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Joe Cochrane
Joe Cochrane is an award-winning Jakarta-based foreign correspondent,
editor and former war correspondent.
Secretary of state will speak with youth wing of Nahdlatul Ulama on freedom of religion as US seeks to ‘stimulate a conversation across nations’.
The establishment of an anti-graft agency in 2003 brought hope that endemic corruption in Indonesia could be addressed.
While seven companies this week announced a move there, analysts say red tape, systemic corruption and a lack of infrastructure are obstacles Indonesia must overcome.
Public satisfaction with democracy has plummeted from 75.6 per cent in February to just 49.5 per cent in mid-May, a new survey found.
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The Kolong Community Reading Park is on a mission to raise literacy levels in a land where stories have traditionally been passed on orally rather than written down.
In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, hundreds of millions are unable to congregate during the holy month of Ramadan.
While other areas of Indonesia have brought in large-scale social restrictions, the holiday island seems a little too relaxed for comfort.
As fears spread that Indonesia has more infections than confirmed, activists are most concerned for those too poor to afford masks or treatment.
Authorities are still tracking about 50 members of a dance community that was frequented by one of the patients, says country’s disease prevention head.
Every year, more than one million Muslims from Indonesia travel to the holy city of Mecca for umrah, a minor pilgrimage.
Islamic-based parties have initiated a bill that would force married women to not work, ‘rehabilitate’ LGBT individuals, and jail sperm and egg donors.
Concerns have been raised, especially after the country’s response to the bird flu virus a decade ago, which required World Health Organisation intervention.
The country hasn’t officially confirmed a single case of the deadly new coronavirus, yet shoppers are still stocking up on everything they can lay their hands on. The only question is why?
‘The world would be better off not having the IOC,’ says former UFC star and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren – ‘MMA is in a great place without it’.
Scarred by the memory of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, Indonesians have been wary of the government’s insistence there are yet no cases of coronavirus infections.
The case is the latest instance of a Westerner being imprisoned or blacklisted on charges ranging from ‘visa violations’ to ‘espionage’.
The International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to protect its Rohingya Muslims and take part in a genocide inquiry, but there are fears of Myanmar covering up atrocities.
Past Indonesian presidents have considered relocating the capital, but with foreign investments on his side, Joko Widodo’s effort could well succeed.
Joko Widodo’s government says the Omnibus Bill on Job Creation is needed to attract investment and boost job growth. Workers fear it will take away their rights.
Jakarta and Beijing say escalating maritime tensions will not affect Chinese investment in the Southeast Asian nation.
The unveiling of a new domestic missile-capable military drone came as Indonesia lodged a protest against Beijing over continued illegal fishing and the presence of China’s coastguard off its Natuna Islands.
Chinese tourists are increasingly skipping the Indonesian island paradise. If it wants to win them back, it must tackle zero-pricing tours and increasingly polluted beaches.
Ben Askren says he already has a lot going on after hanging up his MMA gloves for the second time – so much so he’s putting his hip replacement back to August
A claim that a Jakarta bakery was abandoning festive cakes may be fake, but it has raised the ghost of Christmas past in a land where Islamic extremism has left many on edge.
Former UFC star John Lineker says he’s going to ‘fight the way I always fight’ on One debut in Jakarta against Muin Gafurov – ‘my plan is to go up there and knock him out’.
