DONALD TRUMP'S INDONESIAN BUSINESS PARTNER CONSIDERS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

Donald Trump's Indonesian business partner, a billionaire developer and media mogul, has announced he might run for president in Indonesia's 2019 elections... READ MORE›

JAKARTA GOVERNOR AHOK GIVES EMOTIONAL DEFENCE IN BLASPHEMY TRIAL

Almost two weeks after more than 150,000 people descended on Indonesia's capital calling for his immediate jailing, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama... READ MORE›

PROSECUTORS VOW TO SWIFTLY BRING AHOK CASE TO COURT

Noor said prosecutors would directly examine whether Ahok's alleged blasphemy fulfilled all requirements set out in the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP)... READ MORE›

INDONESIA POLICE NAME JAKARTA GOVERNOR AS BLASPHEMY SUSPECT

Earlier this month, Jakarta was rocked by a massive protest by conservative Muslims against the governor... READ MORE›

JAKARTA'S CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR TO FACE BLASPHEMY TRIAL OVER ISLAM INSULT CLAIM

If found guilty under Indonesia's 1965 blasphemy law Ahok will face a maximum of five years in jail... READ MORE›

JAKARTA PROTEST TIED TO FAITH MAY HAVE DEEPER LINKS TO POLITICS

Both parties are fielding candidates in the Feb. 15 election, in which Mr. Joko's governing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is backing Mr. Basuki... READ MORE›

PROUD SLUM RESIDENTS FIGHT EVICTION FROM FLOOD-PRONE CILIWUNG RIVER BANK

In May, Bukit Duri residents launched a class action in the Central Jakarta District Court against the city's plan to widen the Ciliwung river... READ MORE›

PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET

While some affluent Chinese families fled to neighboring Singapore after the riots, Mr. Basuki's family stayed... READ MORE›

Jakarta's governor says he has given his anti-death penalty view to President Joko Widodo, who he believes is considering all views on the subject... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA, INDONESIA SEEK TO PATCH UP WOUNDS OVER MILITARY ROW

The Australian defense minister said all training documents would now be culturally appropriate and that Australia recognised Indonesia's sovereignty and territorial integrity... READ MORE›

200,000 JOIN BLASPHEMY PROTEST AGAINST JAKARTA GOVERNOR

National Police spokesman Rikwanto estimated 200,000 people were on the streets... READ MORE›

INDONESIA SAYS JAKARTAA??S CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR IS SUSPECTED OF BLASPHEMY

Mr. Basuki, 50, is the first Christian in several decades to be governor of Jakarta, Indonesia's most powerful provincial office... READ MORE›

WIDODO'S AUSTRALIA VISIT TO BE RESCHEDULED AMID JAKARTA PROTESTS

Mr Widodo deferred his trip on Saturday after a mass protest on the streets of Jakarta the previous evening turned ugly... READ MORE›

NOTORIOUS SMUGGLER 'CAPTAIN BRAM' ARRESTED IN JAKARTA

In 2011 Indonesia passed laws criminalising people smuggling, with penalties of between five and 15 years in prison for those convicted... READ MORE›

INDONESIAN COURT REJECTS RADICAL CLERIC'S APPEAL

Abu Bakar Bashir, known as the spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militants behind the 2002 Bali bombings, had sought a judicial review of his 2011 conviction... READ MORE›

DEATH, CHEMICAL CASTRATION FOR CHILD SEX OFFENDERS

Sexual violence against children, as I have said, is an extraordinary crime, President Joko Widodo told journalists, according to a statement... READ MORE›

'INDONESIAN SOCIETY GENERALLY SEES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL ... AS 'SAKIT' OR NOT NORMAL'

Tegar Ramadan was one of the gay men pictured in the LGBT Peer Support Network brochure... READ MORE›

NEIL BANTLEMAN SEX ABUSE ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED BY INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT

Under Indonesian law, both Bantleman and Tjiong can still challenge the sentence by filing for judicial review by the Supreme Court if they have new evidence... READ MORE›

MALAYSIA SAYS IT'S IN THE DARK ON DFAT'S KUALA LUMPUR TRAVEL WARNING

Phnom Penh Australia warned travellers that terrorists may be planning attacks in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur but never told Malaysian police what prompted the warning... READ MORE›

INDONESIAN RADICALS JAILED FOR ISLAMIC STATE

Koswara, a 28-year-old former drug courier, was sentenced to four years for buying plane tickets and organizing visas for Indonesians travelling to Syria in 2014 and 2015... READ MORE›

BOOTLEG LIQUOR KILLS 24 IN INDONESIA

Jakarta Bootleg liquor has reportedly killed at least two dozen people in a village in Indonesia's Central Java province over the past few days... READ MORE›