Indonesia: a steady democratic light in a dark Southeast Asian tunnel
To have written a decade ago, or even five years ago when president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won office, that Indonesia was en route to becoming a beacon of democratic stability in Southeast Asia would...
View ArticleIndonesia's dark-horse candidate
By Katherine Demopoulos JAKARTA - Career soldier Prabowo Subianto is still a dark-horse candidate among the 38 different political parties jockeying for position ahead of next month's legislative...
View ArticleRivals Scramble for Votes in Indonesia
By TOM WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's political opposition is scrambling to combine forces ahead of Thursday's legislative elections to prevent reformist President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono...
View ArticleSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono surges ahead in polling
INDONESIA'S three biggest political parties are set to dominate tomorrow's national elections while the bulk of 35 other organisations contesting the vote will not even gain enough seats to enter...
View ArticleThe Indonesia Example
From today's Wall Street Journal Asia. For all the handwringing on Iraq and Afghanistan, skeptics' most pernicious claim is that Islam and democracy somehow aren't compatible. This week 170 million...
View ArticleIndonesians gear up for key polls
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A candidate for Indonesia's upcoming legislative election smiles broadly, flanked by a photo illustration of U.S. President Barack Obama and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden...
View ArticleSunset on Suharto era
FOLLOWING a raucous and colourful campaign season - with most candidates singing on stage - 240 million Indonesians will today start electing their next government by choosing a new national parliament...
View ArticleAppeal for calm as Indonesians vote
INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued an urgent warning against a repeat of the violence of 1998, when former dictator Suharto was toppled and Jakarta burned, as the country votes in...
View ArticleIndonesians go to polls to shape further reforms
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesians vote on Thursday in the first of two elections that will test the country's commitment to reform and determine its ability to woo investment, create jobs, and stimulate...
View ArticleIndonesians head to national polls
The process of voting in a new national parliament has begun in Indonesia. About 171 million voters will help decide on who can run in the country's presidential race scheduled for July. Polls opened...
View ArticleIndonesia's Democratic Party leads polls
6:02PM Friday Apr 10, 2009 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Photo / AP JAKARTA - The party of Indonesia's president won a resounding victory in parliamentary polls, handing him a stronger mandate to...
View ArticleIndonesia drops defamation charges against Time
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | AP/EDO file photo The top court in Indonesia has cleared Time magazine of charges that it defamed former President Suharto in a 1999 cover story in its Asia edition....
View ArticleSuharto Wasn't Defamed by Time, Top Court Rules
WSJ NEWS ROUNDUP JAKARTA -- Indonesia's Supreme Court, reversing its own decision, ruled Thursday that Time magazine didn't defame former president Suharto in a 1999 article that said his family...
View ArticleTime off the hook in Indonesia�
INDONESIA’s Supreme Court has reversed a 1-trillion rupiah ($93m) libel ruling against Time magazine over a story about former president Mohammed Suharto,...
View ArticleIndonesia v. Corruption
From today's Wall Street Journal Asia Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made fighting corruption a cornerstone of his presidency. His efforts just got a boost from the judiciary. This...
View ArticleGolkar seeks support for presidency
NEGOTIATIONS began in earnest yesterday after the spectacular split in Indonesia's ruling coalition, as Vice-President Jusuf Kalla held closed-door meetings with potential partners. A day after a...
View ArticleArrest of JI leader Mas Selamat Kastari won't end terror
A KEY regional terrorist leader has been arrested in Malaysia, landing a serious blow on the Jemaah Islamiah network that was responsible for the two Bali bombings and a string of other deadly attacks....
View ArticleIndonesia's presidential elections pit reformer vs old guard
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's presidential election season formally kicks off this week, pitting incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a popular reformer who is tipped to win, against a...
View ArticlePalm oil industry drives deforestation: Activists
Text: SINGAPORE: The palm oil industry loves to tout its green credentials, mostly on the back of its biofuels burning cleaner than gasoline. But the industry struggled at a biofuels conference...
View ArticleIndonesia president tipped for new term on economy
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a clear favourite to win a second term in office in a July election, helped by the resilient performance of Southeast Asia's largest...
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