The Nation

July 25, 2008

Bag of Body Parts Leads Police to Backyard Graves

JAKARTA ~ A bag of body parts found on a roadside has led police to uncover an alleged string of – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Mass Deportations from Malaysian Borneo to Begin in August

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia plans to deport 150,000 mostly Filipino and Indonesian illegal migrants from Borneo island in a massive – Read More...
July 25, 2008

Indonesia Sees ‘Signals’ of Progress at WTO Talks

GENEVA ~ Indonesia’s trade minister said on Wednesday that she had seen “coded signals” that key players in WTO trade – Read More...
July 18, 2008

Govt Expresses Regret over E. Timor Atrocities

NUSA DUA ~ The central government expressed regret this week for violence in East Timor in 1999 after accepting a – Read More...
July 18, 2008

Corruption Watchdog Arrests another MP

JAKARTA ~ The powerful Corruption Eradication Commission arrested a lawmaker on Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes from developers, the sixth – Read More...
July 18, 2008

Mother-Son Murderers Await Exceution

JAKARTA ~ A woman and her son are set to be executed for the murder of five members of a – Read More...
July 18, 2008

Quake Strikes off Aceh

JAKARTA ~ A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off Aceh province on Monday but there was no threat of a – Read More...
July 18, 2008

Lula, Yudhoyono Pledge Biofuel Cooperation

JAKARTA ~ Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged cooperation on biofuels during talks – Read More...
July 18, 2008

Indonesia Starts Long Poll Campaign as Oil Price Hits President

JAKARTA ~ Indonesia kicked off a mammoth nine-month legislative election campaign at the weekend, with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s ruling – Read More...
July 11, 2008

Japanese Firms to Meet PLN over Blackouts

JAKARTA ~ Japanese firms announced this week that they would meet officials from state power firm PLN over a power – Read More...