James Massola, Jakarta – Scott Morrison will spend two days in Indonesia's capital to attend the second inauguration of President Joko Widodo, his second visit in just over a year.
But Joko, who will finally be sworn in on October 20, more than six months after winning the April 17 election, will not address the Australian Parliament this year.
Out of 56 companies that relocated their production out of China between April 2018 and August 2019, only three went to India and two to Indonesia. This was the finding of a study by Nomura, a Japanese financial group.
Out of the 56 firms, 26 relocated to Vietnam, 11 went to Taiwan and eight to Thailand, the Economic Times wrote.
Johnny Blades – Jihadis are being encouraged to go and fight in West Papua by Indonesian Muslim hardliners.
Front Jihad Islam, or FJI, issued a call to arms in the Indonesia-ruled Papuan provinces after non-Papuan settlers were among the victims of recent violence there.
Dina Manafe, Jakarta – A whopping 82 percent of Indonesian households lead an unhealthy lifestyle, a huge factor in the swelling deficit of the country's national health insurance scheme, Health Minister Nila Moeloek said on Sunday.
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Gerindra Party politician Supratman Andi Agtas suggested that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should invite the leaders of the factions in the Parliament to discuss the controversial revision of the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK Law.
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) will soon fix the draft of the revised Corruption Eradication Commission law (KPK Law) that was sent back by Secretary of State Pratikno to parliament members due to numerous typing errors or typos.
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri is reportedly closely monitoring the possibility of President Joko Widodo or Jokowi issuing a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to revoke the much-debated revision of the law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK Law).
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) suspects unfortunate motives from the Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly to double-cross President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo throughout the government's talks on the revision (RUU) of law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK Law).
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A man known as a diehard supporter of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo testified to police that a group of men punched, kicked and then threatened to kill him inside a Jakarta mosque last week.
Diana Mariska, Robert Isidorus, Telly Nathalia and Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Papua Police said on Monday that the situation in Wamena had returned to normal and that residents were starting to return home, following deadly riots that broke out in the city on Sept. 23.
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities should independently investigate recent riots in Wamena, Papua that resulted in 33 deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September 29, 2019, at least 8,000 indigenous Papuan and other Indonesians have been displaced from their homes in Papua.
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) during an operation on Sunday arrested North Lampung Regent Agung Ilmu Mangkunegara for alleged involvement in a graft case related to a project in the regency.
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and presidential confidant Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan admits that he is confused about the wave of demonstrations by students and civil society groups against recent policies by the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
Karim Raslan – "A government should be the voice of God to the people, not Satan."
Hamzah Mustaffa, 22, an English literature student from the Jakarta suburb of South Tangerang, has strong if poetic views.
Amy Chew – A series of bombs that two Indonesian men were assembling to "burn Chinese shops" in Jakarta were not filled with petrol as previously thought, but were instead explosive devices with gunpowder and nails, police have said, as they accused a university lecturer of financing the plot.
David Lipson – My first story reporting from Indonesia was about a mob.
It was January 2018 and a group known as FPI – the Islamic Defenders Front – had marched on Facebook's Jakarta office to protest, with excessive noise and fury, against the social media giant's decision to ban a bunch of their Facebook groups for promoting hatred or violence.
Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has commended the hard work of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in maintaining public confidence.
Alan Weedon – West Papua – an Indonesian region with closer cultural and ethnic ties to Melanesia – has been rocked by protests for more than a month, resulting in the deaths of dozens of people.
Tensions between Papuans and those ruling in Jakarta have simmered since it was formally incorporated into Indonesia from Dutch rule, following a disputed referendum in 1969.
Ibnu Hariyanto, Jakarta – the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has released a survey on the public's level of trust in the president, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the House of Representatives (DPR). The results show that the majority of respondents trust President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the KPK more than the DPR.
Jakarta – Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) spokesperson Surya Anta, who has being detained at the Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters (Mako Brimob) in Depok since September 1, is reportedly ill and is not receiving proper treatment. Anta is said to be suffering from an ear infection and cannot hear out of his right ear.
Jakarta (Antara) – The West Java Manpower and Transmigration Agency revealed that from January 2018 until September 2019, a total of 188 textile and textile products industries have declared bankruptcy. The bankrupt industries later relocated their business to Central Java.
Jakarta (Bisnis) – The Riau Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Riau) continues to carry out efforts to extinguish forest and land fires in a number of regions such as the Pelalawan Regncy, Indragiri Hulu Regency, and Siak Regency.
Jakarta (Berita Satu) – The Indonesian Military, or TNI, will have four new bases in the country's eastern region to improve its combat readiness and better coordinate its three forces in maritime border areas, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Saturday.
Kiki Siregar, Jambi – A man in Muaro Jambi regency wanted to clear his land to plant coffee, and the easiest way was to light a match and fling it into the vegetation.
When the fire spread quickly, he panicked. Then, someone called the police.
Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The unanimous election of Golkar politician Bambang Soesatyo as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, on Thursday night sealed a commanding victory for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's coalition in the national legislature, paving the way for a smooth start to his second term later his month.
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Golkar Party politician and former House of Representatives speaker Bambang Soesatyo has been elected by acclamation as the new People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker for the 2019-2024 legislative term with support from all factions in the MPR.
Made Anthony Iswara, Batu, East Java – The Trade Ministry will revise 18 ministerial regulations considered to be hampering exports and investments while possibly revoking some of them, officials said on Wednesday.
Made Anthony Iswara, Batu, East Java – The Trade Ministry is working with a special task force to audit producers' importer identification numbers (API-P) to verify the textile industry's import quantity and identify possible "import leaks", a top official said on Wednesday.
Jakarta – The National Police arrested 1,489 people during a series of student protests in Jakarta and intend to prosecute 380 of them.
The 380 individuals are facing different charges, such as spreading false information, hurling rocks at the police, possessing sharp weapons, vandalizing police stations and possessing Molotov cocktails, the police said.
Heru Asprihanto, Tangerang – After 13 years of happily unmarried life that has brought them three children, one middle-aged Indonesian couple is worried.
Their relationship is neither legal nor official, and a controversial new penal code to be discussed in Indonesia's parliament could make them criminals by banning consensual sex outside marriage.
Luthfi T. Dzulfikar, Novi Poespita Candra and Syaikhu Usman – Scholars say semi-militaristic discipline techniques, and competition-based learning at schools and universities, are behind recent student hazings in Indonesia. To end them, they propose shifting the focus of the education system to one of human development.
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A senior politician with Indonesia's second-largest party Golkar, Bambang Soesatyo, has been appointed Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), as lawmakers gear up for the new legislative year.
Jakarta – Poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules in Indonesia's Aceh province, which usually reserves whipping for morality crimes under Islamic law.
The treason trial of several West Papuan pro-independence activists is to be moved to Indonesia's East Kalimantan province.
The activists, who belong to the West Papua National Committee and United Liberation Movement for West Papua, were arrested during recent unrest in Papua.
Amilia Rosa, Denpasar – Every year, millions of holidaymakers flock to Bali for its white sandy beaches, lush green paddy fields, cultural wonders and friendly people.
To create that picture-perfect holiday, many labour behind the scenes. These unseen workers of paradise earn just a trickle of the holiday dollar.
Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) researcher Pingkan Audrine Kosijungan said the government should take preventive measures to safeguard its national economy from the global recession.
Pingkan mentioned a number of factors that may increase the possibility of a recession in Indonesia.
Antara and Halida Bunga Fisandra, Jakarta – There are at least a total of 9,078 people taking refuge from Wamena. A number of refugees are staying at the Papare Military (TNI) Base, with some set to board the Indonesian Air Force's Hercules aircraft destined for regions outside of Wamena this Friday, October 4.
Meidyana Aditama Winata, NC, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) head of planning and partnership, Esrom Hamonangan, opined the quality of the country's polluted air has not been improved over the years.
Jakarta – A suspicious aroma is starting to emerge around the controversial Supreme Court ruling that quashed the conviction of former chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency Syafruddin Arsyad Temenggung.
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta administration under Governor Anies Baswedan reportedly has set a budget ceiling for the procurement of software license and antivirus in 2020 at Rp12 billion. The figure significantly increases from this year's budget at Rp200 million.
Dewey Sim – Indonesia is the "only loser" among Asean countries for failing to attract manufacturers seeking to bypass higher tariffs from the US-China trade war, two private sector economists in Singapore said on Friday.
Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto, has made an official apology for his heartless remarks on the refugees of the Maluku earthquake. Earlier, Wiranto said the refugees' eagerness to return home and remain in refugee camps would burden the government.
Heru Haetami and Resky Novianto, Jakarta – The nine political parties backing the government have agreed that they do not want President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to annul the recently revised Corruption Eradication Commission Law (UU KPK).
Jakarta – A group of senior public figures and scholars have lambasted the political elites for "misleading" the public and "threatening" President Jokowi "Jokowi" Widodo in a bid to block attempts to revoke the new Corruption Eradication Law.
Jakarta – The Riau administration has lifted the emergency status for haze as hot spots have finally decreased to zero.
Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 arrested a policewoman in Yogyakarta who they say has been radicalized by Islamic State supporters in Yogyakarta.
Syailendra Persada, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) opined that torture and other ill-treatment committed by the police against people in custody is a kind of culture among the law enforcers.
Indonesia's newly appointed legislators don't seem to be trying to at least pretend that they care about representing the people, even when all eyes are still on them on the first days of their job.
Johnny Blades – The West Papuan pro-independence movement is insisting that genuine talks with Indonesia's government must address self-determination.
President Joko Widodo and his chief of staff have both told Indonesian media in recent days that they were prepared to meet anyone to discuss problems in Papua.
Tassia Sipahutar, Viriya Singgih and Arys Aditya – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is unfazed by the biggest student protests to hit the nation in over two decades against his government's legislative agenda and vowed to unveil more sweeping changes to labor and investment rules to fire up Southeast Asia's largest economy.