The ruling is likely to allow a wider range of candidates to run for the presidency at the next election in 2029.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday said a law setting a minimum vote level before political ...

Indonesia's Constitutional Court has deemed a law requiring political parties to meet a 20% vote threshold for nominating presidential candidates as non-binding. This decision could broaden the field ...

Hopes of diversifying supply chains have suffered a blow with the recent closure of the Balama graphite mine in Mozambique.

Images taken by BenarNews photographers show democracy was tested to its limit in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand ...

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Indonesia is a secular country in the sense that its political policies are not necessarily derived from religious teachings and that it does not have a single state religion. Religion, however, does ...

As mentioned above there is a big break between Indonesia before 1998 and Indonesia after 1998. A huge different political context emerged (a decentralized democracy) and thus the system of governance ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Monday (Dec 16) announced economic measures to soften the blow of an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate, including electricity tariff cuts, incentives for labour ...

Indonesia's government has signalled a shift in its approach to some drug laws, in part to address overcrowding in jails. A senior minister told reporters that drug users would be sent to ...

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers ...

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s largest party has officially ... still-popular politician may form his own party or join another political group to build his family’s support base.