On the evening of April 17, the day of Indonesia's general election, all of the quick count polls uniformly projected that incumbent President Joko Widodo had soundly defeated Prabowo

Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) have reported the Bandung police to th

Yeremia Sukoyo & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A group of former Reformasi activists are planning to send a 5,000-strong crowd to the General Elections Commission headquarters in Centr

Ghina Ghaliya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Ahead of the official announcement of the 2019 general election results on May 22, Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team member

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) gave on Wednesday an unqualified opinion for Jakarta's 2018 financial report, meaning the city administration has achieved the hi

Dewi Rina Cahyani, Jakarta – Transportation Ministry determined to lower the upper limit tariff (TBA) of airlines ticket in a bid to suppress the trend on the rocketing airfare.

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – Amnesty International urges the Indonesian Home Affairs Ministry and Religious Affairs Ministry to assure that the local Bekasi Administration is

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Legislative candidate from the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Dewi Tanjung has reported senior National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Amien Rais

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two Indonesian citizens alleged to be linked to terrorist plots were arrested in Malaysia recently, the National Police announced in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Farouk Arnaz & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Bachtiar Nasir, the former chairman of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema Council's Fatwa, or GNPF-MUI, again skipped q

RNZ Pacific – Two West Papuans accused of "rebellion" have been sentenced to more than a year in an Indonesian prison.

Jakarta – At least one Indonesian Military (TNI) officer was killed in a clash with West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) freedom fighters in Nduga regency, Papua, on Monday morn

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Indonesia is deploying more than 32,000 troops to secure its capital Jakarta, following intelligence of possible terrorist attacks during the release of the pre

Jakarta – The government has been urged to find ways to increase state revenue, which grew only 4.9 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter, much lower than the 12.6 percent gr

Jakarta – The rupiah is moving toward Rp 15,000 per United States dollar as it was quoted at Rp 14,444 per US dollar or 0.57 percent lower than the previous day, according to the Jakar

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Five people have died after being buried by landslides at an illegal gold mine on Mount Pongkor, Bantar Karet village, Nanggung district, Bogor, West

Jakarta – The Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) has expressed pessimism at the notion that the government's policy to lower ceiling prices of airplane tickets by 12 t

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian equities slumped Monday, erasing this year's gains, as foreign funds pulled out of the local market.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Both of his hands are permanently physically impaired, two of his earlobes damaged, his entire body holds visible burn scars.

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The newly government-formed legal aid team is currently studying 13 suspected hate speech cases expressed by notable figures in Indonesia such as Kivlan Zen, Egg

Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – A civil society group will reportedly reject the decision of Coordinating Minister of Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto upon forming a legal assista

Jakarta – A network of credit card salespeople and bank employees have been trading the personal information of bank customers and credit card holders with each other in an effort to m

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected former United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad "Romy" Romahurmuziy's pretrial motion against the Corru

Jakarta – South Jakarta Social Affairs Agency head Ahmad Dumyani has urged people not to give money to seasonal beggars who thrive in the city during Ramadan, including to those using

Jakarta – The China-backed Jakarta-Bandung fast train project reached an important milestone on Tuesday with the completion of the Walini Tunnel, the first of 13 underground passages a

Gather round, citizens.

Roland Rajah and Ben Bland – International investors breathed a sigh of relief when early results suggested that Indonesian President Joko Widodo had won the April 17 presidential elec

Jakarta (Antara) – Kivlan Zen, former Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), fulfilled police summons at the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) today for allegations of sp

Muhamad Al Azhari & Asni Ovier, Jakarta – Muslim scholars and clerics in Indonesia say they will resist attempts by the country's political elites to drive a wedge between follower

He's not exactly a beggar, but this man in Aceh is certainly a chooser, and an extremely ungrateful one at that.

James Massola, Jakarta – In nine days time Indonesia's election commission will release the official results of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections.

Johnny Blades – Indonesia has lost a significant asset from in its Pacific diplomacy efforts with the recent passing of the West Papuan, Franzalbert Joku.

Jakarta – Environmentalists have called on the Trade Ministry to immediately revise its 2016 regulation on waste imports, saying it contains several loopholes that have turned Indonesi

Jakarta – Voter turnout in Jakarta may have exceeded the national target of 77.5 percent as of Sunday, according to the head of the Jakarta General Elections Commission, Betty Epsilon

Jakarta – While the influx of ceramic tiles from China has subsided after the government imposed a protective tariff, local ceramic tile producers are concerned by the influx of simila

Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Retailers (Aprindo) is projecting that retailers will see a 30 to 40 percent increase in sales during Ramadan and Idil Fitri, supported by the i

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to stop importing jet fuel and diesel starting next month in order to reign in its current account deficit, a senior minister said last week.

Dina Manafe & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has released the results of its study into the cause of death of over 500 election officials since election day on April 17.

Jakarta – Eight EU representatives from Belgium, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and a representative from the Food and Agriculture Or

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The West Java Regional Police are investigating a hoax saying that that a polling committee (KPPS) officer in Bandung had died from poisoning.

Carlos Ky Paath & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Secretary generals of political parties in the coalition supporting presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has pushed for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately form a special committee tasked to select candidates that wil

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) announced that it has not officially processed the complaint submitted by the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiag

Carlos Ky Paath & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Presidential nominee Prabowo Subianto's campaign team has questioned election results in Bali and Central Java, calling out irregularitie

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition representing the families of the victims of the May 1998 tragedy is calling on the president elect not to include cronies and alleged perpetrators

Siprianus Edi Hardum & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Malaysia's Attorney General Office will appeal a decision by the Pulau Penang High Court to free the employer of Indonesian domesti

Jakarta – The families of victims of the May 1998 riots in Jakarta have held a procession in which they scattered flowers and held joint prayers at the Klender Mall in East Jakarta on

Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) still owes 17 major corruption cases to solve.

Jakarta – A supporter of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto expressing his intent to behead President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a video that went viral on Saturday has been reported