M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Corruption watchdogs say Gen. (ret) Wiranto tops the list of presidential candidates who have practiced vote buying…

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – Presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) says that if he is elected he will work…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Just as the liquefied-natural-gas industry in the Asia-Pacific region is poised for takeoff, Indonesia, the world's biggest…

Brendan Nicholson – Australia has resumed co-operation with the Indonesian special forces group Kopassus to help fight regional…

Australia's Defence Minister says Asia must confront the unpalatable fact that it's a breeding ground for Islamic extremism. Senator Robert Hill…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Pollsters, who gained credibility after they predicted a win for the Golkar party ahead of April's parliamentary elections,…

A resumption of counter-terrorism training between Australia and Indonesia's controversial Kopassus forces appears closer, with Indonesia's top…

Abdul Khalik and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – The Jakarta Prosecutor's Office received on Tuesday the last two dossiers of the July 27 case from…

Pekanbaru – Hundreds of students from the Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University prevented a discussion involving vice…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – The rapid expansion of modern retail outlets like hypermarkets and minimarkets in big cities may have forced many…

Jakarta – Yusuf Hasyim, the head of the Tebu Ireng Islamic boarding school in Jombang, East Java, filed a complaint with the General…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Where are the crowds? Campaigning for Indonesia's first presidential polls began two weeks ago with a lot of bluster.…

Jakarta – Some 669 people have died in a widespread dengue fever outbreak in Indonesia in the first five months of this year and the…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Indonesia's election authority has banned President Megawati Soekarnoputri from holding outdoor rallies in Denpasar in…

Jakarta – Experts have played down the impact of negative campaigning targeting candidates in the presidential election, saying it…

Eugene Low – The cukongs (wealthy Indonesian businessmen) are back in force. Business tycoons in Indonesia are aligning themselves with key…

Jakarta – The two front running candidates in Indonesia's presidential election sparred yesterday over policies to deal with separatism in Aceh…

Robert Go, Yogyakarta – Trailing her opponents by as much as 30 percentage points in the latest opinion polls, President Megawati Sukarnoputri has…

Jakarta – After two weeks of the presidential campaign, Golkar leaders have urged party executives to show support for their candidate, retired…

Angelus Tito, Jakarta – The Indonesia Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial) is urging President Megawati Sukarnoputri to cancel her order to law…

Salim Osman – Presidential front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wants to put an end to a raging controversy over one issue that has threatened…

The Supreme Court, as widely expected, duly overturned the Jakarta Commercial Court's bankruptcy ruling of April 23 against the Indonesian…

An Indonesian court has rejected a lawsuit brought by lawyers for terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir which sought his release from police detention…

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – Burning photographs of a presidential candidate has become commonplace. In the South Sumatra provincial…

Salim Osman – Thousands of people lined the streets as presidential front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono turned up on his first campaign trail…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – A political expert and an anticorruption activist said Saturday that heads of local government administrations may…

Astrid Felicia Lim, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party (PRD) is pushing for the investigation into the July 27 case(1) to be continued…

Suryani Ika Sari, Jakartar – The People's Democratic Party (PRD) is calling for the government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri to conduct a…

Jakarta – Jakarta city authorities on Monday started the construction of a 600-million-dollar monorail project aimed at easing the Indonesian…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) said on Saturday that the victimization of women was on…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An independent forestry research group in Medan shared on Saturday its findings that the development of a road connecting…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Some 82 percent of 1,061 of industrial firms in Tangerang municipality do not have waste treatment facilities as…

Laksamana.Net – Divestment of the country's largest banks may not proceed as the government or the central bank plan as Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – The number of jobs in key industries such as manufacturing, construction and trade has contracted significantly as an…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Transparency International (TI) Indonesia alleges that all five presidential candidates have been involved in some…

Jakarta – Sales of new vehicles in Indonesia jumped 41% on year in May to 39,955 from 28,272 in the same month a year ago, the…

On the face of it, Indonesia's presidential election campaign is so polite that even a debate between candidates has been ruled out in case they…

Abdul Khalik/Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The amount of counterfeit money circulating in the country increased just before and during the April 5…

Devi Asmarani, Bengkulu – Golkar Party workers here had declared in the local paper that the Wiranto campaign would draw some 25,000 people from…

Jakarta – Former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is moving closer to an outright victory in Indonesia's July presidential election, a…

Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – Twenty activists form the Indonesian National Student League for Democracy (LMND) are holding a hunger strike…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A Jakarta-based pollster confirmed on Thursday the popular appeal of Democratic Party candidate Susilo Bambang…

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Imitating the actions by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Kiais [Islamic boarding school teachers] in East Java, scores of…

Despite growing suspicions over the motives for the re-opening of the July 27 tragedy in the midst of the presidential campaign, the momentum is…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – They opted for ballots and promised changes; yet, the rise of former generals in the presidential election raises…

The latest must-see video compact disc (VCD) in Indonesia doesn't show students having steamy sex or sultry celebrities getting undressed – but is…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The Muslim ground in Indonesia is turning into a major battlefield for votes.

All five contenders in the July 5…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – On paper, Mr Wiranto has the strongest support from the Muslim camp. Given his endorsement by the Nation Awakening Party…

Robert Go, Jakarta – In the minds of those supporting incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri, her running mate Hasyim Muzadi is not only a leader of…

Salim Osman – Presidential front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is now the target of a hate campaign to discredit his Muslim credentials.

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