Jakarta – Smoke from flares and fireworks marked the end of the commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day 2019 at the Arjuna Wijaya or…

Ristu Hanafi, Sleman – The commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta was marred by the torching…

Two hundred protesters held an action commemorating May Day 2019 or Labour Day on May 1 which was centred in front of the Baiturrahman Grand…

Semarang – Hundreds of students, ordinary people and social groups joined the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) and took to the…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Two journalists from Tempo – photo journalist Prima Mulia and a freelance journalist Iqbal Kusumadireza – were assaulted…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – The Media and Creative Industry Trade Union (Sindikasi) articulated the rights of workers in the creative industries…

Walda Marison, Jakarta – A number of journalist organisations from the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) held a demonstration to…

Kukuh S. Wibowo, Bandung – Police arrested hundreds of people warring all black clothing during a Labour Day rally in the West Java provincial…

Pramono Putra, Sidoarjo – Thousands of workers from various cities in East Java held a joint demonstration commemorating International Labour Day…

Jakarta – A number of people who said they came from the group PT Freeport Striking Workers joined the May Day commemorations in Jakarta today…

Wahyu Setiawan Nugroho, Yogyakarta – At least three different groups of demonstrators joined the commemoration of International Labour Day in the…

Jakarta – According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) there were as many as 1,586 disasters in Indonesia between January and…

Muhakir Tamrin, Palu – Scores of students in Palu City, Central Sulawesi, took to the streets on Wednesday May 1. The students, who were from the…

Nur Azizah Rizki Astuti, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) held its commemoration of International Labour Day or May…

Eva Aruperes, Manado – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested a businessman who allegedly bought luxury items worth almost half…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Berbak Sembilang National Park (TNBS), located on the eastern coast of Sumatra, will be made into a Sumatran tiger…

Jakarta – Sri Wahyuni Maria Manalip, the regent of Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi, was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) will not join other workers rallying in Jakarta during the…

Earlier this year the United Liberation Movement for West Papua served a petition on the UN High Commission for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet,…

Jakarta (Antara) – Migrant Care, a migrant workers' advocacy group, appealed to the government to lift the ban on sending migrant workers to the…

Jakarta (Antara) – Labor Institute Indonesia has appealed to the government to step up capacity and competency of the labor force for better…

Francis Chan – President Joko Widodo's social media post calling for public views on his plan to relocate Indonesia's capital away from Java…

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's pledge to focus on human resources in his second term is set to benefit companies…

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The controversial redevelopment of the Sari Club Bali bombing site into a five-storey restaurant is on…

Andrew Johnson – Since 2004, a number of university papers have raised the question of genocide in the Pacific territory of West Papua…

It might seem incongruous but the Indonesian Constitutional Court is being asked to adjudicate a case that challenges Indonesian sovereignty in…

Datuk Haris Molana, Lhokseumawe – Protesters from the Malikussaleh University Law Students Alliance held a commemoration of May Day in…

Hotman Siregar & Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto delivered a fiery speech at an International Workers'…

Denpasar – Hundreds of protesters from the Balinese United Labour Movement (GBBB) alliance commemorated International Labour Day or May Day with…

Max Walden and Erwin Renaldi – Indonesian environmentalists are calling on Australia to tighten its regulation and enforcement of waste exports…

Jakarta – Traffic congestion will continue to plague the streets of Jakarta even if it is no longer the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police will deploy 26,500 personnel to secure May Day protests in Jakarta on Wednesday, in which some 40,000…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has officially opened the Jakbook book market at Kenari Market in Salemba, Central Jakarta, in a bid to…

Jakarta – Passengers will be allowed to eat and drink inside MRT trains during Ramadan when breaking their fast, an official has said…

Vento Saudale & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has removed the head judge at the Cibinong District Court in West Java and…

Ryan Dwiky And Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Spokesman for the Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Uno campaign team (BPN) addressed the video of the salute…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned Vietnam's ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang to explain an…

Yustinus Paath & Aries Sudiono, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission, or KPU, is preparing to pay up to $3.5 million in compensation to…

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Portal CupoNation Indonesia recently analyzed the fiber optics internet speeds among a number of Southeast Asia…

Jakarta – The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have declared that they will hold a…

Jakarta – Senior economist Faisal Basri of the University of Indonesia has said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must eliminate "vested…

Twelve days ago, Prabowo Subianto declared victory in Indonesia's presidential election despite the results of every single credible pollsters'…

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has announced that he will move the capital of south-east Asia's largest economy away…

Helen Davidson – An Indonesian human rights lawyer is among those taking the Indonesian police to court on behalf of all West Papuans, in an…

Volunteer education services continue for West Papuan children displaced by ongoing conflict in the Highlands.

Nduga regency has been the…

Judges in Indonesia's Papua region will today rule on the case of a Polish man who allegedly supplied arms to Papuan rebels.

Prosecutors…

Johnny Blades – A former West Papuan independence campaigner who became an Indonesian government supporter, Franzalbert Joku, has died in…

Ika Krismantari, Hizkia Yosias Polimpung, Reinhard Karger and Tim Schwartz – Technology is reshaping our lives in ways that we have never…

Jakarta – Slow tax revenue growth of 1.8 percent in the first quarter of this year, a major decline from the 9.9 percent growth posted in the…