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President Jokowi, Aburizal Bakrie hold meeting at Merdeka Palace

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Chairman of Golkar Party Aburizal Bakrie (Ical) held a meeting at the Merdeka ...

Greek parliament urges government to recognise Palestine

Greeces parliament approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on the government to recognise the state of Palestine, but ...

Democracy has universal values

Although democracy does not function the same way in every country, it does have certain universal values, and ...

Bali Democracy Forum encourages cooperation to create good governance

The 8th Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) ended here on Friday with the issuance of a Chairs Statement, which in essence, ...

Golkar party divided over Novanto ethical case

The Golkar party under Agung Laksono rival leadership called for firm sanction against Setya Novanto, the House ...

Simultaneous regional elections in 264 regions ran smoothly

Millions of eligible voters visited polling stations to cast their ballot in Indonesias first-ever simultaneous ...

Trump`s statement reflects primitive stance: Muhammadiyah

The general chairman of Muhammadiyah, one of the biggest Islamic organizations, believes that the US presidential ...

79 countries to attend Bali Democracy Forum

The ministers and delegates from 79 countries and three international organizations are set to participate in the ...

Simultaneous regional head elections to run peacefully

All efforts have been taken to ensure that the nationwide simultaneous regional head elections in Indonesia on ...

Without labour deal, Southaeast Asia risks subsidising human smugglers - IOM

Southeast Asia needs legal channels of migration to help curb human smuggling, the International Organization of ...

In first step to power, Suu Kyi holds talks with Myanmar president

Myanmars democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with President Thein Sein on Wednesday, the first of two key ...

Authoritarianism not in harmony with open democracy: VP

The political modes of authoritarianism, which often result in the emergence of conflicts and radicalism, are not ...

Credit growth projected to reach 12-14 percent next year: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted that the credit growth will reach 12-14 percent next year, up slightly from 11-13 ...

Indonesia congratulates Myanmar over election results

The government and people of Indonesia congratuled Aung San Suu Kyi over the victory of her National League for ...

RI successfully includes maritime sector in EAS list of priorities

Indonesia has successfully included the maritime sector in the list of priorities in cooperation among East Asian ...