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December 20, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2019

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – A new Portuguese-language Netflix comedy "The First Temptation of Christ" has made world headlines after sparking…

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has agreed to provide Rp 7.5 billion ($536,000) in grant to help the repatriation of Rohingya…

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – A workshop was held in Jakarta this week to find a way to ease tension and solve conflicts between Muslim and Buddhist…

Tempo - December 20, 2019

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Argo Yuwono said that the Police will announce findings related to the attack…

Tempo - December 20, 2019

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The recent annulment of the tourism award Adikarya Wisata 2019 of Jakarta's Colosseum Club 101 did little to no effect on…

Mongabay - December 20, 2019

Yovanda, Samarinda, Indonesia – Two abandoned open-pit coal mines, each of which has claimed the life of a child in Indonesia's Eastern…

Al Jazeera - December 20, 2019

Ian Morse, Jakarta, Indonesia – When the nickel smelters started showing up nearly seven years ago, residents with respiratory infections began…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2019

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Women activists from several civil society organizations working in different fields plan to take to the…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2019

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The Riau administration declared a state of emergency on Friday after water inundated hundreds of villages in…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2019

Jakarta – The congregation of Santa Clara church in North Bekasi, West Java, will finally be able to celebrate Christmas this year at their own…

Jakarta Post - December 20, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Friday five members of the newly established Corruption…

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2019

Jakarta – The first-ever oversight body of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, was inaugurated on Friday, with two veteran judges…

Jakarta Globe - December 20, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The new five-member leadership board of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, officially entered service on Friday…

December 19, 2019

Tempo - December 19, 2019

Antara, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I member, Sukamta, officially requests the central government to…

Associated Press - December 19, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Polish tourist who was convicted of treason after meeting with Papuan…

Tempo - December 19, 2019
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – A researcher from Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), Kurnia Ramadhana, opined that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…
Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2019

Aichi Halik, Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The Attorney General Office is opening an inquiry into a possible corruption case at Asuransi Jiwasraya…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2019

Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Two military officers and a policeman have been killed during recent clashes in Papua, sparking fear among residents of…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2019

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – With global warming disrupting the earth's ecosystem and the world warming more quickly than expected, stakeholders…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2019

Jakarta – Local authorities in Bali have collected an estimated 18 tons of garbage, consisting mostly of plastic waste and tree branches washed…

ABC News - December 19, 2019

Erwin Renaldi and Tasha Wibawa – The West Papuan Morning Star flag has been a point of contention across Indonesia for decades. For many West…

Coconuts Jakarta - December 19, 2019

Despite protests by hardline groups, Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP), one of the largest EDM music festivals in Asia, went ahead smoothly last…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2019

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) held the nation's benchmark interest rate steady at 5 percent on Thursday after cutting the…

Tempo - December 19, 2019

Eko Wahyudi, Jakarta – University of Indonesia's senior economist Faisal Basri reminded President Jokowi to avert from being overconfident in…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2019

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – At the start of the week, two native Papuans entered a courtroom in Jakarta shirtless but adorned in their traditional…

Reuters - December 19, 2019

Jakarta – An Indonesian prosecutor charged five men and a woman with treason on Thursday, accusing them of organizing a protest in Jakarta…

CNN Indonesia - December 19, 2019

Jakarta – Surya Anta and five other Papua activists heard the formal charges against them during the first hearing at the Central Jakarta…

CNN Indonesia - December 19, 2019

Jakarta – The public prosecutor charged six Papua activists, Surya Anta, Charles Kossay, Dano Tabuni, Isay Wenda, Ambrosius Mulait and Arina…

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2019

Jakarta – Former United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad Romahurmuziy admitted that he had received Rp 250 million (US$17,895) from a…

Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Members of militant group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah have tried to go into hiding in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua…

KBR - December 19, 2019

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The government has a responsibility to advance public healthcare, enlighten national life and create social justice.

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December 18, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The People's Conscience Party, or Hanura, who was left without a House of Representatives seat after April's election, was…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Eisya A. Eloksari, Jakarta – The government wants the discussions in the legislature over the drafts of the first two omnibus bills to start by…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Jakarta – An Indonesian businessman and three Indonesia-based companies have been charged by the United States District Court for the District of…

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities revealed on Tuesday attempts to smuggle 19 luxury cars and 35 foreign motorcycles into the country through the…

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2019

Carlos K.Y. Paath, Fana Suparman, Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesian officials are taken aback by the revelation that several regional heads own…

Jakarta Globe - December 18, 2019

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two soldiers from the Indonesian Military, or TNI, were killed in a gunfight with an armed criminal group…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin canceled his planned visit to Kuala Lumpur this week because of exhaustion, his office…

VOA - December 18, 2019

Eva Mazrieva, Washington – Indonesia's top Muslim clerical organization has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that local Muslim…

Al Jazeera - December 18, 2019

Indonesia's Supreme Court has increased the jail term for a Polish man convicted of treason over his alleged links to separatist fighters in…

Associated Press - December 18, 2019

Niniek Karmini – Alleged members of an Islamic militant group shot a police officer to death in eastern Indonesia in the latest assault targeting…

Straits Times - December 18, 2019

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has delayed the handover of a sweeping tax Bill to Parliament until January, a month behind its earlier…

Reuters - December 18, 2019

Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A proposal by Indonesia's new fisheries minister to remove a cap on exporting baby lobsters has come under fire, with…

Mongabay - December 18, 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's North Sumatra province, the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), has…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has emphasized that the development of Indonesia's new…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Norman Harsono, Bojonegoro, East Java – The development of the Jambaran Tiung Biru gas project in the Cepu Block, East Java, was 47.3 percent…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded 3,622 natural disasters across the country this year. They were…

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2019

Jakarta – The government is encouraging small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to offer their shares to the public through the Indonesia Stock…

Reuters - December 18, 2019

Two Indonesian soldiers have been shot dead in Indonesia's eastern-most province of Papua, ambushed by separatist rebels while transporting goods…

Coconuts Jakarta - December 18, 2019

Yesterday, Jakarta saw the worst floods to hit the capital since the last rainy season, but officials say that they subsided quickly…