Campaigners are taking legal action to stop four palm oil companies from clearing vast tracts of forest for plantations.
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Despite several issues with the noken system, chief among them the lack of representation of Papuan women, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia has upheld its use in Papua as a form of indigenous deliberative democracy.
Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said that the world has lost a key figure of peace with the passing of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, May 19.
This October, 45-year-old Kevin Wu will serve in the Jakarta House of Regional Representatives for the first time, becoming part of a minority of ethnic Chinese elected officials in the Indonesian legislative body.
Valuing Ukrainian over Gazan lives is morally indefensible, says Prabowo Subianto.
The potential inclusion of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the broad coalition supporting Prabowo Subianto remains a contentious issue, but the president-elect maintains that the Muslim-based party is welcome to join, according to a close aide.
Along with an emphasis on strengthening Indonesia’s maritime defence capacity, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka hope to stimulate the nation’s economic transformation by turning IKN into a global maritime hub and leveraging it to enhance economic interest in eastern Indonesia.
While Chinese funding has helped Indonesia rise up the value chain, it is clear this comes at a high cost to local people and the natural environment, leading to exploitation, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Prabowo signalled that he will continue Jokowi’s work, but Jakarta and Beijing remain at odds over the South China Sea.
An Indonesian Air Force Super Hercules C-130 aircraft conducted an airdrop of humanitarian aid in Gaza, Palestine, on Tuesday in collaboration with the Royal Jordanian Air Force following talks between Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and King Abdullah II.
Pope Francis will visit Indonesia in September, the country’s religious affairs minister has said, as concerns mounted over the 87-year-old pontiff’s health.
One of ‘the most intriguing and least known footnotes in Australia-Indonesia relations’ is the relationship between President Soeharto and a man whose name has been kept secret from the public for more than fifty years.
Prabowo Subianto has been officially confirmed as the winner of Indonesia’s presidential election but court challenges against the result are set to be launched.
President Joko Widodo has awarded presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto the honorary rank of four-star general, in a move condemned by activists.
Unofficial counts from Indonesia’s presidential election on 14 February suggest a comfortable victory for Prabowo Subianto. Like his political backer, outgoing president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, he brought a populist policy agenda to the table that appealed to Indonesia’s poor voters.
On February 14, 2024, Indonesia held its presidential, national legislative, and regional legislative elections on the same day.
