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December 27, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019
Jakarta – The Communication and Information Technology Ministry became the butt of jokes on social media after Indonesians – who have been playing…
Tempo - December 27, 2019

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia Group saw a decline of 2.1 million passengers year-on-year (yoy) in Q3/2019. The airline…

Tempo - December 27, 2019

Lily-Rose Davies and Mikael Alden Noegroho – The protests that rocked Indonesia this September have brought to light a history of conflict…

Reuters - December 27, 2019

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to revive a 'truth and reconciliation' commission to bring closure over past human rights violations…

Tempo - December 27, 2019

Jakarta – The failure of the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, last week, to define an operational document to…

Tempo - December 27, 2019

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military or TNI and PT Freeport Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on…

Agence France Presse - December 27, 2019

Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia held a protest Friday against China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang in front of China's embassy in…

Jakarta Post - December 27, 2019

Jakarta – The National Police have arrested two active police officers suspected of carrying out the acid attack against Corruption…

Jakarta Post - December 27, 2019

Jakarta – The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration is currently drafting a presidential regulation (Perpres) on the Corruption Eradication…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The government will submit the job creation and taxation bills to the House of Representatives next month, the Justice…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Two active policemen handed themselves in to the police after confessing to their roles in the April 2017 acid attack on…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Gora Kunjana, Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry has denied allegations that SOE Minister Erick Thohir might have…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia, the country central bank, has collaborated with the customs office to implement an integrated system…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Beritasatu, Bengkulu – Brake failure and driving negligence were suspected to be the cause of the Sriwijaya bus accident on Monday that killed 35…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has been actively communicating with China on Uighur issues to raise concern about freedom of religion among the…

Jakarta Globe - December 27, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud M.D. accused a Papuan district official of engaging…

CNN Indonesia - December 27, 2019

Jakarta – The advocacy team representing Novel Baswedan is urging the police to immediately reveal the intellectual actor behind the acid attack…

December 26, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 26, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – In 2019, the Judicial Commission received 1,544 reports of alleged ethical code violations by judges, down from 1,722…

Jakarta Globe - December 26, 2019

Antara, Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Air Carrier Association, or Inaca, proposed a one-price policy on jet fuel on Thursday,…

Associated Press - December 26, 2019

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia's Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of…

Jakarta Post - December 26, 2019

Jakarta – While floods are usually seen as an unwanted natural disaster, a village inundated with floodwater in Kampar regency, Riau, has instead…

Jakarta Post - December 26, 2019

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Despite the fact that some Christians in the country had to celebrate their holy day without being allowed in their…

Jakarta Post - December 26, 2019

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – A fundraiser to honor Riyanto, a late member of Indonesia's largest Islamic group Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) youth wing…

Jakarta Post - December 26, 2019

Vela Andapita and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – What happened in Indonesia over the past 365 days? As we move to greet another new year, The…

Jakarta Globe - December 26, 2019

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Rights activist Ratna Sarumpaet was released from prison on Thursday after serving around 15 months of a two-year…

Jakarta Globe - December 26, 2019

Herman, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has blocked 1,130 illegal streaming websites in a major crackdown on video piracy, a minister said on…

Tempo - December 26, 2019

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi said that regional heads must not prohibit people from worshipping according to…

Tempo - December 26, 2019

Jakarta – As an important element in our democratic state, the Indonesian Police is taking too long in putting their house in order. Now that…

Tempo - December 26, 2019

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, has just ratified the Presidential Decree overseeing the governance work and organizing…

Tempo - December 26, 2019

Antara, Jakarta – Bogor Regent Ade Yasin has issued a circular calling for his residents to not celebrate New Year's Eve with…

Reuters - December 26, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesia next year will offer more airport management projects to foreign investors after awarding its first to a foreign company on…

The Conversation - December 26, 2019

Annie Yuan Cih Wu – A wedding is one of the biggest expenses in Timor. The bulk of the cost comes from the "barlake", a Tetum word which can be…

Tempo - December 26, 2019

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Febri Diansyah has officially resigned from his position as Corruption Eradication Commission spokesman…

December 25, 2019

Straits Times - December 25, 2019

Jambi, Indonesia – In stark contrast to the pervading sense of gleeful anticipation of Christmas on Wednesday (Dec 25) in many parts of the…

Vietnam News Agency - December 25, 2019

Jakarta – Head of Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency Doni Monardo has said that 98 percent of rivers in the country have…

Sydney Morning Herald - December 25, 2019

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Hundreds of people living in a housing complex 35 kilometres to the south of the Indonesian capital have been forced to…

Islands Business - December 25, 2019

Nic Maclellan – Yudha Korwa was just 17 years old when he was attacked by Indonesian soldiers during the Biak massacre on 6 July 1998.

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Jakarta Globe - December 25, 2019

Antara, Jakarta – A Lamborghini driver was detained after he opened fire and threatened two high school students using his gun in a Jakarta road…

CNN Indonesia - December 25, 2019

Jakarta – Members of the Yasmin Bogor Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) and the Filadelfia Bekasi Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) were…

Jakarta Post - December 25, 2019

Suherdjoko, Asip Hasani and Apriadi Gunawan, Semarang, Blitar and Medan – Despite reports that Christians in some regions faced problems as they…

Jakarta Globe - December 25, 2019

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Indonesian government awarded sentence cuts to 12,629 Christian convicts on Christmas Day, with 166 of them being…

December 24, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 24, 2019

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Local K-pop fans have expressed their disappointment on social media after the government slapped import tariffs on…

Jakarta Post - December 24, 2019

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A search and rescue team has recovered the bodies of all six victims killed in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Pulau…

ABC News - December 24, 2019

Eliza Borrello and Phil Hemingway in West Java – After some coaxing, Siti Dalfa stands against a height chart in her family's modest living room…

Jakarta Post - December 24, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) matron Megawati Soekarnoputri, who served as the country's fifth president – and the…

Eurasia Review - December 24, 2019

Dedi Dinarto – In November 2019, the newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian sparked a controversy when he proposed a review of…

Agence France Presse - December 24, 2019

Surfboard tucked under his arm, Dery Setyawan sprints into the crashing waves. It is not just a physical challenge but an emotional one – most of…

The Diplomat - December 24, 2019

Carter Banker – Walking through Indonesian college campuses today, it's easy to spot the young women clad head-to-toe in black amongst the sea of…

ABC News - December 24, 2019

At least 25 people have been killed after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia's Sumatra island after its brakes apparently…

United Liberation Movement for West Papua Statement - December 24, 2019

Twenty-nineteen has been the worst year on record for the people of West Papua. They cannot enjoy their Christmas this year. They are facing…