Tom Benedetti – Legislative election results in April indicate that incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will likely win Wednesday's presidential vote in Indonesia.

Norimitsu Onishi, Jakarta – The five men and one woman vying to become president or vice president in Indonesia's election on Wednesday are familiar faces.

The arrest of three terror suspects came just days ahead of the Indonesian Police's 63rd anniversary, which is celebrated nationwide today.

Despite an unprecedented media campaign, Prabowo Subianto's political comeback has fallen flat – for now

Setyo Budi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won July's election with a landslide.

The release of two separate human rights reports in the past weeks could not be timelier given the fact that Indonesians will vote for their next president next week.

The three vice presidential candidates debated national identity live on television last Tuesday.

Pandu Anugrah, Analyst – The term macet, meaning traffic gridlock or deadlock, is synonymous with Jakarta.

Salim Osman, Jakarta – It was supposed to be the first face-to-face debate between presidential candidates in Indonesian electoral history.

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – There was little real discussion or argument on Thursday night as candidates for the presidential election spent most of the time agreeing with e

A new film about the killing of five journalists by Indonesian troops in East Timor in 1975 fails to depict the true cruelty of their deaths, East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta sa

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Once dominant under an authoritarian regime, Indonesia's Golkar party is losing its popular appeal in a more democratic era.

James Van Zorge – When I think about how to describe the current crop of Indonesian presidential hopefuls, I have a vision of the past.

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – Remember voting for your class leader in school? Did you vote for him because of what he promised to do or more because of what he had done for you?

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, Analyst – First quarter GDP data is rather weak. Nevertheless, it appears that the economy will not deteriorate further.

Megawati Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential election campaign has swung towards economic policy debate, with challengers to incumbent and frontrunner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ra

The other two presidential hopefuls may be suspicious of the rosy projection for the Indonesian economy made Friday by the International Monetary Fund and its high commendation of incum

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – The series of special polls keeping a finger on the pulse of the Indonesian consumer continues.

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – As the presidential hopefuls kick off their campaigns, it is time for "we the people" to contemplate our choices.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Election candidates often throw political mud hoping some will stick, but Indonesia's presidential aspirants are using the real thing.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The veil, says one political researcher, does "all the talking".

Soeryo Winoto, Jakarta – On Sunday at the Bantar Gebang dumpsite in Bekasi, West Java, presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Lt. Gen.

p>The movie 'Balibo' headlining the coming Melbourne International Film Festival will again put in the spotlight the murder and its cover-up of six Australian based journalists in Ea

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – It's been just 10 years since Indonesia held its first open elections after more than 30 years of president Suharto's authoritarian rule.

David Jardine – In the recent brouhaha over whether or not Adam Malik had links to the CIA, I was struck by the absence of any commentary on a possible British role in efforts to underm

Taufik Darusman – The past week saw President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate, former central bank Governor Boediono, on the defensive as they scrambled to fend off their

James Van Zorge – In 1998, Indonesian campuses were a beehive of political activism and, literally speaking, served as the vanguard for pushing Suharto out of the palace.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – After confusing and at times dizzying maneuvers by nine top political parties in forming coalitions and tickets for

Katherine Demopoulos, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential hopefuls must announce their intention to run for election in July by this Saturday, and only incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Endy M.

The media have danced to the tune of politicians' music in the past several weeks as we have been treated with news about presidential-pair candidates, as if the world stood still.

Usman Hamid and Matthew Easton, London, New York – For more than four years, no case has been more central to the security of human rights defenders in Indonesia than the 2004 poisoning

The killing of Nasruddin Zulkarnaen is unfolding like a soap opera.

The final official tally of the April 9 parliamentary elections was very much as widely predicted.

Anton H. Gunawan and Reza Y.

Upon observing coalition agreements made by the leaders of political parties, the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for July 8, will very likely be a three-horse race.

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – A violent protest by soldiers of the Army's 751st Infantry Battalion in Sentani, Jayapura regency, Papua province, on Wednesday was unusual in a military, whi

Armando Siahaan – On March 28, 2007, hundreds of protesters under the umbrella of Gerakan Anti-Komunis, or the Anti-Communist Movement, arrived at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences i

Jakarta Post – The steady rise of Indonesia's share price index and the rupiah immediately after the April 9 legislative election suddenly reversed into a decline last Thursday after th

High tempers were hard to miss on Wednesday as the Golkar Party made a clear move to cut ties after less than five years in its coalition with the Democrat Party.

Syahrul Hidayat, Spring Exeter, UK – In the recent election the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) failed to keep up its momentum gained from the 2004 election when it saw a 600 percent inc

Norimitsu Onishi, Jakarta – From Pakistan to Gaza and Lebanon, militant Islamic movements have gained ground rapidly in recent years, fanning Western fears of a consolidation of radical

Bahtiar Effendy, Jakarta – If and when the results of the general elections are officially announced, it will only solidify the fact that Islam is no longer an important factor in Indon

It is a rude awakening in politics: Those who voted in the April 9 legislative elections may now find their favorite parties seeking alliances with partners who are not to their liking.

Jusuf Wanandi, Jakarta – The people have spoken.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Results from Indonesia's legislative election last week have raised more questions than they answered.

We believe Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's preliminary estimate that Indonesia's economy could have expanded by 4.6 percent in the first quarter was by no means dressed up to m

Jayandra Menon, Dili – Timor Leste is dropping the tagline 'the world's newest nation' in favour of 'the world's newest destination'.

Hamish McDonald – During the 34 or so years of Soeharto's reign in Indonesia, outside analysts watched with diminishing expectations for signs of his grip weakening and rival power cent

Nurfika Osman – It's been a long time since 1955.