Although it is the world’s fourth largest country by population, and the third largest democracy, Indonesia usually attracts comparatively little attention overseas. But it has had a good year on the international stage with its successful Presidency of the G20 and its coming chairmanship of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The Economist was moved to write: “Why Indonesia matters: Indonesia is back on the map. In the next decade it will only become more important.”
JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesia's parliament on Thursday approved an extradition treaty with Singapore that will help Jakarta track down corruption suspects who have taken sanctuary or stored money offshore in the city-state.
The Indonesian government is trying to retrieve billions of dollars in b
CNA – Indonesia’s Parliament passed into law a bilateral extradition agreement with Singapore yesterday, in a move Jakarta expects to help authorities bring to justice people accused of stashing offshore billions of dollars of state money in the city-state. The absence of an extradition treaty has been a sensitive issue for Indonesia, which has complained […]
The Southeast Asian country s parliament passed legislation last week approving jail terms of up to a year for anyone caught having sex outside of wedlock.