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Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has thanked visiting US senator John McCain for his country's support to help modernize the Indonesian Military's (TNI) weaponry system.

Jakarta – In spite of Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's plans to equip the city's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers with firearms for protection, the Jakart

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) appeared strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Monday, with witnesses from Regional General Elections

Jakarta – The Setara Institute announced on Monday that this year's elections had reduced the number of violations against religious minorities, as people channeled their religious prej

Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The number of violations of religious freedom in Indonesia has decreased dramatically in the first half of the year, a watchdog said on Monday, adding however tha

Stephen Sherlock – A huge sigh of relief that Prabowo was (just) defeated and that Indonesia will not be led by relic of the New Order, a xenophobe... well we all know the rest.

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Jakarta – A group of artists from the Indonesian Arts Coalition has criticized a draft bill on culture that is currently being legislated by the House of Representatives.

Jayapura – Amid growing public disillusionment with the statesmanship of the losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, one of his trusted confidantes has openly declared he will u

Makassar – Hundreds of residents from Harapan and Pasi-Pasi villages in East Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, have staged a protest against nickel mining company PT Vale Indonesia for alle

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has reportedly sacked the party's deputy chairman, Agung Laksono.

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Experts have urged losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa to step up their legal game or risk further embarrassing themse

Jakarta – Human rights activists have questioned the decision of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief A.M.

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Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Malang/Balikpapan – The hard-line group Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, or JAT, appears to be crumbling after its jailed leader Abu Bakar Ba'as

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Experts and women's activists praised on Friday the government's move to issue Government Regulation No.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The city government plans to do away with civil servants' official cars in favor of a monthly transportation stipend as part of a drive to get more offic

Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's election commission is demanding the Constitutional Court to reject the legal challenge filed by losing presidential candidate

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A legal pressure group said on Friday that it had made a police complaint against four polling organizations on the grounds they had subverted data to show P

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Supporters of the losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa threatened to besiege the Constitutional Court on Monday to forc

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Customary villages, members and leaders of communities have been called on to stage major protests against the planned massive project to reclaim Benoa Bay t

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A new government regulation, which will come into effect next week, will allow drug users in the country to be sent to rehabilitation centers rather than bei

Jakarta – A preliminary finding by a compliance audit conducted by a government-sanctioned team has uncovered several irregularities involving local governments and agroforestry compani

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has led his Democratic party in a political about-face, withdrawing support previously given by party officials for Prabowo Subianto's Merah

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his die-hard supporters have vowed to fight until the last drop of blood to secure the presidency for the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – With the government's subsidy on fuel expected to reach Rp 246 trillion ($21 billion) this year, up from an initial target of Rp 210 trillion, the in

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – A number of business associations have called on the government to entirely scrap the fuel subsidy, instead of limiting consumption of subsidized fuel types in c

Carlos Paath, Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is expected to reject a lawsuit filed by losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto based on a

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Roughly a month after Indonesians across the archipelago elected a new president, defeated candidate Prabowo Subianto, who has spent the weeks after the election

Jakarta – The Indonesian Baha'i Society thanked the government on Thursday for officially recognizing the monotheistic faith as a religion, after Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim

Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – Advocacy group Migrant Care estimated that every day between 400 to 500 Indonesian migrant workers are extorted by security and immigration officers on their ret

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Ezra Sihite & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Jakarta – The Communication and Information Ministry has blocked access to websites about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the government

Jakarta – The highest authority of Muslim clerics in Indonesia has issued a fatwa against what a leading Indonesian news website has dubbed "Jilboobs" – women who wear a jilbab, or Isla

Erwida Maulia & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says it will dispatch thousands of supporters in Jakarta to the Constitutional Co

Indonesia has caught up with the rest of the world in responding to the threat following the declaration of the new Islamic State (IS) last month.

Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto testified before Indonesia's final electoral court of appeal on Wednesday, telling judges that "North Korean" levels of fraud ha

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is preparing follow-up measures after it conducted impromptu inspections last month in order to curb widespread corruption at low l

Jakarta – Political experts said that complaints filed with the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) by a number of parties supporting the Prabowo-Hatta presidential campaign wer

SP/Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Despite being a member of a rival coalition, the Democratic Party said it will not support calls to block president-elect Joko Widodo from being sworn in pr

Lawmakers supporting Prabowo Subianto have launched a political move to discredit the election result submitted by the General Elections Commission, or KPU, at the House of Representati

Yuliasri Perdani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government on Monday announced a ban on support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) movement and warned citizens not to j

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Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance continued to record a deficit in the first half of this year (H1), driven by a significant loss in the oil and gas trade, renewing pr

Jakarta – Three organizations linked to the Golkar Party are planning to hold a national meeting in an initial move to rally for an early end to Aburizal Bakrie's chairmanship of the pa

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the hearing on an election dispute at the Constitutional Court filed by the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa ticket is about to commence, its supporters have

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The legal team of Gerindra Party presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto is trying to call into question the official vote tally result of the presidential e