Karim Raslan – On Wednesday, the Indonesian province of West Java – with a population of 48 million – (crammed into an area smaller than the Netherlands, the former colonial power) will

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) stated there were thousands of violations in the regional head election (Pilkada) during 2017-2018.

Jakarta – The South Sulawesi General Elections Commission (KPU South Sulawesi) has removed thousands of names from the voting roll after finding that voters were registered twice under

Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – About 100 residents of a gritty commercial district of Indonesia's capital listen intently as a man roars into a microphone: "Are you

Jakarta – The police anti-terror squad Densus 88 has again arrested 13 suspected terrorists allegedly planning to commit terror acts ahead of the 2018 simultaneous regional head electio

Indonesian police have named four people as suspects in a criminal probe into the sinking of an overloaded ferry on a volcanic lake in which it is believed some 200 people died.

Jakarta – The heads of 122 state universities gathered at the Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry in Jakarta for a closed meeting to address worrying findings from the Na

Kate Lamb, Lombok – As a young girl, Julaeping Putri loved to play, even take naps, among the fresh mounds of tobacco leaves piled around her home on the Indonesian island of Lombok.

Back in April, over 100 people were reported to have died after drinking tainted bootleg alcohol in various parts of Indonesia including Jakarta.

Evarianus Supar, Timika, Papua – Thousands of traditional gold prospectors in the Kali Kabur river of Timika, Papua, demanded the reopening of gold shops, which had been the buyers of t

Jakarta – Chairman of the Palu chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), M.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has reportedly appointed Marco Kusumawijaya, a member of his campaign team during the gubernatorial election last year, to lead a committee in

Palm oil companies have been blamed for some of the worst environmental destruction in recent times, specifically the wide-scale destruction of Indonesia's critically important rainfore

While Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seem to have developed a very good working relationship (some have called it a "batik bromance") re

Jakarta – Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's team started a crowdfunding initiative that had collected more than Rp 275 million (US$19,525) as of Sunday, according

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) chief patron Prabowo Subianto voiced a string of criticisms on the government after holding Monday's closed meeting at t

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Many have noted the political significance of West Java, the nation's most populated province, which shares a border with the capi

Jakarta – Former president and Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) said on Saturday that many individuals in the Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police and Nati

Abhishek Mohanty – In a major setback to Islamic State (ISIS) in Southeast Asia, a top court in Indonesia has sentenced to death a cleric reckoned as the de facto supremo of ISIS apolog

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Boyolali, Central Java – Security personnel assigned to guard election material in Boyolali, Central Java, claimed that interference from ghostly beings was making th

Olivia Nicole Tasevski – This year marks the 20th anniversary of the resignation of Indonesia's authoritarian president, Suharto, who led Indonesia from 1966 until 1998.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – A Twin Otter aircraft carrying election material and the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel, which will secure the upcoming region

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tens of thousands of people from six regencies in Papua gathered in Wamena in Jayawijaya regency on Saturday to listen to candidate pair Lukas Enembe and

Jakarta – Indonesia is making it easier for foreigners to work here – but they will have to study as well.

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Personnel of the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad shot dead on Friday a suspected terrorist who allegedly resisted arrest under the Jl.

John Harris – A passenger ferry capsized on Lake Tabo, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia on Monday evening. Only 18 people have been rescued and three have been declared dead.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar, Bali – "Indonesia's wealth is no longer just about natural resources.

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The independent election monitoring committee (KIPP) urged Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto to retract his public solicitation for people to accept graf

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt stood at US$356.9 billion as of April, growing by 7.6 percent year-on-year (yoy), which was slower than the 8.8 percent growth

Dili – Former Timor Leste independence fighter Jose Maria de Vasconcelos was sworn in as Prime Minister yesterday and pledged to bring unity to the nation after months of political dead

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court found on Friday Aman Abdurrahman guilty of inciting several terror attacks in Indonesia and sentenced the radical cleric to dea

In Indonesia, political parties are generally funded by wealthy patrons while individual politicians are often forced to finance their own campaigns and even pay parties for the privile

Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) chairperson Prabowo Subianto is encouraging people accept electoral bribes if they are offered basic commodities (sembako) or money

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has asked the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to specify the prohibition on the disse

Sheany, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Churches, or PGI, has denounced the use of identity politics and warned against the spread of fake news ahead of next week's regional ele

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – With 171 elections simultaneously taking place on June 27, the 2018 regional elections are surely something to keep an eye on.

Jakarta – Jakarta-based rights group Community Legal Aid Institute (LBH Masyarakat) has slammed the South Jakarta District Court's decision to sentence terrorist Aman Abdurrahman to dea

Jakarta – The lawyer of lawmaker Herman Hery, who has been under fire after being accused of beating up a couple in South Jakarta, said the victims have misidentified the perpetrator, a

Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III member Herman Herry did not confirm whether he was involved in the beating of Ronny Kosasih Yuniarto and his wife on Jl.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is likely to fail to utilize the city's budget effectively this year given low absorption as of the middle of the year, the Institute for Developmen

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has connected the sinking of ferry KM Sinar Bangun to inadequate infrastructure facilities and a lack of discipline fro

Dili – East Timor's president is refusing to swear in 11 members of cabinet because of corruption investigations, marring the formation of a new government following a protracted politi

Herman Hery, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the PDI-P party, has been accused of assaulting a couple in Jakarta over a dispute on the road.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo has accused the government of trying to weaken the Indonesian Military (TNI) and putting the country at political risk.

Gisela Swaragita and Jon Afrizal, Jakarta/Jambi – "I became pregnant when I was 16.

Harold Mitchell – Today finds me in Timor-Leste. Not too many Australians are aware of this tiny nation just 40 minutes off the coast of Northern Australia.

Rizieq Shihab, the founder of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), has been a fugitive from Indonesian justice for over one year after being named a suspect in a high-profile por

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government says it has not intervened in a pornography investigation involving Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, which was ended re

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia has blamed staff members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regional office in Bangkok for lack of coordination over the planned

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The Surakarta administration in Central Java made an impromptu inspection Thursday to make sure its civil servants showed up for work after the 10-day col