Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – An estimated 7,000 to 10,000 people gathered across Jakarta on Thursday to mark the 100th day of President Susilo…
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January 29, 2010
Nani Alfrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy has returned back on track following a period of lower growth last year due to the global economic…
Markus Makur and Angela Flassy, Timika/Jayapura – The authorities have increased security measures at mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia by…
Cirebon, West Java – Clashes and a street blockade, which caused a two-and-a-half-hour jam, marred a rally protesting President Susilo Bambang…
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found an increase in Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa's wealth during…
Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – Both employers and labor unions have come to the conclusion that the controversial 2003 labor law needs to be amended,…
Desy Nurhayati and Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Joining a string of anti-government demonstrations held in big cities across the country, several…
The Indonesian military is deeply involved in the trade in illegally felled timber that is destroying vast tracts of pristine forest and…
The idea to develop Indonesia's first nuclear energy plant has been around since the 1970, but the project has gone in and out of fashion as…
Camelia Pasandaran & Arti Ekawati – The government on Friday shrugged off criticism of its spending priorities, justifying the need for salary…
January 28, 2010
Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Women's tight trousers and men's short pants have become the focus of Aceh's Shariah Police, who have intensified their…
Emmy Fitri & Kinanti Pinta Karana – The government faced criticism on Wednesday for its decision to increase the salaries of state officials…
Anita Rachman – Anti-government demonstrators brought a water buffalo to Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Thursday morning…
Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Former police chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji has submitted to parliament a statement implicating Vice…
Febriamy Hutapea – In a potentially devastating blow to the fortunes of Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, two…
Don't be deceived by the loud protests and criticisms that we have been hearing these days as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marks the first…
Markus Makur, Timika – Around 1,500 Papuans in Mimika staged a rally Wednesday to support the registration of the International Parliamentarians…
Jakarta – A damning report on freedom of worship in Indonesia has blasted state agencies and government officials for complicity in violating this…
Stephanie March for PM – Indonesian authorities are accusing two Australian refugee advocates of breaching their visa conditions by trying to make…
Indonesia's religious ministry says there are errors in the direction worshipers face, or qibla, at 20 percent of the country's…
Jakarta – The Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI) lambasted the government for failing to protect Indonesian workers overseas,…
Arientha Primanita – During Thursday's demonstrations in the capital, the Jakarta Globe sat down with street vendors and scavengers making the…
Jakarta – About 200 drivers of three-wheeled public transportation locally known as bemo, staged a rally in front of City Hall,…
Anita Rachman, Dessy Sagita & Nurfika Osman – About 7,000 protesters from a number of little-known organizations, each with a shopping list of…
Emmy Fitri – Some media pundits had predicted that Thursday's rallies marking the end of the first 100 days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono'…
Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Police arrested two university and a high school student at a protest action commemorating the first 100 days…
Ika Ningtyas, Banyuwangi – A protest action commemorating the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration was also held by scores…
Ivansyah, Cirebon – Scores of students from several universities in the West Java city of Cirebon who took to the streets on Thursday…
Gede Suardana, Denpasar – The first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration was also commemorated by two protest actions in the…
Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – Demonstrators from the Anti-Corruption Youth Action Committee (KAPAK) and Clean Indonesia Movement (GIB)…
Dwi Riyanto Agustiar, Jakarta – Thousands of workers protested at the House of Representatives (DPR) complex in Senayan, Central…
Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Around 100 students and activists from the People's Bastion of Democracy (Bendera) held a demonstration…
Reza Yunanto, Jakarta – It was not just the Presidential Palace that was targeted by demonstrators on Thursday. Hundreds of students…
Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Demonstrators supporting President Yudhoyono from the People's Alliance for SBY (Arus), who admitted to being…
Mahbub Djunaidy, Jember – Hundreds of students in Jember, East Java, demonstrated on January 28 saying that they were fed up with the…
Muhammad Taufik, Jombang – Hundreds of youths and students from the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII), Indonesian National…
Imran MA, Lhokseumawe – A group of students from the Student Communication Forum (FKM) demonstrated in the North Acehnese city of…
Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – More than 1,000 people demonstrated at the DPRD in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of…
Bibin Bintariadi, Malang – Protesters from student, labour, farmer, homeless people and street buskers' organisations sentenced…
Darlis, Palu – A protest action by an alliance of student and non-government organisations (NGO) the Central Sulawesi city of Palu on…
Chaidir Anwar Tanjung, Pekanbaru – A protest action by hundreds of students and workers in Pekanbaru, Riau, to commemorate the first…
Sohirin, Semarang – Around 300 demonstrators from the Central Java People's Democratic Party (PRD) held a protest action today in…
Ukky Primartantyo, Surakarta – Demonstrators from a number of different groups held a protest action at the Gladag Surakarta traffic…
Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Protest actions commemorating the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration in Surabaya were also…
Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – Around 300 students demonstrating at several different locations in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta…
Yogyakarta – Demonstrators from the People's Challenge Alliance (ARM), who held protest action in the vicinity of the Gajah Mada University…
Anita Rachman – Some observers say today's anti-government rallies are not as big as last month's World Anticorruption Day…
January 27, 2010
Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration have seen it flagging in the fight against endemic corruption and…
Ismira Lutfia – After five years of deliberation, media practitioners on Tuesday agreed to endorse journalists' competence standards as guidelines…
As President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prepares to go into overdrive to trumpet the successes of his first 100 days in office, political observers…




