Marzuki Alie (left) (illustration)

Indonesian, Chinese parliaments agree to enhance ties

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIJING -- The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) and the National People's Congress (NPC) of China have agreed to enhance cooperation between the two nations. The two parliaments reached the agreement during a meeting between the deputy to the DPR's secretary general for information and inter-parliament cooperation, Slamet Sutarsono, and the deputy secretary general of the NPC permanent committee,...

Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

Yudhoyono's name immortalized in Japanese library

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's name has been immortalized in a library in Kesennuma city, Miyagi Prefektur, Japan, the city's mayor Shigeru Sugawara said on Tuesday. The president's name was immortalized in the library as an appreciation for his extending financial assistance to the area when it was hit by the tsunami in 2011, Sugawara said. "When the...