Bogor – Prosecutors demanded on Tuesday the death penalty for two of the three defendants who are standing trial at the Cibinong District Court for the murder of Abdullah "Dufi" Fithri

Jakarta – With only two weeks left until Indonesia's presidential election on April 17, it is only natural for supporters of both presidential nominees – current president Joko "Jokowi

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Yogyakarta has avoided another religiously charged embarrassment after Karet, a hamlet of just more than 500 people in the provincial-level autonomous region,

Tourists to Indonesia will likely be barred from the popular Komodo Island in January 2020 – a decision seemingly impelled by recent reports of Komodo dragons being stolen and smuggled

Jakarta – Election Campaign Team (BPN) Communication and Media Director Hashim Djojohadikusumo has spoken about the agreement between the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) and the Nat

Lampung Geh, Bandar Lampung – There has been support and opposition in the aftermath of the short story titled "When Everyone Refuses My Presence Near Her" (Ketika Semua Menolak Kehadi

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Incumbent presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave his response on former Pasirwangi Police District Head Sulman Azis, who claimed to have been told to m

Rizieq Shihab, the controversial founder of the hardline Islamic Defender Front (FPI) may not have nearly the influence on this year's presidential campaigns as he did in the 2017 Jaka

In a move that may have something to do with the upcoming election, President Joko Widodo took to social media today to urge Indonesians to use common sense and stop sharing hoaxes and

For some time now, supporters of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto have made accusations casting doubt the integrity of Indonesia's elections, such as unsubstantiated allegations

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo still holds a commanding lead in polls released just two weeks before the world's third-biggest democracy goes to the polls, bu

Jakarta – The manufacturing industry saw growth in March, as indicated by an increase in the purchasing managers index (PMI) to 51.2, from 50.1 in the previous month, higher than the a

Jakarta – East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat has announced that his administration is encouraging the production of moringa liqueur, which experts at Nusa Cend

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Foreign Ministry has rebuked a statement by firebrand Islamist Rizieq Shihab, who claimed that Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi had ordered embassy staffers in

Jakarta – Developers are continuing to build more retail spaces in Jakarta, although the vacancy rate is increasing on the back of poor sales performance.

Jakarta – The tourist industry in West Nusa Tenggara – home to popular tourist destination Lombok – has yet to recover following a strong earthquake in July 2018 that devastated infras

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained Golkar Party lawmaker Markus Nari, more than a year and a half after naming him a suspect in a multi

Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has revealed that tourist arrivals hit 1.27 million in February, 6.12 percent higher than the 1.20 million recorded in the same month in 2018.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Coordinator Adnan Topan Husodo firmly stated that the Jakarta Council (DPRD) members who have yet reported their wealth ar

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Indonesian Public Institute executive director Karyono Wibowo gave his opinion on the recent controversial statement expressed by National Mandate Part

Indonesia's long election year started with regional and local elections in mid-2018 and culminates in its first simultaneous legislative and presidential elections on 17 April.

Tangerang – Rizky Amelia a 12th-grader in a senior high school in Tangerang, Banten, never thought that she would do her final examination in style, wearing a pair of sunglasses.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Opposition leader Prabowo Subianto lambasted President Joko Widodo, criticizing his opponent's economic diplomacy and peacemaker aspirations, while touting his

Multi-millionaire businessman Sandiaga ("Sandi") Salahuddin Uno has been the surprise star of the 2019 presidential election campaign.

The current presidential race between the incumbent Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Ma'aruf Amin partnership and the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno challengers reflects a major flaw in the country

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's campaign has claimed massive voter irregularities and flagged a legal challenge to the election result, wa

Indonesia's parliament is currently trying to pass the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS), a piece of legislation which activist say is desperately needed to provide

Given the capital's high prevalence of both smokers and motorcyclists, seeing a biker taking a long drag at an intersection is a pretty common sight in Jakarta.

In any election, it's essential for law enforcement to remain neutral, but that neutrality has been called into question ahead of Indonesia's upcoming presidential election on April 17

The following is a statement by the Yogyakarta International Women's Day (IWD) Committee on the University of North Sumatra's (USU) censoring of the Suara USU (Voice of USU) student pr

Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia's opposition has uncovered data irregularities affecting millions of people in the election rolls and vowed on Monday (April 1) to take legal action, or u

Andita Rahma and Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police planned to beef up regular operations, such as mobile patrols, ahead of the 2019 general elections slated to take place on W

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – An antifeminist group, Indonesia Tanpa Feminis (Indonesia Without Feminists), has launched a social media campaign amid heated debate over proposed sexual

Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation has announced that 10.93 million taxpayers, or 70.15 percent of its target of 15.58 million taxpayers, had filed their annual tax returns

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta's first MRT line, MRT Jakarta, has finally opened on April 1 for commercial operations at 50 percent discounted fares for the entire month, a strategy t

Jakarta – Players in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) have been in a wait-and-see mode since early January and will continue to bide their time until the General Elections Commission

Pekanbaru (Antara) – The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG) is currently striving to restore 40 hectares of vegetation areas in the Giam Siak Kecil and Bukit Batu biosphere reserve forests

Christian Lee, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto may like to lament the fact that Indonesia trails its peers in firepower, but the country's military has made sure that

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – PT MRT Jakarta purposely did not provide trash bins inside the MRT stations.

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has found that 130 of 1,224 hoaxes and fake news spread from August 2018 to March 2019 were related to the presidential candidates

Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian carrier in January and urged them – again

Linda Yulisman – The third debate between President Joko Widodo and his rival Prabowo Subianto ahead of elections next month did not disappoint, with both men taking a more combative s

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesia's presidential debates are a must-watch for millions of people in this vast archipelago, with mass screenings in parks and other venues around the co

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has issued two new regulations on airline tickets that will determine the calculation of airfares and price ceilings.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The Central Java administration has reduced nearly 4,000 hectares of slums since 2014 or some 57 percent of the total slum areas in the province, an official has

Jakarta – The fourth presidential debate between incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto on Saturday unexpectedly provided a stage of heated arguments – and laug

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto crushed any concerns that he may compromise Indonesia's national unity by being too cozy with radical Islamists during Sa

Surabaya – Dangdut singer Rhoma Irama touched on the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) in a speech at a campaign rally for presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Civility is not always the norm in political discussions.

Neli Agustina, Medan – Hundreds of students from the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Alliance held an action rejecting pornographic content at the University