Jokowi's involvement is expected to bolster the electability of the candidate pair in the Central Java regional election.

Joko “Jokowi” Widodo may have ceased to be president as of Oct. 20, but he apparently still exercises some power and ...

Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox. Jakarta: Joko Widodo, the softly spoken furniture maker of modest origins and imperious appetites, is handing over ...

Despite having ended his decade-long tenure as president and not being a member of any political party, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ...

This brings us to Joko Widodo, or Jokowi. On Sunday, the two-term Indonesian president left office as his onetime rival and now tenuous ally, Prabowo Subianto, was sworn in as the regional giant ...

Joko Widodo rose from a slum to the presidency. But with his tenure ending, he is being accused of undermining democracy by trying to install a political dynasty. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from ...

Johannes Nugroho is a journalist and political analyst based in Surabaya, Indonesia. Joko Widodo's election as president in 2014 should have heralded a new era of progress, democratization and ...

After a decade at the helm of the world’s third largest democracy, Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, will hand over power on Sunday – but only after “bending institutions” to cement a ...

It was a major blow to the Everyman image cultivated by President Joko Widodo, who stepped down on Sunday. By Sui-Lee Wee and Rin Hindryati Reporting from Jakarta, Indonesia At first glance ...

IN the new Indonesian cabinet, energy and mineral resources are classified as a 'hot' yet powerful sector. One example is the government's plan to raise fuel prices, an issue which is about to reach ...

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto picked his predecessor’s fix-it man as the chief of the economic advisory council for his new government. Luhut Panjaitan, previously ...

Colloquially known as Jokowi, he has cast himself as an economic reformer committed to reducing red tape while also seeking foreign investment for major infrastructure projects. Security issues ...