Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament, MP Maria Barreto said in the Civil Law Code, Part IV about the family, it is clearly written that parents who decide to divorce, especially the father has the obligation to provide alimony to his children and former wife, but that this does not happen in Timor-Leste in most cases.

Three people have been killed in Indonesia's restive Papua region with police saying the victims were civilians, while a rebel group that took responsibility said they were undercover intelligence officers.

Jakarta – Anwar Congo, former leader of a death squad that is alleged to have killed thousands of suspected Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) members in Medan, North Sumatra, in mid-1960s, passed away on Friday afternoon.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said he had no objections whatsoever to the surprise inclusion of Prabowo Subianto in the cabinet, despite their past rivalry.

Floods affected Buket Meugajah and Blang Luah Villages in East Woyla Sub-district, Cot Rambong and Napai Villages in West Woyla Sub-district, and Lueng Bulo

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has apologized to several parties, whose aspirations were not accommodated during the selection for the Indonesia Onward Cabinet lineup.

The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) recorded 78 cases of violations of freedom of expression in public between January and October 2019. These 78 cases involved 6,128 victims, 51 of which died. The data was obtained from the outcome of advocacy and complaints received by YLHHI and its 16 branch offices around Indonesia.

Jakarta – On Saturday October 26 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo attended the opening of the Pancasila Youth's (Pemuda Pancasila, PP) 10th Convention and 60th anniversary at the Sultan Hotel in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Jakarta – Pancasila Youth (Pemuda Pancasila, PP) Deputy General Chairperson, Bambang Soesatyo, has stated that the organisation will take a tough stand against anyone who intends to disrupts the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), the state ideology Pancasila or President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now working under the chaos of the new law. Several of its provisions are mutually contradictory, meaning that the legal processes that the agency uses could easily face legal challenges.

Fikri Arigi, Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud Md, ensured that there will be discussion on the efforts to settle past human rights issues.

Nivell Rayda, Yogyakarta – Without warning, Indonesia's most volatile volcano, Mt Merapi in Yogyakarta spewed a towering cloud of ash up to 3km into the air on Oct 14 after months of relatively low volcanic activities.

Olivia Tasevski – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo this week announced his new cabinet – most notably appointing his rival at both the 2014 and 2019 elections and former military general Prabowo Subianto as Defence Minister. This is despite the fact that Prabowo has been implicated in human rights violations.

Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKK Migas) reported 63 cases of oil theft at Rokan Block managed by Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI). According to its business support deputy, M Atok Urrahman, the thefts had lasted over a span of 8 years since 2012.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that it will not follow suit in ceasing the investigation of the high-stakes case known as the "red book scandal," which is derived from the red financial records book that kept tabs of an alleged graft implicating the nation's police chief.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Dozens of human rights activists gathered to protest President Joko Widodo's decision in naming archrival Prabowo Subianto as Minister of Defense.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Indonesia failed to improve its rank in the latest ease of doing business list issued by the World Bank, falling short of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's promise to put the country in the top 40 this year.

The list, titled "Doing Business 2020," has Indonesia in 73rd place out of 190 economies in the world, the same place as last year.

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo named Bintang Puspayoga as the women's empowerment and child protection minister, many assumed the surprising appointment was owed to her status as the wife of Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga, a former minister and Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Two days after inaugurating the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has named the new deputy ministers to assist the work of his Cabinet members in his second and final term in office.

Jakarta – The announcement and inauguration of the new Advance Indonesia Cabinet members by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has attracted a variety of responses. There are some who are happy because they have long awaited such a lineup. There are others however who are disappointed and dissatisfied.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – When Agus Suparmanto, a ruling coalition lawmaker who owns a small construction company, appeared in a white button-up shirt at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Tuesday, few observers thought he would land a key economic cabinet post.

Emma Connors, Jakarta – Controversial and polarising are two adjectives frequently used to describe former Indonesian general and special forces commander Prabowo Subianto, who this week was appointed Minister for Defence in President's Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's second-term cabinet.

Jakarta – Indonesia wants to expedite talks on a trade deal with the European Union and complete within a month a review of trade with the United States, the president and new deputy foreign minister said on Friday (Oct 25).

Simon Calder – Boeing started the sequence of events that led to the first 737 Max crash by installing an anti-stall system without telling pilots about its existence, purpose and pitfalls – that is the conclusion of investigators into Indonesia's Lion Air crash almost a year ago.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) secretary-general Dewi Kartika was cynical toward President Joko Widodo's constant land certificate distributions. She compared it to the 642 agrarian conflicts that happened across Indonesian regions from 2015 – 2018 under the president's leadership.

Kevin Candra, Lea Citra, Jakarta – Newly appointed Attorney General (AG) Sanitiar Burhanuddin has promised to make past human rights (HAM) cases a priority during his first 100 days in office. Burhanuddin said that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is looking into the evidence.

Wahyu Setiawan, Jakarta – IndonesiaLeaks has questioned the national police headquarters' decision to halt the criminal investigation into alleged evidence tampering in the case of beef imports, better known as the Red Book case. The police stated that the case is now resolved because the case presentation did not find any evidence of tampering.

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Low learning outcomes have been a scourge on Indonesia's education system and may undermine the country's future competitiveness, researchers warned.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has defended his decision to include members of the erstwhile opposition, the Gerindra Party, in his new Indonesia Onward Cabinet. He says it was done in the name of Indonesia's gotong royong (mutual cooperation) democracy.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The Medan Legal Aid Institute (LBH Medan) in North Sumatra were reportedly recently terrorized by an attack when some unknown individuals threw a Molotov cocktail at its headquarters.

The incident occurred just days following the suspicious death of the city's environmental lawyer Golfried Siregar.

Jakarta – The wave of student protests last September spurred adrenaline rush in Edward Aspinall. The Australian 'Indonesianist' who started his career in the 90s researching the Indonesian student movement did not see such a massive movement coming just months after the general elections.

Valda Kustarini, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed constructional law expert Mahfud MD as the new Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Menko Polhukam).

Despite this, Mahfud's appointment may not guarantee that the government will soon solve cases of past gross human rights violations.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – A number of human rights activists expressed pessimism for newly sworn-in Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights Mahfud MD in solving past human rights violations.

According to the group, Mahfud alone will not be able to bring light to severe human rights violations without the utmost support from President Jokowi.

Jakarta – A senior member of the National Awakening Party has been caught up in a bribery case involving infrastructure projects. The party could be charged with corruption.

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, has cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5 percent, the fourth time it has done so in the past four months, in an effort to stimulate the economy amid growing risks of a global economic slowdown.

An Indonesian lawyer being pursued by the state has won a human rights award for shining "a light on violations of the rights" of West Papuans.

Veronica Koman was awarded Australia's Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award on Wednesday at a ceremony in Sydney.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Coordinating ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet have been given the power to veto regulations issued by ministries or institutions under their domain that contravene President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's vision and mission.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's ranking in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index has remained stagnant at 73rd despite efforts to attract investment by removing unfriendly regulations.

The country's ranking in the 2020 EODB index cuts against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's target for Indonesia to be ranked 40th next year.

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Cengkareng Police in West Jakarta have arrested a man for allegedly abusing a maid working at his house for the past nine years and not paying her a single penny.

Richard C. Paddock, Jakarta, Indonesia – It was not unusual for the lawyer, Golfrid Siregar, to receive warnings and death threats, especially after he tried to halt the $1.7 billion, China-funded hydropower dam on the remote Batang Toru river. He contended that a signature on a key environmental document had been forged.

Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank cut interest rates for the fourth month in a row on Thursday (Oct 24) as Southeast Asia's biggest economy looks to counter slowing global growth.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has introduced 113 compulsory national industrial standards (SNI) as of June, this year for products that present dangers to people's health and safety and the environment, such as zinc-coated steel products, battery products and refined sugar.

Jakarta – After being held in custody by the police, 10 Greenpeace Indonesia environmental activists who climbed to the top of two of the capital's landmarks and unfurled banners that read #ReformasiDikorupsi (reform being corrupted) have now been released.

Dewi Nurita, Arkhelaus Wisnu, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) criticized President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for his formation of the new cabinet of Indonesia Onward (Kabinet Indonesia Maju). ICW deemed the President overlooked the track record of his ministers.

Investor Daily, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Stocks of Indonesian state-owned enterprises closed in positive territory on Wednesday evening, hours after young tycoon Erick Thohir was inaugurated as SOE Minister replacing Rini Soemarno.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Head of the NasDem Party central executive board (DPP), Irma Suryani Chaniago argues that the naming of ST Burhanuddin as the new Attorney General is not due to his professional background, but rather because Burhanuddin is the sibling of PDIP politician TB Hasanuddin.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesians stormed social media to express anger and regret as soon as they found out Susi Pudjiastuti, known as "the minister who blows up boats," was not among the 38 new cabinet members President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Wednesday.

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The city of Bandung will give away 1,000 chicks to boys in elementary schools next month in an effort to stop their gadget addiction. The girls will be given plant seeds to grow.

"The initiative comes from the mayor of Bandung," Gin Gin Ginanjar, the head of Bandung's food and agriculture department, said on Wednesday as quoted by Antara.

Jakarta – Projo, a volunteer group that had supported President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo since before his first-term presidency, has bid farewell to the Indonesian leader after he picked erstwhile opponent and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto as the new defense minister in his Indonesia Onward Cabinet.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The newly appointed Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita is to focus on the development of industrial zones and to increase exports of manufacturing goods during his five-year working term.