Amid Indonesia’s conservative turn, the moral panics of the 2010s and the introduction of the draconian Criminal Code in 2022, LGBTQI+ people are as vulnerable as at any time in the country’s modern history.
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The film A River in the Middle of the Sky will screen at ACMI Federation Square, Melbourne, on the evening of Friday 14 March.
“When you see the problems, you run to the problems, you face the problems, you overcome the problems.”
The question of East Timor clearly distils the troubled ways in which Australia and Indonesia are entangled.
Despite an early lead in EV and battery supply chains, Indonesia must opt for a more sustainable and open growth model to remain competitive.
The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua.
This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia’s first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965).
A grand new hospital building rises against the backdrop of the idyllic beach in Sanur in southeast Bali.
Indonesia Airlines Group (INA), a new carrier backed by Singapore-based Calypte Holding Pte Ltd, is set to enter Indonesia’s aviation sector with a focus on international routes. Unlike most local airlines, INA aims to position itself as a premium airline.
Wedged between a construction site and a vacant cafe on Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD is The Sambal, an unassuming mid-sized Indonesian restaurant.
Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, is cooking up a storm to fulfil his political promises – which include his flagship Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program, food security, energy security, housing, and defence.
Indonesia faces pressing environmental and health challenges, from climate change and deforestation to air pollution and emerging infectious diseases.
According to the World Risk Report 2024, Indonesia ranks as the second-most vulnerable nation to natural disasters due to its geographical position on the convergence zone of three major tectonic plates.
Cloud seeding aims to steer rainfall away from flood-hit areas or limit the formation of heavier downpours.
Indonesia’s decision to join BRICS under the leadership of Prabowo ostensibly stems from an ambition to position the nation as an advocate for developing countries and to reduce geoeconomic global tensions.
In mid-February 2025, a song titled Bayar, Bayar, Bayar (Pay, Pay, Pay) by post-punk band Sukatani sparked a nationwide call for greater freedom of expression under President Prabowo’s increasingly authoritarian administration.
