Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met for a bilateral talk on Friday, exploring issues ranging from educatio

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 100 members of youth organization Pemuda Pancasila (PP) have damaged the Bantul District Court building in anger over the court's verdict to declar

Exit polling results from the Celebes Research Institute in Makassar showing mayoral candidate pair Munafri Arifuddin and Andi Rahmatika losing to the blank box.

Suherdjoko and Apriadi Gunawan, Semarang/Medan – During this year's regional elections, voters found unique ways to make the monumental fiesta of democracy even more festive.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected judicial review petitions challenging a provision in the 2017 Elections Law that prevents a president and vi

Tommy Soesmanto and Yenny Tjoe – The increasing level of Indonesia's government debt has become a hot topic ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In big cities in Indonesia, condoms, which can be as cheap as US$1.19 a dozen, are as ubiquitous as convenience stores.

Jakarta – Director General of Taxation Robert Pakpahan says fiscal incentives granted to businesses to attract investment will adversely affect his office's tax collection efforts this

Jakarta – Quick-count results by various pollsters in 15 provinces holding gubernatorial elections are showing that NasDem Party hold the lead in several of Wednesday's regional electio

Although Indonesia and Israel have no formal diplomatic ties, Indonesian tourists (mostly those going for religious pilgrimages) are a surprisingly a valuable source of income for Israe

Fachrul Sidiq, Tangerang – Most voters at polling station TPS 02 in Pinang, Tangerang, Banten, where Governor Wahidin Halim cast his vote, have voted for a blank box, leaving behind inc

Arya Dipa, Andi Hajramurni and Nethy Dharma Somba, Bandung/Makassar/Jayapura – Despite all the doom and gloom – from terror threats to communal conflict – the regional elections ran pea

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – A few days ago, Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto raised a crowd-funding for the Election of Regional Head and the Presidential Election.

Yesterday, Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) offered up some important advice for voters going to the polls today in the country's regional elections: Maybe don't vote

Nilufar Rizki, Yuddy Cahya, Depok, Indonesia – Unofficial counts in Indonesia's regional elections on Wednesday put candidates favouring President Joko Widodo ahead in three provinces o

Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Candidates backed by ruling coalition parties look set to clinch Central and West Java in local elections, but opposition candidates fared far better than expect

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Johan Budi Sapto Prabowo has said that there is no language requirement for foreign workers as Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No.

Michael Taylor, Celukan Bawang, Bali – Over the past three years, fisherman I Putu Gede Astawa has watched his daily catch off the northern tip of Bali Island fall at an alarming rate.

Rod Yates – Karina Utomo was 16 years old and living in Canberra when she received an e-mail from Magic Dirt frontwoman Adalita.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an independent inquiry into the death in detention of Muhammad Yusuf, a reporter who was being held in South Kalimantan province, in the f

Phelim Kine – The Indonesian government is seeking "creative ways" to boost the number of women in the police and military so it can meet its objective of more female personnel for Unit

Today, Indonesia is holding simultaneous regional elections across the country, but the one being watched most closely is the governor's race is taking place in West Java, the country's

Jakarta – Indonesia is set to begin mass producing special multipurpose vehicles in January 2019 to support the development of the country's agricultural sector.

Indonesian police have named four people as suspects in a criminal probe into the sinking of an overloaded ferry on a volcanic lake in which it is believed some 200 people died.

Michelle Winowatan – Indonesian journalist Muhammad Yusuf died in police custody earlier this month after being detained for more than five weeks on hate speech and criminal defamation

Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – About 100 residents of a gritty commercial district of Indonesia's capital listen intently as a man roars into a microphone: "Are you

Jess Melvin – As Indonesia commemorates 20 years since the fall of the New Order military dictatorship, the foundation myth of the regime (and, indeed, the post-New Order state as well)

Jakarta – Despite mostly safe and smooth travel during this year's Idul Fitri holiday season, some improvements, such as opening more rest areas along toll roads, were still needed, the

Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki – The highly anticipated third stage of the simultaneous regional executive elections (pilkada serentak) is set to take place this week on 27 June 2018, with 17

[A Statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.]

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) stated there were thousands of violations in the regional head election (Pilkada) during 2017-2018.

Jakarta – The South Sulawesi General Elections Commission (KPU South Sulawesi) has removed thousands of names from the voting roll after finding that voters were registered twice under

Karim Raslan – On Wednesday, the Indonesian province of West Java – with a population of 48 million – (crammed into an area smaller than the Netherlands, the former colonial power) will

Jakarta – The police anti-terror squad Densus 88 has again arrested 13 suspected terrorists allegedly planning to commit terror acts ahead of the 2018 simultaneous regional head electio

Jakarta – The heads of 122 state universities gathered at the Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry in Jakarta for a closed meeting to address worrying findings from the Na

Kate Lamb, Lombok – As a young girl, Julaeping Putri loved to play, even take naps, among the fresh mounds of tobacco leaves piled around her home on the Indonesian island of Lombok.

Back in April, over 100 people were reported to have died after drinking tainted bootleg alcohol in various parts of Indonesia including Jakarta.

Abhishek Mohanty – In a major setback to Islamic State (ISIS) in Southeast Asia, a top court in Indonesia has sentenced to death a cleric reckoned as the de facto supremo of ISIS apolog

Palm oil companies have been blamed for some of the worst environmental destruction in recent times, specifically the wide-scale destruction of Indonesia's critically important rainfore

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has reportedly appointed Marco Kusumawijaya, a member of his campaign team during the gubernatorial election last year, to lead a committee in

While Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seem to have developed a very good working relationship (some have called it a "batik bromance") re

Olivia Nicole Tasevski – This year marks the 20th anniversary of the resignation of Indonesia's authoritarian president, Suharto, who led Indonesia from 1966 until 1998.

Jakarta – Gerindra Party presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's team started a crowdfunding initiative that had collected more than Rp 275 million (US$19,525) as of Sunday, according

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) chief patron Prabowo Subianto voiced a string of criticisms on the government after holding Monday's closed meeting at t

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Many have noted the political significance of West Java, the nation's most populated province, which shares a border with the capi

Jakarta – Former president and Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) said on Saturday that many individuals in the Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police and Nati

Jakarta – Chairman of the Palu chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), M.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Boyolali, Central Java – Security personnel assigned to guard election material in Boyolali, Central Java, claimed that interference from ghostly beings was making th

Jakarta – Indonesia is making it easier for foreigners to work here – but they will have to study as well.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign debt stood at US$356.9 billion as of April, growing by 7.6 percent year-on-year (yoy), which was slower than the 8.8 percent growth