Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Awakening Party, or PKB, insists it is seriously mulling backing former vice president Jusuf Kalla for the presidential election, despite polls g

The United Development Party (PPP) is unlikely to break from tradition and will nominate its party chairman as its presidential candidate for the upcoming national election, a senior PP

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Democratic Party officials have played down poll results that indicate none of the 11 men vying for the party's presidential nomination would stand a chance in t

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Antigraft investigators appeared to have a bumper 2013, arresting the country's top judge, a serving governor and the former sports minister, among ot

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Cash-strapped carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines has suspended all flights in early February as falling revenue continued to push the struggling state-owne

Jakarta – The co-director of the film, "The Act of Killing" denied that it was a foreign effort to tarnish Indonesia's reputation in international eyes, saying a negative image does not

Karo, North Sumatra – Fourteen people, including four schoolchildren, were killed on Saturday after they were engulfed in scorching ash clouds spat out by Indonesia's Mount Sinabung in

Jakarta – Indonesia's netizens have rebuked Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring for asking them what they would do with a fast Internet connection, in the wake of

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A group of civil society organizations, called the Frequency Belongs to the Public (FMP), plans to take the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) to court as

Ina Parlina and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The leadership of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on Friday kick-off a two-day meeting to decide who would be the party's presidential can

Jakarta – Alexander Aan, who was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in 2012 for publicly declaring himself an atheist on Facebook, was released from prison on Jan. 27.

Miko Napitupulu – Muslim scholar Dawam Rahardjo was awarded Indonesia's annual Yap Thiam Hien prize for human rights in Jakarta on Thursday.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Honda opened its second car manufacturing factory in Indonesia this month, and Datsun is set to follow suit in April.

Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan announced on Friday that he was resigning from the Indonesian cabinet, saying he wanted to focus on his presidential bid ahead of this year's election.

Jakarta – A major faction of the National Awakening Party (PKB) on Thursday declared former Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla as a third contender for the party's presidential nomin

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A survey has revealed that the country will see a higher voter turnout for this year's presidential election if Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo were

Jakarta – Indonesian extremists have turned their attentions to the Syrian war, a bloody two-year battle soaked in sectarian division and apocalyptic prophecy, as radical Islamist group

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – While thousands of people throughout the country have had to flee their homes to escape flooding, the Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) indigenous people in Jambi have been for

Jakarta – Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has no idea about the benefits of having fast internet connection speed for Indonesia.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Amid the recent financial turmoil in Turkey and other emerging economies, Indonesia's biggest fund managers carry a warning: Watch out for domino effects.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government's decision to allocate Rp 1.5 trillion ($123 million) towards election witness fees has sparked controversy among political parties.

Indah Setiawati and Multa Fidrus, Jakarta – The floods returned on Wednesday after incessant rain hit the capital overnight, forcing hundreds of residents to wade back to evacuation she

Basten Gokkon – Indonesia is facing setbacks in achieving its Millennium Development Goal of reducing the maternal mortality rate, due to a lack of health services for women during preg

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Dozens of Russian-made BMP-3F amphibious infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) made a formation as soon as they landed on Asembagus Beach in Situbondo regenc

Ina Parlina, Bogor, West Java – The government said Tuesday it was finalizing the draft revision to the 2001 Papua Special Autonomy Law for the resource-rich region.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has proposed a set of recommendations for the next government, which is expected to take office in October, to deal wit

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – An alliance of the country's indigenous communities called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to revoke a 2013 decree by the forestry minister that obliged i

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is expected to be heading for a big win in the 2014 legislative election if it decides to nominate Jakart

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As the government increases the budget allocation for health programs, graft has worsened in the sector, according to an antigraft watchdog.

Kharinda Triananda – Increased awareness and more widely available information about violence against women have encouraged more victims to speak up and report the abuse they have suffe

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Watchdog groups have urged the government to immediately review the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law, saying the current regulation could

Jakarta – The head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), M.Yusuf, has said the number of suspicious transactions carried out by political parties has increas

A grassroots campaign for presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto steeped in an ancient Javanese prophecy about a just king and the end of the world have begun to appear in the Indonesian

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Suspecting that politics could be behind the Constitutional Court's (MK) decision to delay the delivery of a verdict on simultaneous elections, p

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) aims to destroy all rupiah notes inscribed with the name of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party's chief patron, Prabowo Subianto.

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Yeremia Sukoyo – Indonesia's eligible voters favor younger presidential candidates compared to older, more experienced politicians, a survey has found.

SP/Fana FS Putra – Booming construction in Jakarta and a precipitous decline in green space have exacerbated flooding despite the existence of years-old legislation requiring at least 3

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Pol-Tracking Institute has revealed that the level of public interest in the 2014 presidential election is high, with 84.9 percent of respondents int

Jakarta – An NGO called upon the government to resolve human rights abuses after Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, an Indonesian domestic worker in Hong Kong, was allegedly tortured by her emplo

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision to delay the implementation of a ruling that effectively scraps the electoral threshold for parties to field presidential nomi

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court took a bold and landmark stride on Thursday, announcing its ruling that Indonesia would hold the presidential election and legislativ

Zubaidah Nazeer, Karo, North Sumatra – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a high-profile visit to Karo regency in North Sumatra, where he met residents displaced by the Mount Sinab

Jakarta – Prostitutes are heroines to their families because they can feed their families on their own; therefore, it would be inhumane to close down brothels, a regent has said.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has warned against rising sectarianism and racism during the polls, with political parties expected to exploit issues related to ethnic

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Saudi Arabia and Indonesia on Thursday signed the first defense cooperation agreement (DCA) covering training and education, counter-terrorism efforts and

Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The Indonesian army will be strengthened with 8 units of AH-64 Apache AH-64 combat helicopter, Army Chief of Staff General Budiman said.

Ina Parlina and Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that Indonesia would hold the presidential election and legislative election concurrently starting in

Tangerang – Hundreds of workers laid off by detergent producer PT Sinar Antjol in Manis Industrial Estate in Curug, Tangerang regency staged a protest Thursday, demanding the management

Gorontalo – Around 80 employees of Grand Q Hotel in Gorontalo staged a rally on Wednesday, protesting alleged union-busting moves made by the company, which recently suspended the hotel