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Spying row affects Indonesia`s handling of boat people to Australia

Indonesia has been acting as "the fortress" for shielding Australia from thousands of boat people seeking to reach its ...

Indonesia to review relations with Australia

The Indonesian government said on Tuesday it would not take lightly the spying by Australia intercepting phones calls ...

Malaysian suspects banned from traveling overseas

The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry has issued an overseas travel ban on two Malaysian nationals suspected of ...

RI`s cultural heritage prone to claim by others

Indonesia`s cultural heritage is prone to claim by other countries because the draft law on Traditional Knowledge and ...

30 prisoners escape as Labuhan Ruku jail on fire

A total of 30 inmates escaped when fire and riot hit Labuhan Ruku penitentiary in North Sumatra on Sunday evening. ...

Indonesian government pledges to fix overcrowded prisons

Two jailbreaks that happened in Sumatra in July alone have exposed how poor and vulnerable the condition of ...

Australia supports Indonesia`s first ever legal aid system

Hundreds of Indonesian legal aid organisations are now accredited and will have access to public funding to represent ...

President regrets slow official statement on prison riot

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyoho has expressed his regret at the slow official statement from both central and ...

President orders investigation of Medan prison riot

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered an investigation of rioting at the Tanjung Gusta prison in Medan, North ...

Second congress of Indonesia diaspora to urge dual nationality

Indonesia Diaspora will set up a task force in its Second Congress on August 18 - 20 to urge the government and the ...

Fuel price hike still in administrative process

The previous discourse which had it that the government would have raised subsidized fuel oil price last May did not ...

President leads coalition meeting to save draft revision of state budget

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired a closed-door meeting with leaders of government coalition parties on ...

Indonesian Constitutional Court prepared to handle election disputes

Constitutional Court (MK) Chief Justice M. Akil Mochtar met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to inform ...

310 legal aid organizations to get funds from Indonesian govt

A number of 310 legal aid organizations (OBH) have passed verifications as legal aid agencies in the government`s ...

Indonesia explores new, alternative tourism markets

As Europe and the United States are being hit by global financial crisis, Indonesia has turned to new and alternative ...