Ever given a thought to traveling with a bunch of strangers? Scared? Too shy? Or have too little courage to do such a crazy thing? Well, you might want to…

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) fired its first salvo in its legal battle against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday when the party’s secretary general, Muhammad Taufik Ridho, filed…

Former vice president Jusuf Kalla said that the Indonesian Military (TNI) must be well-equipped to enable it to deal with numerous challenges.

In a bid to cut the future travel expenses of Indonesian haj pilgrims, the Religious Affairs Ministry is considering buying aircraft that will be used to transport people for the…

A number of disturbing developments this week indicated that we are in dire need of a big dose of common sense.

Your comments on officers from the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism unit, who have arrested 13 terror suspects and killed seven others in a series of raids on terrorist cells…

I read an interview with Keizo Okue, president director of Mazda Motors Indonesia, published in The Jakarta Post on April 22 with great interest. As the proud new owner of…

I was 9-years-old when Margaret Thatcher became the first Englishwoman to reach the office of 10 Downing Street in 1979.

Parents of the multitudinous kids in the capital may have heaved a sigh of relief when plans to create more play and recreational areas for children were announced recently. Such…

Jakarta as a capital city with a large population is now building its mass rapid transit (MRT) system and a monorail will follow. Today there are already Transjakarta buses, city…