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Indonesia to hold simultaneous regional head elections in early 2016

Despite complaints regarding alleged irregularities and money politics in some regions, 2014 was a year of democracy ...

Ehsanollah Bayat Receives Human Rights Award For Exceptional Humanitarian Contributions to Healthcare, Education, Human Rights, and Democracy From Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission

- In recognition of the 66th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dr. Sima Samar, ...

Vice president calls for transparency in all institutions

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has urged all institutions to operate transparently for the public to see their performance ...

President Joko Widodo discusses Perppu with predecessor

Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), in his capacity as president of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), ...

China denounces foreign influence in Hong Kong after US criticism

China on Thursday reiterated that foreign countries should not stoke trouble in Hong Kong after a top US official gave ...

Govt denies intervening in internal conflict of Golkar Party

Vice President Jusuf Kalla denied that the government intervened in the internal conflict of the Golkar Party by not ...

Golkar sees government intervention in minister`s statement

Deputy Chairman of the Golkar Party Fadel Muhammad has said the statement made by Coordinating Minister for Political, ...

President Jokowi underlines harmony of Islam and democracy

President Joko Widodo underlined the harmony of Islam and democracy during a bilateral meeting with US President ...

No military embargo for Indonesia: US ambassador

The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O Blake expected that there will be no military equipment embargo for ...

At 50, Golkar Determined To Act As Check And Balancing Force

For the first time in its 50-year-long history, the Golkar Party has decided to remain away from executive power that ...

Indonesia must participate in settling Middle East conflicts: Religious minister

As a Muslim-majority country, Indonesia should participate in efforts to settle conflicts in the Middle East and to ...

Vote of no confidence declared on House commission leaders

The Great Indonesia Coalition (KIH) said it refused to recognize the result of elections for the House of ...

VP grateful Indonesia runs democracy peacefully

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has expressed his gratitude that Indonesia could run democracy by conducting the recent two ...

Indonesia`s new cabinet line-up likely to be announced friday night: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that the names of ministers can be announced on Friday evening if there is no longer ...

Jokowi has time to carefully deliberate on cabinet lineup

- While the public is impatiently waiting for their newly-installed president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to announce his ...