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President to set up unit to strengthen Pancasila practice

Indonesian President Joko Widodo plans to set up an institution or a unit to ensure that state ideology Pancasila, ...

Defense minister opposes voting rights for TNI members

Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has opposed a proposal to allow military personnel to vote in elections because it ...

Social media is democracy`s fifth pillar: Communication ministry

Director General of Information and Public Communications from the Ministry of Communication and Informatics Niken ...

Minister launches government openness action plan

Minister for National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas Bambang Brodjonegoro has launched the Government Openness ...

Yearender - Indonesia lends helping hand to Rohingya problem

Indonesia has expressed concern over the problem in Rakhine State in Myanmar, where Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority ...

Tommy Soeharto denies funding treason

Hutomo Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former President Soeharto, yesterday denied funding any treason activity as ...

Islamic State claims Cairo cathedral bombing

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bombing at Cairos main Coptic cathedral on Sunday that ...

Bali Democracy Forum calls for synergy of religions, tolerance and democracy

The Bali Democracy Forum, attended by over 200 delegates from 96 countries and five international organizations, has ...

House expects Indonesia-US ties to become closer

Indonesian House Speaker Setya Novanto has hailed the result of the US presidential election and expressed the hope ...

Indonesia calls on Myanmar to hold inter-faith dialog

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said Indonesia calls on Myanmar to hold an inter-faith dialog to put an ...

Indonesia ready to provide humanitarian assistance to Rohingya

Indonesia is ready to provide humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya community in Rakhine, the northern part of ...

Indonesia to send humanitarian assistance for Rohingya

The Indonesian government will send humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya ethnic minority in Rakhine State, ...

Jokowi visits quake devastated district of Pidie Jaya

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ended his visit in Bali on Thursday flying to Aceh to inspect the process of ...

Jokowi raises pluralism issue in democracy forum

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) opened the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) on Thursday raising issue of pluralism, which has ...

Indonesia's Widodo discusses conflict in Myanmar with former UN Chief Kofi Annan

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) met with former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in Nusa Dua, Bali, on ...