Nurhadi, Surabaya – Thousands of students joined in Surabaya Student Executive Body (BEM) Alliance staged demonstrations, rejecting the amended KPK Law and Criminal Code draft bill at

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Bambang Soesatyo said the plenary meeting which is slated to take place Thursday, September 26, might possibly pass th

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The national antigraft agency has reminded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration that corruption remains the main obstacle to investment in Indonesia

Jakarta – Students are on the move again!

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – As rallies criticizing what protesters believe to be attempts to reverse the country's decades-old reforms spread nationwide, Presidential Chief of Staff Mo

Thousands of university students from across Indonesia have once again taken to the streets in a continuation of a series of protests against what they perceive to be attempts by the g

Jakarta – The Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) announced on Tuesday a cut in its guaranteed interest rates for both rupiah and foreign currency-denominated savings and deposits foll

Jakarta – Thousands of students rallied in cities across Indonesia on Tuesday (Sept 24) against proposed changes to the criminal code that they say would threaten civil liberties.

Jakarta – Bilateral ties between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia will continue to grow, Saudi Ambassador to Indonesia Esam A. Abid Althagafi has said.

Haris Fadhil and Indra Komara, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has strongly criticised a statement by Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko who said that the Corruption Eradi

Three months after Joko "Jokowi" Widodo won a second term as president, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been all but destroyed by powerful and corrupt politicians who h

At least 20 people have been killed in a fresh burst of unrest in Indonesian-ruled West Papua.

Tasha Wibawa and Iffah Nur Arifah – Skies have turned to what many describe as post-apocalyptic blood red in an Indonesian province because of a widespread forest fire which continues

Marni Cordell and Kate Lamb – Graphic photos of the bloodied victims of what appear to be gunshot wounds have emerged after another day of violence in West Papua, which has seen at lea

Yesterday, large student-led demonstrations took place in cities across Indonesia to protest the passage of a number of controversial pieces of legislation that have been heavily criti

Indonesian forest fires are putting nearly 10 million children at risk from air pollution, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as scientists said the blazes were releasing vast amounts

Riska Rahman and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI), the main gauge of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) fell sharply in Tuesday's trading as protests against

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Calm has returned to Jayapura and Wamena in Papua on Tuesday even though the death toll from yesterday's riots had risen to 26, with more than 90 people injur

Matthew V.

Timor-Leste faces a stark choice in its search for a partner to develop its Greater Sunrise natural gas project, as its operational domestic fields approach end of life.

Darmawan Triwibowo, Jayapura – On a Sunday evening, after considering various advice from colleagues, I decided to fly to Jayapura – just 10 days after violent protests rocked the city

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a nonprofit organization comprising more than 30 companies that use plastics in their products, has started work on establishin

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has thanked ride-hailing firm Grab Indonesia for its initiative to hire more disabled driver partners, especially th

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Members of Detachment 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism squad, have found an Islamic State flag and weapons at a rented house occupied by a t

More than two dozen people have died in riots in Papua, authorities said Tuesday, sparking calls for an investigation into one of the bloodiest eruptions of violence to hit the restive

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Hundreds of university students on Monday from a wide range of campuses in Indonesia marched to protest at the House of Representatives (DPR) demanding the compl

Jakarta (Antara) – Head of the Jambi National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Doni Monardo recalled that the land and forest fires in the Province of Jambi this ye

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Legal Commission Deputy Erma Suryani Ranik says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed no objections upon erasing

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Dozens of Papua and West Papua Legislative Council (DPRD) members met with presidential chief of staff Moeldoko in discussing the current situation and

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto appealed to all university students to stop the demonstration which he considered a waste

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, has arrested nine people in separate busts in Jakarta and Bogor, West Java, including three directors of state-r

Hotman Siregar & Carlos Ky Paath, Jakarta – The House of Representatives, or DPR, agrees to postpone deliberations on the controversial Criminal Code bill until lawmakers elected i

Antara & Beritasatu, Jakarta – At least two groups of antigraft activists have announced plans to file a lawsuit against the recently amended law on the Corruption Eradication Comm

Antara & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A riot broke out in Wamena, the capital of the Jayawijaya district in Papua, on Monday morning after a crowd protesting ethnic and racial discrim

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 raided several hideouts in Bekasi in West Java and Jakarta on Monday morning, arresting eight people linked to the Islam

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Efforts to plug a leaking oil well in the waters off Karawang regency, West Java, have reached 99.8 percent completion, according to state upstream energy com

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II has recorded a rise in low-cost carrier (LCC) international flights departing from Soekarno-Hatta Internat

Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Friday he wanted parliament to delay its vote on the country's proposed new criminal code.

Dozens of people in Denpasar participated in a rally earlier today in support of the revised law governing the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Nick Baker – Indigenous people around Indonesia are losing their forests to palm oil plantations at a "massive scale", according to a rights group.

A new study has found that the majority of Indonesians are dissatisfied with the current crop of legislators in the House of Representatives (DPR), whose five-year term is coming to an

Fresh unrest broke out in Indonesia's restive Papua region Monday as protesters burned down a government office and other buildings in Wamena city, according to an AFP reporter.

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Violent unrest broke out in Wamena, the main city of Jayawijaya regency in Papua, on Monday, with some senior high school students reportedly being attacked by

Carlos Roy Fajarta & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Detachment 88, the National Police's elite counterterrorism squad, arrested at least eight suspects and seized half a kilogram of high

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated haze caused by land and forest fires in several provinces of Sumatra has shrouded Aceh province, in

Jakarta (Antara) – National Mandate Party (PAN) Zulkifli Hasan announced that the party will completely support President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call on the House of Representatives (D

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) law commission deputy Desmond J.

Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – The supposed massive university students' protest in Yogyakarta dubbed "Gejayan Memanggil" set to be held today has been suspiciously suppressed after the mo

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – President of Trisakti University's students' union Dinno Ardiansyah argues that the government together with members of the House of Representatives (DPR) have

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Unrest that broke out in Jayapura and Wamena in Papua Province on Monday has claimed the lives of at least 20 people, while dozens more were injured, official