There are at least two pieces of good news from the proposed Rp 2.02 quadrillion (US$172 billion) state budget for the 2015 fiscal year beginning in January.

At the end of their terms, a number of House of Representatives lawmakers have had to face the music at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over allegation of fraud in the organ

Instead of focusing on improving public transportation, the Jakarta administration has finally decided to go ahead with its plan to construct six inner-city toll roads next year, which

Shannon Gillies, Dili – After decades of Indonesian occupation, East Timor is touted as a success story for the United Nations.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has left another ticking time-bomb for his successor when he signed a government regulation on reproductive health that requires women getting pregnan

In the months leading up to the new government administration, does Indonesia hope to improve the management of its religion-and-state affairs?

Indonesia has caught up with the rest of the world in responding to the threat following the declaration of the new Islamic State (IS) last month.

Lawmakers supporting Prabowo Subianto have launched a political move to discredit the election result submitted by the General Elections Commission, or KPU, at the House of Representati

Gerry Van Klinken – The quote I love best about Jokowi's win came from Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe, posted on Instagram: "Holy crap!

Pat Walsh – The day after the result of Indonesia's presidential election was announced, I joined crowds of excited Indonesians at the Proclamation Monument in central Jakarta to celebr

Edward Zachary Albrecht and Eric Plese – New and encouraging developments in the struggle for independence of West Papua have been unfolding in the past week.

The 32 years of Suharto's New Order regime had a deep impact on the lives of most Indonesians, and continue to do so more than a decade and a half since its fall from power as one of th

When, on Tuesday, the people of Indonesia should have been cherishing the end of a prolonged national divide and moving on to extend olive branches to each other, losing presidential ca

Alison Martin – Over 130 million Indonesians voted in the recent presidential election, and notwithstanding the losing candidate Prabowo Subianto's continued refusal to concede, the wor

This Latin phrase, translated as "the voice of the people is the voice of God," in an Indonesian context simply means that the nation has decided to entrust Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Jus

Michael Bachelard – In the almost two weeks since Indonesia's presidential election on July 9, the big question in Indonesia has been: "What does Prabowo Subianto think he's doing?"

Dili – Timor-Leste's current stability could be undermined by a sharp decline in oil revenues and leadership challenges if the country's first president and current prime minister Xanan

Dili – Timor-Leste's current stability could be undermined by a sharp decline in oil revenues and leadership challenges if the country's first president and current prime minister Xanan

Despite reports of irregularities in the manual vote tabulation, there is widespread confidence that the transparent and democratic process, which was largely thanks to public participa

It hasn't taken long for the West Papua National Council for Liberation (WPNCL) and other pro-independence groups to to respond to Melanesian Spearhead Group's (MSG) recent announcement

It is not every day that a government rejects a foreign aid scheme just as it is about to begin.

Jakarta – If one asks why the country's corruption index score remains disappointingly low despite the hard-fought campaign against graft over the last decade, the answer is, among othe

Max Lane – According to the majority of polling institutions that carried out "quick counts" on 9 July, Joko Widodo won 52-53 percent of the vote in the Indonesian presidential election

Hamish McDonald – Will a vote away from elite patronage-based leadership ease Indonesia's often-touchy relationship with Australia?

Andrew Thornley – In the immediate aftermath of Indonesia's presidential election, there has been intense scrutiny of not only a rack of quick count results, but the institutions conduc

Yohanes Sulaiman – Despite an ineffectual campaign by Indonesia's Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Jakarta governor Joko Widodo won Indonesia's presidential election, according to

Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner – Let's be clear about one thing: Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has won Indonesia's 9 July presidential election.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Anxious observers of Indonesian politics had hoped that the winner of Wednesday's presidential election might enjoy a big margin – 5 per cent more.

Jim Della-Giacoma – Indonesians will head to the polls to decide their next president today.

Jayapura – Two months after the fall of the New Order regime in 1998, a massacre occurred over the Papua on the island of Biak, Papua.

We would agree that the April 9 legislative election was hardly free of violations, which ranged from vote-buying to the denial of the right to vote.

Indonesia's military has come a long way in the 16 years since the collapse of Suharto's New Order regime, undergoing reforms to become a more professional institution.

Sharon Chen & Jason Scott – Sixteen years after the overthrow of the dictator Suharto, Indonesia is turning back toward that regime as his former son-in-law pulls level in the race

Bobby Anderson – Papuans have the lowest life expectancies in Indonesia, the highest maternal and child mortality rates, the lowest educational levels and the highest rates of tuberculo

There is no such thing as being neutral when the stakes are so high.

Ruben Rosenberg Colorni – Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation and archipelago on the planet, has climbed the ranks of global neo-liberalism to become the world's 10th largest economy,

Max Lane – According to most Indonesian polls, former provincial businessman, mayor of Solo and governor of Jakarta Joko Widodo has lost a substantial lead to former general Prabowo Sub

Benedict Rogers – A nation "at the crossroads" is a well-worn and overused phrase, but it is one that befits Indonesia today.

General Prabowo's campaign said today that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) are ready to capture me, and claimed that I am part of a US government/business conspiracy against Prabowo.

Yenni Kwok – As the candidate who it was made for, Prabowo Subianto, once said, "Do I have the guts, am I ready to be called a fascist dictator?"

On July 9 the world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia, will hold an election that could result in General Prabowo Subianto becoming president.

Netani Rika, Fiji – Fijians have been described as among the most hospitable people in the world, flinging open the doors to their homes at every opportunity to passing guests.

Sohoon Lee and Nicola Piper, Sydney – Stories of domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih made headlines when she spoke out against her employer's abhorrent abuse while working in Hong K

Simon Butt – In late May 2014, Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa formally registered with the General Electoral Commission as presidential and vice presidential candidates.

[The outside world should be worried by the possibility that Prabowo Subianto could become Indonesian president, writes Edward Aspinall, but the biggest losers will be Indonesia's ow

Duncan Graham, Malang, East Java – In a secret underground vault somewhere in the Australian Capital Territory sit two documents – Plan J and Plan P.

The manner in which presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto was discharged from the military in 1998 has become the subject of contention as the election campaign intensifies.

Patrick Tibke, Jakarta – An intriguing 10 days of presidential campaigning in Indonesia has culminated in mild disarray for Prabowo Subianto's "red-and-white" coalition as tensions emer

Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta – Do you like comedy? I love it.

Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, Jakarta – In the run-up to last night's presidential candidate debate, the conventional wisdom among constituents was that Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was a softly s