BANDA ACEH ~ Elections in Aceh province have swept a former rebel leader to victory, results showed.

By William J. Furney Managing Editor SEMINYAK ~ The local government pledged this week to increase efforts to protect bolster – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ Foreign direct investment approvals in Indonesia climbed 18.73 percent to US$13.88 billion in the first 11 months compared – Read More...

DENPASAR ~ Indonesia is aiming to overtake Malaysia as the world’s largest producer of palm oil by 2008, Vice President – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ Insulting the president is no longer a crime after the Constitutional Court said this week it had revoked – Read More...

TOKYO, Japan ~ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged good governance this week after receiving an honorary doctorate as part of – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ A strong deep sea quake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, hit northeastern Indonesia on Wednesday and damaged – Read More...

BAGHDAD, Iraq ~ The Iraqi government announced this week that it had reached an agreement with the government in Jakarta – Read More...

BOGOR, West Java ~ US President George W. Bush praised Indonesia’s “pluralism and its diversity” during his visit here this – Read More...