Jakarta – The Jakarta Council's Gerindra Party faction, which supported Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno during the city's last gubernatorial election, has called on the capital's leader

Suherdjoko, Semarang – National Police chief Gen.

Indonesia's deputy speaker of the house, Fadli Zon, was once one of Donald Trump's biggest fans in Indonesia after having met the then-US presidential candidate in 2016 (alongside forme

Aisyah Llewellyn – Jevon Tantono is a confessed "mechatronics geek".

Lalu Rahadian – Only days are left before simultaneous regional elections begin.

Lil Askar Monza, Medan – Constitutional Law Expert, Yusril Ihza Mahendra said Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok is impossible to be nominated as a presidential candidate of Indonesia.

Budiarti Utami Putri & Hussein Abri Dongoran, Jakarta – A number of Gerindra Party politicians revealed that Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno was pointed out as a team leader fo

Resty Woro Yuniar – Suri Nurani has had it with Google Maps.

James Massola – From the downfall of former president Suharto, nigh on 20 years ago, when students took to the streets en masse to the more recent protests against former governor Ahok

Dwi Andayani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Workers Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) will announce its choice for presidential candidate (capres) on May Day.

Jakarta – Supreme Court justice Artidjo Alkostar, who presided over a case review petition filed by former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, has denied claims that he is c

Depok – Residents of Beji Timur, Depok, blocked Jl.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named 38 members and former members of the North Sumatra Legislative Council as graft suspects.

Jakarta – After shuttering the Alexis hotel and entertainment center in Ancol, North Jakarta, the Jakarta administration plans to close down two more entertainment businesses found to b

Alfina Qisthi & Claudia Stoicescu – As more countries move away from drug prohibition, Indonesia is about to step up its efforts to defend it.

Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – High costs and a lack of funding stand in the way of Indonesia achieving its target for the restoration of degraded peatland across the country, a new stud

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced suspended Southeast Sulawesi governor Nur Alam to 12 years in prison on Wednesday in a case linked to several mining l

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has ordered the withdrawal of several brands of canned mackerel because they contain tapeworms.

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – A political expert from the State Islamic University (UIN) Syarief Hidayatullah, Adi Prayitno, says that regional head candidates would be misconceived to ask for

Not many people were surprised by the news that the judicial review (PK) filed by former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama challenging his controversial blasphemy convictio

Jakarta – Three days after the Supreme Court rejected former Jakarta governor Basuk "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's petition for a case review into his blasphemy conviction, a report has emerg

Bogor, West Java – The government has slashed some bureaucratic procedures for the issuance of licenses and for documentation requirements at the customs office to facilitate import and

Nurkholis Hidayat & Valerie Tan – The seemingly endless Freeport saga could be summarised by the Indonesian aphorism "When elephants collide, the mousedeer dies between them" (Gajah

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The lawyer of Rizieq Shihab, Kapitra Ampera, stated many regional head candidates has met his client in Mecca, Saudi Arabia to ask for support and pray.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – A group of online taxi drivers dubbing themselves as the National Alliance of Online Drivers [Aliando] staged a protest rally to the State Palace on Wednesday, M

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Indonesian Police (Polri) Chief Gen.

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The man who lost the 2014 Indonesian presidential election to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is expected to formally confirm he will contest the 2019

N. Adri, Balikpapan – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – The local branch office and a car of the Pemuda Pancasila youth organization were set on fire by unknown assailants on Wednesday in Pondok Gede, Bekasi.

Well, it looks like Governor Anies Baswedan finally fulfilled his campaign promise: barring further legal drama, Jakarta's infamous Alexis Hotel – long rumored to be the capital's most

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Wednesday that the city administration would not accommodate the needs of Alexis Hotel workers who lost their jobs after the city revok

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Nithin Coca – When it comes to global climate issues, attention this past year has focused on the United States' decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, or China and India's rapi

When a fiery speech by Gerindra party chairman (and likely 2019 presidential contender) Prabowo Subianto was released last week in which he warned of a foreign study that predicted that

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Rights advocacy group Setara Institute has said that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) must be careful in responding to defendant Setya Novanto

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) is putting high hopes in new management guidelines aimed at preventing bribery.

Indonesia's former house speaker, Setya Novanto, was once called "invincible" for his ability to seemingly dodge all of the numerous corruption accusations he has been hit with over his

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Tuesday Arief Hidayat as the Constitutional Court chief justice for his second and final term despite mou

Jakarta – Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar has said that Indonesia needs to intensify exploration for new oil fields, because the country's proven oil reserve

Jakarta – The Indonesian Olefin, Aromatic and Plastic Industry Association (Inaplas) has voiced its objection to a planned excise on plastic and refuses to take the blame for the acute

Shannon Power – One of Indonesia's most powerful politicians has warned LGBT people, drugs and promiscuity are running 'rampant' and 'damaging' the country.

Jakarta – Thousands of motorcycle taxi drivers protested on Jl.

James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Christian former governor of Jakarta has had a request to slash his two-year jail term for blasphemy rejected by the Supreme Court, in

Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy chairperson Rachmawati Soekarnoputri has confirmed that its chairman, Prabowo Subianto, would run again for the Indonesian presidency in 2019.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia will have its next presidential election in April next year, which will also mark the end of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's first term.

Jakarta – Indonesia should anticipate a further increase in its trade deficit with the rest of the world, economists have said.

John McBeth, Jakarta – Twenty years after the fall of president Suharto's authoritarian regime, Indonesians are waking up to the fact that new laws which have either been passed or are

Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) inaugurated on Monday three new speakers and deputy chairmen amid criticism that more speakers did not mean improved performance.

Supporters of former Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama hoping for the reduction of his controversial blasphemy sentence would be massively disappointed as the Supreme Court (MA) th