Rio Kuswandi, Jakarta – Former army Special Forces (Kopassus) commander Prabowo Subianto is being urged to give an immediate clarification on the abduction of 13 activists abducted in 1

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – It started with an allegation last month that a 6-year-old child had been sexually abused at the Jakarta International School.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police in Papua have confirmed shooting and injuring three people from a mob reportedly demanding to lynch the driver of a truck involved in a deadly acciden

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – An activist has condemned the latest case of sexual violence in Aceh, which involved a group of men allegedly raiding the home of a woman they accused of bein

Yeremia Sukoyo, Ezra Sihite, Erwin Sihombing, & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie has expressed his willingness to

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Brian McAfee – The story of "post-colonial" Indonesia begins on August 17, 1945, when Sukarno, its first president, declared Indonesia an independent and free nation.

Jakarta – The Indonesian navy has found 19 asylum-seekers who say they were turned around trying to reach Australia in the latest tow-back of a vessel under Canberra's hardline policies

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia, one of the world's most resilient economies, saw its gross domestic product (GDP) growth slow far below expectations in the first quarter of th

Jakarta – Environmental group Greenpeace International called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to strengthen legislation to protect all peatland and forests in the country.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – US-based aerospace and security company Lockheed Martin has announced it had won a US$80.6 million contract, which includes the production of night vision te

Around 250,000 workers, members of various trade unions, mobilised in Jakarta for May Day, 2014. From all accounts, the mobilisations were similar to those of 2012 and 2013.

Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The country's major political parties have begun to intensify their search for loyal political partners this past week, with presidentia

Peter Hartcher – Tony Abbott was supposed to be in Bali on Tuesday.

Jayapura – Female legislative candidates grouped under the Women's Coalition staged a rally on Saturday to protest rampant vote-buying during the recent legislative election, which they

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Rizka Diputra, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling on official state institutions such as the National Human Rights Commission (Kom

The General Elections Commission (KPU) will not announce the official results of the April 9 legislative election until May 9.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police in Aceh have arrested three people, including a 13-year-old boy, and are hunting five others for allegedly raping a woman they accused of having extram

Jakarta – In an unprecedented move lauded by many, the National Police have launched a, modest, cleanup operation within the force.

Jakarta – Indonesia has the 10th largest economy in the world, according to a recent report by the World Bank, with the country contributing 2.3 percent of global economic output.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Coalition of Papua Women staged a rally, protesting against alleged vote-stealing and lack of monitoring during the April 9 legislative election.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports unexpectedly rose for the first time this year in March, boosting confidence that the trade balance may maintain a surplus till the end of

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing sector improved in April at their fastest rate in almost a year as Southeast Asia's largest economy continued to grow, boosting demand

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Unionist Marsinah died 21 years ago but her spirit is still being celebrated, this time via the first ever tour to a number of cities in Java, which has been

Michael Bachelard, Kuala Simpang, Aceh – On the map, the Leuser Ecosystem is shaped like a gigantic pair of lungs. The image is apt.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Women in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) suffer from poverty, low education and a high rate of early marriage, says government data.

Jakarta – The Press Council is calling for better protection for journalists in Indonesia to mark World Press Freedom Day, which falls every May 3.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who is also the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) presidential hopeful, continues to garner support from workers.

Josua Gantan, Jakarta – In November 2013, a group of researchers who partnered with Google and NASA noted that there was an alarming increase in the rate of deforestation in Indonesia.

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – A court in Bali has been criticized by child protection activists over its relatively lenient 18-month jail sentence for a rapist after he offered to marry

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – At least 100,000 workers from Greater Jakarta congregated to mark Indonesia's first Labor Day national holiday.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the strongest contender in the upcoming presidential election, said he would gradually remove the costly fuel subsi

Bandung – The commander of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad, Green Berets) Lieutenant General Gatot Nurmantyo has called on all Indonesians to be on guard against a proxy wa

Rizal Harahap and Suherdjoko, Pekanbaru/Semarang – Labor Day in Riau was free of rallies.

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Bayu Marhaenjati, Ezra Sihite & Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged the government's support to the cause of both workers and businesses,

Jakarta – An alliance between the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) will be announced soon, a senior PDI-P politician said on Thursd

Michael Bachelard – Indonesia's controversial presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has secured the support of the country's most charismatic labour leader at a raucous May Day rally

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health has begun a campaign to raise awareness of the context of draft laws to control the sale and use of cigarettes in order to get ideas about how t

Sunariyah, Jakarta – Workers apparently are still traumatised by the administration of former President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Surya Mujib Anwar, Surabaya – Demonstrators from a number of different groups in East Java have begun arriving at the grounds of Governor Suryo in front of the State Grahadi building in

Raka F Pujangga, Semarang – The Indonesian Trade Union Action Committee (Kasbi) and the Semarang branch of the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) held a parade in the Cen

Thousand of workers in the Central Java city of Solo took to the streets this morning to commemorate International Labour Day on Thursday May 1.

Edzan Raharjo, Yogyakarta – Thousands of workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta took to the streets to commemorate Labour Day on Thursday May 1.

Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of workers from an alliance of several trade unions will take to the streets to celebrate International Labour Day or May Day on May 1.

Jakarta – The commemoration of Labour Day was also used by the Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).

Atmi Pertiwi, Jakarta – Labour demonstrations have not just taken place in the main streets of the capital.

Idham Khalid, Jakarta – Workers from the National Trade Union Confederation (KSN) held a theatrical action at the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursda

Jakarta – The Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) and the Political Alternative Committee (KPA) are reiterating the importance of workers forming an alternative political party outs