Joko Widodo

Earlier this month, a district court ordered election authorities to suspend their preparation for next year's polls.

Whether the $34 billion Nusantara project succeeds depends on whether the government can attract sufficient foreign investment.

Since taking office in 2014, President Joko Widodo has made systematic efforts to weaken the country's democratic institutions and practices.

An official told parliament this week that the project's final overrun was $1.2 billion, down from more than $2 billion previously predicted.

What motivated President Joko Widodo's recent acknowledgement of gross past human rights abuses?

After battling years of political and sexist attacks, the 75-year-old is hoping to have a decisive impact at Indonesia's upcoming general election.

In an interview this week, President Joko Widodo suggested that the unnamed general would highlight his own country's democratic transition since 1998.

A bold move by Jakarta may give WTO reforms the shakeup they need.

With just a year until the end of his second and final term in office, Joko Widodo is more popular than ever.

Critics accuse President Joko Widodo of using emergency powers to circumvent a Constitutional Court's ruling on a controversial jobs creation law.

The leader acknowledged 12 episodes of gross human rights violations that occurred between the 1960s and the early 2000s.

The leader's two-day state visit to Indonesia was shot through with personal and political resonances.