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October 23, 2023
The Conversation - October 23, 2023
Reuters - October 23, 2023
Jakarta – Dismissed from the military amid speculation of rights abuses, exiled in Jordan and banned from travelling to the United States on…
Agence France-Presse - October 23, 2023
Indonesia's defence minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday he has chosen the eldest son of President Joko Widodo to…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 23, 2023
Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – The eldest son of Indonesian leader Joko Widodo has been named as the running mate of…
Tabloid Jubi - October 23, 2023
Jakarta, Jubi – A group of around 70 individuals, mostly women and children, reportedly fled their village following the presence of strangers…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The 2023 Trade Expo Indonesia has booked at least $25.3 billion in transactions so far as its offline exhibition…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia sent 20 tons of building materials over the weekend to help Vanuatu fix its cyclone-hit Port Vila…
Tempo - October 23, 2023
Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transportation Society's (MTI) chairman of the railway division, Aditya Dwi Laksana, predicted that…
Tempo - October 23, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – The Kupang City Education Agency in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province decided to shorten class hours of elementary and junior…
Tempo - October 23, 2023
Aisyah Amira Wakang, Jakarta – The authority recorded seven mpox or monkeypox cases in Jakarta from August 2022 to October 2023. To prevent…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Iceland is seeking to partner with Indonesia as the latter tries to harness its largely untapped geothermal…
Ngopi Bareng - October 23, 2023
Witanto – Activists from Pemalang, Tegal and Brebes, Central Java, united in the declaration of the founding of the regional chapter of the…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2023
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto responded on Monday to critics who accused President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2023
Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Chief Legal Affairs Minister Mohammad Mahfud on Monday voiced his criticism of recent rulings by the Constitutional…
October 22, 2023
Jakarta Globe - October 22, 2023
Heru Andriyanto, Surabaya – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Sunday that he won't stand in the way of his oldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka…
Straits Times - October 22, 2023
Arlina Arshad, Rempang, Indonesia – For more than a month now, feisty housewives have been forming human roadblocks to screen unfamiliar vehicles…
The rush for electric vehicles is changing lives for better and worse in Indonesia's nickel industry
ABC News - October 22, 2023
The global transition to electric vehicles is driving rapid expansion of Indonesia's nickel industry – but do the benefits outweigh the costs? …
BBC News - October 22, 2023
Raja Lumbanrau and Astudestra Ajengrastri – When Sariah went to fetch water in a pit near her home in Bangka Island, Indonesia, last September,…
Jakarta Globe - October 22, 2023
Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto announced the decision to pick the mayor of Solo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as his running mate on…
October 21, 2023
Straits Times - October 21, 2023
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia is reeling from the spike in rice prices that hit a record high in October, with food stalls and households…
The Guardian - October 21, 2023
Senay Boztas, Amsterdam – Its political centre, The Hague, may call itself "the city of peace and justice". But in few European countries is the…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 21, 2023
Chris Barrett, Singapore – It's fair to say age is all the rage as election season kicks off in Indonesia.
This week the Constitutional…
Jakarta Post Editorial - October 21, 2023
Jakarta – In the past few weeks, leading up to next year's elections we have been presented with Indonesian politics at its most gladiatorial…
Jakarta Post Editorial - October 21, 2023
Jakarta – In the penultimate year of his second and final term President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must be taking stock of all the legacies that he…
Jakarta Globe - October 21, 2023
Helmut Timothy, Jakarta – The Golkar Party officially nominated Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the oldest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, as a…
Jakarta Globe - October 21, 2023
Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan and his running mate, Muhaimin Iskandar, underwent a comprehensive…
Tempo - October 21, 2023
Aisyah Amira Wakang, Jakarta – The Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) declared that the Central Executive Council of the National…
Tempo - October 21, 2023
Nabiila Azzahra Abdullah, Jakarta – Hundreds of people took to the streets on Friday, October 20, 2023, to join a rally in support of Palestine in…
Tempo - October 21, 2023
Savero Aristia Wienanto, Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI) staged a demonstration…
Tempo - October 21, 2023
Joniansyah, Jakarta – Authorities sent 30 fire trucks on Saturday morning, Oct. 21, to put up the fire that has been blazing Rawa…
Tempo - October 21, 2023
Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – McDonald's Indonesia license holder, PT Rekso Nasional Food, spoke up following the news of McDonald's…
October 20, 2023
Mongabay - October 20, 2023
Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The Indonesian fisheries ministry is considering once again allowing exports of lobster larvae, a controversial policy…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 20, 2023
Chris Barrett and Amilia Rosa, Bali –- With a fire burning stubbornly at Bali's giant Suwung landfill for the past week, spewing putrid smoke into…
Tabloid Jubi - October 20, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The Cartenz Peace Task Force evacuated 25 gold miners who survived an attack by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB)…
The Diplomat - October 20, 2023
Moritz Schmoll and Geoffrey Swenson – Amid Southeast Asia's democratic backsliding, Timor-Leste's success is impressive. In May, the country…
Asia Times - October 20, 2023
Gabriel Honrada – France is offering its latest Scorpene submarines to Indonesia, a big ticket deal that if done would mark a milestone in Jakarta…
Vietnam Plus - October 20, 2023
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia has placed new import duties on four types of products, with levies reaching some 40% of the product's value…
Coconuts Bali - October 20, 2023
The Bali administration has issued a state of emergency set to span the next two weeks, responding to the mounting drought crisis in the region.…
Kompas.com - October 20, 2023
Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – There are concerns that the 2024 presidential election will not run fairly or equally if President Joko "…
Jakarta Post Editorial - October 20, 2023
Jakarta – Our government spends a significant chunk of state revenue on a single purpose: to make energy appear cheap for consumers and…
Jakarta Globe - October 20, 2023
Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Ministry of Investment/Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has reported that the investment…
Jakarta Globe - October 20, 2023
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – In a recent TV interview, Mohammad Mahfud shared that he received offers to become a running mate in the 2024…
Jakarta Globe - October 20, 2023
Arnoldus Kristianus, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – The rupiah exchange rate has dropped to its lowest point since the Covid-19 pandemic, driven…
CNN Indonesia - October 20, 2023
Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and Amnesty International Indonesia (AII) have given a red report…
Mongabay - October 20, 2023
Hans Nicholas Jong, Balikpapan, Indonesia – The deforestation rate has surged in a key habitat for critically endangered orangutans in Indonesian…
United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) - October 20, 2023
The International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) held a major meeting in the UK Parliament yesterday (October 18th 2023), calling for the…
CNN Indonesia - October 20, 2023
Jakarta – Protesters from the All Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM SI) have begun to pack into the Horse Statue area in Central Jakarta to…
October 19, 2023
Jakarta Globe - October 19, 2023
Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Thursday found former Papua Governor Lukas Enembe guilty of corruption and…
Straits Times - October 19, 2023
Jakarta – Election fever in Indonesia kicked into high gear as the first two pairs of candidates for the country's top posts submitted their…
Tempo - October 19, 2023
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The National Food Agency (Bapanas) responded to the maladministration findings from the Ombudsman regarding garlic…