Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The top brass of the Indonesian military and police met on Thursday (18/04), a day after Indonesians went to the polls to elect a president and legislative re

After a long, bitter, but largely uneventful campaign, Indonesians have finally had their say.

When Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto declared victory yesterday, despite quick count results all pointing to a victory for President Joko Widodo, the conspicuous absence of his runn

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – General Elections Committee (KPU) Chairman Arief Budiman announced that the 2019 general elections Indonesia held yesterday garnered high participation level accu

Nur Yasmin & Christian Lee, Jakarta – The Indonesia Solidarity Party, or PSI, has surprised many by attracting the fourth-most votes – based on quick-count results – in Jakarta in

Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto may not have the electoral approval of the majority of Indonesians (at least according to quick count results of yesterday's presidential election),

Arys Aditya, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has claimed victory in the country's election, citing unofficial quick count results from Wednesday's voting and settin

Anne Barker == "I will be a president for all Indonesians." No, they are not the words of a victorious Joko Widodo, who looked certain last night to have won a second term as Indonesia

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Parties backing President Joko Widodo benefited from riding on his coattails in Indonesia's legislative race, with the incumbent poised to return to office fo

Prashanth Parameswaran – Last week, Indonesia signed a billion-dollar contract with a South Korean shipbuilder for a second batch of diesel-electric submarines.

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – In early April, 36 arts teachers from various provinces in Indonesia were invited for education and cultural communication training at the China Conservator

Kanupriya Kapoor, Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Two months before this week's presidential election in Indonesia, prize-winning novelist Eka Kurniawan declared in an opinion column that "the

After presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto declared victory yesterday, despite clearly losing to incumbent President Joko Widodo in the quick count results done by every survey grou

Jakarta – Supporters of presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno plan to gather around the National Monument (Monas) on Friday afternoon to celebrate the

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – The Bali administration is drafting a regulation to identify and protect the province's cultural assets from piracy.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The presidential and legislative elections will not lead to a change in energy policy and will not improve the investment climate in energy and min

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The government is not buying arguments that the manufacturing sector is shrinking even though its percentage contribution to the economy has declined over t

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Domestic car sales declined by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from the same period last year, the Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturer

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has been called on to investigate and make a decision on whether to carry out a revote, following reports of the discove

Jakarta – Following the legislative elections held on Wednesday, the newcomer Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), championed by many young urban middle class voters, seems set to fall s

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – As Prabowo Subianto holds his ground and refuses to concede defeat in the presidential election, his supporters are rallying for him by trending hashtags on socia

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto again declared victory on Thursday afternoon – his third time since the April 17 election.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – What impact will President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's likely re-election have on the Indonesian economy over the next five years?

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – The 2019 legislative election has left little surprise as major parties are expected to keep the status quo in the country's legislative assemblies.

Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, Jakarta – It looked like a haunted house straight out of an amusement park: Blood-stained sheets, makeshift graves and rows of ghastly faces painted white.

The infamous leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Rizieq Shihab, is said to have already voted in Mecca (where the one-time pornography suspect still lives in self-imposed exil

For the last few weeks, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and some of his senior supporters have made numerous accusations of vote fraud in order to cast doubt on the integrity o

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has launched a report on an investigation into the human rights track record of the presidential and vice presidential candidates conte

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on members of the public to reunite as brothers and sisters following the bitterly contested presidential el

Iqra Anugrah – Like many other oligarchs and businesses exploiting natural resources, mining companies and their elite supporters have a lot of political clout in post-authoritarian In

Krithika Varagur – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Indonesia's president since 2014, and most likely until 2024, had every reason to gloat on Wednesday afternoon.

Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential contender Prabowo Subianto claimed victory over the 2019 presidential election on Wednesday afternoon, hours befor

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The Trenggalek Police in East Java have arrested a fellow officer for his alleged complicity in the theft of sonokeling (rosewood) logs on a state-owne

Muhammad Al Azhari & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in Wednesday's presidential election, based on internal data compiled by his campaign team, whil

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – On Wednesday, Indonesia proves to the world that after a lengthy and often heated presidential campaign it is still more than able to hold its first simult

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Indonesia held the world's biggest one-day 2019 presidential and legislative elections, marked by millions of citizens casting ballots at some 800,000 pollin

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin secured the most votes at polling station 02 Selong in Kebayoran Baru, South Jaka

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – A replica of Greek god Hermes located on Harmoni bridge in Central Jakarta is back to being nude after having the lower part of its body covered up by a piece o

Made Anthony Iswara and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Prabowo has claimed a lead over incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Indonesia's presidential election, just a few hours after sev

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Voters casting their ballots in polling station (TPS) 110 located within the SMK Yasda Islamic vocational school compound in Kuningan, South Jakarta, were surp

Jakarta – The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) has projected 20-30 percent growth in the number of start-ups in Indonesia as they are supported by high demand for digital solutions in

Jayapura, Indonesia – From sending ballot boxes by elephant in Sumatra to keeping voters safe in Papua's rebel territory, Indonesia is pulling out all the stops for one of the world's

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Local authorities halted the April 11 screening of "Sexy Killers" in Mekarsari, Indramayu, saying the coal industry documentary was a form of hate speech th

Jakarta – The Indonesian Shopping Center Tenants Association (Hippindo) has projected that the retail sector will grow 5 to 10 percent this year, after having experiencing a slowdown i

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – On the eve of Wednesday's presidential election, undecided voters may want to participate in a quiz designed to assess how one's personal political views

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Leonard C Sebastian, Singapore – The current political mood in Indonesia is deeply polarised.

Bill Laurance and Penny van Oosterzee – This week, Indonesia will hold a presidential election that will make or break incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's chances of getting a second term

Those hoping to follow real-time election results tomorrow can do so starting 3pm Western Indonesia Time (WIB) and no earlier, as the Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected a petition

Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – More than 10,000 people have volunteered to crowd-source election results posted at polling stations across Indonesia on Wednesday in a real-time bid to thwart