Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a shoot-to-kill order against foreign drug dealers and traffickers, as he called for tougher action in Indonesia's war on drugs.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered law enforcers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with what he called a narcotics emergency facing the country.

Felicity James – A Timor-Leste political party with links to martial arts gangs and "disenfranchised young men" will for the first time have seats in the country's new parliament.

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – East Timor's Fretilin party has opened the way for the formation of a broad-based unity government to rule the tiny nation for the next five years as it led counting of v

The number of children involvement in the political party campaigning is still high according to the observations of the National Commission for Children Rights (KNDL) during the campaign period.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to exclude sedan from the luxury goods category, effectively lowering the tax on the car model and helping carmakers set up local sedan manufacturing, Indu

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has called on private investors to help support its plan to electrify thousands of villages across the country in a bid to spur economic growth.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to impose the sternest sanctions on drug dealers operating in Indonesia, including gunning them down i

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Two major parties appear set to dominate voting on Saturday in East Timor's fourth parliamentary elections since the tiny half-island nation gained its independence 15 ye

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Voters in East Timor queued up on Saturday to cast their vote in the country's fourth parliamentary elections since independence in a ballot where campaigning has focused

Paulina Quintao – As Timor-Leste heads to the polls to vote during the Legislative Election 2017 that will determine the composition of the VII Government that will rule over the next five years, t

Damien Kingsbury – In a colourful and noisy event, unblemished so far by the violence that marred the first few years of independence, Timor-Leste prepares for its fourth parliamentary elections th

Arthur Neslen – Pepsico, Unilever and Nestle have been accused of complicity in the destruction of Sumatra's last tract of rainforest shared by elephants, orangutans, rhinos, and tigers together in

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said on Thursday that the example of the Philippines illustrated that capital punishment was an effective way to combat drug dealers.

Phelim Kine – The head of Indonesia's police on Thursday unveiled a new policing approach to combating drugs: shooting suspected dealers.

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta, Indonesia – A silent protest in front of the Indonesian Presidential Palace in Jakarta has convened every Thursday afternoon for the last 10-and-a-half years, and its par

Wilda Asmarini and Susan Taylor, Jakarta/Toronto – An estimated 5,000 workers at the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Inc's (FCX.N) Indonesian unit will extend their strike f

Jakarta – The National Police are investigating a number of organizations believed to be acting against the state ideology of Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution, a day after the government banned

Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra has said he is ready to file a judicial review request with the Constitutional Court to challenge the newly-passed election bill.

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Jakarta – The Jakarta Police plans to formally recruit civilians who usually help manage traffic at intersections and U-turns in exchange for small tips, to help ease heavy traffic congestion in th

Jakarta – Collusion between the City Council and the Jakarta administration has reemerged after former governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was forced to step down from his post, Center for Budge

Max Walden – Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs is preparing revisions to the country's so-called Religious Rights Protection Bill that would significantly expand the definition of blasphemy

Lindsay Murdoch – One of East Timor's largest political parties has denounced "acts of intimidation and terror" against some if its supporters ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections.

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations that could deliver the poverty-stricken nation billion

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In a rare sight, almost all members of the House of Representatives arrived at the plenary session on Thursday, ready to cast their votes on the five contentious pr

Jakarta – The Indonesian Food and Beverage Producers Association (Gapmmi) has called on the government not to add to the burden of the industry through mandating halal certification for their produ

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A couple of hours before voting commenced Thursday on the election bill at the House of Representatives, the ruling coalition was more optimistic that the president

Jakarta – A crude attack against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) launched via the House of Representatives' official Instagram account has violently thrown the tense relationship betwee

Jon Afrizal, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to reduce its dependency on imported healthcare equipment, an official has said.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police cyber crime unit has arrested three people who allegedly made and delivered fake letters on behalf of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to 51 co

Jakarta – A survey conducted by Indonesia Corruption Watch and social research firm Polling Center has shown that the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo h

Nithin Coca – The drama started nearly two years ago, when Setya Novanto, the speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, was forced to resign after being caught trying to extort U.S.

Michael Slezak – The much-discussed boom in coal-fired power in south-east Asia is being bankrolled by foreign governments and banks, with the vast majority of projects apparently too risky for the

Marching through the streets of East Timor's capital Dili with a rainbow flag in his hand, Natalino Guterres was overwhelmed with emotion, reminding him of how he felt 15 years ago when he saw the

Konradus Epa in Atambua, Indonesia – Rostiana Bareto experienced tough living conditions as a refugee when she and her family settled in Atambua, western Timor, on the border with Indonesia.

Marcelino Perreira, Dili – Thousands of East Timorese ended weeks of political rallies and entered a campaign blackout on Thursday before parliamentary elections at the weekend, with fears for the

Raimundos Oki and Stephen Wright, Dili, East Timor – Almost two dozen parties are contesting parliamentary elections in East Timor this weekend that are likely to return independence heroes to powe

Alexander R Arifianto – On July 10, 2017, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) signed a government regulation which amends Law No.

Michael Leach, Dili – Twenty-one parties will contest 65 parliamentary seats and decide who governs Timor-Leste in national elections this Saturday.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former House of Representatives lawmaker Markus Nari of the Golkar Party a suspect in the multi-trillion-rupiah e-ID graft case.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court rejected on Wednesday a judicial review petition to challenge several articles in a 2011 law that regulate the term of office for the court's justices, including

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Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Against the backdrop of the latest Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) move in naming House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto a suspec

Andreas Harsono – The Indonesian government today ordered the disbanding of Hizbut Tahrir, a conservative Islamist group that supports the creation of a Sharia-based Islamic caliphate to replace th

Julie Chernov Hwang – Last week, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed into law a decree to make it easier for his government to ban any group it deems "extremist."

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Muslim group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) is set to file a lawsuit with the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) to challenge the revocation of its legal enti

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has banned Islamic organisation Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, claiming it needs to safeguard the existence of the nation's plurali

Indonesia's government has legally disbanded fundamentalist group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) for threatening national unity and the state ideology in the world's largest Muslim-majority country.

Safrin La Batu and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) has condemned the government's decision to revoke the Muslim organization's legal status, calling it an arbitrary a