Veronica Koman – As an Indonesian lawyer living in exile in Australia, I find it deeply troubling that the changes to the Indonesian criminal code are seen through the lens that toey to

Hariz Baharudin, Singapore – Timor-Leste will work actively with the Asean Secretariat and others in the region to accelerate preparations for its membership to the regional grouping, s

We've already written quite extensively about Indonesia's revised criminal code (RKUHP) and how it would be highly unlikely for tourists to fall afoul of the so-called ban on extramarit

Sana Jaffrey & Eve Warburton – After years of debate, protest, and delay, the Indonesian parliament passed a new criminal code (Undang Undang Kitab Hukum Pidana, or KUHP) that gives

Fachrizal Afandi, Malang, East Java – Two weeks after the Kanjuruhan football stadium stampede which killed more than 130 people, Indonesian President Joko Widodo summoned hundreds of r

Suherdjoko, Surakarta, Central Java – The Central Java Police will deploy 2,188 personnel to maintain security at the wedding reception of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's second son Ka

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Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has responded to the latest criticism by the United Nations in regard to the country's revised Criminal Code (KUHP), which was recen

Septia Ryanthie, Boyolali – Ahead of the wedding of President Joko Widodo's youngest son Kaesang Pangarep to Erina Gudono scheduled to be held at the end of this week, preparations were

Dicky Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in a meeting with House legislators on Friday suggested that the country should not be open to the expansi

Nesa Aqila, Jakarta – Jakarta Legal Aid (LBH) public attorney Fadhil Alfathan on Thursday assessed that the latest Criminal Code (KUHP) passing on December 6 can potentially be abused b

Amy Heppy, Jakarta – The head of the epidemiology surveillance and immunization unit at the Jakarta Health Office, Ngabila Salama, expressed the difficulty to make the public aware of t

Jedidajah Otte – The news that Indonesia's parliament has passed new legislation outlawing sex outside marriage – as part of a wider overhaul of the country's criminal code – has trigge

Jakarta – The families of the victims of the Paniai massacre are disappointed with the panel of judges which handed down a verdict of not guilty against retired Infantry Major Isak Satt

Defara Dhanya Paramitha, Jakarta – At least 2,000 workers who are members of eleven trade unions along with farmers' unions planned to stage a demonstration at the Jakarta State Palace

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas, Jakarta – Indonesian academics have called out the government for banning five foreign scientists after they questioned official claims of an incr

Ananda Teresia and Kate Lamb, Jakarta – An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted a retired Army officer in the fatal shooting of four teenagers in Papua in 2014, crushing hopes that th

Stefanno Sulaiman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and government have agreed on a clause in a new financial bill to allow former politicians to stand as central bank governor, t

Jakarta – Indonesia's legislation banning sex outside marriage represents a major new threat to the LGBTQ community's rights in the conservative country, where same-sex unions are not r

Home to the world's largest Muslim population, Indonesia may have a history of sporadic incidents of religious extremism, but has mostly been considered a tolerant nation with healthy d

Parts of Indonesia's revised criminal code appear "incompatible" with fundamental freedoms and human rights, the United Nations has said.

Grace Sihombing and Claire Jiao – Indonesia is one step closer to requiring the central bank to come to the government's aid through crisis bond-buying, while dropping earlier proposals

Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura City Police on Saturday, December 3.

Jean Iau, Singapore – Singapore on Thursday launched a training programme for Timor-Leste officials in support of the country's bid for Asean membership.

Hamish McDonald – When attorney-general Mark Dreyfus canned the long-running prosecution of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery he was praised widely by critics of Canberra's national secu

Chris Barrett – It's just a few weeks since world leaders converged on Bali for the G20 summit, an event Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, hoped would enhance his coun

Indonesia is one of our closest neighbours but, occasionally, it does something that makes us realise how different it is to Australia. This week there have been two such events.

Tamara Davison, Bali – As the sun rose over Canggu, one of Bali's most popular beach fronts, the mood on Wednesday felt calm.

Lorcan Lovett – Indonesia's plan to auction the development rights to an entire archipelago of more than 100 tropical islands has descended into chaos, with a fisheries ministry officia

Staff and agencies in Jakarta – One of the bomb makers in the 2002 Bali attacks that killed more than 200 people has been released on parole, despite the opposition of Australia's prime

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has exempted electric vehicles (EVs), battery EVs and plug-in hybrid EVs from sales and luxury sales taxes, plans to subsidize EV purchases and has s

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – The Indonesian parliament passed a new criminal code on December 6, 2022, containing provisions that seriously violate international human rights law and standards,

Fadli, Batam – Dozens of healthcare workers at a COVID-19 hospital in Galang Island, Riau Islands, staged a protest over unpaid meal allowance at the hospital compound on Wednesday.

Jayapura, Jubi – Investigators of the Mimika Police Criminal Investigation Unit handed over three suspects in a weapon and ammunition trafficking case to the Mimika District Attorney's

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Thursday detained a second Supreme Court justice for allegedly taking bribe in his handling of a bankruptcy l

Jakarta – For decades, Indonesia has maintained its status as a country that is "neither religious nor secular" – a philosophical compromise, or conundrum, that reflects the longstandin

Lars Bo Larsen, Jakarta – The Jakarta Post published an editorial on Nov. 30 entitled, "The cost of renewables". I fully agree with the main outline of the editorial.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesia has passed into law a controversial criminal code that human rights activists and civil groups say could potentially send the world's third-largest democra

Arti Ekawati – Indonesian lawmakers on Tuesday pushed through a revised criminal code despite widespread opposition from the public and civil society.

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) allegedly attacked six motorcycle taxi drivers in Mangabib Village, Oksebang District, Bintang Mountains Regency on Mond

Helen Sullivan – Indonesia's new criminal code limits the right to protest and participate in the public sphere, threatens the freedom of women and LGBTQ people and represents a trend o

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI) launched criticism against the Criminal Code Bill (RKUHP), which has now been passed by House

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) head of national strategic studies Mujahid Widian on Tuesday lamented the irony in the rice import conducted by the gove

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly announced that the ministry will form a dedicated team to disseminate the Criminal Code Law (KUHP) that wa

Sydney, Australia – Australia said Wednesday it was seeking more information on Indonesia's move to criminalise sex outside of marriage, as the ban's impact on tourists to Bali and othe

Agencies, Bandung, West Java – Two people were killed and eight wounded in Bandung on Wednesday when a suspected militant who may have been angered by the country's new criminal code bl

Tunggul Wirajuda, Jakarta – To keep the iconic Indonesian dagger relevant today, kris experts carried out the age-old puja rahayu ningrat ceremony at Jakarta's Bentara Budaya cultural c

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Rice prices have been increasing lately as traders and the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) reported depleting rice stocks.

Jakarta – Indonesia aims to launch initial public offerings for the upstream and geothermal units of state firm energy Pertamina next year to fund expansion, a senior government officia

BTV, Bandung – The police are investigating a written message purportedly carried by the suicide bomber who blew himself up at Astana Anyar police station in the West Java capital of Ba