SP/Fana FS Putra – Cases of sexual assault and harassment of students at the hands of their teachers continue to come to light, with school authorities failing to act on many complaints

Erul, Makassar – On Thursday October 31, several different organisations from the group Social Solidarity Action for the Indonesian People (Samurai) again held a protest action in front

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The government said Thursday it was summoning the Australian ambassador after a report that his embassy in Jakarta was being used for surveillance as part of a US-led spying network.

Sandy Adam Mahaputra, Syahrul Ansyari – The president of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, is demanding that three social organisations in Bekasi, West Ja

Agita Sukma Listyanti, Surabaya – Protesting workers are threatening to occupy the East Java governor's office in the provincial capital of Surabaya if their demands for a regional and

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of workers went on strike across Indonesia Thursday, in the latest industrial action to hit Southeast Asia's top economy as its citizens seek

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Jakarta – A clash between striking workers and members of the Pemuda Pancasila (PP) youth organization has broken out in front of the PT Schneider factory in the Cikarang industrial are

Fadli, Batam – Approximately 1,000 foreign investment companies across 26 industrial estates in Batam shut down almost all their operations on Thursday as workers joined the nationwide

SP/Carlos Paath – A senior member of the Indonesian Democracy Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Thursday that the party held no objection to nominating Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo as a

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As the Jakarta wage council sat down today to set the regional minimum wage for 2014, a two-day strike began across the country and workers took to the streets.

Camelia Pasandaran – A brawl between striking workers and paramilitary youth organization Pemuda Pancasila left eight people injured and 18 motorcycles destroyed in South Cikarang on Th

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has set the province's 2014 monthly minimum wage at Rp 1.9 million (US$169.10), up from the current minimum wage of Rp 1.75 million.

Jakarta – Deputy Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro says that an increase in the provincial minimum wage will not affect inflation in 2014.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A decree by Jambi Governor Hasan Basri Agus, which sets the province's 2014 minimum wage at Rp 1,502,230 (US$133.7) has drawn protests from the provincial branch of

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Theresia Sufa, Depok – Workers in Bogor and Depok held rallies at several locations, resulting in traffic congestion in many areas.

Margie Mason, Bandung, Indonesia – Chimoy flicks a lighter and draws a long drag until her cheeks collapse on the skinny Dunhill Mild, exhaling a column of smoke.

The Indonesian prison system is a fertile recruiting ground for terrorist organizations to find new recruits, a former jihadist said on Wednesday.

The Semarang District Court has handed down four-month prison terms on Thursday to two members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) over a violent raid in in Central Java that left one

Andi Hajramurni and Fadli, Makassar – Ahead of the two-day nationwide strike on Thursday, dozens of workers in Makassar, South Sulawesi visited factories at the Makassar Industrial Esta

Rangga Fadilah, Cikarang – Factories on the MM2100 industrial estate in West Cikarang, Bekasi, had their production severely disrupted on Thursday due to the ongoing nationwide workers'

Michael Bachelard – Indonesia will offer to step up naval patrols in the ocean between Java and Australia in an attempt to combat people smuggling, a government spokesman has said.

Rizky Amelia – A controversial proposed revision to the Criminal Code that bans wiretapping will not weaken or slow down the antigraft body's campaign to fight the rampant corruption bl

Jakarta – Former labour activist Dita Indah Sari says that a mature labour movement must strengthen its "negotiating muscles" or capacity to negotiate with individual companies rather t

Fadli, Batam – The Riau branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Riau says the two-day provincewide strike resulted in a revenue loss of Rp 220 billion (US$19.8

Semarang – Hundreds for workers from the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang have blockaded the Java northern coast (pan

John Vidal – Just 30 years ago, Samarinda was a sleepy village surrounded by deep equatorial forest and known mostly for its traditionally woven sarongs.

Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday that it still needed more money to manage the thousands of religious-based schools across the country.

Many domestic workers within Asia and those who have migrated from Asia to the Middle East experience a wide range of abuse, including unpaid wages, restrictions on leaving the househol

Yuliasri Perdani and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Yogyakarta Police on Tuesday denied that relatives of the victims of the 1965 anti-communist purge had been subjected to violence at

Jakarta – Despite the Indonesian government's strong commitment to improve the investment climate and simplify licensing procedures, the country still ranks among the lowest in the annu

Jakarta – Inadequate sanitation services diminish Indonesia's economic growth potential, says the World Bank's latest report on the country's urban sanitation.

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has stressed the importance of providing sex education to young children, following the emergence of a sex video involving two junior high school students.

Bambang Muryanto and Bagus BT Saragih, Yogyakarta – A rowdy rally on Monday denouncing communism along with death threats – aimed at the heirs of those linked to the now-defunct Indones

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad said on Monday that the National Police's plan to set up a special antigraft unit would prove useless.

Camelia Pasandaran – Hundreds of residents of Siwalan village in Sidoarjo, East Java, assaulted a Koran study group on Saturday afternoon, injuring the group's leader and some of its me

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) Chairman, Sofyan Wanandi, said a labor wage increase would not solve labors' problems, especially relating to their standard of l

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Ezra Sihite – The Home Affairs Minister attempted on Tuesday to clarify statements on the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for which he was widely criticized last week.

Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – On the congested streets of Indonesia's capital, chained monkeys are a surreal sideshow.

Novianti Setuningsih – An antigraft watchdog has urged Indonesian law enforcement institutions to strengthen their fight against crimes in the nation's forestry sector.

Jakarta – Thousands of workers rallied in front of the manpower office in Batam, Riau Island, causing traffic congestion along Jl.

Three people were injured after a group of people who called themselves the Indonesian Anti-Communist Front attacked the families of victims of the 1965-66 purge of suspected communist

Rizky Amelia & Camelia Pasandaran – The allegations levied against disgraced Constitutional Court chief justice Akil Mochtar continued to build on Monday as the Financial Transactio

The Jakarta Wage Council has set the 2014 reasonable living cost index (KHL) at Rp 2.2 million ($199), much lower than the Rp 2.7 million that workers were originally calling for.

Bekasi, West Java – The Indonesian Labor Union Confederation (KSPI) is predicting that three million workers will join a nationwide strike on October 31 and November 1, 2013 to demand a

WE MUST: (minimal) 50% wage increase
Abolish Outsourcing
Social Insurance for all the people
and STOP PRODUCTION (STRIKE) on a National Scale!

Liberation Greetings,

Yogyakarta – Dozens of members of the Indonesian Anti-Communist Front (FAKI) disrupted a meeting involving the families of victims of the 1965 communist purge at the Santi Dharma Retrea