Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto promised on Tuesday to elevate late Indonesian dictator Suharto to national hero status if he were elected in July, Indonesian media re

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

Jakarta – The former chief of Indonesia's intelligence service has been reported to police for calling presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto a "psychopath."

Woodwing Importer, Jakarta – The recruitment process for Indonesia's law enforcement officers should include firm requirements dictating "physical appearance," according to a presidenti

Hans Nicholas Jong and Margareth S.Aritonang, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has found itself in a politically awkward situation after finding out that the sibling of the

Jakarta – Hashim Djojohadikusumo, deputy chairman of the Gerindra Party's patron board, said his party had dropped a program of 'purification of religious teachings' in its 'Manifesto o

Robertus Wardi & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa have condemned an attack by a Muslim mob on a Christian congreg

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Erwida Maulia, Ezra Sihite & Robertus Wardi – "Big threat to the Islamic people and the nation. Alert.....!!

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – For those Indonesians uninterested in politics, logging in to Facebook or Twitter is a frustrating experience these days.

Yeremia Sukoyo – Presidential hopeful Joko Widodo has said that he wants a "no-condition coalition" formed without horse trading for cabinet seats, but analysts are sceptical that his v

A South East Asia politics and history specialist says it's unlikely that the next president of Indonesia will be as focussed on the West Papua issue as Susilo Bambang Yudhyono has been

Jakarta – For all the allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses re-emerging against Prabowo Subianto, the presidential candidate has at least been spared the ignominy of religio

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Wahid Institute, a progressive muslim research and tolerance outreach center, on Saturday criticized Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party pr

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Hatta Rajasa, the running mate of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, denied on Friday that the pair had ever promised a top Cabinet position to Golka

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Two tickets running in Indonesia's upcoming presidential election revealed the major compositions of their respective campaign teams last week; one is filled wi

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Wednesday confirming that active military and police personnel were not eligible to vote in the July 9 presidential election, follo

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While TV pundits and social media commentators have been busy hashing out the personality differences between presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, little h

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Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Golkar Party politicians were stunned last Monday by the sudden move from chairman Aburizal Bakrie to announce an alliance with the Geri

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa campaign team has yet to decide whether to dismiss Suryadharma Ali after he was named a suspect in the haj-management graft cas

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court opened on Friday the hearings into 871 disputes pertaining to the legislative election for seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) an

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Yeremia Sukoyo & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Hary Tanoesoedibjo, business magnate and chief patron of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), said he would step down from his position i

Hotman Siregar & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Although Prabowo Subianto's chance to win the presidential election seems better on paper with the backing of his coalition, analysts have wa

Jakarta – Though the Golkar Party has given its official support to presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto and running mate Hatta Radjasa, several of its members have expressed doubt ove

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Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy secretary-general Aryo Djojohadikusumo says the coalition of parties supporting candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa has established Gerakan Muda

Helen Brown, Indonesia – A failed election candidate in Indonesia claims that bribes she paid to electoral officials to win a seat in last month's parliamentary polls were not honoured.

Michael Bachelard – The battle lines for Indonesia's presidential election have been clearly drawn between a political newcomer with small business credentials and a wealthy ex-soldier

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Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – It was a remarkable, yet predictable step for Joko Widodo, the hugely popular presidential hopeful of the Indonesian Democratic of Struggle, or PDI-P, t

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Monday's declaration of two tickets running in July's presidential election evokes at least two questions: Do hopefuls Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto have any

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla still holds Golkar Party membership. He is also a former chairman of the party.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Joko Widodo, the man most likely to become Indonesia's next president, has gone back to the future in his choice of running mate, picking a significantly ol

Fergus Jensen & Kanupriya Kapoor – Indonesia's Joko Widodo received a major boost in the race to become president of the world's third-largest democracy on Monday when he picked pop

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has finally decided to throw its support behind Prabowo Subianto, the presidential candidate from the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerin

Editorial staff – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) figure Sabam Sirait says that PDI-P vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla (JK) who will run alongside PDI-P pr

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has added a new coalition partner after securing official support from the Hanura Party.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police on Sunday said they had arrested three men suspected of involvement in the March shooting of an Aceh National Party (PNA) legislative candidate.

Kennial Caroline Laia – The involvement of 'reformasi' activists in political parties and during last month's legislative elections has the potential to alter the country's political la

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie on Friday night entered into a deal to name as his running mate Democratic former army chief Pramono Edhie Wib

Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, reaffirmed to the public on Wednesday that Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Goenawan Mohamad, the founder of Tempo Magazine and architect of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has resigned from the party he cofounded in protes

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the presidential candidate nominated by a coalition comprising the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the NasDem Party, the National Awaken

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Jakarta – A public opinion poll conducted by pollster the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has found that forty percent of voters have yet to decide who to vote for in the July presidenti

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Deti Mega, Jakarta – The presidential election looks set to be a showdown between Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and former special forces general Prabow