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Indonesia elects working-class metalhead president

August 15, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Joko Widodo has become the president of Indonesia after winning 53.13 percent of the vote in the country's 2014 presidential election. He will take office Oct. 20.

Freeport strikers in Indonesia confront titanic forces

October 17, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The mineworkers, belonging to the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Labor Union launched a weeklong strike in July. The union extended the strike set for a month to mid November.

Summer months heat up West Papua conflict

August 26, 2011 By Cory Collins

Analysts of the West Papua conflict have observed an escalation in violent incidents through the year, with a pronounced uptick since May. Journalists and members of the West Papua community themselves have previously warned that the...

Indonesian domestic worker is beheaded in Saudi Arabia

June 29, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Jakarta stopped workers from traveling to Saudi Arabia after the beheading there of a 54-year-old Indonesian migrant worker June 17.

World Notes: Western Sahara, Iraq, Chile, Canada, Indonesia, Cuba

December 22, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

After taking Aminatou Haidar to a hospital on Dec. 17, Spanish authorities removed the "Saharan Gandhi" from the Canary Islands to Western Sahara.