Jakarta – Investors who are counting on Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo unleashing a wave of economic reforms in his second term may be sorely disappointed.

Syafiq Hasyim – Shariatisation?

Jakarta – Indonesia asked the South Korean government to invite K-Pop stars to campaign for Indonesian forests in a bilateral meeting in Incheon, South Korea, a top official said in a

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The legal battle over the presidential election result is continuing at the Constitutional Court, with the General Elections Commission (KPU) and incu

Herman, Jakarta – Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest e-commerce platform, booked a record $1.3 billion in sales last month, marking an important milestone for the company.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The producers of Bumi Manusia, or This Earth of Mankind the movie, a long-awaited adaptation of Pramoedya Ananta Toer's 1980 classic leftist novel based on the li

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The government has decided that all domestic flights to Bandung, West Java, have to land at Kertajati International Airport by July 1.

Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – The government's old plan to build new prisons on the country's remote islands resurfaced this week, following a high-profile graft convict's escapade from hi

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Rudiantara said the police should be given the power to monitor group chats on the WhatsApp messaging platfo

Jakarta – In this year's school enrollment, each state-run junior high school (SMP) in Bekasi, West Java is to allocate 2 percent of their total number of seats to candidates who displ

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu argues that Indonesia's ideology known as Pancasila is starting to erode among society and partially attributes it to the cal

Jakarta (Antara) – For security reasons, the Communication and Informatics Ministry will require social media operators to make it mandatory for customers to provide cellular numbers w

An elderly man's dream of visiting the holy land of Mecca went up in flames in a house fire, but Indonesian netizens have restored that dream, and then some.

Over the past couple of years, the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi has been in the news with alarming frequency for viral stories of children getting married, either among themse

Antara & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has suggested providing incentives to regions that have proven successful in encouraging investment and con

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – At least 20 people have died in two separate shipping accidents within a week in East Java and East Nusa Tenggara, while five were still missing as of Tuesday

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – TransJakarta will add five new routes each month to the capital's bus rapid transit system to meet its target of carrying one million passengers per

Jakarta – Four of the nine victims of the May 22 riots in Jakarta have died from bullets, police say, promising to reveal the identities of the shooters.

Jakarta – A man disguised as a woman was caught red-handed as he tried to steal underwear and other personal belongings from a female nursing student at a kos (share house) in Tangeran

Indonesian authorities have taken some controversial steps to limit the rampant spread of hoaxes and fake news, such as temporarily limiting access to social media during last month's

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The legal team representing presidential candidates Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Ma'ruf Amin says that the Indonesian 2019 presidential election was held in the

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia's election commission has rejected out of hand claims the April presidential election was subject to systematic fraud, during cour

Jakarta – Japanese and Korean electronics companies Sharp Corp.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – In today's Constitutional Court trial, the Jokowi – Ma'ruf Amin legal team rebutted the biased police and intelligence forces allegations pointed out by

Jakarta (Antara) – The Sukabumi District transportation agency conducted an operation against urban public transport mini vans – locally known as angkot – that exhibits offensive stick

Aisha Shaidra, Jakarta – The draft music bill (RUU Permusikan) that was infamous for the amount of backlash it garnered from fellow musicians is finally dropped from the 2019 prioritiz

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Communication and Informatics Minister Rudiantara expressed his support for the National Police's decision to monitor public Whatsapp message gr

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Rudiantara recalled that the hoax which spread prior to the Constitutional Court's presidential el

Throughout his campaign for re-election, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo emphasised improvements in children's health and education as a way to boost human development.

Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has expressed approval of a plan for the police to monitor groups on the WhatsApp messaging application.

Christy Francisca R and Andi Ibnu, Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) said they found strong indications of duopoly behind the expensive airplane ticket p

Hussein Abri, Jakarta – More than ten Indonesian nationals at the Al-Hawl refugee camp expressed elation once Tempo journalist Hussein Abri introduced himself on Thursday, May 23.

Lani Diana, Jakarta – Director of the leaded fuel eradication committee (KPBB) Ahmad Safrudin said that the high levels of sulfur contained in several types of fuel have shown direct e

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Member of the selection committee for future Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader Diani Sadia revealed that the committee is focused on improv

Melbourne – Indonesian seaweed farmers were set to seek more than A$200 million ($137 million) from Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production in a trial starting on Monday, to cover da

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) says it will hold a series of protests in the vicinity of the Constitutional Court (MK) in Central Jakarta throughout the l

Jakarta – The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry said on Sunday (Jun 16) that it will tighten rules regarding paper waste imports, a day after officials said five containers

In conservative Indonesia, the fear of children engaging in the 'sin' of pre-marital sex often leads to young couples being forced to marry, which often leads to them dropping out of s

A group of young people in the Indonesian city of Samarinda in East Kalimantan came up with a creative new way to protest flooding in their city – perhaps inspired by previous instance

Dozens of people stormed a mosque in the Aceh capital of Banda Aceh over alleged ideological differences with a guest preacher delivering a sermon at the house of worship recently, foo

Jakarta (Bisnis) – Chairman of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang PS Brodjonegoro is optimistic that Indonesia's poverty rate and Gini coefficient will continu

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Previous announcement from Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Uno's campaign team (BPN) upon presenting 12 truckloads of evidentiary documents will likely not

Farouk Arnaz & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The police have arrested a man who appeared in a viral video claiming that the General Elections Commission, or KPU, had manipulated its data s

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The fifth Congress of Indonesian Diaspora, or CID-5, will open with a one-day conference on Aug. 10 at Kota Kasablanka, South Jakarta.

Jakarta – The head of the selection committee for the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), Usman Hamid, says not enough candidates were applying to be Komn

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has applauded Indonesia for its move to block online cigarette advertising, as an attempt to protect yo

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The families of people who died during the May 22 post-election rights in Jakarta went to the offices of the Victims and Witness Protection Agency (KPSK) in East

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Upon his own personal request to be firmly criticized, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was urged by Adian Napitupulu, an Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Incumbent presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hinted on types of individuals he would include in his upcoming cabinet if he is re-elected as a president

Abba Gabrillin, Jakarta – A survey by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) has found that there has been a declining trend in democratic reforms, particularly following the May