A. Junaidi, Jakarta – The favorite pairing for the next president and vice president is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, cofounder of the Democratic…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A group of professionals, religious leaders, students, organizations and senior military officers announced on Friday a…

The Golkar party of former dictator Suharto maintained its lead in Indonesia's general election but a rival demanded party leader Akbar Tanjung…

M. Ilham, Jakarta – According to the government the elections in West Papua were a success, however for the people of Papua this cannot be said to…

Robert Go, Seminyak – Bearing an ornately carved "dragon blowpipe" and a wooden cigarette box, souvenir seller Dewa Nyoman steps more lightly on…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – Since its launch on January 15, city residents have warmed to the busway as shown by the increasing number of…

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Imagine trying to run a country where your political party controls less than one tenth of the seats in parliament.…

Surabaya – About 1,800 workers from household appliance company PT Kyung Dong Indonesia (KDI) in Sidoarjo staged a protest on Thursday…

Thousands of children have been forced into prostitution by their parents and others on the Indonesian island of Java, an…

Indonesia's Golkar party, the former political machine of retired dictator Suharto, looks set to reassume dominance on the country's political…

Jakarta – Construction of what is billed as the world's tallest tower began in the Indonesian capital yesterday.

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Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The government is considering an amendment to Law No. 62/1958 on citizenship that will scrap all regulations that…

Astrid Felicia Lim, Jakarta – If SBY [recently resigned coordinating minister for politics and security Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and presidential…

Indonesian police have officially declared jailed Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir a suspect in terrorism cases, the attorney general's office said…

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – For nearly 50 years, the Indonesian military held 20 percent of the county's parliamentary seats – but now the time has…

Presidential hopeful Akbar Tanjung came under fire at a lunch with the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club Wednesday, struggling to answer…

Jakarta – A candidate in last week's legislative elections in Indonesia won nearly 800 votes despite having died three months ago,…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) turned down on Monday a demand for a nationwide reelection by a score of political parties…

Derwin Pereira – Numbers don't lie. With 60 per cent of the votes tallied in the legislative election, Indonesia's two giants Golkar and the…

Robert Go, Seminyak – In the wake of criticism, Indonesia's major political parties began retracting their demands for a re-election yesterday.…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The results to date of the count in the legislative elections appear to more or less reflect the amount of work put in…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar Party officials supervising the party's convention have expressed concern about possible money politics during…

Marianne Kearney – As his bus inches through a densely packed crowd of supporters decked out in yellow T-shirts, yellow bandanas and flags…

Alisa P., Jakarta – On April 12, Aceh Papua Solidarity (Solidaritas Aceh Papua, SAP) held a press conference at the offices of the Commission for…

Jakarta – The liquidation of Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) and Bank Asiatic, caused in part by a number of lending irregularities, point to the fact that…

Jakarta – Minister of National Education Abdul Malik Fajar rejected on Monday a plan to require senior high school graduates to…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – More than 300 additional paramilitary police arrived in the religiously-mixed regency of Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Monday…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – After a week-long rally triggered by relatively trouble-free legislative elections, the Jakarta stock market plunged…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The move by Bank Indonesia (BI) to close two small banks last week could trigger nervous depositors to shift their funds…

Jakarta – Around 4,000 former employees of defunct aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) have demanded that the National…

Irvan NR, Palu – Christians here lashed out at security forces for failing to protect them from Saturday's Easter shooting by unidentified gunmen…

Bambang Nurbianto and Evi Mariani, Jakarta – At least 25 families of 50 evicted fishermen in Ancol Timur survived on their boats on Sunday after…

The Golkar party of former Indonesian dictator Suharto has regained the lead in Indonesia's general election – one week after the polls. It's…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Major parties said on Sunday it was too early to reject the results of the April 5…

Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid has alleged fraud in the computerided tally of election results and said 16 parties would meet to…

Jakarta – The number of political parties rejecting the legitimacy of the legislative elections has grown and so have their demands. Not satisfied…

Devi Asmarani, Surabaya – The rising star of Islamic-based parties in Indonesia is making waves by eroding the vote base of established secular…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – In a bid to provide stronger legal grounds for press freedom, the Constitutional Commission has proposed the inclusion…

Jakarta – Two men opened fire at a church during an Easter service in an eastern Indonesian town and lightly wounded seven people,…

Jakarta – The economy grew at a snappy 4.8 percent in the first quarter of this year, driven mainly by strong consumer spending, according to Bank…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government has dismissed unemployment data and projections from the National Development Planning Board (…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the country's poultry farmers yet to recover from the devastating impact of bird flu, they now face a new threat: an…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – A politician soon to be elected in Indonesia has been linked to extremist Islamic organisations, including Bali bombing…

Devi Asmarani, Surabaya – With another sweeping victory already at hand in this politically strategic province, the Nation Awakening Party (PKB)…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Three days after it knocked her flat, President Megawati Soekarnoputri was still waiting patiently for the truck carrying…

Jakarta, Kompas – Support from the political "roots" of presidential candidates continues to be a big factor in getting votes in elections. The […

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The palace is plotting. With her political life on the edge as her party teeters on the brink of defeat, President…

Deddy Sinaga, Jakarta – The 2004 General Election observers from European Union (EU) countries have said that they considered the election went…

Andrew Burrell – Remember these initials: SBY. They belong to Indonesia's new presidential frontrunner, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whose prospects…

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – What a difference a week makes in politics! Seven days ago, Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P)…