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Golkar Party names Ade Komaruddin as house speaker

Golkar Party, one of Indonesias largest political parties, has named Ade Komaruddin as the new house speaker to ...

House speaker`s resignation is meaningless: Observer

Political analyst Ray Rangkuti said the resignation of House Speaker Setya Novanto has come too late and held no ...

Submit documents related to proceedings to legal authorities: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has instructed that documents related to the proceedings involving Setya Novanto over the ...

Novanto resigns on his own initiative: Agus Hermanto

Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Agus Hermanto said Setya Novanto stepped down from his position as House Speaker on ...

Papua politicians urged to unite in seeking a share in Freeport

Chairman of the Papua regional executive board of Hanura party Yan P. Mandenas calls on regional political leaders to ...

year-ender: Diplomatic Ties of Indonesia, Palestine to Open New Chapter Early 2016

Early 2016 hopefully will be a new chapter for the diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Palestine as Indonesia ...

President highlights economic, political concerns at tni leadership meeting

President Joko Widodo spoke about economic and political concerns at the opening of the leadership meeting of the ...

Marzuki Alie denies joining PPP

Former House Speaker Marzuki Alie denied claims that he had left the Democratic Party and had followed in the steps of ...

Military must support state politics: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has affirmed that personnel of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) must support the ...

Indonesia to open consulate in Ramallah early 2016

Indonesia will officially open an honorary consulate in Ramallah in early 2016 and will be led by a Palestinian, a ...

Saudi forms 34-nation anti-`terrorist` military coalition

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday the formation of a military coalition of 34 countries including Gulf states, Egypt and ...

Freeport recording tape in attorney general`s custody: Luhut Panjaitan

The original tape containing a recorded conversation between PT Freeport Indonesia President Director Maroef ...

Democracy has universal values

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

Corruption causes injustice and backwardness: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo said corruption has caused backwardness , lopsidedness and injustice. "Corruption proved ...

Indonesia unveils passenger aircraft for remote regions

The 17 thousand Indonesian islands spread across the archipelago are vastly isolated, and most regions are located in ...