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Jakarta is the biggest “Twitter city” in the world. Henry Belot of The Citizen looks at the impact of social media on next year’s Indonesian presidential election — and it’s not all rosy.

There are reports of offices of Densus 88, Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police, attacking protesters at flag-raising ceremonies across the province of West Papua.

There’s no question that Jakarta’s charismatic new governor, Joko Widodo, is popular. But will his vast appeal and lofty promises translate into an effective government? Kevin Ponniah writes from Jakarta.

Journalists Andrew Dodd and Christine Horn went to Indonesia to see how people smugglers operate. In part two of their investigation, the cost and complexity of the boat journey to Australia.

The waiting game for asylum seekers in Indonesian camps is too much for some. Journalists Andrew Dodd and Christine Horn journey to Cisarua, south of Jakarta, to discover why they board boats to Australia.

Australians have died and been blinded by dodgy drinks in Indonesia. Crikey intern Jemimah Clegg investigates the mysterious beverage that is arak, why people are drinking it — and what can go wrong.

It was a daring escape: freeing a trapped slow loris — a doe-eyed creature from Borneo’s forests — from under the nose of its captives. Andrew Dodd and Christine Horn grabbed the primate and ran.

Abortion is brutal business in Indonesia. While Australian aid dollars go to prenatal and postnatal health, the country’s legal framework leaves women with nowhere to turn, writes freelance journalist Beau Donelly.

Tony Abbott’s controversial policy of turning back the boats and returning asylum seekers to Indonesia risks Naval officers breaking the laws of the sea and other international treaties of which Australia is a party to.

Australia’s big four banks emerge from an international comparison released overnight as a profitable quartet benefiting from lower operating costs than most.

For a country so close to Australia, so few Australian citizens remain aware of the genocide that is taking place less than 50 miles beyond the country’s northern shores, says Benny Wanda.

A 2009 report shows that the cattle industry regarded animal welfare as a marketing problem, that needed more funding for ads.

It’s no surprise that Indonesia is awash with corruption. What is surprising is the lack of anger at this state of affairs among ordinary Indonesians, writes Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.