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Rupiah down 22 points to rp11,800 on Tuesday

The Indonesian rupiah traded at Rp11,800 against the dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Tuesday evening, ...

Jokowi not to accommodate racial-based protests

Presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has voiced his zero-tolerance approach to racial-based protests of any ...

Budget for presidential poll reaches rp7.9 trillion

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has so far received budget allocations of Rp7.9 trillion to finance the ...

Indonesia`s Presidential Election Showcases Country`s Divide

Never before in Indonesias history has the country been so clearly divided before the presidential election scheduled ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

Commission considers inclusion of human rights issues in presidential debate

The General Elections Commission (KPU) is contemplating to include human rights issues in the presidential and vice ...

Social media serves as means of political education

Social media channels, such as Facebook and Twitter, serve as an effective means of political education, political ...

Jokowi wants all parties to be merry during campaigns

Presidential candidate Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, has expressed hope that all parties will be merry during ...

Performance of 10 ministers not satisfactory: Yudhoyono

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has requested his ministers to stay focused on their ministerial programs amid his ...

President Yudhoyono calls for cabinet meeting

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono calls for a cabinet meeting here on Wednesday to remind ministers to continue their ...

Cleaning Up Jakarta`s Rivers

For Iwan Suseno, a resident of Kebon Manggis area in East Jakarta, flooding has been like an unresolved problem that ...

Yudhoyono explains presentation plan of Probowo-Hatta pair

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is also general chairman of Democratic Party (PD), said it was Prabowo ...

Jokowi using unpaid volunteers to campaign for him

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo alias Jokowi, as he is popularly called, claimed he is using unpaid ...

Negative campaign to spice up presidential election: Dewi Motik

Chairman of the Indonesian Womens Congress (KOWANI) Dewi Motik Pramono said that negative campaign is a normal ...

GP Ansor throws weight behind Jokowi for president

The Central Java provincial chapter of Ansor Youth Movement (GP Ansor) of Nahdatul Ulama, the countrys largest non ...