On October 20, Joko Widodo—universally known as Jokowi—will leave office as the most effective and admired of Indonesia’s five presidents since the country’s turn to democracy in 1998. Over the course ...

At the time Jokowi - as the president is known - symbolised democracy and change, embodying the hope of a better, cleaner Indonesia. After two terms and a decade in power, he has left an indelible ...

Edward Aspinall has received funding from the ARC and DFAT. As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most ...

The archipelago nation of more than 17,000 islands is Southeast Asia’s biggest economy and has made great strides under the previous two terms of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that he will conduct work visits during the remaining period of his administration. He said he still had two days left in his presidential ...

When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was first inaugurated in 2014, his eldest son didn't want to be there. Gibran Rakabuming Raka, then 27, had spent much of his life outside the limelight and ...

hen then-Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo won the presidential election in 2014, his victory was widely celebrated, with many highlighting his humble beginnings in the Central Javan city ...

Jokowi, as a Widodo is commonly known, has maxed out – on paper, at least. In the habit of South-East Asian leaders, Widodo has engineered the ascent of his son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Political observer from Al Azhar University Indonesia, Ujang Komarudin, assessed that the willingness of President Prabowo Subianto to meet with the 7th President Joko Widodo ...

JAKARTA: President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo intends to return to his Central Java hometown of Surakarta on Sunday (Oct 20), immediately after the inauguration of Prabowo Subianto and related events in ...

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 ...

Analysis-A Decade of Jokowi: Indonesia's Democracy Icon Leaves Illiberal Legacy, Critics Say By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - In 2014, then presidential hopeful and outsider ...