A lawmaker from the House of Representatives (DPR) claimed yesterday that foreigners visiting Indonesia "need not worry" about articles criminalizing sex outside of marriage contained

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesian students rallied for a third day on Wednesday against proposed new laws, including a criminal code that would ban extramarital sex and insulting

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across Indonesia to protest draconian changes to the country's criminal code and the we

Bangkok – Indonesian authorities should carry out a thorough investigation into the police assaults of reporters covering protests in Makassar and hold those responsible to account, th

Police in Jakarta arrested 94 people in connection with yesterday's student protests in the capital, which began peacefully outside the House of Parliament (DPR) building but descended

The massive student demonstrations that erupted in cities across Indonesia on Monday and Tuesday were fueled, in large part, by anger at Parliament for passing a bill that anti-graft a

Scenes of violence erupted in the numerous large-scale demonstrations throughout Indonesia yesterday as thousands of university students came out to voice their anger towards the gover

Kharishar Kahfi and Ghina Ghaliya, Semarang/Medan/Jakarta – Student protesters across the country clashed with police officers when thousands once again took to the streets to reject w

Robertus Wardi & Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The finance commission at the House of Representatives on Wednesday elected four politicians and a professional to become the next board m

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is questioning President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's commitment to eradicating corruption in Indonesia during his next term in office.

Jakarta (Antara) – Thousands of Indonesia's university students in various regions have once again taken to the streets to protest the revisions of several laws including the one on Co

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

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

Jakarta – If President Joko Widodo and his aides had been prepared to abide by the March 22, 2017, court ruling on the handling of fires in forests and land for agriculture, this year'

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

Resky Novianto, Jakarta – Indonesia is still a country which unfriendly to minorities such as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people.

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

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday to delay the deliberation of four problematic bills, including the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill, following mounting

Jakarta – The House of Representative passed the 2020 state budget bill into law during a plenary meeting on Tuesday.

September 24 marks the commemoration of National Farmers Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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 – Students are on the move again!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (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

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

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

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

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