Suryadi, Pekanbaru, Indonesia - September 16 was a happy day for Evan Zendrato and Lasma Yani Zega. The young couple gave birth to a boy weighing 2.8 kilograms (6.1 pounds).

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament is rushing to pass a controversial bill on coal and mineral mining before the current legislators' term ends on Sept.

Rosniawanti Fikry Tahir, Jakarta – An autopsy carried out by Abunawas Hospital forensic team revealed that Randi, a student of Halu Oleo University, died of a gunshot wound in his righ

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police spokesman Sr. Comr.

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Feri Kusuma believes that the arrest of filmmaker and journalists Da

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has cancelled a meeting with student representatives who have been holding protest actions against the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP)

Jakarta – A delegation led by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) youth wing GP Ansor chairman Yaqut Cholil Qoumas met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Wednesday, during which the group expressed

Ghina Ghaliya, Ardilla Syakriah and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and House of Representatives members have demanded an investigation be launched int

Novy Lumanaw & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two students were killed during a rally in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, on Thursday while protesting the passing of a controversial bill by

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Former youth and sports minister Imam Nahrawi was detained on Friday, shortly after he underwent his first questioning as a corruption suspect at the Corruptio

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the Social Affairs Ministry, the Army and the National Police to help victims of Thursday's Ambon earthqua

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Christian lawmaker Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo has expressed disappointment with a decision by the speaker of the People's Consultative Assembl

Heru Andriyanto, Markus Sihaloho, Carlos K.Y.

Journalists covering student protests in cities across Indonesia were attacked by police in a series of brutal incidents on September 24.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Foreign investors are preferring Indonesian bonds over stocks amid signs of slowing global economic activities, Financial Services Authority (OJK) data shows.

Reja Hidayat, Felix Nathaniel and Haris Prabowo – On Tuesday afternoon in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building, held back by a fence, the protester's fury reached its c

Robertus Wardi & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The chief security minister said on Thursday that the government had "enough evidence" to suspect that the orchestrators behind this wee

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Rizal Djalil, a commissioner of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), a bribery suspect in a case pertaining to a drinking wat

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry announced on Wednesday evening that the government tentatively had 938 points of disagreement with the House of Repr

Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in several major centers across the archipelago today as authorities braced for more violent opposition to a major overhaul of the criminal code (RKUHP

Among the many demands made by student protesters throughout Indonesia this week, which have largely been motivated by their rejection of several problematic bills Parliment has been t

Police in Indonesia have not only been accused of using excessive force against protesters taking part in student-led demonstrations against the government that have erupted in cities

Jakarta – Indonesian workforce could end up seeing more jobs available to them – mainly in the service sector – should the government and corporate sectors manage the adoption of autom

Yovanda, Samarinda – Indonesia's wildfire emergency has spread to the part of eastern Borneo where President Joko Widodo wants to relocate the nation's capital.

Ambon, Indonesia – At least six people died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing to th

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Indonesia's Chief Security Minister Wiranto said on Thursday (Sept 26) that the recent student protests in the country were hijacked by a group aimed at disrup

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir has said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered him to muffle the student protests aga

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has claimed that the ongoing wave of demonstrations has been "taken over" by groups whose final aim is to

Jakarta – A second Indonesian student has died after protesters clashed with police on Indonesia's Sulawesi island during a rally against legislation that critics fear would undermine

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian state-owned electricity company PLN on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its Malaysian counterpart, Tenaga Nasional Berhad

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani urged stakeholders to build more digital infrastructure as the digital economy would play an important role in the country's economic growth.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly lambasted critics of the criminal code bill for pointlessly debating articles that had actually become law fo

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The government planned to visit universities to explain several controversial laws which recently triggered students' demonstration.

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) recommended heads of educational institutions to refrain from imposing sanctions for high school students who

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Amnesty International deemed the Indonesian police force has abused its authority in suppressing the massive student rally at the House of Representatives (DPR)

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko confirmed that police members who physically abused protestors in the nationwide students' protest will be punished.

Jakarta – With less than a month before halal certification will become mandatory, an assessment by the Indonesian Ombudsman has found the Halal Certification Agency (BPJPH) unprepared

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) Executive Director Damar Juniarto revealed a number of problems contained in the House of Representative'

Fikri Arigi and Friski Riana, Jakarta – SETARA Institute openly criticized police repression against the criminal code draft bill (RKUHP) students' protest and maintains that police's

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia's (UI) students' executive board (BEM) suspected that there were a number of people intentionally provoking the college students' p

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta -The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) said that there are means to delegitimize the nationwide students' rally against the passing of the criminal code dr

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – State utility company PLN booked first half net profit of Rp 7.35 trillion (US$521.53 million), greatly turning around a net loss of Rp 5.34 trillion in the s

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is on high alert over a possible increase in tax shortfall this year as the economic slowdown is likely to continue until the end of the year.

Jakarta – A government plan to annul the requirement to obtain a building permit (IMB) for houses and other property has received little support from stakeholders, including property c

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Insp. Gen.

More than 300 university students and police in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta were being treated in hospital on Wednesday, a day after violent clashes with police during nationwide prot

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The government has decided to suspend an export tax imposed on crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative products until next year to ease the financial bur

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Violent street protests in Indonesia against a number of controversial laws risks damaging growth and stability in South-east Asia's biggest economy, according to

Julia Hollingsworth – Thousands of student protesters have taken to the streets of Indonesia to oppose a controversial draft criminal code that would make consensual sex outside of mar

Peter Hackney – A lawmaker from Indonesia's House of Representatives has claimed foreigners "need not worry" about proposed laws criminalising extramarital sex, contained in the draft