Indonesia
More than 150 million Indonesians will head to the polls on June 27 to elect 17 governors, 39 mayors and 115 regents.
by Step Vaessen
Talk to Al Jazeera
Environment
Refugees27 Nov 2015 06:44 GMT
Jakarta denounces detention and deportation of asylum seekers without any notification from Canberra.
Counting the Cost25 Oct 2015 15:28 GMT
Rajiv Biswas, the chief economist for Asia Pacific at IHS, discusses Joko Widodo's first year as Indonesian president.
Counting the Cost24 Oct 2015 14:12 GMT
We look at the Indonesian president's first year in power and his efforts to kick-start the country's flagging economy.
Indonesia22 Jun 2015 08:38 GMT
Court says it will not overturn President Joko Widodo's decision to deny clemency for drug offender Serge Atlaoui.
Death penalty22 Jun 2015 08:24 GMT
Over the past decade some governments have abolished drug-related executions while others revived the death penalty.
Sport05 May 2015 16:30 GMT
Football fans want president to step in and overturn sport minister's decision to suspend the domestic league.
Politics25 Apr 2015 14:15 GMT
Eight foreigners and one Indonesian notified they will face firing squad within days despite international condemnation.
Asia Pacific05 Mar 2015 12:46 GMT
Jakarta says offer to exchange prisoners with view to save lives of two Australians awaiting execution is not balanced.
Health24 Nov 2014 11:42 GMT
New social security programmes targeting tens-of-millions of the country's poorest are the largest in the world.
Politics21 Oct 2014 06:31 GMT
Former furniture salesman faces political struggle as he becomes first leader not born into country's elite.
Politics01 Jul 2014 13:06 GMT
The Jakarta governor hopes to win Indonesia presidency by portraying himself as a fresh-faced man of the people.
101 East04 Apr 2014 13:31 GMT
We go behind the scenes with the man tipped to become Indonesia's next president – governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.