The Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto held a bilateral meeting with his counterpart United States (US) Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III on Saturday (Nov. 20) on the sideline of the 17th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in Bahrain. Indonesia is still negotiating with the US for the purchase of the F-15EX multirole fighter jets.

The hashtag #BubarkanMUI went viral on social media platform Twitter. Associated with the tags are twitter posts demanding the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) be dissolved following the arrest of its executive for an alleged involvement in financing a terrorist group. Some high-profile officials have responded to the said demand.

The former Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman was questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday (Nov. 18) in relation to a nickel mining permit (IUP) graft case implicating the former Regent of North Konawe Aswad Sulaiman.00

Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto has signed a contract on the purchase of two Airbus A400M multi-role military transport aircrafts. The contract reportedly stipulates a commitment to purchase four more A400M aircrafts in the future. 

The former Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who is also a former chairman of the Golkar Party, has been mentioned as a potential candidate to run in the upcoming Muktamar (chairmanship congress) of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia....

The National Police’s Densus 88 Counter-Terrorism Squad recently arrested three more key leaders of the terrorist group Jamaah Islamiyah (JI).The said figures share a connection with the Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and the 212 movement, the anti-Ahok movement that...

The Commander of the Army’s Strategic Reserve Command (Pangkostrad) Lt. Gen. Dudung Abdurachman will become the new Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) to replace General Andika Perkasa, who will be sworn in as the new Military Commander (Panglima TNI). Who will President Joko...

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has chosen the Commander of the Army’s Strategic Reserve Command (Pangkostrad) Lt. Gen. Dudung Abdurachman as the new Army Chief of Staff (KSAD). The President will take the oath of General Dudung today (Nov. 17) after swearing in...

Several polling agencies have released the results of their respective surveys in the past two days. Most of them found Prabowo Subianto (Gerindra) and Ganjar Pranowo (PDIP) neck-to-neck at the top of the polls. One polling agency, meanwhile, found Prabowo-Puan...