Hellena Souisa is a journalist at the ABC's Asia Pacific Newsroom. You can follow her on Twitter: @sweethellena
Widespread fires in Indonesia are prompting calls for legal action or boycotts in neighbouring countries blanketed by the smoke, ahead of an ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting.
Indonesia's Constitutional Court has refused to disqualify Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka over questions about his educational history, but experts say he could be impeached anyway.
Indonesia's flagship free school-meals program is facing growing criticism after more students suffer food poisoning, prompting calls for legal action and greater accountability.
President Prabowo Subianto has given his government an "OK" report card as it nears two years in office, but not everyone agrees, with some civil society groups raising white flags and others forming a "shadow cabinet".
The ruling came after students and educators filed petitions arguing the country's education budget should not be funding the free meals program.
A key Indigenous leader in West Papua appeared in a documentary criticising an Indonesian government program, but then changed sides and disappeared. Her family suspects foul play.
A documentary about the displacement of indigenous West Papuans to make way for massive state-backed agriculture projects has caused a huge stir in Indonesia.
A large torpedo-shaped device discovered near an island in a strategically important strait between Bali and Lombok has been identified by defence analysts as a Chinese undersea monitoring system.
Topic: Defence and National Security
An acid attack that seriously burned an Indonesian human rights campaigner reflects a pattern of authoritarian resurgence, in which any form of confrontational activism is viewed as a threat to the state.
Ahead of the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, charged with leading the way forward in Gaza, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto faces perhaps his most significant foreign policy test yet.
The move makes Indonesia the first country to clearly commit troops to a multinational peacekeeping effort in the war-torn enclave.
Temporary teachers in Indonesia paid low wages criticise a government decision to direct one third of yearly education funding to the president's flagship free meals program.
According to court documents, at least 20 workers are owed money for the work they did in late 2023 on Corrigan's Farm in south-east Melbourne, which experts say is part of a bigger problem that sees tens of millions in missing cash disappear into the black economy.
Influencers push a false promise of easy money and a better life in Australia with a Work and Holiday Visa, inspiring young Indonesians to take extreme measures to chase an almost unrealisable dream.
Indonesia's government says it will summon eight companies over their suspected role in worsening the scale of floods and landslides that have killed more than 700 people. But environmental groups say authorities are hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction.
Topic: Disaster and Emergency Response
Indonesia's new visa scheme is being touted as a solution to dual citizenship. But some in the Indonesian community say the visa has "no real benefit" and amounts to a government revenue grab.
Thousands of young Indonesians want the chance to come to Australia to work, but first they have to win a visa application "war" that puts them in the sights of scammers and dodgy operators promising them what they want — for a price.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto courts controversy by granting his former father-in-law, the authoritarian dictator Suharto, "national hero" status.
A year after Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto won the election, the families of Indonesians arrested in recent protests are expressing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
The landmark agreement commits both countries to "meet the common danger" in the event of an armed attack on either. With that, questions have been raised about Australia's role if the conflict in West Papua escalates.
The key election commitment of President Prabowo Subianto is facing mounting backlash over its poor oversight, questionable food sourcing and unhygienic kitchens.
Rayyan Arkan Dikha became a social media sensation for his spontaneous dance atop a racing boat. Now, there are warnings of impersonators trying to profit off his fame.
In Indonesia, firefighters do not just battle flames — they pick up school report cards, banish ghosts, and comfort the broken-hearted. But these acts of public service throw a spotlight on other problems.
Witnesses have recalled a painful past after an Indonesian minister questioned whether mass rape occurred during 1998 riots in Indonesia.
A pristine archipelago off Indonesia's east coast emerges as the latest battleground between conservationists and the government, who are at odds over the country's nickel industry.
