Lawmakers in Indonesia last week approved the amendment of a 2004 military law aimed at expanding the armed forces' role beyond defense and into civilian affairs. The new law allows active-duty ...

When journalists or policy experts fretfully discuss arms racing and military buildups in the Indo-Pacific, they tend to focus on Northeast Asian ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court ruled on Wednesday that parliament had followed proper process in passing contentious revisions to the country's military law, rejecting legal challenges to ...

The three aircraft are the first portion of Indonesia’s $8.1 billion order for 42 new fighters from the French defense ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday that will allow military officers to serve in more government posts ...

Indonesia is still "considering" acquiring Chinese J-10 fighter jets, but no decision has been made yet, according to Jakarta's Ministry of Defence, clarifying earlier reports that the country was set ...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) is the country’s first directly elected leader who does not have significant ties to the old authoritarian regime of Suharto, who ruled for ...

The Indonesian Parliament amended a law on Thursday to formally expand the military’s role in civilian affairs, triggering nationwide protests and drawing sharp criticism from human rights ...

Indonesia's revised military law expands the armed forces' role in civilian affairs, sparking fears of a return to autocratic rule and erosion of democratic safeguards. Lawmakers in Indonesia last ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s ...