Bagus BT Saragih and Elly Burhaini Faizal, Bogor/Jakarta – Andi Mallarangeng escaped firing on Wednesday, as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle and t

Ina Parlina and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ordered President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reappoint 20 deputy ministers following a challenge from the Na

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono openly expressed his annoyance with guests who were talking while he was delivering a speech on World Environment Day in Jakarta

Ezra Sihite – A photograph of three Cabinet ministers posing with a group of miniskirt-clad caddies at an East Jakarta golf course sparked public outrage after being splashed across the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have called into question a recently issued presidential decree that orders the appointment of more advisers and raises the post of adviser to the

Agus Triyono – The government's $91 million purchase of a new presidential jet has not flown smoothly with a coalition of NGOs, who on Sunday criticized the president and legislature fo

Ismira Lutfia – Interreligious strife is just media hype, rights abuses in Papua don't go unpunished and the current anticorruption drive is the most aggressive in the country's history

Arientha Primanita – It was a rare chance, albeit rehearsed, for journalists to ask questions directly of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, but the nationally televised Q&A on Mon

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – The State Secretary acknowledged on Monday that the government had indeed allocated two different budgets for a planned presidential

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With the House of Representatives recently drawing public ire for a number of questionable big-ticket renovations, a budget watchdog is now accusing the State

Reports are emerging this week that the helicopters from which 17 West Papuans were recently shot are those of an Australian-owned mining company, Paniai Gold.

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has again used a public press conference to criticize the performance of members of his cabinet, this time because he was informe

Jakarta – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Roman Emperor Nero, who ruled the empire from 54 to 68 AD, was notoriously accused of playing the fiddle while Rome was engulfed in flames.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took time out ahead of the G20 Summit in France to launch a book on his leadership in one of Paris's finest hotels.

Elisabeth Oktofani – In a nation plagued by seeds of disintegration – as hard-line radicals spread intolerance and separatist clashes dominate news out of the archipelago's east – there

Anita Rachman – As talk of a cabinet reshuffle heats up, lawmakers on Monday offered an idea of how President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could target his changes: cut those mired in corru

Bagus BT Saragih and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Many have begun to question whether there will be a reshuffle of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet, but party leaders from the gov

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received a new blow amid his own declining popularity, as the results of a survey announced Sunday show deteriorating app

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two senior officials from the House of Representatives urged the president on Friday to reshuffle his cabinet this month or miss out on the chance to improve

Critics have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cancel plans to purchase a private presidential plane.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Tifatul Sembiring, the minister of communications and information technology, has been acknowledged as Indonesia's most famous politician by a Web site that gauge

Arientha Primanita – The president called out his cabinet on Thursday for its wholesale failure to push through needed programs, slapping a failing grade on the ministers in an imprompt

Agus Triyono – In two years time, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be flying on the Indonesian version of Air Force One.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The City Police have launched an investigation to identify the owner of a car that has the license plate number B 8360 SBY, which has been construed as

State Secretary Sudi Silalahi on Tuesday slammed lawmakers for wrongly interpreting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's statement about his salary and for starting the 'Coins for Presi

Medan, North Sumatra – Students grouped under the North Sumatra Students Strategic Assessment Institute collected coins amounting to Rp 221,650 from three spots in Medan on Friday to be

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Although it appears not to have been made as a complaint, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent statement about his lack of a pay ri

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken his ministers to task for doing exactly what critics have frequently accused him of: staying silent on pressin

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's fight against corruption has been thrown into doubt after its finance minister and reform stalwart resigned and accepted a senior job at the World Bank

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Olivia Rondonuwu & Telly Nathalia – Indonesian opposition politicians welcomed on Thursday Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's decision to quit, a sign the country faces a prol

It is both "devastating" and a "pleasant surprise" for Indonesia.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie had held a number of meetings recently, House Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso of Golkar said on Thursday,

Sara Webb – In what could be a setback to a crackdown on graft and tax evasion, it was announced on Wednesday that key reformer Sri Mulyani Indrawati was quitting her job as finance min

Kristen Gelineau, Jakarta – The words of the president of Indonesia boom through the room, and 24-year-old Desy grows quiet, listening to her leader's message: "Is there in your heart?

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should reshuffle his cabinet as 10 ministers of his Cabinet were graded with poor performance in the first 100-days of his

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Masayuki Naoshima, Japan's Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, never imagined he would have to wait over 30 minutes to see a minister after meetin

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held on Friday the maiden Cabinet meeting of his second term, consolidating relations with new members and underlining his in

Max Lane, Jakarta – Watching Jusuf Isak's body wrapped in white linen being passed down to his sons, standing deep in the grave dug in Java's rich, red muddy soil, was like watching lif

The man who led President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's campaign team in Papua for the July presidential election urged the government on Sunday to pay more attention to the province, wher

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – In a rare loss of self-control, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vented his anger Friday at a group of protesters rallying outside of the State Palace, sayin

Paul Toohey, Dili – East Timor doesn't need any more confusion, but it got in doses yesterday.

Tito Belo, Dili – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Friday he would not pursue the job of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, confirming earlier media reports

Paul Toohey – Jose Ramos Horta had his country on tenterhooks last night as he asked for another 24 hours to decide whether he would stay on as East Timor's President or pursue a job in

East Timor's president is considering taking the UN's top human rights job but must consider whether his early departure would disrupt his country's fragile peace.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta Post – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Friday that there would be "no more fuss" about a new presidential advisory team, at least from the Golkar Party, although h

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was less than impressed Friday when he found his name had been spelled incorrectly in a handwritten invitation from the National Mandate Par

Dili – When East Timorese guerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao languished in an Indonesian jail, Australian activist and English teacher Kirsty Sword was a crucial link to his fighters and th

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – With Rp 389 million (US$43,000) in assets, Minister of Agriculture Anton Apriyantono is the "poorest" of 11 Cabinet members whose wealth has been veri