Jakarta – Supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Monday locked the entrance gate of the General Election Commission (KPU) and called for its commissioners to be

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Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Urgent reform in the Indonesian maritime transportation system is needed after a recent string of fatal boat accidents, analysts say, adding that the in

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked eight websites that were found to be posting fabricated political news based on factual reports published by several re

PT Sumber Air Mas Pratama, Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers in Karawang, West Java, who lost their land to PT Sumber Air Mas Pratama (SAMP) urged the National Police and the Corruption Era

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While struggling to amend errors in documents supporting a challenge to presidential election results at the Constitutional Court, the campaign team for th

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – The sale of subsidized fuel in Central Jakarta and on the capital's toll roads will be restricted starting this month in order to control rapid consumption which

Gerry Van Klinken – The quote I love best about Jokowi's win came from Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe, posted on Instagram: "Holy crap!

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Residents who oppose the closure of the Dolly red-light district in Surabaya have reported repressive actions by the police to the National Commission on Hu

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin appealed to Indonesian Muslims not to support the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) pledged on Friday to help Australian authorities investigate an alleged international corruption scandal impl

Lenore Taylor – The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called on the Australian government to explain the sweeping gagging order on international bribery allegations, s

Jakarta – The legal team for the Gerindra Party's presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, reported the General Elections Commission (KPU) to the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu)

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – The US State Department's 2013 Report on International Religious Freedom accuses the Indonesian government of having failed to ensure religious freedom in the na

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Jakarta – News sites with the extension – news.com that imitate national news sites have been blocked since Wednesday.

Jakarta – Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo has reiterated his offer to parties supporting his rival, Prabowo Subianto, to join his new government – a move that has prompted worry

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) says forest fires are becoming uncontrolable in Riau and West Kalimantan provinces.

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Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President-elect Joko Widodo extended a plea on Tuesday to the political parties under Prabowo Subianto's coalition to part ways with the defeated preside

Jakarta – The victory of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has prompted more prominent members of the United Development Party (PPP) and the Democratic Party to join his team of supp

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi defended on Monday the recent move by local authorities to prohibit hundreds of internally displaced Shia from returning to their home

Pat Walsh – The day after the result of Indonesia's presidential election was announced, I joined crowds of excited Indonesians at the Proclamation Monument in central Jakarta to celebr

Indonesian police on Sunday fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters at the country's infamous "Dolly" red light district, where workers are refusing to accept government orders to clos

Jakarta – More hot spots have been found in the Sumatran province of Riau on Sunday, blanketing at least 10 districts and cities with haze, the disaster management agency says, accordin

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Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – New Army chief Lt. Gen.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih & Rizky Amelia, Tangerang – Indonesia's anti-corruption authority arrested figures from the country's military and police in addition to several gangsters on

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Human rights groups have called on president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to fill the new Cabinet only with figures whose track records are free from corruptio

Jakarta – Days ahead of Idul Fitri, many factory workers have not received annual bonuses, locally known as tunjangan hari raya (THR).

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A United Development Party (PPP) politician revealed on Tuesday that party chairman and former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali also took other politic

Jakarta – The ex-general who lost Indonesia's presidential election to Jakarta governor Joko Widodo mounted a legal challenge to the result on Friday, alleging widespread electoral frau

Josua Gantan & Adelia Anjani Putri, Jakarta – The campaign team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto arrived outside Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Friday with a 2

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With this year's presidential election featuring two presidential candidates with contrasting styles, many predicted voter turnout would reach a record hig

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Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Foreign direct investment (FDI) growth in Indonesia has reached a historic high in the second quarter after slowing earlier this year, partly boosted by n

Liam Gammon – Since his loss in Indonesia's presidential election became known not long after polls closed on 9 July, Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory based on bogus quick counts, c

Jakarta – Hundreds of outsourced employees from a number of state-owned companies have yet to receive their Idul Fitri bonuses.

Edward Zachary Albrecht and Eric Plese – New and encouraging developments in the struggle for independence of West Papua have been unfolding in the past week.

The 32 years of Suharto's New Order regime had a deep impact on the lives of most Indonesians, and continue to do so more than a decade and a half since its fall from power as one of th

When, on Tuesday, the people of Indonesia should have been cherishing the end of a prolonged national divide and moving on to extend olive branches to each other, losing presidential ca

Jakarta – The campaign team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has reported the North Jakarta office of the General Elections Commission, or KPU, to the police because, a

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Joko Widodo's victory in Indonesia's presidential election has inspired fresh hope that the country can finally resolve human rights abuses that have gone unadd

Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has confirmed that Singapore topped the foreign investor list in Indonesia during the first half of 2014.

Jakarta – Many world leaders were apparently hesitant to contact president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, perhaps preferring to wait until the loser of the election, Prabowo Subianto, file

Kanupriya Kapoor & Randy Fabi, Jakarta – After winning Indonesia's closest ever presidential election, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo now faces what could be his toughest battle yet – winning

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – While Joko Widodo has been officially announced as Indonesia's president elect by the General Elections Committee, or KPU, his rival contender Prabowo Subianto h

Ina Parlina and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto humiliated himself on Tuesday by rejecting the 2014 presidential election result and p

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The loser of the presidential election, Prabowo Subianto, may well have to swallow his claim that he has absolutely no trust in the state i