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Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Central Leadership Board Chairperson Desmond J Mahesa is convinced that presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto will not shy away fr

Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo ordered suspended Bekasi regent and graft suspect Neneng Hasanah Yasin to facilitate the issuance of the necessary permits for the Meikarta mega-d

Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has called on the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to revoke a regulation on a 0 percent down payment loan for purchasing cars an

Jakarta – The National Transportation Safety Committee announced on Monday that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from last year's Lion Air crash had been found.

Jakarta – The Aceh Clerics Council, which groups Muslim clerics in Aceh, said that it has postponed indefinitely the Quran reading test it proposed for presidential candidates Joko "Jo

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was met with criticism when he picked Ma'ruf Amin, a senior Muslim cleric who leads the Indone

David Finnerty, Jakarta – Global funds are piling back into Asia's bellwether for emerging markets, buying $795 million of debt so far this year and sending yields down about 90 basis

M Guruh Nuary, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that the four year administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice Presiden

It appears that the Aceh-based Council of Preachers Association (IDA) is quite insistent that Indonesia's presidential and VP candidates take a Quran reading test in order to prove the

Jakarta – About 200 Bekasi public servants in West Java wore neon-green and orange vests during morning roll call on Monday as a form of punishment for committing various violations.

Jakarta – The Air Force has ordered eight Airbus H225M helicopters and aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) will have a role in the construction of the double-engine military

Jakarta – Indonesia's health ministry has sought to reassure HIV patients that sufficient antiretroviral (ARV) drugs will be available for their treatment after some hospitals had run

Jakarta (Antara) – Gallup's Law and Order Report data in 2018 has showed that Indonesia ranked 9th as a country with the highest level of law and orderliness.

Jakarta (Antara) – Director General of Manpower Placement Development and Expansion of Employment Opportunities of the Ministry of Manpower Maruli Apul Hasoloan said the number of Fore

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto was questioned on Friday for allegedly violating the Election Law after raising his index figure during a meeting with vice-presid

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has criticized the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and demands that it be more selective in responding to reports after being cleared o

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is proposing deep tax cuts to stimulate South-east Asia's largest economy, copying the playbook successfully us

John McBeth, Jakarta – To no one's surprise, conservative cleric Ma'ruf Amin, the 75-year-old running mate forced on President Joko Widodo at the nomination deadline, is proving to be

Wahyu Pratomo Hariyono, Jakarta – Last Dec. 26 marked one year since the opening of Railink, a dedicated railway system connecting Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Jakarta.

Prashanth Parameswaran – On January 8, an Indonesian state-owned company announced that it had moved forward with an additional order for helicopters.

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia was rattled by more than 11,500 earthquakes last year, almost double the annual average of the past decade, according to the nation's meteorological age

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) hopes that the candidates who will fight it out in the 2019 presidential election can explain their views

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has accepted the verdict against publicly listed construction company PT Duta Graha Indah – now rebranded as PT N

Jakarta – The supervisory board of the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) denied on Friday that it had protected a former member from sexual-assault allegations, say

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indonesia Positive Women Association (IPPI) national coordinator Baby Rivola's cell phone has been buzzing day and night over the

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Angelina Merlyana, 31, found the skin on her face burning not long after she applied aloe vera soothing gel from a famous Korean skin care brand that sh

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry is planning to issue a regulation that will make it possible for women to work more flexible hours and thus increase their participation in the labor ma

Wisnoe Moerti – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has returned nine case dossiers on past gross human rights violations to the National Human rights Commission (Komnas HAM).

Jakarta – The Jakarta Smart Card Plus (KJP Plus) has reportedly deviated from its initial purpose as an education scheme to providing cash for various expenses, due to poor monitoring,

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Novel Baswedan demanded President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo establish a joint fact-finding te

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice president candidate Sandiaga Uno today, January 11, conducted a campaign visit to an Islamic Boarding School or Pesantren Al-Wahdah in Rembang, Ce

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – The ambitious 35,000 megawatt (MW) electricity program kicked off in 2015, but has yet to contribute significantly to the electricity supply.

Jakarta – As the moderator of the 2019 presidential debate held by the General Elections Commission (KPU), seasoned host Ira Koesno said she wants a fierce debate between the candidate

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has rejected the revision to the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno presidential candidate vision and mission document, which had been submi

Jakarta – The Indonesian Traditional Fishermen's Union is urging the General Elections Commission to raise maritime topics during the upcoming presidential candidate debate.

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has given its nod to Hanura Party chairman Oesman Sapta Odang's candidacy for a seat on the Regional Representatives Council (DPD)

Rivki, Jakarta – On January 8 officials from the Padang public prosecutor's office and the TNI (Indonesian military) seized several books alleged to contain the teachings of the banned

Azis Anwar Fachrudin – Ma'ruf Amin's vice presidential candidacy will undoubtedly be a test for the so-called inclusion-moderation theory.

John McBeth, Jakarta – Amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, President Joko Widodo has followed through on a two-year-old pledge to strengthen Indonesia's military presence on N

Jakarta – The Jakarta Environment Agency is questioning twelve cooking oil producers operating in the city over the discovery of several mounds suspected to be filled with hazardous an

Jeka Kampai, Padang – The owner of the Nagare Boshi bookshop in Padang, Yanto Tjahaja, says he has been left deeply traumatised by the raid by a team from the TNI (Indonesian military)

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Tommy Suharto's Working Party (Partai Berkarya) has spoken out about communism – which is banned in Indonesia – in relation to the seizure of books deemed t

Bagus Prihantoro Nugroho, Jakarta – A book written by a politician from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Budiman Sudjatmiko title

The Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) has often been criticized as a tool used by those in power to silence criticism against them.

Adri Wanto – West Sumatra is the only province in Indonesia where more than 50% of its population are consistently dissatisfied with the performance of the Joko Widodo ("Jokowi") gover

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairperson Agus Rahardjo says that the panelists and the presidential election campaign teams of incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Jakarta – Participants of the Kamisan (Thursday) actions in Jakarta are pessimistic that either presidential candidate (capres) is willing to resolve cases of past gross human rights (

Jakarta – State-owned electricity company PLN projects that the company's coal-fired power plants will require some 100 million tons of coal this year, a 5.4 percent increase from last

Jakarta – State-owned energy holding company Permina is targeting oil and gas production of 921.54 million barrel oil equivalent per day (MBoepd) this year, or 1.7 percent higher than