Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Moody's Investors Services on Friday (13/04) upgraded Indonesia's sovereign credit ratings a notch above its lowest investment grade, citing effective policies

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – West Java gubernatorial candidate Deddy Mizwar said he hoped a soap opera entitled Cuma di Sini (Only Here), which he plays in, could be broadcast during

Jakarta – Police officers have been abusing their power to supplement their income when serving citizens at the Police Integrated Service Centers (SPKT), according to the Ombudsman.

Indonesia may have yet another huge blasphemy scandal in the making following last week's controversy surrounding Sukmawati Soekarnoputri's poem.

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Underscoring its support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's re-election bid in the 2019 election, the United Development Party (PPP) has said it i

Shannon Power – One of the world's youngest nations is powering ahead on LGBTI rights and has come up with a clever way to promote inclusion.

Jakarta – A lecturer at the University of Indonesia's School of Philosophy has been reported to the police for alleged hate speech after stating on a TV show on Tuesday that holy books

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan gave his opinion on President Jokowi's speech that mainly dismissed the many rumors and al

Margareth S. Aritonang and Karina M.

So if you follow Indonesian political news at all you're already well aware of yesterday's surprise declaration by Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto at his party's national convention

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party is intensifying its lobbying of other political parties to create what it has dubbed "the elephant coalition" to back the presidentia

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A flower board that drew the attention of wedding guests at a reception on Wednesday in Binjai, North Sumatra, with its unusual message "Gina & Heru Ganti S

Indonesia's Aceh province will stop caning criminals in public after a wave of international condemnation of the practice, local officials said Thursday.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The sharia-based provincial government of Aceh has issued a gubernatorial regulation ending the practice of caning convicts in public.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) told the people of Papua to maintain the peace and unity in the region, especially heading towards the regional head elections (Pi

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Hundreds of female vendors at the Mama-mama Market in Jayapura, Papua, shouted hysterically when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and First Lady Iria

Jakarta – Beaches along Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan are heavily polluted with oil spilled from a burst undersea pipeline of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, the Environm

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Novel Baswedan, was reluctant to accept the challenge from the National Police to mention th

Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have exceeded 100 this month, police say, vowing a "scorched earth" crackdown on the makers and distributors of black-market liqu

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi invited the Indonesian ulema to maintain the calm situation ahead of 2018 Regional Election.

Karina Maharani Tehusijarana, Jakarta – As the Gerindra Party holds its closed-door national coordination meeting at party chairman Prabowo Subianto's residence in Hambalang, West Java

Santi Kusumaningrum – Indonesia plans to renew its criminal code to update the 100-year-old law.

A West Papuan group says it wants the money it collected for a public donation to Papua New Guinea earthquake victims returned by Indonesian police.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police challenged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan to reveal the identity of the police gen

Francis Chan – Indonesia's largest opposition party Gerindra on Wednesday (April 11) officially declared former army general Prabowo Subianto as its candidate for the 2019 presidential

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Police have declared war on bootleg liquor after 51 people in West Java and another 31 in Greater Jakarta died from consuming unlicensed alcoholic bevera

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Muslim Advocate Association [IKAMI] planned to file a report of religious blasphemy conducted by Ganjar Pranowo through a poem 'Kau Ini Bag

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – Indonesia's infrastructural development has been marred by poor adherence to standard operating procedures and other human errors.

Ahmad Fikri, Jakarta – Indonesian Press Council Chairman Yosep Adi Prasetyo reminded news agencies to take further cautious steps in reporting the simultaneous regional elections (Pilka

Jakarta – Vendors from the so-called Tasik Market in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, have occupied several streets along the crowded business district following the closure of the market

Meghna Bali – Indigenous elders on the Mid North Coast are sharing their knowledge about environmental sustainability with Indonesian marine and fisheries leaders.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has given assurances that development of reclaimed islands in Jakarta Bay will not continue as the multibillion-dollar projec

Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta) granted the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party's (PKPI) petition to contest the 2019 legislative election on Wednesday.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has ordered the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to continue its investigation into the 2008 Bank Century bailout, whi

Thomas Ora and Jose Belo, Dili – Party leaders in Timor-Leste have agreed to maintain peace and national stability during an electoral campaign set to begin officially April 10 ahead of

Indonesia's deadliest bootleg liquor crisis in years has killed at least 90 people, authorities said Tuesday, prompting one region to declare a state of emergency.

Just a month ago, Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto was widely considered the inevitable challenger to Indonesian President Joko Widodo in the 2019 election.

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Army (TNI) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the two institution

James Massola, Jakarta – Thousands of members of Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra party will demand that he run in the 2019 Indonesian presidential elections at a national conference on Wedn

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Lawmakers and officials from both pro-government and opposition coalitions have responded variously to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's fiery speech on Sa

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A limitation and ban on the sale of beverages containing between 1 and 5 percent alcohol have indirectly increased the production and consumption of bootleg liquor,

Adam Harvey – In what is suspected to be the worst-ever mass fatality caused by alcohol poisoning in a country where drinkers regularly die from consuming homemade bootleg, 82 people di

Raimundos Oki, Dili, East Timor – East Timor's political parties kicked off a month of campaigning Tuesday for new parliamentary elections due in May with promises to boost development

Basten Gokkon – Environmental advocates have warned that proposed revisions to Indonesia's conservation act could provide new loopholes for wildlife traffickers, who already enjoy a thr

Michael Leach – Timor-Leste returns to the polls on 12 May, almost ten months after last July's election failed to produce a sustainable government.

Kate Walton – "We believe this is the worst oil spill to catch fire since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster," said Fathur Roziqin Fen, Director of WALHI East Kalimantan.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is set to cancel some of his 245 National Strategic Projects, mostly in infrastructure and particularly those that would not to be completed in

Paulina Quintao – The President of the National Election Commission (CNE), Alcino Barris said there is no law regulating parents to not involve their children in electoral campaigns, bu

Indonesian police have denied claims that they arrested a group of people in Papua province for a public action to collect funds for victims of Papua New Guinea's recent earthquake.

Katharina R.