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December 4, 2019

Tempo - December 4, 2019

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) commissioner Choirul Anam hoped National Police could reveal…

KBR - December 4, 2019

Lea Citra, Jakarta – A witness has testified that police pointed a pistol at residents during the arrest of two Papuan students, Charles Kossay…

CNN Indonesia - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – A Papuan activists has testified that the police acted violently and made racist remarks during a raid on a Papuan student dormitory in…

Tirto.id - December 4, 2019

Adi Briantika – A pretrial hearing in a case of alleged treason by six Papuan political prisoners heard testimony from the plaintiffs on…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – In a candid podcast, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said he liked watching porn and that there was nothing wrong with it.

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Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by only 4.9 percent this year and further decline…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has recalled how she helped…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have said that a smoke grenade believed to be the cause of an explosion that occurred in the northern part of the…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Greater Jakarta Transportation Agency (BPTJ) is mulling whether to build an LRT or a cable car system to accommodate visitors to…

Jakarta Globe - December 4, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court convicted former House of Representatives member Bowo Sidik Pangarso for corruption on…

Jakarta Globe - December 4, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Market segment expansion is key for financial technology, or fintech, companies to survive in Indonesia, a practitioner…

Jakarta Globe - December 4, 2019

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government now requires sellers on e-commerce platforms to apply for a business permit to be able to continue…

iNews - December 4, 2019

Cikarang – The Regional Child Protection Agency (KPAD) in Bekasi, West Java, has recorded that number of men with the sexual deviation of liking…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Central Java administration is requiring regents and mayors across the province to ban the consumption of dog meat throughout the…

Benar News - December 4, 2019

Victor Mambor Jayapura – At least thirty-eight people in Indonesia's easternmost provinces were named treason suspects over the last week in…

Coconuts Jakarta - December 4, 2019

Indonesia is far from being the most LGBT-friendly country in the world, but homosexuality is not illegal (except in the province of Aceh, which…

Coconuts Jakarta - December 4, 2019

Indonesia's Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, one of the most senior figures in President Joko Widodo's…

The Economic Times - December 4, 2019

Rituraj Tiwari, Medan – Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, is focusing big on exports to countries like India and China to…

Straits Times - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has twice revised upward the estimated fiscal deficit for this year, first from 1.8 per cent of the gross domestic…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – A new OECD report shows that Indonesian students score among the lowest in science, reading and mathematics…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned about the dangers…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law Bobby Afif Nasution has registered with the Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appeared to be speaking the language of the youth as he ordered the streamlining…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Norman Harsono, Banten – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry launched on Monday three new applications for mineral miners in improving…

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Tana Toraja Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) in South Sulawesi has issued a fatwa declaring a local organization led by a man named…

Jakarta Globe - December 4, 2019

Imam Muzakir, Jakarta – Property company Lippo Karawaci has introduced its first Muslim cemetery project to be built in Karawang, West Java.

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December 3, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 3, 2019

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Since entering service on March 24, the MRT in Jakarta has transported nearly 20 million commuters, proving once…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Sokoria geothermal power plant on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara province is slated to begin the first phase of…

Bloomberg - December 3, 2019

Yoga Rusmana, Jakarta – Coffee production in Indonesia will probably shrink to the smallest in almost a decade after a drought withered flowering…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – An animal rights organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is lambasting the Bandung…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – Police have confirmed that a smoke grenade was the cause of the minor explosion that occurred on Tuesday morning at…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has ordered that a lawsuit against the government's decision to enforce…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Jakarta – The government plans to revise a regulation and issue a ministerial decree to improve the performances of state-owned enterprises (SOEs…

Jakarta Globe - December 3, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The latest electoral system used in Indonesia in April, in which presidential and legislative elections were held…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Jakarta – The Finance Ministry will transfer 112 echelon III and IV officials holding "structural" jobs at the ministry's Fiscal Policy Agency (…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Jakarta – The police raided an illegal cell phone manufacturer in a shop house in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Monday. The factory had been…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Jakarta – The number of blue collar workers seeking employment through job search apps has increased sharply, overtaking white collar applicants…

New Mandala - December 3, 2019

Sally White and Edward Aspinall – At first glance, Indonesia's 2019 legislative elections yielded at least one unequivocal good news story: the…

Reuters - December 3, 2019

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of volunteers fighting forest fires in Indonesia will receive a boost in…

Tempo - December 3, 2019

Halida Bunga Fisandra and Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) considered President Joko "…

Radio New Zealand - December 3, 2019

Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge – About 50 activists flew the Morning Star flag at New Zealand's Parliament on Monday to mark the 58th anniversary…

New Security Beat - December 3, 2019

Adilsonio da Costa – Ignoring environmental laws in Timor-Leste to build a petroleum infrastructure project could mean serious problems for…

Bloomberg - December 3, 2019

Karlis Salna – Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has warned of the risks of doing business with Chinese firms, while also raising concerns over…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Two dog attacks in North Sumatra in the past week have killed a man and injured an 8-year-old boy.

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Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

News Desk, Jakarta – Customs and excise officials have reported the discovery of high-end contraband, consisting of several Harley Davidson spare…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is set to allocate Rp 10 billion (US$712,000) to Rp 20 billion per…

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Kharishar Kahfi and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has assigned 14 of his closest aides and members of his…

Tempo - December 3, 2019

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono announced that the government will have five…

Tempo - December 3, 2019

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asserted that the presence of police personnel in mosques will not be the…

Tempo - December 3, 2019

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Democrat Party secretary-general Didi Irawadi said that the party will maintain the two presidential terms…