The Nation

March 27, 2009

Sriwijaya Air Jet Makes Emergency Landing

JAKARTA ~ A Sriwijaya Air plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday after one of its engines – Read More...
March 27, 2009

Kidnapper Recruits Victims in Presidential Tilt

JAKARTA ~ A former general running for the country’s presidency has gone to unusual lengths to shake a bloody reputation – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Election Campaign Gets Underway

JAKARTA ~ Campaigning for Indonesia’s third general elections since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship got underway this week with – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Poll Workers to Be Quarantined

JAKARTA ~ The authorities plan to quarantine clerks handling legal challenges to poll results to prevent corruption following the April – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Indonesian Ocean Forum to Sign Climate Pact

JAKARTA ~ Officials from 121 countries attending a conference in Indonesia in May will sign an agreement to reduce the – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Japan Arrests Ship Navigator over Collision

TOKYO ~ Japan arrested the navigator of a freighter on Tuesday, a coastguard official said, over a collision with another – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Indonesia Seeks Malaysian Help on Unemployed Migrants

JAKARTA ~ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Malaysia this week to help find a solution to the plight of – Read More...
March 13, 2009

Australians Freed after Illegal Papua Flight

MERAUKE ~ Five Australians jailed for illegally entering Papua by plane have been released after winning their appeal, their lawyer – Read More...
March 13, 2009

Indonesia, Singapore Sign Maritime Border Treaty

JAKARTA ~ Indonesia and Singapore signed a treaty this week setting out part of their shared maritime boundary, in a – Read More...
March 13, 2009

Quakes Strike off Papua

JAKARTA ~ Two moderate earthquakes struck off the coast of Papua early on Wednesday, seismologists said, but there were no – Read More...