Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The government is not buying arguments that the manufacturing sector is shrinking even though its percentage…
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April 18, 2019
Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The presidential and legislative elections will not lead to a change in energy policy and will not improve…
Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – The Bali administration is drafting a regulation to identify and protect the province's cultural assets from piracy…
Jakarta – Supporters of presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno plan to gather around the National Monument (…
Kanupriya Kapoor, Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Two months before this week's presidential election in Indonesia, prize-winning novelist Eka Kurniawan…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – In early April, 36 arts teachers from various provinces in Indonesia were invited for education and cultural…
Prashanth Parameswaran – Last week, Indonesia signed a billion-dollar contract with a South Korean shipbuilder for a second batch of diesel-…
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Parties backing President Joko Widodo benefited from riding on his coattails in Indonesia's legislative race, with the…
Anne Barker == "I will be a president for all Indonesians." No, they are not the words of a victorious Joko Widodo, who looked certain last night…
Arys Aditya, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has claimed victory in the country's election, citing unofficial quick count…
When Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto declared victory yesterday, despite quick count results all pointing to a victory for President Joko…
Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto may not have the electoral approval of the majority of Indonesians (at least according to quick count results…
After presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto declared victory yesterday, despite clearly losing to incumbent President Joko Widodo in the quick…
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – General Elections Committee (KPU) Chairman Arief Budiman announced that the 2019 general elections Indonesia…
After a long, bitter, but largely uneventful campaign, Indonesians have finally had their say. Most reliable quick counts released on the night…
April 17, 2019
Krithika Varagur – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Indonesia's president since 2014, and most likely until 2024, had every reason to gloat on Wednesday…
Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – It looked like a haunted house straight out of an amusement park: Blood-stained sheets, makeshift graves…
Violence has broken out again in Indonesia's Papua province, where tensions are high as the nation goes to the polls today.
It's the latest…
The infamous leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, is said to have already voted in Mecca (where the one-time pornography…
For the last few weeks, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and some of his senior supporters have made numerous accusations of vote fraud in…
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin secured the most votes at…
Iqra Anugrah – Like many other oligarchs and businesses exploiting natural resources, mining companies and their elite supporters have a lot of…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has launched a report on an investigation into the human rights track record of the presidential…
Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto claimed victory over the 2019…
Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The Trenggalek Police in East Java have arrested a fellow officer for his alleged complicity in the theft of…
Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Voters casting their ballots in polling station (TPS) 110 located within the SMK Yasda Islamic vocational school…
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – At least 160,000 residents of two districts in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, will vote in the general…
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on members of the public to reunite as brothers and sisters following…
Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Prabowo has claimed a lead over incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Indonesia's…
Muhammad Al Azhari & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in Wednesday's presidential election, based on internal…
Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – On Wednesday, Indonesia proves to the world that after a lengthy and often heated presidential campaign it is still…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Indonesia held the world's biggest one-day 2019 presidential and legislative elections, marked by millions of citizens…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – A replica of Greek god Hermes located on Harmoni bridge in Central Jakarta is back to being nude after having the lower…
April 16, 2019
Nur Yasmin and Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia's Election Supervisory Agency announced on Tuesday (16/04) they had discovered 25 cases of "…
David Fettling – Haris Azhar thinks both Indonesia's presidential candidates are incompetent, that the issues they debate are nonsense, that both…
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The country's 2019 presidential election is still strongly marred by religious polarization according to…
Peter Milne – East Timor is now the majority owner of the Woodside-operated Sunrise gas field after it completed the purchase of equity from…
Jakarta – National Development Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro attended an Indonesia-International Monetary Fund (IMF) bilateral meeting…
Jakarta – The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) has projected 20-30 percent growth in the number of start-ups in Indonesia as they are supported…
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has been listed among the world's top 50 in gender equality according to the recently…
Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – At least 240 Shia adherents in Sidoarjo, East Java, will be able to vote in a shelter, an East Java General…
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Local authorities halted the April 11 screening of "Sexy Killers" in Mekarsari, Indramayu, saying the coal industry…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Shopping Center Tenants Association (Hippindo) has projected that the retail sector will grow 5 to 10 percent this year…
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – On the eve of Wednesday's presidential election, undecided voters may want to participate in a quiz designed to…
Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has recorded that crude palm oil (CPO) exports to Europe saw a significant decrease in March as a result of…
Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta and Ella S. Prihatini – The Indonesian presidential election on Wednesday will be a re-run of the 2014 poll, pitting…
A man and a woman have been publicly whipped in Indonesia in an archaic punishment for reportedly having sex outside of marriage.
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Leonard C Sebastian, Singapore – The current political mood in Indonesia is deeply polarised.
I have been travelling to Indonesia to…
Bill Laurance and Penny van Oosterzee – This week, Indonesia will hold a presidential election that will make or break incumbent Joko "Jokowi"…
Jayapura, Indonesia – From sending ballot boxes by elephant in Sumatra to keeping voters safe in Papua's rebel territory, Indonesia is pulling…




