Jakarta – Hundreds of academics have declared their support for the antigraft agency amid a controversial move by the House of Representatives.…
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June 24, 2017
Jakarta Globe - June 24, 2017
Jakarta Post - June 24, 2017
Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saefuddin has asked Muslim leaders for reflective sermons during Idul Fitri services on Sunday…
Jakarta Post - June 24, 2017
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Ahmadiyah mosque in Sawangan, Depok, became the target of vandalism a day before Idul Fitri, as a group of…
June 23, 2017
Asian Human Rights Commission Statement - June 23, 2017
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Torture…
Jakarta Post - June 23, 2017
Jakarta – The National Police officially named businessman-cum-politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo a suspect on Friday for allegedly intimidating an…
Jakarta Post - June 23, 2017
Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will likely fail to reach its target of distributing a total of 5…
Jakarta Globe - June 23, 2017
Jakarta – Moody's Investors Service said the Indonesian government's latest policy package is a "credit positive" as it signals a renewed focus on…
Jakarta Post - June 23, 2017
Jakarta – Followers of Ahmadiyah in Depok, West Java, say they are hoping the local administration will unseal their mosque so that they can…
Jakarta Post - June 23, 2017
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Most crimes in Jakarta are committed by people between the ages of 15 and 34, a study has found.
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Human Rights Watch Dispatches - June 23, 2017
Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's besieged Ahmadiyah religious community is fighting back.
Earlier this week, representatives of the religious…
Reuters - June 23, 2017
Eveline Danubrata and Cindy Silviana, Jakarta – With its towering new cranes and wharves that can handle some of the world's biggest ships,…
June 22, 2017
Jakarta Post - June 22, 2017
Jakarta – The House of Representatives' team tasked with conducting an inquiry into the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is set to schedule…
Jakarta Globe - June 22, 2017
Jakarta – Local governments may need to double their contributions to the country's universal health insurance this year, to prevent the collapse…
Jakarta Globe - June 22, 2017
Jakarta – Lawyers representing firebrand Islamic Defenders Front cleric Rizieq Shihab have urged the authorities to terminate an investigation…
Jakarta Post - June 22, 2017
Jakarta – The Supreme Court has dashed the hopes of Jessica Kumala Wongso, who was convicted of using cyanide-laced coffee to murder a friend, to…
Reuters - June 22, 2017
Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Thousands of mine workers at the Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Inc will extend their strike for another month to…
The Diplomat - June 22, 2017
Guteriano Neves and Khoo Ying Hooi – In July, Timorese voters will go to the polls for the second time this year to elect the country's parliament…
Jakarta Post - June 22, 2017
Jakarta – Authorities canceled on Wednesday night the transfer of former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to the Cipinang prison in…
June 21, 2017
Tabloid JUBI - June 21, 2017
Wamena, Jubi – A police officer in Wamena, Jayawijaya allegedly mistreated a minor, Friday afternoon, June 16, 2017. As a result the victim named…
Dili Weekly - June 21, 2017
Paulina Quintao, The network Timor – Leste Coalition for Education (TLCE) recommended the Ministry of Education to conduct in-depth research on…
Jakarta Post - June 21, 2017
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to revise the country's negative investment list pending a technical meeting to be organized by the…
Dili Weekly - June 21, 2017
Paulina Quintao – Some 340 students of Bogor and Maubara Public High Schools, in Liquisa municipality did not sit for their exams for first…
Jakarta Post - June 21, 2017
Jakarta – The National Police are hoping that the help of a key witness to the acid attack against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…
Jakarta Post - June 21, 2017
Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Asri Anjani and Prayogo Bintang, mechanical engineering students of the University of Brawijaya in Malang, East…
Dili Weekly - June 21, 2017
Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste National Youth Council (CNJTL) considers language ability as one of the barriers impeding young Timorese access…
Indonesia at Melbourne - June 21, 2017
Sana Jaffrey and Siswo Mulyartono – Indonesia has had a tumultuous year dealing with a divisive election and massive protests against Jakarta's…
Jakarta Globe - June 21, 2017
Jakarta – A tiny number of millionaire households will control more than 50 percent of Indonesia's financial wealth – around $900 billion – by…
June 20, 2017
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested five people in Bengkulu on Tuesday, including Bengkulu Governor Ridwan Mukti and…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives inquiry committee into the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Mukhamad Misbakhun, has…
Sydney Morning Herald - June 20, 2017
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesians who join terrorist groups overseas will face a maximum 15 years' jail under new anti-…
Jakarta Globe - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – Indonesian Military, or TNI, Chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said TNI will stand ready to help police stop the spread of radical ideologies…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' committee inquiring into the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has insisted…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – Hundreds of professors from Indonesia's top universities have declared support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) while it…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Nineteen million households will no longer receive an electricity subsidy as state-owned power company PLN has complied…
Jakarta Globe - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – Ma'ruf Amin, chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council, or MUI, said on Monday (19/06) while visiting the Indonesian Military…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police said on Tuesday that they had confiscated 30 sharp weapons from four youth gangs during outdoor predawn meal events…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – Two groups having sahur (predawn meals) outdoors on the road (SOTR) clashed at the Penjernihan gas station in Tanah Abang, Central…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2017
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have postponed the investigation into the pornography case involving Islam Defenders Front (FPI) cleric Rizieq Shihab…
June 19, 2017
ABC 7.30 Report - June 19, 2017
James Thomas and Lesley Robinson – The animals are brutally caught and then butchered not far from the beaches visited by more than 1 million…
Associated Press - June 19, 2017
Indonesian police are searching for four foreign inmates who escaped prison on Bali by crawling through a narrow tunnel dug under the walls, the…
Jakarta Post - June 19, 2017
Jakarta – Leaders of Pemuda Muhammadiyah, the youth wing of Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Islamic organization, paid a visit to the…
Dili Weekly - June 19, 2017
Paulina Quintao – National Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned teaching quality and education standards across the country as grade five…
Jakarta Post - June 19, 2017
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) has apologized to the National News Agency (LKBN) Antara and its reporter Ricky Prayoga, a…
June 18, 2017
Sydney Morning Herald - June 18, 2017
Jewel Topsfield, Sumatra – Aldi? Rizal is known around the world as "Indonesia's smoking baby".
Shocking footage of the toddler precociously…
Jakarta Post - June 18, 2017
Jakarta – Aceh's Lhokseumawe Police arrested on Saturday nine alleged gamblers – including two village heads and a village official – at a food…
June 17, 2017
Jakarta Post - June 17, 2017
Haeril Halim, Wonosobo, Central Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo told students in Wonosobo and Temanggung regencies, Central Java, on…
Jakarta Post - June 17, 2017
Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Hundreds of doctors from across Bali gathered in Denpasar on Saturday to pledge allegiance to the national ideology…
Jakarta Post - June 17, 2017
Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian has said he will investigate top Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel…
Jakarta Globe - June 17, 2017
Jakarta – Business tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo has been named a suspect for allegedly threatening an Attorney General's Office investigator working…
Nikkei Asia Review - June 17, 2017
Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – The growth of foreign direct investment in Indonesia is slowing. The latest data shows that it expanded 0.9% on the year in…