Jakarta

Change on the cards ... university students stage an anti-corruption rally in Jakarta. Photo: AFP JAKARTA: It is an allegation that has spread like wildfire through Jakarta's elites and is now being openly canvassed in the press. Was the...

In this article: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Allegation, Crocodile, Indonesia, and Beneficiary

LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Authorities from Brasilia to Moscow to Jakarta are moving to curb what they say are 'hot money' speculative flows fuelling rapid currency appreciation and destabilising their recovering economies. With currency...

In this article: Tax, Taiwan, Moscow, Turkey, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Colombia, South Africa, and Chile

...militants, including Southeast Asia's most-wanted fugitive, Noordin Mohammad Top, since suicide bombings on two luxury hotels in Jakarta in July shattered a four-year lull in attacks. But Saud Usman Nasution, head of the country's U.S....

In this article: Indonesia, Al Qaeda, Bali, Southeast Asia, Suicide, Jemaah Islamiah, and Philippines

...over possible steps to curb foreign flows, traders said. "BI (the central bank) kept selling dollar/rupiah from 9,460," said a Jakarta-based trader. The rupiah fell as low as 9,480 to the dollar, down 1 percent from Wednesday's...

In this article: Indonesia, Singapore, and Brazil

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Wednesday left an Australian customs vessel anchored off Indonesia after they were promised they would be resettled, ending a monthlong standoff. The 46 men, five women and...

In this article: Indonesia, Australia, United Nations, Australian Broadcasting Corp., Bintan, and Sumatra

...they were allowed to resettle in Australia. The Viking rescued them from a sinking boat in Indonesian waters as part of a deal between Jakarta and Canberra. Their asylum claims will be processed in a detention centre in Indonesia.

In this article: Australia, Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Kevin Rudd, and Canberra

THE 56 asylum-seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking are due to end their three-week standoff with the Australian government this morning in a move that will help Kevin Rudd address tensions with Indonesia over the impasse. As authorities...

In this article: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Malcolm Turnbull, Indonesia, Australia, Border Protection Command, and Suharto

...Rudd Government's so-called aEURoeIndonesian solutionaEUR� to stop the surge of asylum seekers is that no-one bothered to tell Indonesia. Jakarta's military and political elite are adamant that Indonesia will not become a major transit point...

In this article: Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, The Sydney Morning Herald, Najib Tun Razak, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Jose Ramos Horta, and Lee Hsien Loong

Rape and the Plight of the Female Migrant Worker By Mark Schliebs / Jakarta Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 No one knows if 1-year-old Yunus will ever see his mother again. Like 6 million other Indonesians, she traveled far from home to find...

In this article: Indonesia, Goat, World Bank, and Saudi Arabia

In the prison wing of Indonesia's National Police Headquarters in Jakarta is a whiteboard listing the names of inmates awaiting trial, followed by the length of time they have spent in custody. At the top of the list, a western name stands...

In this article: Murray McCully, Australia, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono