Jakarta – Businesspeople have expressed their concerns over post-election uncertainty, following losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's rejection of incumbent Joko "Jokowi" W

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) and the British Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (BritCham) have rejected protectionist trade policies

Jakarta – State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga has said it had stopped all projects that could hamper traffic during the annual Idul Fitri exodus, when millions of people will

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Rioters comprising of local youths of Kampung Bali in Central Jakarta's Tanah Abang area showed remorse after a police report revealed that the initial group o

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Ever since the Constitutional Court (MK) opened registration for applicants to file 2019 election disputes, judiciary watchdog KoDe Inisiatif recorded 469 applic

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician Adian Napitupulu urged police personnel to truly uncover the mastermind behind the May 22 riots that br

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said efforts to facilitate a meeting between President Joko Widodo or Jokowi and Prabowo

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – Gerindra Party head Prabowo Subianto paid a visit to the grave of his father-in-law, former president Soeharto, at the Astana Giribangun cemetery in Kara

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Indonesia, an emerging middle-income country, is already the world's 16th largest economy by gross domestic product and the 10th strongest in terms of purc

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The legal team head of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf campaign team, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, said news links could be presented as evidence in the dispute case of the 2019 pre

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – About 34,000 members of the security forces were deployed in various parts of Jakarta to secure the capital during last week's deadly protests by an estimated 6,0

Jakarta (Antara) – Vice Presidential candidate number 02 Sandiaga Uno said 51 lists of evidence detailing alleged fraud during the recent presidential elections were submitted by his t

Jakarta (Antara) – The Communication and Informatics Ministry will impose sanctions on social media and web operators who do not delete hoaxes on their pages.

Jakarta (Antara) – Ten former commissioners of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) called upon Indonesia's political elites on Saturday to support constitutional steps

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Police have created a fact finding team to investigate the deaths of teenagers during a clash on May 22 between demonstrators and police officers duri

Jakarta (Antara) – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto had no plan to meet rival Joko Widodo (Jokowi), as he is focusing on a lawsuit challenging the presidential election results,

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – A resident of Wagete of Deiyai Regency, Papua Province was reportedly shot dead by the police on Tuesday evening, while another resident was seriously injured (

Jakarta – Toll road operators are offering 15 percent discounts on toll roads for Idul Fitri travelers, but the price cut won't apply on the peak days of the holiday season.

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – A police officer has been injured after a group of unknown assailants fired at the National Police's Mobile Brigade headquarters (Mako Brimob) in Purwokerto, B

Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara has called Indonesians to uninstall virtual private networks (VPN) from their devices after the government ended its move t

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – A local independent journalists association is condemning violence committed against journalists during post-election riots in Jakarta.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The National Police's cybercrime unit has arrested a man suspected of spreading fake news about foreign security officers being deployed during post-election

Beritasatu Team & Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Seven people have been arrested while misusing ambulances to transport protesters, weapons and logistics to the locat

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo & Yeremia Sukoyo & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Attorneys for losing presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno filed a lawsuit in the Cons

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has suffered Rp 465 million (US$32,302) in losses because of public facilities damaged during the riots on Wednesday, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswed

Jakarta – The National Police have officially confirmed that a viral video actually shows officers beating an unarmed man near Al-Huda Mosque in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, but denie

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Medan District Court in North Sumatra sentenced on Thursday University of North Sumatra (USU) lecturer Himma Dewiyana Lubis to a year in prison suspended for t

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesia on Saturday lifted temporary social media restrictions that were imposed to stop online hoaxes during violence around the announcement of of

The defeated candidate in Indonesia's presidential election has filed a challenge against the result in the country's top court, just days after seven people died in rioting by his sup

At least seven Indonesian journalists were reportedly attacked during post-election protests this week in Jakarta, prompting calls on authorities to investigate alleged press freedom v

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Angry residents in Wagethe in Deiyai regency, Papua, set fire to Tigi Police station on Tuesday, following the shooting of a young man by the police on the same

The violent protests against the official announcement of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's re-election as Indonesian president this week mark the culmination of a months-long campaign by losing

Ben Bland – Images of rioting by supporters of defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta have been beamed around the world this week, tainting what was otherwise a fr

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The central government had disbursed most of the Idul Fitri holiday bonuses (THR) for civil servants, including members of the police force, the milit

Jakarta – The area in front of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in Central Jakarta saw a different crowd on Thursday night.

Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has appointed four lawyers to challenge the election results at the Constitutional Court (MK) following the official announceme

Jakarta – The government has pledged to boost spending in the second quarter to significantly boost gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Yustinus Paat & Christian Lee, Jakarta – The campaign team of newly re-elected president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he had already communicated with his rival Prabowo Subianto since

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Incumbent President and 2019 presidential election winner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has again conveyed his hope to meet with rival Prabowo Subianto in a bi

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Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) believes that the restrictions on social media, including WhatsApp messenger, have been detrimental to the public.

Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election ticket rejects the results of the 2019 presidential election (pilpres), but accepts the results of the legislative elections (pileg

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A video showing a group of police officers beating an unarmed man near Al-Huda Mosque in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, has been circulating online in recent

Jakarta – The two-day postelection riots in Jakarta have not only claimed eight lives and injured over 700 others but also taken a toll on the livelihood of small vendors.

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Two suspects affiliated with a radical Islamist group who were "intending to perform jihad" were arrested during the Indonesian protests that killed at least

Kanupriya Kapoor and Tommy Ardiansyah, Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian police fired water cannon and rubber bullets at protesters setting fires and trying to breach barbed wire barricad

Dan McGarry, Port Vila – During his visit to Port Vila last weekend, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was confronted with questions about West Papua – but he waffled i

Jakarta – Four of the six people who were killed during post-election protests that turned into a full-fledged riot on Wednesday (May 22) had sustained stab wounds, according to the Ja

The pair allegedly behind the child sex trafficking case that was uncovered in Sanur earlier this year could be facing well over a decade in prison after the prosecutor in their case d

David Lipson – The white toothpaste smeared in lines across their faces looked like war paint, but it was actually there to offer scant protection against the clouds of tear gas that s