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November 5, 2019

Agence France Presse - November 5, 2019

Indonesia posted another quarter of slowing growth Tuesday, its weakest pace in two years, as Southeast Asia's biggest economy feels the sting of…

Bloomberg - November 5, 2019

Karlis Salna, Rieka Rahadiana and Viriya Singgih – Indonesia's economic growth has barely moved in three quarters, prompting some analysts to…

Thomson Reuters Foundation - November 5, 2019

Beh Lih Yi, Kuta, Indonesia – Standing on her surfboard as it was lifted by a wave, Zahwa Ardika Utami is one of a small but growing number of…

CNN Indonesia - November 5, 2019

Jakarta – Civil freedoms under the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo are seen as having declined. Based on the results of a Saiful…

Jakarta Post - November 5, 2019

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government plans to build more than 5,000 kilometers of new roads in the next five years to improve…

Jakarta Post - November 5, 2019

Jakarta – Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has banned employees of the ministry from wearing niqab at the office,…

Jakarta Post - November 5, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth reached 5.02 percent in the third quarter, the lowest level in more than two years…

Tempo - November 5, 2019

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – A volunteer for former presidential and VP candidates Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, Lieus Sungkharisma…

Agence France Presse - November 5, 2019

Medan, Indonesia – Two men have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a pair of Indonesian activist journalists who were…

Tempo - November 5, 2019

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan firmly denies the Twitter allegation accusing…

Tempo - November 5, 2019

Jakarta (Bisnis) – Retail businesses have voiced concerns about involving Bekasi's minimarket parking service management woes, which allegedly is…

Tempo - November 5, 2019

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The reappointed Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly announced the ministry's plan to evaluate…

Tempo - November 5, 2019

Andita Rahma and Friski Riana, Jakarta – The police stated that they did not set a deadline for the investigation of the attack on…

November 4, 2019

Mongabay - November 4, 2019

Ayat S. Karokaro, Medan, Indonesia – Two Indonesian journalists who had reported on an illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra while also…

Jakarta Globe - November 4, 2019

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – Indonesia has reasserted its stance to reject shipments of hazardous and toxic waste from abroad and called for its…

Radio New Zealand - November 4, 2019

A new report alleges officials across Indonesia's West Papua have inflated population figures for personal gain.

The Institute for Policy…

The Guardian - November 4, 2019

A second and final term can free a leader, as Joko Widodo has acknowledged. The question is how he will use his new liberty. Five years ago, he…

Coconuts Jakarta - November 4, 2019

A story about a girl's sexual naivete prompted a discussion about the importance of sex education in Indonesia recently, because apparently she…

Coconuts Jakarta - November 4, 2019

Officials in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh are outraged over a brazen protest against their religious ideals by a man, who appears…

Straits Times - November 4, 2019

Jakarta – Two journalists who mediated a protracted land dispute between local residents and an oil palm plantation were found dead in Labuhan…

Forest Peoples Programme Press Release - November 4, 2019

Bangkok – Human Rights violations by one of the world's biggest palm oil suppliers, Wilmar International, and its subsidiaries and suppliers in…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) News Release - November 4, 2019

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an independent investigation to identify the perpetrators and instigators of the brutal murders of two…

Jakarta Globe - November 4, 2019

Eva Fitriani, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia are committed to speeding up the ratification of a bilateral free-trade agreement signed early…

Mongabay - November 4, 2019

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Fish stocks in a marine national park in Indonesia increased significantly in the years after a ban on the use of coral-…

Jakarta Post - November 4, 2019

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is expected to slow to 4.9 percent in the third quarter of this year as weak global…

Jakarta Post - November 4, 2019

Jakarta – A group of allegedly illegal miners are being accused of attacking Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers during a raid on a tin…

Jakarta Post - November 4, 2019

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court has cleared Sofyan Basir, the former president director of state-owned electricity…

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia campaigner Arifsyah Nasution assessed that the government had failed to tackle lead or metal…

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – A poll done by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) found that the country's Pancasila (five state ideologies) together…

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The IHS Markit report on the Indonesian manufacturing industry's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed a…

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – The newly-inaugurated Chief of the National Police, General Idham Azis, visited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) asserted it would not meddle with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision on…

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Golkar Party senior politician Agun Gunandjar Sudarsa was openly worried about his party's internal…

CNN Indonesia - November 4, 2019

Jakarta – The 2019 Press Freedom Index in Papua is still in the lowest position out of Indonesia's 34 provinces. The Press Freedom Index for…

CNN Indonesia - November 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) says that civil freedoms under the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have tended…

November 3, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 3, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Nusa Dua – Djoko Siswanto, secretary general of the National Energy Committee, said Indonesia is developing green fuel as an end-…

Detik News - November 3, 2019

Yulida Medistiara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will personally select the members of the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…

Jakarta Globe - November 3, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Nusa Dua – Indonesia's B30 biofuel plan, which will become effective at the beginning of January next year, will further increase…

Tempo - November 3, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – The Jakarta Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a decrease in the number of foreign tourists visit to Jakarta from 253,176…

Jakarta Globe - November 3, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Local and international storytellers gathered together to entertain children and educate parents about the importance of…

Detik News - November 3, 2019

Muhammad Fida Ul Haq, Jakarta – State Secretary Pratikno says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo respects the judicial review of the new…

November 2, 2019

Detik News - November 2, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is disappointed with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo because he has failed to issue a government…

Channel News Asia - November 2, 2019

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – As soon as a group of customers walked in, Mr Boy Alfian, 55, swiftly lifted a piece of red cloth covering two large…

Jakarta Post - November 2, 2019

Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) lecturer Ade Armando has been reported to the police for allegedly circulating an insulting meme of…

Straits Times - November 2, 2019

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has triggered a debate about Muslim attire after saying that the…

Jakarta Globe - November 2, 2019

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The head of Jakarta's Regional Development Planning Agency, or Bappeda, Sri Mahendra Satria Wirawan, and the head…

Jakarta Post - November 2, 2019

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – Comr. Gen. Mochamad Iriawan of the National Police was elected on Saturday as the new chief of the Indonesian Soccer…

Jakarta Globe - November 2, 2019

Antara, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A police general was elected chairman of the Indonesian Football Federation, or PSSI, in a heated "…

Tempo - November 2, 2019

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – State Administrative Law expert Bivitri Susanti expressed her disappointment when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stated…

November 1, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 1, 2019

Farid Firdaus, Jakarta – The central bank has assured businesses that it is committed to deploying all monetary and macroprudential instruments…