Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) staged a rally in front of the National Police headquarters in…
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January 16, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Liza Yosephine and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan has taken further steps to reach out to conservative…
Jakarta Globe - January 16, 2017
Denpasar. A number of mass groups have reported Munarman, spokesman for Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, over alleged defamation of Bali's…
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Jakarta – Four church organizations in Bekasi, West Java, have named Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi and Deputy Mayor Ahmad Syaikhu patrons of…
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The government has reiterated that local miners, particularly nickel, bauxite and copper miners, will be allowed to…
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has stressed that the government will require mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia to…
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of US$8.78 billion in 2016, marking a 15 percent increase from the surplus of $7.61…
Jakarta Globe - January 16, 2017
Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said on Monday (16/01) the government intends to keep the current 3.5 percent parliamentary…
Antara News - January 16, 2017
Jayapura, Papua – The Indonesian military plans to develop rice fields in the remote district of Nabire in the country's eastern province of Papua…
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has officially launched a ministerial decree, which allows private…
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2017
Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday opened the four-day Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police leaders…
New Mandala - January 16, 2017
Hendri Yulius – In the last year there have been consistent legal efforts to outlaw same-sex practices and LGBT identity in Indonesia. And while…
Solidarity Net - January 16, 2017
Surya Anta – The term red trade union is perhaps one that seems rather odd and worthy of debate. But the use of the term red trade union is indeed…
January 15, 2017
Jakarta Globe - January 15, 2017
Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, gathered in front of the Bogor Police headquarters on Saturday (14/…
Jakarta Globe - January 15, 2017
Jakarta – All three Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pairs have managed to effectively convey details of their programs and policies during the…
January 14, 2017
The Australian - January 14, 2017
Paul Cleary – When Australian commandos landed in the colony of Portuguese Timor in 1941, they immediately noticed that the gum trees, rocks and…
Jakarta Globe - January 14, 2017
Jakarta – The capital's incumbent governor highlighted his administration's program and said he has already improved Jakarta's economy, while his…
Courier Mail - January 14, 2017
Matt Connors – They gathered on Biak, a small island nestled in the crystalline waters of Cenderawasih Bay.
In July 1969, hundreds of stoic…
January 13, 2017
Asia Correspondent - January 13, 2017
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's second year in office was marred by his alleged failure to address serious abuses in the republic,…
The Interpreter - January 13, 2017
Steve Bracks – The revelation this week that Australia will negotiate a maritime boundary with Timor-Leste represents a significant and welcome…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2017
Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said Thursday that the spat between Indonesia and Australia over an alleged insult of…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2017
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidates Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Anies Baswedan condemned incumbent Jakarta…
Radio New Zealand International - January 13, 2017
The chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare, today starts a tour of the member states'…
Associated Press - January 13, 2017
Jakarta, Indonesia – The Indonesian business partner of President-elect Donald Trump will be attending next week's inauguration and also plans…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2017
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' plan to ban tobacco companies from advertising their products on television and…
The Economist - January 13, 2017
Jakarta – For a country with the world's largest population of Muslims, Indonesia is remarkably permissive. Night spots in Jakarta, the capital,…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2017
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The media has failed to meet its obligation to educate the public on homosexuality by not being objective and…
Jakarta Globe - January 13, 2017
Jakarta – The arrival of a leader of Indonesia's highest Islamic clerical council in Sintang, West Kalimantan, on Thursday (12/01) drew strong…
Jakarta Globe - January 13, 2017
Jakarta – The police have ordered two mass organizations, the hardline Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) and the Indonesian Underground Society…
Jakarta Post - January 13, 2017
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Police ignore calls by the House of Representatives and proceed with the investigation of alleged…
Jakarta Globe - January 13, 2017
Jakarta – Members of the hardline Islamic Defender's Front, or FPI, clashed with the Indonesian Lower Class Movement, known as GMBI, while…
Inside Story - January 13, 2017
Michael Leach – Election year in Timor-Leste got off to an unexpected start with Monday's joint announcement that the government in Dili would…
Jakarta Globe - January 13, 2017
Jakarta – Bogor Police have detained 20 members of the hardline group Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) after they attacked the office of an…
January 12, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The defense team of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama have criticized the credibility of eight…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Thursday's hearing at the Constitutional Court (MK) again saw a fierce debate about criminalizing consensual sex outside…
ABC News - January 12, 2017
Babs McHugh – Political and energy analysts have expressed serious doubts that East Timor will ever be able to benefit from a major gas project…
Human Rights Watch News Release - January 12, 2017
The Jokowi government is proving to be all talk and no positive action in terms of meaningfully addressing Indonesia's serious human rights…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Experts taking the witness stand at the Constitutional Court argued that allowing extramarital sex between unmarried…
Antara News - January 12, 2017
Pontianak, W Kalimantan – Police have sent more unit of its mobile brigade to Papua to maintain security in the country's easternmost province of…
Jakarta Globe - January 12, 2017
Jakarta – Vidhyandhika D. Perkasa, an expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, or CSIS, has said President Joko "…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu held on Thursday an annual meeting with other ministers, including Finance Minister…
Jakarta Globe - January 12, 2017
Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has expressed his hope for reinforcement of Indonesia-United States ties after the…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government issued a fourth revision of Government Regulation No. 23/2010 on the management of mineral and coal…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – A revision to a government regulation that may relax a ban on the export of semi-processed minerals remains up in…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Private investment is expected to play a role in triggering the country's economic growth, as global uncertainty still…
Jakarta Globe - January 12, 2017
Jakarta – Islamic Defenders' Front, or FPI, leader Rizieq Shihab complained on Wednesday (11/01) to the House of Representatives deputy speakers…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Rizal Harahap, Riau – Forest and land fires have begun to threaten Riau again this week following the increasing number of hot spots detected…
Jakarta Post - January 12, 2017
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In fighting against rampant fake news circulating online, the National Police have issued a special sign to…
January 11, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 11, 2017
Jakarta – Another prosecution witness who had reported Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to the police for alleged blasphemy,…
Jakarta Post - January 11, 2017
Arya Dipa, Bandung – Six supporters of Surabaya soccer club Persebaya have died after consuming bootleg liquor in Subang, West Java, while on…