The Latest Breaking News from Indonesia

When Indonesian housewife Suharti was returning home from a shopping trip, a gathering of political party workers handed her 100,000 rupiah ($6.3) and a T-shirt -- and asked her to vote for their candidate next week.

Indonesia is voting for a new president and members of parliament on Wednesday.

Indonesia's presidential candidates are posting light content on social media in a push to appeal to young voters, dressing up like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun", organising dance contests or forgetting to turn off a livestream.

Small armies of grassroots fact-checkers are battling a wave of election misinformation in the world's third-largest democracy, dedicating spare time to debunk posts before next week's presidential vote.

The people of the world’s third-largest democracy will go to the polls on Feb 14 in a highly complex single-day election

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Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan has portrayed himself as the anti-establishment candidate in Indonesia's presidential campaign, climbing to second place in polls on the back of a message that includes opposing a costly capital move to Borneo.

Phillip Mehrtens, who was flying for Susi Air, was taken captive from an airstrip in the troubled Indonesian province.

Separatist fighters who seized Phillip Mehrtens say he will be released to protect humanity and safeguard human rights, but did not say when