Kanupriya Kapoor and Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – When one of Indonesia's most powerful politicians wanted to be part of a new government, he did not approach Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie said on Saturday that he was behind a letter sent to teachers asking them to support Prabowo Subianto's presidential bid, Indonesian medi

Ina Parlina and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta/Malang – As the country readies for the holy month of Ramadhan with the election just two weeks away, presidential candidates and their support

Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama executive council (PBNU) chair, Slamet Effendi Yusuf, said that the NU would remain neutral in the upcoming presidential election on July 9 and that NU members

Eveline Danubrata and Heru Asprihanto, Jakarta – To attract Indonesia's army of young voters, one presidential candidate is hoping a "Two Finger Salute" will do the trick.

Jakarta – Despite apologizing earlier this week for dressing up like a mass-murdering Nazi war criminal for a Prabowo Subianto campaign video, Indonesian Idol judge Ahmad Dhani went on

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Hotman Siregar & Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – Indonesia's electoral supervision body said on Wednesday that former army chief of staff General Wiranto had not committed a campaign v

Benjamin Soloway, Jakarta – American investigative journalist Allan Nairn, who made a name for himself covering the Indonesian military's killing of civilians in East Timor during Suhar

The campaign team behind Indonesian Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has asked supporters to pull-down a video which uses Nazi-era images to promote him.

Laurencius Simanjuntak – Experienced US journalist Allan Nairn has spoken up over accusations by the Prabowo Subianto camp that the Indonesian military (TNI) once wanted to arrest him b

Andrea Wijaya, Jakarta – The controversy surrounding American award-winning journalist Allan Nairn and his 2001 off-the-record interview with Prabowo Subianto ratcheted up a notch on Th

Jakarta – International coverage of Indonesia's presidential election campaign took a worrying turn on Wednesday after the German weekly Der Spiegel published a story on the disgraceful

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – A teachers association reported presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto to the Election Supervisory Body, or Bawaslu, after several schools received a letter urg

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Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Former military strongman Prabowo Subianto has for the first time pulled level or even slightly ahead of the previous favourite, Joko Widodo, in the Indones

Haeril Halim, Headlines – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gave an impressive performance during the third televised debate

Randy Fabi, Jakarta – One of the two hopefuls in Indonesia's presidential election has been accused of being a closet Christian, the other of being a foreigner and unfit to lead the nat

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

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may still have four months in office before his term expires in October, but some of his ministers are already distanc

Nurhayat Indriyatno & Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Months before a single ballot had been cast in the presidential election, Indonesia's oldest Islamic party was facing its most

Michael Bachelard – Prabowo Subianto stands on stage in his beige safari suit, pounds the podium and shouts to a 100,000-strong crowd that they are nothing more than lackeys.

Novianti Setuningsih, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Carlos Paath & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The central pillar of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's economic platform is the nee

Jakarta – Attorney General Basrief Arief filed a lawsuit on slander against news portal Inilah.com, which reported an alleged conspiracy between the attorney general and Megawati Soekar

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – When presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto spoke of his "Big Push Strategy," which entails the opening up of 4 million hectares of land in Indonesia for agricu

Yuliasri Perdani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's campaign has offered legal assistance to the editors of Obor Rakyat, a tabloid accused of publishin

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla and economists questioned on Monday Prabowo Subianto's claim that he could easily get Rp 1 quadrillion (US$84.64 billion) fro

Linda Yulisman and Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Both presidential candidates put forth strong nationalistic views during their second televised debate on Sunday, showing similarities in vis

Arman Dzidzovic & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko Widodo accepted the endorsement of the Indonesian F

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – After vocally criticizing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko Widodo for accepting campaign donations from th

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – An online journalist admitted on Friday to having contributed articles critical of Joko Widodo to a tabloid that was distributed for free in Islamic boardi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Semarang – Although the July 9 presidential election features just two competing candidates, the General Elections Commission (KPU) is anticipating the possibility o

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie will be making less appearances on the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa campaign trail because of concerns his presence co

Jakarta – An official of the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa presidential election campaign team says the Democratic Party has joined with the Gerindra Party-led coalition to support the

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Admin MS, Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Basoka Logo is calling on all Papuan people to boycott the 2014 presidential election (pilpres).

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The calm and collected start by former Army general Prabowo Subianto turned into a high-pitched, hoarse speech toward the end of the first televised debate of t

Jakarta – A leaked document circulating on the Internet detailing the reasons behind the dismissal of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto from military service on Aug.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – For more than half a decade now the issue has been debated and dissected ad nauseam, only to be swept under the rug for another year: should Suharto, In

Jakarta – A spokesman for the campaign team of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has denied welcoming the endorsement of a hard-line Islamic group known for attacking religious mi

Bambang Dwi Marwoto, Karanganyar, Central Java – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Sunday visited former president Soehartos cemetery in Karanganyar, Central Java, on Sunday.

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – Hashim Djojohadikusumo, the younger brother and economic adviser to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, says that Prabowo is committed to the protection of

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – An official from the coalition backing the presidential ticket of Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa has denied that the latter specifically sought out t

Miftahul Khoer, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has disclosed that there are at least 35 retired generals supporting the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla or Jokowi-JK presidenti

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is due to visit the tomb of former president Soeharto at Astana Giribangun in Karanganyar regency, Central Java, on Sunday, as part of

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's upcoming presidential election is becoming a new battleground for retired military generals amassing their own troops to support the bids of either

Jakarta – In spite of the news that the legislative election attracted more people to exercise their right to vote this year, observers are troubled by the apparent level of vote buying

Sita W. Dewi, Jayapura – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he wants to develop soccer in Papua as it already has produced exceptional talents.