Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The Trenggalek Police in East Java have arrested a fellow officer for his alleged complicity in the theft of sonokeling (rosewood) logs on a state-owne

Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – It looked like a haunted house straight out of an amusement park: Blood-stained sheets, makeshift graves and rows of ghastly faces painted white.

Krithika Varagur – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Indonesia's president since 2014, and most likely until 2024, had every reason to gloat on Wednesday afternoon.

Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto claimed victory over the 2019 presidential election on Wednesday afternoon, hours befor

Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Prabowo has claimed a lead over incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Indonesia's presidential election, just a few hours after sev

Iqra Anugrah – Like many other oligarchs and businesses exploiting natural resources, mining companies and their elite supporters have a lot of political clout in post-authoritarian In

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – A replica of Greek god Hermes located on Harmoni bridge in Central Jakarta is back to being nude after having the lower part of its body covered up by a piece o

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin secured the most votes at polling station 02 Selong in Kebayoran Baru, South Jaka

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Indonesia held the world's biggest one-day 2019 presidential and legislative elections, marked by millions of citizens casting ballots at some 800,000 pollin

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – On Wednesday, Indonesia proves to the world that after a lengthy and often heated presidential campaign it is still more than able to hold its first simult

Muhammad Al Azhari & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in Wednesday's presidential election, based on internal data compiled by his campaign team, whil

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – At least 160,000 residents of two districts in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, will vote in the general election on April 18 after logistical glitche

Peter Milne – East Timor is now the majority owner of the Woodside-operated Sunrise gas field after it completed the purchase of equity from Shell and ConocoPhillips.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Shopping Center Tenants Association (Hippindo) has projected that the retail sector will grow 5 to 10 percent this year, after having experiencing a slowdown i

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – On the eve of Wednesday's presidential election, undecided voters may want to participate in a quiz designed to assess how one's personal political views

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A man and a woman have been publicly whipped in Indonesia in an archaic punishment for reportedly having sex outside of marriage.

Leonard C Sebastian, Singapore – The current political mood in Indonesia is deeply polarised.

Bill Laurance and Penny van Oosterzee – This week, Indonesia will hold a presidential election that will make or break incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's chances of getting a second term

Jayapura, Indonesia – From sending ballot boxes by elephant in Sumatra to keeping voters safe in Papua's rebel territory, Indonesia is pulling out all the stops for one of the world's

Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – More than 10,000 people have volunteered to crowd-source election results posted at polling stations across Indonesia on Wednesday in a real-time bid to thwart

James Massola, Jakarta – More than 190 million Indonesians will be able to vote in the largest single-day election exercise in the world on Wednesday, with President Joko "Jokowi" Wido

David Robie – A human rights defender and researcher has warned in a new book published on the eve of the Indonesian national elections tomorrow that the centralised political system h

Eve Warburton – There are plenty of reasons to view this year's presidential elections in Indonesia as less polarising than the last.

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Local authorities halted the April 11 screening of "Sexy Killers" in Mekarsari, Indramayu, saying the coal industry documentary was a form of hate speech th

Those hoping to follow real-time election results tomorrow can do so starting 3pm Western Indonesia Time (WIB) and no earlier, as the Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected a petition

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is famous for many things besides politics, such as his marriage to Suharto's second daughter, his service to Indonesia as a former general, his

Tomorrow is finally the big day – nearly 193 million Indonesian voters will have their chance to go to the polls and choose the country's next president.

Jakarta – The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) has projected 20-30 percent growth in the number of start-ups in Indonesia as they are supported by high demand for digital solutions in

Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu – On Wednesday, Indonesians go to the polls to determine their next president.

Nur Yasmin and Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia's Election Supervisory Agency announced on Tuesday (16/04) they had discovered 25 cases of "money politics" – bribing people to influ

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has formed a team to monitor Wednesday's general election.

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – At least 240 Shia adherents in Sidoarjo, East Java, will be able to vote in a shelter, an East Java General Elections Commission (KPU East Java) offici

Angus Watson – As Indonesia's presidential candidates draw massive crowds to rallies across the country, leaders in the resource-rich but restive twin provinces of Papua and West Papua

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has been listed among the world's top 50 in gender equality according to the recently announced Times Higher Education University

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The country's 2019 presidential election is still strongly marred by religious polarization according to Gadjah Mada University political expert Dod

David Fettling – Haris Azhar thinks both Indonesia's presidential candidates are incompetent, that the issues they debate are nonsense, that both seek to protect the status quo.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency is preparing 16,578 free trips using 307 buses for people traveling home on Idul Fitri this year.

Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has recorded that crude palm oil (CPO) exports to Europe saw a significant decrease in March as a result of the negative campaign against the commo

Jakarta – National Development Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro attended an Indonesia-International Monetary Fund (IMF) bilateral meeting to discuss public investment management

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a trade balance surplus of US$540 million in March, marking the second straight month that the country recorded a trade balance sur

While the running mate of his rival plans to visit a self-exiled former pornography suspect for guidance and prayers in Saudi, President Joko Widodo, who is also in Saudi for the Umrah

Apriadi Gunawan and Suherdjoko, Medan – Over the weekend, only days before the elections, some of the country's youth staged rallies to encourage people to vote while protest voters, w

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Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The Defense Ministry signed contract agreements worth Rp 2.1 trillion (US$149.01 million) and $1.4 billion with several local companies in Bandung on Fr

Just like President Joko Widodo, vice presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno – running mate to Prabowo Subianto – flew to Saudi Arabia yesterday to carry out the Umrah pilgrimage.

Jonathan Chen – Various minority groups in Indonesia face an inconvenient truth: whoever wins the election, they will end up losing, as candidates ignore minority interests in favour o

Rena Sarumpaet – From her home in Jakarta, Permaswari Wardani proudly holds up an intricate hand-drawn comic.

Before he was released from prison in January, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the former Jakarta governor formerly known as Ahok, requested that people call him BTP instead as prison had chan

RNZ Pacific – A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia.