The Nation

January 9, 2009

Hundreds of Foreigners Found in Drifting Boat

BANDA ACEH ~ A wooden boat with nearly 200 people on board was found drifting off the northern tip of – Read More...
January 9, 2009

Court Jails Lawmakers for Corruption

JAKARTA ~ The anti-corruption court handed jail sentences on Wednesday to sitting and former lawmakers convicted of corruption. Lawmaker Antony – Read More...
January 9, 2009

Car Sales Up in 2008

JAKARTA ~ Sales of new cars and motorbikes in Indonesia surged in 2008 but are expected to drop off this – Read More...
January 9, 2009

President’s Party Shoots Up in Polls

JAKARTA ~ A new poll has found rising support for the political party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the – Read More...
January 9, 2009

Protesters Call for Troops to Be Sent to Gaza

JAKARTA ~ Thousands of Islamists rallied across the country on Sunday to condemn Israel’s military strikes on the Gaza Strip – Read More...
January 2, 2009

Former Spy Cleared of Activist’s Murder

JAKARTA ~ A court has cleared the former deputy head of the country’s spy agency of masterminding the 2004 poisoning – Read More...
January 2, 2009

Quake Strikes off Sumatra

JAKARTA ~ A 5.4-magnitude quake struck off Sumatra late on Wednesday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of – Read More...
January 2, 2009

Drug-Smuggling Ring Busted

JAKARTA ~ Police have cracked a smuggling ring that was importing drugs worth over US$1 million to Indonesia and China, – Read More...
January 2, 2009

FM Encourages Sending Aid Instead of Fighters to Gaza

JAKARTA ~ Sending aid to Palestinians in Gaza would be more useful than dispatching fighters as some Indonesian militant Muslim – Read More...
January 2, 2009

S. Korea Buys Indonesian Aircraft

SEOUL ~ South Korea has signed a US$90-million deal with Indonesia to buy four transport planes for the coastguard, officials – Read More...