Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Robertus Wardhi & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has won the presidential election with just over 53 percent of the vote against Pr

Michael Bachelard – Former military strongman Prabowo Subianto has indicated he will not accept the result of the Indonesian presidential election and has called into question the proce

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Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring on Monday threatened to revoke broadcasting permits for news channels tvOne and MetroTV over allegedly un

Max Horder – Home to 3.5 million people, daily life in West Papua is characterised by widespread violence, intimidation and political suppression.

The West Papuan political prisoners known as the Jayapura Five have been released after serving almost three years in jail in Indonesia.

Abdul Qowi Bastian, Jakarta – Some 15 Islamic hardliners from Indonesia have left for war-torn Gaza where they hope to provide aid to the Palestinian people, the Islamic Defenders Front

Michael Bachelard – In the almost two weeks since Indonesia's presidential election on July 9, the big question in Indonesia has been: "What does Prabowo Subianto think he's doing?"

Auckland – Global criticism of Timor-Leste's draconian new media law is growing.

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday he will not accept the election result due to be announced in coming days, accusing the Elections Commission of not pro

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta/Bandarlampung – The campaign team of Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto made a surprise call to the General Elections Com

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Campaign finance reports filed by both presidential tickets with the General Elections Commission (KPU) revealed that the Indonesian Democratic Party of St

Jakarta – Pollsters have spoken out against efforts to criminalize what they considered a scientific enterprise to ensure a free and fair presidential election by releasing quick count

The top priority of Indonesia's likely next government will be to cut fuel subsidies to control the country's widening budget deficit, a move it hopes to accomplish within the first 100

Jayapura – Newly appointed Papua Police chief Yotje Mende said he would take stern action against armed criminals in the province because their actions threaten the stability of the nat

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesians have mobilised in their thousands to ensure the vote counting process in the presidential election is free and fair prior to the official announcement o

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is facing mounting pressure to concede defeat as prominent citizens have published open letters expressing their wishes on the "Surat U

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former youth and sports minister Andi Mallarangeng to four years in prison and a fine of Rp 200 million, or an additional two months in

The organisation called the Federal Republic of West Papua is urging the Pacific Islands Forum and the Melanesian Spearhead Group to address ongoing abuses in Indonesia's Papua region.

Dili – Timor-Leste's current stability could be undermined by a sharp decline in oil revenues and leadership challenges if the country's first president and current prime minister Xanan

Dili – Timor-Leste's current stability could be undermined by a sharp decline in oil revenues and leadership challenges if the country's first president and current prime minister Xanan

A leading candidate in the Indonesian presidential race has admitted he helped abduct activists during the rule of the country's former president, Suharto, saying he was under orders an

Jakarta – A website built by volunteers to trawl through publicly available General Election Commission (KPU) data and conduct its own informal vote count came under attack from hackers

Hans Nicholas Jong and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Although presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has claimed that he will abide by the official election result, his legal team is gea

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Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The establishment of representatives of the Iraqi militancy group, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, in Indonesia has raised conce

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Wednesday's conviction of former Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Budi Mulya has confirmed the roles of other individuals in the controversial bailout of Bank

Despite reports of irregularities in the manual vote tabulation, there is widespread confidence that the transparent and democratic process, which was largely thanks to public participa

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians participating in the ambitious national health insurance program launched under the Social Security Organizing Body, or BPJS,

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Farouk Arnaz & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Under increasing pressure to justify charging two Jakarta International School teachers with child sexual abuse, police on Wednesday accus

Charlie Campbell – A former Portuguese colony, East Timor, or Timor-Leste, only won independence from neighboring Indonesia in 2002 following a bloody civil war.

Rendi A Witular, Jakarta – Presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reportedly secured most votes during the July 9 election in an area that is home to the headquarters of hard

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – One person was killed and two were injured when a 10-car convoy traveling in a remote area of Papua's highlands was ambushed by armed attackers on Wednesday

Dini Pramita, Jakarta – The Kawal Pemilu (Guard the Elections) website www.kawalpemilu.org , which is maintained by volunteers to report the movement of vote

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) pledged on Tuesday that it would remain impartial amid allegations of rampant manipulation taking pl

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups on Tuesday filed a report with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding alleged vote buying at the Regional Gene

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The declaration of a "permanent coalition" by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and the seven political parties supporting his bid has prompted at least t

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Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A recent plan by lawmakers to summon state-run broadcaster Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI), following its quick-count result that indicated vi

Erwida Maulia & Erwin Sihombing, Jakarta – The single-digit difference between the votes for the two candidates in last week's presidential election, coupled with the increasingly l

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's claim to have won Indonesia's presidential election was dealt a significant blow on Wednesday after two s

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) will deploy 5,000 to 10,000 members to monitor the announcement of the final presidential election result at the General E

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Sleman regency administration in Yogyakarta province has brokered a peace agreement between the heads of the El Shaddai Pentecostal Church and Muslim

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore he would not let foreigners meddle with Indonesia's presidential election dispute, ahead of a visit to the country by former US presid

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla garnered 96,780 votes, in comparison to the 69,220 votes rivals Prabowo Subia

It hasn't taken long for the West Papua National Council for Liberation (WPNCL) and other pro-independence groups to to respond to Melanesian Spearhead Group's (MSG) recent announcement

Edward Aspinall – In a posting immediately after polling day last week, Marcus Mietzner and I argued that having failed to win the election, it was now likely that Prabowo Subianto's ca