Carlos Paath, Jakarta – A deputy speaker at the House of Representatives, or DPR, has criticized President Joko Widodo's decision to allow the Corruption Eradication Commission, KPK, to

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Joko Widodo has used his first speech as Indonesian president to call his people to "work together, and work and work and work" to make a stronger nation, w

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The national output of a number of commodities has dropped significantly this year, as expected, on account of the government's mineral ore export ban.

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jusuf Kalla have been officially sworn in as Indonesia President and Vice President for the period of 2014-2019.

Tom Clarke – Indonesia's incoming president presents a promising opportunity for Australia to recast both its military and human rights relationship with our northern neighbour.

Andreas Harsono – Prime Minister Tony Abbott had the opportunity to restart his "more Jakarta, less Geneva" foreign policy when he attended the inauguration of Indonesia's new president

Daniel Hurst, Canberra – Australia wants to move on from past disputes over spying, asylum-seeker policies and live-cattle exports to focus on building trade links with Indonesia under

Michael Bachelard and John Garnaut – Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo sits composed on his last afternoon in the Jakarta governor's office as the noise of angry ranting drifts in

Hans Nicholas Jong, Surabaya – Despite the United Development Party (PPP) declaring allegiance to the coalition of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, it might mean nothing as the par

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Michael Bachelard – Just a month ago, on the cusp of the end of his long term as Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono trended globally for several days on his beloved social m

Jakarta – Backing deputy chief Brig. Gen.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are continuing to build a case against 22 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, who were involved in a violent demonst

Outgoing Deputy Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has suggested that the incoming government of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla prioritize

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Counting down the days until the end of his decade in office next week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono picked 20 lucky winners among Indonesians on Twitter

Kanupriya Kapoor & Michael Taylor, Jakarta – Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo plans to raise subsidized gasoline and diesel prices by around 50 percent next month in a bid to

Indonesia's incoming president has sent a blunt message to the Australian prime minster, Tony Abbott, about asylum seeker boat turnbacks.

Yuliasri Perdani and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An executive of the Indonesian Democratic of Struggle (PDI-P) has defended the decision of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoi

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Friday met and for the first time congratulated the winner, Joko Widodo, more than three months after

Slamet Susanto, Sleman,Yogyakarta – Judges at Sleman District Court in Yogyakarta sentenced pesantren (Islamic boarding school) caretaker Abdul Kholik to three months in jail on Thursda

Basten Gokkon, Pekanbaru – Sprawling over 136,000 hectares in Riau province, the Rimbang Baling Wildlife Reserve is home to some of the richest biodiversity in Indonesia, specifically e

Jakarta – The recent case of a group bullying an elementary school student in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, has sparked widespread public concern, with activists attributing the incident –

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The National Police have withdrawn 60 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) members from Pirime, Lanny Jaya regency, Papua, and moved them to Jayapura following a clash

Jakarta – Two police officers in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, were beaten by members of the Indonesian Military on Tuesday, after a routine traffic stop escalated into a full-on

Hans Nicholas Jong, Surabaya – The United Development Party (PPP) declared secretary-general Muhammad Romahurmuziy the party's new chairman, replacing former religious affairs minister

James Massola, Michael Bachelard, Peter Hartcher – Prime Minister Tony Abbott is off to the inauguration party of incoming Indonesian President Joko Widodo this Sunday but it appears th

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – As the inauguration of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo nears, National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman and defeated vice-presidential candidate Hatta Rajas

Two thousand protesters from 160 civil society organisations that make up the People's Sovereignty Movement (GRB) demonstrated at the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta

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Jakarta – Man of the Year? Not exactly. But President-elect Joko Widodo made Time's cover in the Oct. 27 issue, which was posted on the magazine's website on Thursday.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – With less than a week to go before he leaves office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated on Wednesday 22 new ambassadors, including several for countri

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Panca Nugraha, Mataram – East Lombok Regency in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has issued a regulation (Perbup) requiring male civil servants to pay Rp 1 million (US$81) if they wish to marry

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) cleared president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of three graft allegations on Tuesday, rejecting calls to investigate th

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Jakarta – The Indonesian government has sided with Islamic hard-liners in requesting the Constitutional Court throw out a challenge to the 1974 Marriage Law by petitioners seeking recog

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid increasing calls to disband the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) for its record of violence, the hard-line Islamic group was permitted to present arguments during

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Yeremia Sukoyo & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta/Jayapura – The Indonesian Military and National Police continue to blame each other for last month's Batam altercation between the rival fo

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights, known as Komnas HAM, on Wednesday called for the government to abolish the death sentence, saying it violated the right to life.

Sherr Rinn – Around two hundred workers from the Solidarity Alliance for Labour Struggle (GSPB) held an action opposing the recently enacted law on regional elections (UU Pilkada) at th

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – For the second time this year, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded the Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to

Muhammad Muhyiddin, Jakarta – University of Indonesia political communications expert Ade Armando says that Prabowo Subianto's Islamic supporters are furious over Facebook founder Mark

Jakarta – Entering the last days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's term in office, rights group the Setara Institute has highlighted his failure in promoting and defending harmony

Erwin Sihombing & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Monday began hearing the judicial review on the recently passed Regional Elections Law, which stripped the

SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The city's acting governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has told his security staff that they are to shoot any demonstrators who become violent and are arm

Jakarta – As thick haze continues to cover large parts of Sumatra, police in Riau say that those responsible for the problem are getting away with sentences so lenient that there is har

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Civil society organizations (CSOs) and activists, who are seeking to challenge the Regional Elections (Pilkada) Law at the Constitutional Court (MK), said on Sund

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Poor compliance by companies and local administrations is the major cause of the rampant forest fires in Riau, a government-sanctioned audit team has revea

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – President-elect Joko Widodo has denied reports confirming his coalition has officially accepted the United Development Party, or PPP, into its fold.