The decision to relocate Indonesia’s seat of government from Jakarta to East Kalimantan has sparked concern about cultural friction between local residents and new settlers. But ethnic Chinese locals remain confident of social unity.

President Widodo’s US$33 billion plan to relocate the centre of government from Jakarta will require the construction of much infrastructure. Chinese companies are interested, but will Indonesian workers lose out?

To narcotics agencies, kratom is a mind-altering drug on a par with heroin. But to fans it is a herbal panacea – and to Indonesian villagers, a magic money tree.

As President Widodo looks to drive growth by plugging infrastructure gaps, Jakarta is tossing up investment from Beijing and Tokyo for a variety of projects across the country.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged ministers to take advantage of the US-China trade war by improving competitiveness and attracting foreign direct investment, after World Bank research found Chinese companies had relocated to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia.

Indonesian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to the country’s penal code, which would criminalise contempt of the president and vice-president, in a move critics say demonstrates the country’s creeping encroachment on free speech.

More Indonesian shoppers are using pay-later methods to buy items ranging from jeans to flight tickets. But as online loans rise, experts warn the nation’s financial literacy needs to improve and that data-protection laws are needed

Joko Widodo’s announcement sparked a wave of Google searches for ‘Penajam Paser Utara’ and ‘Kutai Kartanegara’, the two municipalities the new capital will straddle.

Coordinating minister for maritime affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan released a statement after Indonesian social media users asked why a Chinese company had to be involved with the national health insurance agency, known as BPJS.

Analysts say a promotion for Indonesia’s finance chief, who turns 57 today and has rock star appeal among citizens, would be to do two jobs: finance minister and coordinating minister for economic affairs.

Donald Trump Jnr says his father is not involved with the Trump Organisation’s real estate projects in Bali and West Java – and neither has the company profited from Trump Snr’s position as the US president

Dino Patti Djalal, Indonesia’s former diplomat to the US, calls the 19-year-old viral sensation’s tweets ‘disgusting, pornographic and rude’ – but President Widodo says he is a young man who ‘makes us proud’.

Baiq Nuril Maknum was handed a six-month prison sentence after recording her harasser’s sexually suggestive phone calls, in a case that highlights how victims have become compromised by a controversial communications law.

Former supporters of the failed presidential candidate took to Twitter with hashtags accusing him of betrayal

Sung Yong Kim is the current US ambassador to the Philippines who helped organised the historic first summit in Singapore last year between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Jakarta is home to 10 million people but that swells to 30 million on weekdays with commuters from nearby cities. It chokes on pollution from traffic, industry and coal plants, which grows even more intense during the dry season.

Monika was promised a good life if she married a man from China, but the 23-year-old soon found out she had been deceived.

With anger still simmering over a disputed election, Jakarta has taken to ‘throttling bandwidth’, partial shutdowns of the internet and cyber patrols. Campaigners say both privacy and the law are being violated.

Some Indonesians and Islamic groups see the reports of religious persecution as Western propaganda aimed at denigrating China while it is locked in a trade dispute with the United States.

When your dad’s been linked to a few hundred thousand deaths and owed the state a few trillion rupiah, doing a clean-up job on his rep isn’t easy. Still, the children of Indonesian dictator Suharto are up for the challenge.

Jakarta has been lobbying Asean members to have their own regional agenda, but the plan may not be signed off at this month’s summit as Singapore has not endorsed it, according to an Indonesian diplomat.

Lombok was devastated by earthquakes last year and is yet to recover. Even though visitor numbers have plummeted, many locals would prefer Lombok remain a low-key destination.

With Joko Widodo all set for a second and final term in power, he says he’s unburdened. Sceptics say he’s saddled with politics of patronage, doubts about his deputy, overbearing security forces and fallout from the US-China trade war.

Former military man Prabowo has rejected credible pollsters who’ve called the election for Joko Widodo. Is this a case of a general not knowing defeat?

Several quick count results suggest the incumbent president has a lead of 8 to 9 percentage points but Prabowo says he’s won 62 per cent of the vote.

Incumbent President Joko Widodo and his challenger Prabowo Subianto both say they’re optimistic about winning.

Indonesia’s presidential candidates went on the umrah and got endorsements from religious leaders, as overseas voting began ahead of the April 17 ballot in Indonesia.

Both sides have focused on economic issues in the campaign but religious identity politics and fake news have been used to mobilise popular support.

Widodo took a jab at Prabowo’s questionable human rights record, while Prabowo criticised Widodo’s ‘cruel regime’ for having detained some conservative Muslim preachers.

The vice-presidential candidate said the first economic priority of the Prabowo government would be to woo investments in the energy and agriculture sectors.