Business – While failing to meet the target set out in the state budget, the government in 2015 collected more taxes than ever before.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proposed regular discussions with civil society groups in an effort to achieve wider public participation in reaching targets s

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have called on all public institutions, local administration and state-owned companies

Tassia Sipahutar, Nusa Dua, Bali – The planned implementation of a tax amnesty may not yield the desired results as such schemes usually have many downsides, experts have warned.

Timor Leste's government will have to think long and hard about diversifying its economy, Prime Minister John Key says.

Timor Leste is running out of money due to the decline of its oil industry and government overspending.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Airforce has purchased a $55 million helicopter set to arrive in the country next year to support President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's busy schedule.

Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament MP Francisco da Costa said the public's money is going to waste because the government does not consider the monitoring results provided by MPs follo

Jakarta – The government will cut certain projects from the revised 2015 budget (APBN-P) as a result of slow disbursement, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has announced.

Jakarta – Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said that the ministry would still achieve its year-end targets despite lower-than-expected spending that barely reached 50 per

Jakarta – Today's first anniversary of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration brought a common theme as supporters and detractors alike both lamented a year of "lost opportunities" and internal di

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – In the first year of his administration, furniture businessman cum politician Joko "Jokowi" Widodo still lacks the strong leadership necessary for realizing the progra

Samantha Hawley in Jakarta, staff – One year after he was inaugurated as Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo has disappointed the hopeful and angered the pessimists.

Tassia Sipahutar – Regions with low budget absorption stand to see their regional funds "frozen" by the central government.

Raras Cahyafitri and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made a rare rebuke on Wednesday after a rift between two members of his Cabinet came under public scrutiny and created a c

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Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – The biggest, and possibly riskiest, move in Indonesian President Joko Widodo's cabinet reshuffle this week was the appointment of Luhut Pandjaitan as coordinating minist

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has revamped his ministry, elevating econocrats and an investment banker to key posts while consolidating the power of his political patron, t

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's president announced a Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday in a move aimed at reviving the sputtering economy and stabilizing the rupiah.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the political party of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has given him a deadline to reshuffle his Cabinet by saying

Jakarta – Home minister and PDI-P politician Tjahjo Kumolo proposed on Tuesday increasing regional heads' salaries to Rp 50 million (US$3,713), or five times higher than the current figure.

Raras Cahyafitri, Banggai, Central Sulawesi – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that numerous big projects in the country are being left idle and unfinished for years because there are "big f

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo must put careful consideration and thought into planning prospective changes in the composition of his Working Cabinet, observers note as calls

Rieka Rahadiana, Jakarta – The flip flops have to stop.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) told President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday that the President needed to replace politically-wired ministers in the next cabine

Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has disclosed there is disharmony among the ministers in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Working Cabinet.

[In an exclusive interview with Channel NewsAsia's Sujadi Siswo, Timor Leste Prime Minister Dr Rui Maria de Araujo discussed plans for reform and the future needs of his people.]

Chris Brummitt and Rieka Rahadiana – Indonesia President Joko Widodo declined to pick an air force officer as his next military chief, a further sign he's concentrating power in the army as his pub

Jakarta – A senior legislator has demanded an explanation from President Joko Widodo for nominating the Army chief of staff, Gen.

President Joko Widodo's appointment of retired Army general Sutiyoso as State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief is against the principle of political neutrality and could even jeopardize our system o

Tabita Diela & Yosi Winosa, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to let corruptors, tax evaders, and forest and mining illegal poachers to put their money in government bonds, in a move that would repriev

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's visit to West Papua was as ephemeral as spray – the next day there was no indication it had happened, according to a Papuan MP.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – For the first time after seven months in office, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met his campaign volunteers in public, asking them to support his recent policies, includ

Kanupriya Kapoor & Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo summoned his economy ministers to the palace last week to discuss growth slumping to its lowest level since 20

Nadya Natahadibrata and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – After a string of abrupt and confusing policy reversals six months into his term of office, the credibility of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in produ

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's chief of staff Luhut Panjaitan has been granted greater authority to coordinate key policy initiatives, under a new Presidential Regulation, or Perpre

Tassia Sipahutar and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Having achieved lawmakers' approval, the government must now step up the disbursement of state funds and improve its capacity to channel the mone

SP/Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has denied reports that a joint venture between Malaysia's national car manufacturer and a little-known Indonesian company will produce an Indonesi

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has left Indonesians flabbergasted with his decision to appoint a little-known company led by a political supporter as the local partner for a joint venture to build

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In a move seen as a strong message that the government is serious about fighting against tax evaders, the tax office has imprisoned a high-level employe

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Researchers are pushing for more evidence-based policies from the current government, arguing that the quality of policies born from research are often superior to tho

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Monday nine members of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres), the establishment of which is mandated by the Constitution.

Paulina Quintao – CNRT, PD and FRETILIN party benches at the national parliament agree with the Prime Minister's decision to reshuffle the fifth Constitution Government as it has become ineffective

Jakarta – It probably began in late October, when Indonesia's newly elected seventh president, Joko Widodo, announced his cabinet lineup.

Andreas Harsono – In December, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo promised the long-suffering residents of Indonesia's easternmost area of Papua something extraordinary: The opportunity to be heard by

Carlos Paath & Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's recent appointment of former Army general Luhut Binsar Panjaitan as his chief of staff, an unprecedented position in Indonesian c

Venidora Oliveira – The Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (KIP) has investigated allegations the Secretariat of State for Public Works (SEOP) acted improperly in commissioning emergency

Estevao Nuno – Luta Hamutuk has called for the government to investigate why emergency works projects scheduled for completion within three months are taking up to a year.