Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's approval rating has surged early in his second term, with the majority of voters satisfied with the performance of his top ministers, a sur

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Alvara Research Center founder and CEO, Hasanuddin Ali, said law enforcement and corruption eradication add to the seven aspects in President Jokowi and

Jakarta – Terrorism emanating from the global extremist group Islamic State (IS) and the state of the world economy are the two biggest concerns among Indonesians, according to survey

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Parameter Politik Indonesia highlighted the performance of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin during his 100 days in the office along with President Joko "Jokow

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman revealed on Wednesday that the National Police was the third most complained about state institution after regional governments and th

Jakarta – Indonesia is among the top five most improved countries in terms of prosperity in the world, with an exceptional ranking in social capital, as the country has the highest lev

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Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Indonesian companies are among the world's most optimistic when it comes to their business prospects next year and the medium term, and they have strong confiden

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – A poll done by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) found that the country's Pancasila (five state ideologies) together with the 1945 Constitution (UUD 1945) h

Gangsar Parikesit, Jakarta – The satisfaction rate of Jakartans with Anies Baswedan in the second year of his governorship declined.

Ibnu Hariyanto, Jakarta – the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has released a survey on the public's level of trust in the president, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and t

A new study has found that the majority of Indonesians are dissatisfied with the current crop of legislators in the House of Representatives (DPR), whose five-year term is coming to an

Robin Perry – Last week, Dili polished itself up and played host to visiting government officials from more than 20 countries, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison from Australia, t

President Joko Widodo finally revealed the exact location of the country's new capital in East Kalimantan yesterday, putting Indonesia one major step closer to actually enacting the lo

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's (BI) latest assessment on the country's consumer confidence revealed that domestic consumers have a largely optimistic outlook on the

Jakarta – The consumer confidence index (CCI) fell for the second straight month in June to 100.7 from 103.1 the previous month as consumers gave more negative assessments of current e

Carlos Ky Paath & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – A recent survey shows more than two thirds of Indonesians believe the April 17 presidential and legislative elections were fair.

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A survey has revealed that 18 percent of Indonesians do not believe human activity causes climate change, while another 6 percent believe that the climate i

Tomorrow is finally the big day – nearly 193 million Indonesian voters will have their chance to go to the polls and choose the country's next president.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Just days before Indonesia's presidential election, three new electability surveys have shown conflicting results of who the likely winner would be.

We're exactly one week off from Indonesia's presidential election and the vast majority of recent polling still shows President Joko Widodo to have a commanding double-digit lead of 15

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The electoral gap between Prabowo Subianto and Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has narrowed amid a large number of undecided voters, a recent poll shows.

Almost every recent survey about the Indonesian presidential election agrees that incumbent Joko Widodo is comfortably ahead of his rival Prabowo Subianto in the run-up to the April 17

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Up to eight political parties may not pass the electoral threshold in Indonesia's upcoming legislative election on April 17, two polls indicated this week.

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's lead over his election rival Prabowo Subianto has narrowed slightly, a new survey of more than 1,000 eligible voters has show

Dewi Nurita, Arkhelaus W, Jakarta – The survey conducted by Center Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) shows the presidential and vice presidential candidate number 01, Joko Wid

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Jakarta – A coalition of political parties backing Indonesian President Joko Widodo is on course to win more than half of the votes in next month's elections, giving them control of pa

Jakarta – A survey by the Voxpol Center found that the majority of Indonesians don't care about or aren't interested in the promises made by the presidential (capres) and vice presiden

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Media giant Kompas today released the results of its presidential election poll, shedding insight on how people in Indonesia's different regions and provinces might vote come April 17.

Conspiracy theories and hoax stories have dogged Indonesian President Joko Widodo since his first presidential campaign in 2014, including allegations that the former Jakarta governor

Jakarta – With just over a month to go to an Indonesian election, President Joko Widodo holds a double-digit lead over his challenger, retired general Prabowo Subianto, according to an

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The spread of hoaxes and fake news has little effect on the electability of presidential candidates Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Salahud

Jakarta – The results of the latest LSI Denny JA survey show that support for the number 02 ticket in the 2019 presidential elections – Prabowo Subianto and running mate Sandiaga Uno –

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Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to win a second term in the April 17 presidential election as he leads against rival Prabowo Subianto, accordin

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Atma Jaya Institute of Public Policy (IPP) survey revealed 60 percent urban youth across the Greater Jakarta Area, Bandung, and Surabaya agrees the quality of In

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian consumer confidence rebounded in the fourth quarter of last year after having slipped in the previous quarter, according to the latest installment

Jakarta – Indonesia ranks third among the most optimistic countries globally, after India and the Philippines, according to the Conference Board Global Consumer Confidence Survey, whic

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team (BPN) debate manager Dian Islamiati Fatwa claims that the team is not worried by the latest poll result

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Jokowi-Ma'ruf pair is still ahead of rival Prabowo-Sandiaga ticket, according to the latest poll results of pollster National Survey Media.

Jakarta (Antara) – Some 89.1 percent of the millennial generation are optimistic about diversity in Indonesia based on the Indonesia Millennial Report 2019.

Jakarta – A survey commissioned by Charta Politika on Thursday revealed that the electability of 2019 presidential candidate pairs Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto

While neither of the two presidential tickets in Indonesia have yet to do anything substantial to highlight women's issues in their campaigns, a new survey has shown that the majority

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – A December 2018 survey by Denny JA Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) shows that six parties contesting the 2019 legislative elections will not get enough votes to pa

With Indonesia's next presidential election looming on April 17, the candidates have little more than three months to convince voters.

Life may conspire to throw obstacles at us, but, in general, we Indonesians are an optimistic bunch – even if we're starting to lower our expectations about what the future might bring.

It's only Tuesday but it's already shaping up to be another pretty bad week for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.

In Indonesia, there's a saying that goes, "It's better to have your hand above than below," meaning it pays to be charitable.