Jakarta – A controversial election bill has been passed after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed it into law on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson Johan Budi said on Saturday.

Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – Jakarta governor elect Anies Baswedan hopes that the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) can shed its negative image which is so often associated with the organisation.

Jakarta – Next year, the government plans to allocate Rp 404 trillion (US$30.23 billion) for infrastructure development, according to the draft state budget announced by President Joko "Jokowi" Wid

Jakarta – The Bogor police have named a man identified as M, 25, as a suspect of allegedly burning red and white umbul-umbul (decorative flags) placed by residents around Ibnu Mas'ud pesantren (Isl

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has threatened to cut the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) and Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS) facilities of those caught encroaching on sidewalks.

Jakarta – Loans extended by Indonesian banks grew 7.7 percent in June from a year earlier, the slowest pace for any month since October, the financial services authority said on Friday.

John Cheong-Holdaway – In 2016 Indonesia's Ministry of Public Works dramatically underestimated the funds it needed to acquire land for toll road development.

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) fireband cleric Rizieq Shihab has been questioned in Saudi Arabia regarding his alleged role in an on-going pornography case, said National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration has set aside more than Rp 67 trillion (US$5.014 billion) from the 2017 draft budget for social assistance through various programs, ahead of

Alif Satria – Much existing commentary on supposed conservative trends in Indonesian Islam, either in media or opinion pieces, tends to forget the distinction between identity and behav

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the cultural costume dress code for the Independence Day ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Thursday morning was his own idea.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Tenggulun, East Java – The first thing former terrorist Ali Fauzi Manzi does when he meets Fairfax Media is apologise to Australia and the 88 Australian victims of

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received details provided by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) regarding the flow of Rp 2.3 trillion (US$172 mi

Eve Warburton and Edward Aspinall – For much of the past decade, observers have praised Indonesian democracy.

Jakarta – As thousands of low-cost apartment residents have yet to pay rent as of today, Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat has told them that, if they want to continue living in the apartments

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared war on corruption and called on everyone to support the campaign, in his annual state address on Wednesday in front hundreds of polit

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In the state of nation address before members of the People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday, President Joko "Jokowi" told the audience that the third year of his admini

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave a glowing review on Wednesday of the performance of the House of Representatives for passing key legislation, despite criticism that lawmakers have fai

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the only living former president not to show up at the House of Representatives on Wednesday as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo addresse

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The war on drugs was one of the focal points of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's state of the nation address on Wednesday.

Jakarta – The low-cost apartment management (UPRS) in Tambora in West Jakarta sealed 105 residential units on Monday as the residents had not paid the rent for more than six months.

Summary execution-style killings between 1982 and 1985, known locally as penembakan misterius (mysterious shootings), or Petrus, were infamous as a means of bringing down crime rates in the country

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has set a target to collect Rp 1.61 quadrillion (US$120.3 billion) in tax revenue next year, according to the proposed 2018 state budget read by President J

The number of police killings of suspected drug dealers has skyrocketed in Indonesia this year, an alarming rise which signals that authorities could be looking to emulate the murderous "war on dru

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has admitted the government was late in becoming aware of shifts in spending patterns, particularly among middle-class citizens, who have st

Jakarta – Publicly listed property giant PT Agung Podomoro Land (APL) may breathe a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court allowed the company to continue with construction work on Islet G, one of

Jakarta – Social media giant Facebook opened its office in Indonesia on Monday, after years of operating in the country.

Jakarta – Indonesia posted its first trade deficit since late 2015 in July, as imports surged more than exports did, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said on Tuesday (15/08).

Jakarta – Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Rosan P. Roeslani has suggested that the government temporarily relax certain taxes to encourage people to spend.

Jakarta – A Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutor told the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday that graft defendant Andi Narogong, who stood trial for his alleged role in the e-ID graft

Jakarta – A key witness in the major graft investigation into the national electronic ID (e-ID) project had sought protection from the Witness and Victim Agency (LPSK) less than two weeks before he

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Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyadi Indrawati has admitted that the Directorate General of Taxation has not been able to optimally collect taxes from rich people because of regulation constraint

Jakarta – A video apparently criticizing Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan over the route his car took during heavy traffic in Jakarta has gone viral.

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to lower taxes on domestic sedan sales in a bid to promote the country, the biggest car market in Southeast Asia, as a manufacturing hub for sedans, a finance ministry off

Jakarta – Garbage collectors in Depok, West Java, launched a strike on Monday to demand a better payment scheme.

Jakarta – Two weeks after the Jakarta administration announced Bulan Patuh Trotoar (Orderly Sidewalk Month) to discipline vendors and motorists who encroach on sidewalks, the city's Public Order Ag

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Minutes before Indian truck driver Gurdip Singh was due to be killed by a firing squad the power went out in his cell on Indonesia's penal island Nusakambang

Jakarta – Raid, shoot, kill and repeat.

Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata – After blocking Telegram since July 14, the Indonesian government has lifted its ban on the encrypted messaging service that has become popular as a platform for radical

Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-corruption commission yesterday said the death of a witness in a graft investigation implicating dozens of politicians will not derail its probe.

Jakarta – Jakarta Police investigators have apprehended Tri Sutrisno, 25, an English teacher at a private senior high school in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, for allegedly sending pornographic phot

Sebastian Strangio, Kemusuk, Indonesia – Indonesia's former dictator looms in bronze over the entrance to the small museum set amid the palm trees and emerald rice fields of central Java.

Adhitya Himawan and Nikolaus Tolen – Max Lane, the author of the new book "Indonesia is not Present on this Earth of Mankind" (Indonesia Tidak Hadir di Bumi Indonesia) has criticised Indonesians fo

Tuban (East Java) – Indonesia has urged officials to stand up to mob pressure after Muslim and nationalist protesters called for a 30m-tall statue of a Chinese deity erected in a temple complex in

Jakarta – The government is accelerating efforts to bring down Indonesia's Gini ratio to 0.370 by 2019, from the current ratio of 0.393.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on businesses to help ease the chaotic traffic in the capital by providing shuttle buses for employees, an official has said.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that businessman Johannes Marliem, a key witness in the multi-million e-ID graft case, has died in the United States.

Jakarta – IndustriALL Global Union, a federation of labor unions, said the Indonesian unit of copper miner Freeport McMoRan and metal smelter Smelting had treated "fired" workers "inhumanely and wi