Calum Stuart – Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern about the Indonesian president's running mate, who has a history of clamping down on…

Grant Wyeth – Indonesia has recently been lifting its presence in the Pacific, courting a number of Pacific Island countries in an attempt to…

Michael Leach – When the newly formed Change for Progress Alliance, or AMP, secured an outright majority at Timor-Leste's 12 May election, the…

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – In the first half of this year, Indonesia booked US$9.48 billion in investment in the energy and mineral…

Karthika Suresh Namboothiri, Jakarta – Indonesian shares plummeted on Monday (13/08) in their worst drop in nearly two years as emerging market…

Vanuatu presented its draft UN Resolution for West Papua at the recent Pacific Islands Forum Officials Committee (FOC) Meeting and the Forum…

Jakarta – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has risen to 392, an official…

Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura City, Tuesday, 7 August 2018, visitors crowded in Lokabudaya Expo Museum Waena, Heram sub-…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan authorities have closed a gold mine in Korowai in the southern part of Papua, following uproar among…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – A spell of unusual heat in Riau has seen the number of hot spots rise from zero to 55 in only two days, according…

Jakarta – Last week, the Communications and Information Ministry announced its plan to filter pornographic content by utilizing the SafeSearch…

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential election next year will be a rematch of the contentious 2014 contest, and analysts fear it will…

David G Rose – As a practising Muslim from a traditional Javanese heartland, President Joko Widodo's Islamic credentials should be beyond question…

Alexander Rheeney, Apia – Vanuatu has asked Pacific Islands Forum member states to support its resolution to the United Nations General Assembly…

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is deploying series of defensive tactics – some rather unconventional ones – to prevent…

John McBeth, Jakarta – The iconic photograph of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Michel Camdessus standing over then-President…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – The supporters of the incumbent candidate Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo have started to create teams in a bid to succeed the…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency has banned minibuses from Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta, the city's…

Jakarta – Jakarta is pumping out between 1,900 and 2,400 tons of plastic trash every day, according to the city's environment agency…

Jakarta – The decision by Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to select Ma'ruf Amin as his vice-presidential running mate in the 2019…

Sarah Yuniarni, Adinda Normala & Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – The business sector expects calm and stability to prevail in the period leading up to…

The sky did fall on the Democratic Party, metaphorically speaking, following a whirlwind of political drama yesterday. But, despite their…

By Max Lane, Singapore

Executive summary

Jakarta – The official announcement of the presidential candidates shows that the election in 2019 will be more or less a repeat of that in 2014,…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Democratic Party has decided to back Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno's presidential bid, despite a…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – After months of uncertainty, Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta deputy governor…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Alumni 212 Brotherhood or PA 212 spokesman Novel Bamukmin said his organization would not support Jokowi…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has chosen a conservative Muslim cleric who has railed against homosexuality and once issued a fatwa against…

Tom Allard, Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo, brandished his nationalist and religious credentials on Friday amid…

Yesterday's announcement that Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto had named Jakarta Vice Governor Sandiaga Uno as his running mate in the 2019…

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 has hit Indonesia's Lombok island, less than a week after a 6.9-…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Housing and Settlement Agency has scrapped a budget of Rp 712 billion (US$4.9 million) for the development of three low-cost…

Max Lane – Jess Melvin's new book, The Army and the Indonesian Genocide, has been rightly hailed as a breakthrough. Uncovering the actors behind…

This week, the Indonesian government intensified their efforts to censor "negative" content on the internet by forcing ISPs (internet service…

The Vanuatu government has appointed Laura Lini as special envoy for West Papua. Ms Lini is the daughter of Walter Lini, who is known…

Regional ride-sharing giant Grab is an official partner of the Asian Games, which opens next week on August 18. However, there is a chance that a…

Max Walden – Last month, Amnesty International held a major press conference for the release of its first research report on Indonesia since…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is angry at the Democratic Party and threatened to sue Democratic Party politician Andi Arief over…

President Joko Widodo has now played his part in making this one of the most surprising days in modern Indonesian politics by choosing a running…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced his running mate on Thursday evening, eventually picking nonpolitical party…

Jakarta – Top officials at the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) denied an accusation that the parties had…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan says Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno has been approached to run for vice president in the 2019 presidential…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The political alliance between the Gerindra Party and the Democratic Party is under…

Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – Seven environmental activists have been put behind bars for fighting against pollution caused the company PT…

Jakarta – Jakarta has welcomed the Asian Games by putting up banners, but they have typos and misplaced elements.

One banner in Palmerah,…

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government expects that the rumors of an influx of foreign workers at Central Sulawesi's Morowali Industrial…

Jakarta – Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook for the Indonesian banking system from positive to stable.

"The stable outlook…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – After decades, Indonesia has finally recognized mental disorder as an occupational hazard by issuing a new ministerial…

Muhammad Isa, Jakarta – The main issue that the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) predicts would hinder the 2019 Presidential Election is…

James Massola & Amilia Rosa, Sembalun Bumbung, Lombok – Indonesia's government, military and aid agencies are struggling to deliver aid to…