Indonesia

Sunday, July 05

Inside Indonesia's coronavirus crisis

The country’s leaders were slow to react to the pandemic and put millions at risk, argues Tim Lindsey and Tim Mann.

Papua death toll rises amid Indonesian security clashes

At least 20 people were killed on Monday, including three shot by police, in violent protests by hundreds of people sparked by rumours that a teacher insulted an indigenous student in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, officials said.

Indonesia is eyeing a new capital to escape problems in Jakarta. Photo: supplied

Indonesia serious about moving capital from Jakarta

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says his government is serious about plans to move the country’s capital out of sinking and traffic-clogged Jakarta.

"Legend in his own lunchtime" Pyne in cabinet stoush over embassy move

UPDATED | Senior federal government ministers have traded barbs in an ugly slanging match over whether to shift Australia’s embassy in Israel, after Defence Minister Christopher Pyne chided his cabinet colleagues for publicly debating the delicate foreign policy.

Desperation as aid slow to reach victims of Indonesian tsunami

UPDATED | Desperation is visible everywhere in areas heavily damaged by an earthquake and tsunami, four days after the disaster devastated parts of Indonesia’s central Sulawesi island.

Indonesia and Australia should build geopolitical relations

Australia and Indonesia should gradually re-frame their relationship by considering shared interests within the broader regional context.