Lenny Tristia Tambun – The past few months have seen the Jakarta administration widen some footpaths in the city's business district, and install a number of park benches beside the roa

A boatload of asylum seekers at the centre of a standoff between Australia and Indonesia will be taken to Christmas Island.

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – As many as 1.7 million local girls and women under the age of 24 give birth annually, with nearly a half a million of them being teenagers, a representati

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – After a two-month-long investigation, environmental NGO the Hutan Rakyat Institute, says it has found that a "colonial labor system" that violates workers' righ

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Domestic biofuel producers are anticipating a rise in demand next year, possibly a triple increase, particularly following the recent issuance of a regulation

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[An interview with Said Iqbal, President of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers' Union (Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia, KSPI) published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.]

Randy Fabi and Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – Indonesia's ban on shipping unprocessed mineral ore should cut export revenue by no more than 10 percent next year, the country's investment

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A joint panel has found a number of judges breached the code of ethics this year.

Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has said there is a possibility that the Shia refugees from Sampang, Madura, who are currently living in a shelter at the Puspa Agro Market co

Indonesia's economy grew by roughly 6 percent in 2013, but its poverty reduction has nearly stalled with almost half the population living in poverty – and experts struggling to identif

Gorontalo – A police officer identified by the initials IG, who is believed to be the key suspect in the rape of a 17-year-old girl, has been officially named a suspect by the Gorontalo

Bayu Marhaenjati – won't disarm, but have promised to reevaluate the psychological condition of officers carrying firearms in the wake of a fatal shooting allegedly by a Mobile Brigade

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman has found that police investigators, especially at district levels, are failing to fulfill their primary functions to investigate cr

Nurfika Osman and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia's unemployment rate reportedly rose in August on the back of the economic slowdown, as shown by the latest data from the Central

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to reduce the foreign ownership cap in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors and open up new industries, such as airport manag

Jim Middleton and staff – The head of Indonesia's Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs has called for those found to be responsible for spying to be thrown out of Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruled in favor of labor unions, which demanded that seven companies commenced paying their workers in line with the 2013 provinci

Paris – Forests are still disappearing and local communities disregarded by palm oil development despite a plan to put the sector on a sustainable footing, researchers warned as an indu

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Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's decision to only allow for a slight increase in terms of the capital city's minimum wage regulation prompted dissatisfaction among

Bayu Marhaenjati – A National Police officer allegedly shot a man in the chest, killing him over a perceived "lack of respect," after the security guard protested the Mobile Brigade (Br

Bayu Marhaenjati – Police said on Monday that they had detained nine suspects in connection to a South Cikarang brawl between demonstrating workers and paramilitary group Pemuda Pancasi

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Citarum River in West Java and the entire island of Kalimantan are among the world's 10 most polluted places alongside Chernobyl in Ukraine, says an annua

Michael Bachelard – Twice now the smooth-talking Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has lifted the veil on his discussions with Australian counterpart Julie Bishop to reveal w

Indonesia's economy expanded at its weakest rate in four years in the third quarter as a result of slowing exports and subdued domestic demand.

SP/Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Poll observers and politicians have slammed election organizers for sticking with the current voter roll for the 2014 ele

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The popular Jakarta Governor, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo finally responded to attacks launched by the Democratic Party (PD) on Tuesday.

Max Lane – Widespread strikes and worker protests took place in many Indonesian town and cities on 31 October and 1 November.

Maire Leadbeater – Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has confirmed that a controversial three-year aid programme will go ahead next year in Indonesian-ruled West Papua.

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Michael Bachelard – Indonesia has ramped up its reaction to revelations that Australia was systematically spying from its embassy in Jakarta, demanding an end to spying and apparently t

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Association of North Sumatra Workers has voiced its opposition toward the 2014 monthly minimum wage of Rp 1,505,850 (US$134), which is a 10 percent increase

Zely Ariane – The Indonesian working class is fighting to end the age of cheap labor.

Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry announced on Friday that 12 provinces – including several hosting labor-intensive industries – had increased their 2014 minimum wages,

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Jakarta – Indonesians living abroad under the grouping, the Indonesian Diaspora, have signed a petition asking law enforcers to bring members of the Anti-Communist Front (FAKI) to court

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Thousands of workers descended on City Hall to protest a gubernatorial decree that raises the 2014 minimum wage by 11 percent, saying the meager increase constitu

A senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician said on Tuesday that the party was waiting for the right time to nominate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as its presidential ca

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Fadli and Andi Hajramurni, Batam/Makassar – A widespread labor strike on Thursday paralyzed activities at some 1,000 foreign investment companies in Batam, Riau Islands, as union member

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Employers called Thursday's workers' strike "counter-productive".

Yogya – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held an action in solidarity with the October 31-November 1 national strike in the Centr

Edzan Raharjo, Yogyakarta – An action in solidarity with the national strike was held by scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) at the

Damien Kingsbury – With much of the recent discussion about countries spying on each other, the only startling thing is that anyone would bother to feign surprise.

Rizky Amelia – Tri Dianto, a supporter of former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, alleged that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his son Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono had acce

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Some 15,000 women who embrace traditional faiths sought help from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle on Tuesday, gathering at the party headquarters