indicates press freedom in Indonesia improve

Febriamy Hutapea – Were they politically motivated appointments made to secure and preserve power, or a political compromise designed to create a government that would work well togethe

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo AS gave his successor a parting gift on

Febriamy Hutapea & April Aswadi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday announced the lineup of his new cabinet, with only one last-minute change and the only surprise bei

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Calling them "the chosen ones", President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw the swearing-in of 34 ministers and 3 minister-level officials at the Presidential Palace on Thursday.

Febriamy Hutapea – Despite being implicated in at least two major corruption scandals, lawmaker Emir Moeis of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has been appointed chai

Ben Doherty, Lindsay Murdoch and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia will take the 78 asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs ship in a diplomatic breakthrough following talks last night b

Damien Kingsbury – As we learned from foreign minister Stephen Smith last night, there is now an agreement between the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and Indonesia's President Susilo Bamba

Indonesia's rupiah fell the most in more than two months on concern emerging-market central banks will follow Brazil's example in imposing a tax on overseas investment to temper currenc

Surabaya – East Java's development index may stagnate next year, despite an increase in the 2010 budget, a local councilor said Tuesday.

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Farouk Arnaz – National Police detectives on Wednesday again questioned Chandra M Hamzah, one of two suspended deputy chairmen of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission who have

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Contract teachers and employees in Malang regency, East Java, have demanded that Malang Regent Sujud Pribadi issue a decree to clarify their status as tea

Ben Doherty, Jakarta – Indonesia's President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, yesterday pledged "prosperity, democracy and justice" for the world's largest Muslim nation as he was sworn in fo

Denpasar – Protesters gathered Tuesday at the Bali Legislative Council to denounce what they claimed was neoliberal economics under newly inaugurated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's inaugural speech on Tuesday prompted a round of criticism from experts and civil society groups here, with most highlighting the needs for

Febriyan and Apriadi Gunawan, Bandung/Medan – A number of mass demonstrations took place in Jakarta as well as in other regions on Tuesday as the People's Consultative Assembly held a p

About 400 students from the students executive board (BEM) throughout Bandung who intended to hold a rally in Jakarta during Tuesday's presidential inauguration were prevented from leav

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Around 100 activists from the Volunteers of the People's Struggle for the Liberation of the Motherland (Spartan) demonstrated in the Central Java provin

Anita Rachman – Nongovernmental organizations on Tuesday urged the incoming cabinet to establish a new policy protecting the rights of migrant workers and to ratify the UN's 1990 Migran

Heru Andriyanto – Antigraft groups on Tuesday urged the president to pick a new attorney general.

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office on Tuesday ridiculed claims by a lawyer that prosecutors and the police had conspired to target officials in the Corruption Eradication C

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should follow up on the anti-corruption statements in his inauguration speech by firmly backing Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), s

Febriamy Hutapea – Although the ceremony to swear in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a second five-year term was a historic moment for the leader, People's Consultative Assembly

Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.

Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri did not attend Indonesia's presidential inauguration on Tuesday because she was not feeling well, her daughter said.

Farouk Arnaz – A human rights group expressed hope on Tuesday that the president would appoint a new intelligence chief who could solve the case of murdered activist Munir Said Thalib.

Dessy Sagita & Putri Prameshwari – A recent survey by the Reform Institute shows that nearly 72 percent of Indonesians hope the new administration will address their welfare concern

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono starts a second five-year term today with a mandate to speed growth in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

Jakarta Globe – Students around the country marked the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono on Tuesday with protests, making demands ranging fr

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – Election fever has died down. A new Cabinet is in the making. And a new poll reflects an upbeat Indonesia.

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – Demonstrations during the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono on October 20 also occurred in the resort island of Ba

Didi Syafirdi, Jakarta – Only half a day after being inaugurated as the president and vice president for 2009-2014, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono are being urged to solve five k

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from various labour organisations held a protest action at the front gates of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta on Octobe

Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – It has not just been in Jakarta and Java that mass actions opposing the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Around 100 demonstrators succeeded in reaching the road opposite the House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday October 20.

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang – The inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono on October 20 was also greeted by protest actions in Palembang, South Sumat

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students from various groups in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action opposing the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

Muchus Budi R., Solo - A demonstration by students in the Central Java city of Solo on October 20 against the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was broken up by police

Hery Winarno, Jakarta – The inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Boediono as the president and vice president of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2009-2014 will be

Elvan Dany Sutrisno, Jakarta – Twenty 'black pearls' formed an orderly line in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) Gelding Nusantara Building on October 20 demanding that Presid

A young woman in Bandung has put her kidney for sale online for 600 million rupiah (60 thousand dollars).

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has to pick more women to sit in his next Cabinet to promote gender equality, say women activists.

Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – For the start of the week, Jakarta and surrounding areas will again be treated to widespread demonstrations, with five protest actions being held at a number o

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Green groups on Monday called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to fulfill his stated commitment to reducing carbon emissions during his second term, which

Jakarta – Policies implemented during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's previous tenure have severely damaged the environment, bringing the country to a state of ecological crisis, a

Nurfika Osman – Indonesia ranked 81st out of 133 countries in a global tourism competitiveness report, indicating that the country needed more improvements to boost the tourism sector,