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"I will never give up my idealism"

The Constitutional Court chief justice, Mahfud MD, has stated that he will never trade his idealism for a political ...

Japanese gov't decides to revise defense programs

The Japanese government announced Friday it decided to revise the country's two current defense programs, which was ...

Authorities to tighten security in 2014 general election

As Indonesia prepares for general election in 2014, government officials and other stakeholders are looking into ways ...

KPK postpones investigations of witnesses in Hambalang corruption case

Flooding has forced the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to postpone investigations of two witnesses in the ...

Kalla predicted to be most favorite presidential candidate pair

Former vice president Yusuf Kalla is predicted to become the most favorite presidential candidate pair in the coming ...

General elections expected to be more orderly in 2014

The next general elections in 2014 are expected to be more orderly and smoother with only ten political parties ...

Competition to be tight in 2014 : Yudhoyono

President Susilo Yudhoyono in Jakarta has said that competition would be very tight in the presidential elections in ...

Ten parties obtain sequence number for Indonesian general elections

Ten political parties that will contest in the 2014 legislative elections obtained their respective sequence numbers ...

Democracy needs strong institutions, not strongmen: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that democracy needs strong systems and institutions, and there should ...

President Yudhoyono to announce new minister tomorrow

Indonesian State Secretary Sudi Silalahi has stated that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will announce the new ...

Angie gets 4.5 years

Another politician was sentenced to jail for corruption on Thursday. This time it was Angelina Sondakh, a ...

Beyonce to sing national anthem at Obama inauguration

Pop diva Beyonce will sing the national anthem before hundreds of thousands of onlookers at US President Barack ...

Regional autonomy slows family planning program

Lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari said regional autonomy after the political reform in Indonesia is one of the factors ...

People want transparent elections

Ahead of the legislative and presidential elections next year, the Indonesian people are pinning their hopes on the ...

Four Democrat Party faction members resign

Four members of the Democrat Party faction at the Yogyakarta city legislative body have resigned in protest against ...