Michael Bachelard – Defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will challenge the result of the election in the country's constitutional court, citing "irregularities"

Kanupriya Kapoor & Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – Indonesia's new president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, promised to make life simpler for investors by beefing up the country's threadbare i

This Latin phrase, translated as "the voice of the people is the voice of God," in an Indonesian context simply means that the nation has decided to entrust Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jus

Alison Martin – Over 130 million Indonesians voted in the recent presidential election, and notwithstanding the losing candidate Prabowo Subianto's continued refusal to concede, the wor

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Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed on Tuesday Lt. Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo as the new Army chief of staff to replace Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesia Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Moeldoko said on Tuesday that the TNI headquarters had proposed three candidates to take over as Army chief of staff, after Gen.

"The new government has the opportunity to turn a page to an era when human rights are genuinely respected in Indonesia.

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks and the rupiah fell on Tuesday after presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto withdrew from the electoral process and told supporters to le

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto said all Indonesian people should stand firm against any provocation that could lead to social unrest

Election Watch – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) will remain committed to supporting presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto after he withdrew from the election process following his

Jakarta – Indonesia's General Elections Commission, or KPU, hit back at Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday, emphasizing the integrity of its vote count and saying that the losing candidate's d

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Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto upstaged Tuesday night's announcement confirming his defeat in the election earlier this month by declaring his rejection of the offici

Michael Bachelard – Former military strongman Prabowo Subianto has indicated he will not accept the result of the Indonesian presidential election and has called into question the proce

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Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring on Monday threatened to revoke broadcasting permits for news channels tvOne and MetroTV over allegedly un

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Robertus Wardhi & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has won the presidential election with just over 53 percent of the vote against Pr

Abdul Qowi Bastian, Jakarta – Some 15 Islamic hardliners from Indonesia have left for war-torn Gaza where they hope to provide aid to the Palestinian people, the Islamic Defenders Front

Michael Bachelard – In the almost two weeks since Indonesia's presidential election on July 9, the big question in Indonesia has been: "What does Prabowo Subianto think he's doing?"

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday he will not accept the election result due to be announced in coming days, accusing the Elections Commission of not pro

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta/Bandarlampung – The campaign team of Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto made a surprise call to the General Elections Com

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Campaign finance reports filed by both presidential tickets with the General Elections Commission (KPU) revealed that the Indonesian Democratic Party of St

The top priority of Indonesia's likely next government will be to cut fuel subsidies to control the country's widening budget deficit, a move it hopes to accomplish within the first 100

Jakarta – Pollsters have spoken out against efforts to criminalize what they considered a scientific enterprise to ensure a free and fair presidential election by releasing quick count

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesians have mobilised in their thousands to ensure the vote counting process in the presidential election is free and fair prior to the official announcement o

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is facing mounting pressure to concede defeat as prominent citizens have published open letters expressing their wishes on the "Surat U

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former youth and sports minister Andi Mallarangeng to four years in prison and a fine of Rp 200 million, or an additional two months in

A leading candidate in the Indonesian presidential race has admitted he helped abduct activists during the rule of the country's former president, Suharto, saying he was under orders an

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Wednesday's conviction of former Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Budi Mulya has confirmed the roles of other individuals in the controversial bailout of Bank

Farouk Arnaz & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Under increasing pressure to justify charging two Jakarta International School teachers with child sexual abuse, police on Wednesday accus

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians participating in the ambitious national health insurance program launched under the Social Security Organizing Body, or BPJS,

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The establishment of representatives of the Iraqi militancy group, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, in Indonesia has raised conce

Jakarta – A website built by volunteers to trawl through publicly available General Election Commission (KPU) data and conduct its own informal vote count came under attack from hackers

Hans Nicholas Jong and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Although presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has claimed that he will abide by the official election result, his legal team is gea

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Despite reports of irregularities in the manual vote tabulation, there is widespread confidence that the transparent and democratic process, which was largely thanks to public participa

Erwida Maulia & Erwin Sihombing, Jakarta – The single-digit difference between the votes for the two candidates in last week's presidential election, coupled with the increasingly l

It hasn't taken long for the West Papua National Council for Liberation (WPNCL) and other pro-independence groups to to respond to Melanesian Spearhead Group's (MSG) recent announcement

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A recent plan by lawmakers to summon state-run broadcaster Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI), following its quick-count result that indicated vi

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The declaration of a "permanent coalition" by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and the seven political parties supporting his bid has prompted at least t

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups on Tuesday filed a report with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding alleged vote buying at the Regional Gene

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) pledged on Tuesday that it would remain impartial amid allegations of rampant manipulation taking pl

Dini Pramita, Jakarta – The Kawal Pemilu (Guard the Elections) website www.kawalpemilu.org , which is maintained by volunteers to report the movement of vote

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto's claim to have won Indonesia's presidential election was dealt a significant blow on Wednesday after two s

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) will deploy 5,000 to 10,000 members to monitor the announcement of the final presidential election result at the General E