Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – An Australian company is being investigated by Indonesian police over a fire on a palm oil plantation in Borneo as the republic tries to crack down on companies responsib

Linawati Sidarto, Contributor, Amsterdam – While slavery in Dutch colonies in America is a known historical fact, hardly anyone is aware that up to a million people were bought, sold and had to end

Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) says the government should provide support and pay close attention to the national palm oil industry to ensure that it continues to g

Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Sydney – The Indonesian Military (TNI) celebrates its 70th anniversary on Oct. 5. This makes TNI one of Asia's oldest national defense forces.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Defying public pressure, the North Maluku Police have reiterated that they will continue their investigation into alleged defamation by a local activist who uploaded to

Riky Ferdianto, Jakarta – The Palu municipal government in Central Sulawesi will issue an official apology to families of the victims of the 1965 mass killings.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) senior economist Didik J.

Pandaya – Recent hearings at the Jakarta Corruption Court gave the public a glimpse of how two former Cabinet ministers allegedly spent public funds like their private wealth.

Jakarta – Following a warning by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) that Indonesia may face a shortage of farmers as more and more young people object to becoming farmers, the government h

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – This month marks the 50th year Indonesia has been ignoring the murder of more than half a million people.

Jakarta – The court trial of two British journalists for allegedly filming a documentary about piracy in the Malacca Strait has set a very bad precedent for press freedom, their lawyer said.

Business – Business owners are speaking out against the issuance of Ministerial Regulation No.

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Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – "People don't resist change. They resist being changed!" said American systems scientist and senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Peter Senge.

Jakarta – The government will launch a help desk dedicated to helping to solve problems in the textile and footwear industries in a bid to prevent more layoffs in labor-intensive businesses.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – In the long-running dispute about land rights in Yogyakarta, Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has supported the position of the province'

Jakarta – In its latest nonsensical move to squeeze out every last ounce of fun for Jakarta residents, the Jakarta City Council is set to issue a regulation ordering all entertainment venues to clo

Marlene Millott – Fifty years ago, on 30 September, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century took place on Australia's doorstep.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) authorities have officially banned Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) from conducting any activities in the province arguing that the organi

Nithin Coca – In the heart of Medan, Indonesia third largest city and the setting for much of Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing, is a meticulously maintained, but

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Australian journalist Frank Palmos was one of the first foreigners in the world to witness the scale of the communist purge that started in Indonesia this month 50 years

Denpasar – Police have named a hotel employee, Ni Nyoman Mulyani, a suspect on charges of blasphemy for her alleged involvement in organizing a gay wedding in Ubud, Bali, recently.

Jakarta – The police in Ternate have ignored public outcry and demands for the release of Adlun Fiqri, a student arrested for uploading a video of a police officer accepting money from a road-rules

Jakarta – Police in Ternate, North Maluku, triggered a firestorm of outrage on social media after arresting and charging a university student for slander after he uploaded a video on YouTube purpor

John Roosa, Vancouver – At the base of the Pancasila Sakti Monument, below the towering statue of Gen.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has said that it is forbidden to apologize to the victims of the 1965 communist purge.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is certain that past incidents such as the rebellion by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) will not be repeated in Indonesia.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo confirmed that Indonesia will not issue an apology for its role in what has been described as one of the worst mass killings of the twentieth century, as the nation

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta Police have confirmed that the family of an allegedly raped child had to pay for a forensic examination themselves because the 3-year-old victim was not a participant

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives praised the Constitutional Court (MK) for its ruling allowing regions with only a single ticket candidate to proceed with balloting in

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – The second trial of two UK citizens has begun in Batam District Court on Thursday.

Jess Melvin – On a hot afternoon in 2010, I returned home from the former Indonesian Intelligence Agency's archives in Banda Aceh with a heavy cardboard box filled with photocopied docu

Jakarta – Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Suryamin said staple food contributed a lot to the deflation in September, which stood at 0.05 percent with a consumer price index (IHK) of 121.67.

Fynn-Niklas Franke, Yogyakarta – Prior to the Independence Day celebrations last month, the international European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) conference was held in Vienna,

Jakarta – The draft of an anticriminalization regulation, which includes a ban on law enforcement institutions disclosing information on graft case progress to the media, contradicts the Press Law

Adriaan Bedner – On 23 May this year Pemuda Pancasila (PP) members came to the house of the poet Kelana, to ask him for 'clarification' about 'communist photos' he had uploaded on the p

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the US Senate to act quickly and pass Sen.

Galuh Wandita and Tegan Molony – Christina from Yogyakarta was arrested by military police in 1965 and again in 1968 and held for ten years without charge.

Ward Berenschot – On 9 December voters in Central Kalimantan were supposed to elect a new governor. In early November I travelled to the province to follow the campaign.

Nursyahbani Katjasungkana and Saskia E. Wieringa – To achieve true reconciliation we need to have an in depth enquiry by the legal apparatus, if we can still get clear proof.

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Pat Walsh – Like Tony Abbott before him, Malcolm Turnbull is slated to make Jakarta one of his first overseas ports of call as prime minister.

Marlene Millott – Fifty years ago, on September 30, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century took place on Australia's doorstep.

Laksmi Pamuntjak – As 250 million Indonesians face up to the 50th anniversary of one of the most crushing episodes of our nation's history – the massacre of up to 500,000 or more alleged Communists

Hamish McDonald – It was a night depicted in the film "The Year of Living Dangerously"; a time when a reckless president ruled a country in economic freefall.

Greg Poulgrain, Brisbane – Two months ago President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tried to stop the discrimination still suffered by descendants of family members accused of being linked to the Indonesian C

Tama Salim, Jakarta – With the selection of candidates to lead the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) put on hold until the House of Representatives decides whether to follow up on the Preside

Jakarta – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia, an international NGO concerned with conservation, research and environmental conservation, called on the government to be more serious about pr

Oliver Holmes, Bangkok – Two British journalists are facing five years in jail in Indonesia for making a documentary about piracy while allegedly on tourist visas.

Indonesian authorities are abandoning millions of victims and their family members who suffered through one of the worst mass killings in modern times, Amnesty International said on the