While many might aspire to having a doctorate from a prestigious academic institution, a spate of recent scandals in which doctorates have been bought or written by hired writers (as in the recent case of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia) have tainted academic titles.

Thousands of Indonesian students in major cities around the country have been taking to the streets in a series of "Dark Indonesia" (#IndonesiaGelap) actions to protest the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, which marked its first 100 days in office this week.

The government has lashed out in response to the hashtag #KaburAjaDulu (Just Run Away), which has gone viral across the country in recent weeks, with Deputy Labour Minister Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan telling those who want to migrate from Indonesia to work abroad not to come back.

President Prabowo Subianto's budget efficiency policy to save over 306 trillion rupiah (US$18.9 billion) to fund his priority programs have left many Indonesians scratching their head in confusion over the scale and seemingly indiscriminate nature of the cuts.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has once again displayed his penchant for military figures filling strategic posts within his government with the recent appointment of Maj. Gen. Novi Helmy Prasetya as the new president director of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).

Putu Setia – Many issues have arisen unexpectedly from the uproar over 3 kilogram LPG canisters which are commonly called "melon gas" because of their shape and colour. The big question first of all is why the government acted so haphazardly in regulating one of the necessities of life for so many ordinary people.

The discovery of a mysterious 30.16 kilometre bamboo sea fence in the Java Sea north of Tangerang, West Java, has left many people in Indonesia disconcerted and raised concerns about the privatisation of Indonesian marine waters by private corporations.

Calls for revisions to the government regulation on protocol have gained traction following a video that went viral recently on social media involving a traffic patrol officer escorting an official black government vehicle with the number plates RI 36 on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman in Jakarta.

Amnesty International Indonesia is pushing for reform of the military justice system and a thorough evaluation of the use of firearms by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) following the fatal shooting of a car rental business owner last week by members of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).