Poorly paid and largely uninsured, Indonesia's gig workers increasingly angry at the government over its failure to create enough jobs for the country’s workforce are planning more protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-protests-gig-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #southeastasia

Poorly paid and largely uninsured, Indonesia's gig workers increasingly angry at the government over its failure to create enough jobs for the country’s workforce are planning more protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-protests-gig-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #southeastasia

In removing Indonesia's finance minister and U-turning on protester demands, Prabowo Subianto is scrambling to restore public trust while installing install loyalists after deadly riots. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/prabowo-subianto-indonesia-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #prabowosubianto #southeastasia

Young people across Asia are furious. But burned buildings and trashed department stores can't be the endgame. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/11/world/gen-z-protesters-challenge-asias-old-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #genz #nepal #indonesia #srilanka #bangladesh #asia

Won't get as much attention as the #murder of someone I'd never heard off in #Utah, but this suspicious killing of Vian Ruma, a young #environmental #activist in #Indonesia deserves as much, if not more, global attention.

We're losing too many of our future in #Asia.

Via @mongabay

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/death-of-activist-critical-of-geothermal-project-raises-alarm-in-indonesia/

An Indonesian program to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers calls for importing a million dairy cows over five years, at a cost of nearly $3 billion, with businesses pressed to foot the bill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/economy/dairy-indonesia-businesses-million-cows/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #cows #dairyindustry #indonesia

It's sad how often I find articles that do this.

This supposedly "in-depth" piece includes not a single quote from anyone in #Papua, or even #Indonesia. Strangely, quotes one Malaysian, and otherwise, all westerners.

Sadly, it's a common problem for pieces by this particular reporter, and this outlet.

https://e360.yale.edu/features/indonesia-food-energy-estate

Q: Hey, we got two spare Vespa motors, a bunch of old tires, bamboo sticks, and a couple of monkeys. Whatchu wanna do with them?

Indonesians:

#indonesia #cars #creative

Q: Hey, we got two spare Vespa motors, a bunch of old tires, bamboo sticks, and a couple of monkeys. Whatchu wanna do with them?

Indonesians:

#indonesia #cars #creative

Hundreds of women waving brooms joined protests in Indonesia's capital against lawmakers' perks and police brutality while President Prabowo Subianto flew to China for a military parade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/asia-pacific/politics/indonesian-women-jakarta-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #jakarta

At least 10 people were killed during violent protests in Indonesia last week, a rights group said on Wednesday, one of several organizations to report fatalities due to the unrest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/indonesia-protests-10-killed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #southeastasia

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto flew overnight to China to join dozens of world leaders at Xi Jinping’s military parade。 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/politics/prabowo-xi-china-indonesia-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #china #southeastasia #prabowosubianto

Government gestures to calm deadly protests in Indonesia have done little to address the economic inequality fueling the unrest, leaving deep resentment to linger and flare up again, experts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-protests-root-problems-intact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #prabowosubianto

Many of the grievances Indonesia's reformists once raised about the Suharto-era — entrenched corruption, concentration of political power and deep inequality — are prevalent today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/02/world/indonesia-protests-and-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #suharto #democracy

In fact, I wrote about this a few months ago

https://www.equaltimes.org/long-silenced-gig-workers-in

#tootssea #labor #gigworkers