Jakarta – As many as 18 people from the People’s Struggle Front (FPR) were arrested by the Metro Jaya police at a protest action in front of the US Embassy in Gambir, Central Jakarta.

Kid: Mr, are you a party official or...

Man: A state official stupid!

Fears that Indonesia is in the grip of a national ‘drugs emergency’ that is decimating the country’s youth were confirmed Monday after the National Narcotics Agency said it had busted an online operation selling marijuana brownies and arrested three people, one of whom attempted to justify the crime – for which they could receive the death penal

Hendra Pasuhuk – A seminar by the International People’s Tribunal (IPT1965) titled Indonesia’s 1965 Massacre: Unveiling The Truth, Demanding Justice that was held in the Den Haag on April 10 on the 1965 massacres in Indonesia, which resulted in the killing of hundreds of thousands of people, has raised several new aspects related to the

It’s not a sea, just a pond of milk, a hook and net is enough to sustain you (from the song Pond of Milk by Koes Plus)

Kid: Is there any ‘Dilkin’ (Justice for the poor) Dad?

Man: What there is... is ‘Misnurani’... a poverty of conscience!

Gaskin/Raskin – Subsidised LPG and rice for the poor. Newspaper headlines: Grandmother Asyani, Police vs KPK, Political uproar, Fat bank accounts, Robbers.

Kid: If you want to fix the law you’ve got to be bold and tough right Dad?

Signs: ‘Politicisation, criminalisation, pretrial motions, remission for corruptors’, ‘Law enforcement’

Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who once described Indonesian dictator President Suharto as ‘a man of the world’ and said during a visit to Jakarta in 2006 shortly before Suharto’s death that he was ‘an old friend of mine and remains a friend until now’, has died age 91 after a long illness.

The aggressive implementation of neoliberal policies in Indonesia cannot be halted by a small handful of groups. At the moment moreover neoliberalism has again succeeded in maintaining the status quo by taking advantage of the interests of the political parties that are thirsty for power and positions.

Amid public ire over a government plan to relax a 2012 remission policy for corruption convicts to allow them more sentence reductions, the arrest and trial of 70-year-old grandmother Asyani for allegedly stealing teakwood belonging to state forestry company PT Perhutani, who was eventually released Monday after a massive public outcry, is yet a

Kid: Take it easy Dad! Forget about pretrial motions, corruption and bribery... what’s important is that we can still eat... the leftovers!

K, Muh.

Jakarta has earned the dubious honor of being named the city with the worst traffic congestion in the world according to a new study by the British motor-oil company Castrol.

Fullah, Yogyakarta – Today, Wednesday March 11, student forces have united in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta and succeeded in safeguarding democracy on campus.

Khaerur Reza, Yogya – Because of the great many government policies that fail to side with women, women are still treated second-class citizens and only identified by the kitchen, the bed and washing.

Jakarta – International Women’s Day (IWD) was commemorated by various different elements of society who held a demonstration in the vicinity of the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday March 8.

Jakarta – Commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD), scores of workers from the International Women’s Day United Struggle Committee (KPPIWD) held a protest action at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday March 8.

Hamim Thohari, Yogya – In commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD), students from the Student Alliance for Women held a peaceful action at the Jl. Malioboro shopping district in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Sunday March 8.

Kid: A pretrial hearing move right Dad? (belt reads ‘suspect’)

Parwito – The Solo chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) accompanied by leading members of the Boyolali branch of the Pancasila Youth (PP) visited the Central Java regional police headquarters on Friday to report Miss Indonesia 2015, Anindya Kusuma Puteri, to police.