Jakarta – A senior member of the National Awakening Party has been caught up in a bribery case involving infrastructure projects. The party could…
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Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Jakarta – Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, has cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5 percent, the fourth time it has…
Radio New Zealand - October 24, 2019
An Indonesian lawyer being pursued by the state has won a human rights award for shining "a light on violations of the rights" of West Papuans.…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Coordinating ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet have been given the power to veto regulations issued by…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's ranking in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index has remained stagnant at 73rd despite…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Cengkareng Police in West Jakarta have arrested a man for allegedly abusing a maid working at his house for the past…
New York Times - October 24, 2019
Richard C. Paddock, Jakarta, Indonesia – It was not unusual for the lawyer, Golfrid Siregar, to receive warnings and death threats, especially…
Channel News Asia - October 24, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank cut interest rates for the fourth month in a row on Thursday (Oct 24) as Southeast Asia's biggest economy…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has introduced 113 compulsory national industrial standards (SNI) as of June, this year for…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Jakarta – After being held in custody by the police, 10 Greenpeace Indonesia environmental activists who climbed to the top of two of the capital…
Tempo - October 24, 2019
Dewi Nurita, Arkhelaus Wisnu, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) criticized President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for his formation of the…
Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Investor Daily, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Stocks of Indonesian state-owned enterprises closed in positive territory on Wednesday evening, hours…
Tempo - October 24, 2019
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Head of the NasDem Party central executive board (DPP), Irma Suryani Chaniago argues that the naming of ST…
Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesians stormed social media to express anger and regret as soon as they found out Susi Pudjiastuti, known as "the…
Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The city of Bandung will give away 1,000 chicks to boys in elementary schools next month in an effort to stop their gadget…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Jakarta – Projo, a volunteer group that had supported President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo since before his first-term presidency, has bid farewell to…
Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The newly appointed Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita is to focus on the development of industrial zones…
Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo welcomed Thursday's decision by world football governing body FIFA to award Indonesia…
Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Jakarta – The unusually high daytime temperatures currently experienced in several parts of Indonesia are expected to…
Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – British Council Indonesia collaborated with London design studio Intoart and local brand CottonInk to put on a fashion show…
October 23, 2019
Reuters - October 23, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo took what appeared to be his biggest political gamble on Wednesday by including controversial former…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Ivany Atina Arbi and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has proposed the National Police's criminal investigation department…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially tapped his erstwhile opponent and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The appointment of Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim as the new education and culture minister has been met with mixed…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Three days after he took his oath to serve for his second and final term, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the government to involve small and medium-scale…
The Strategist - October 23, 2019
Mark Dodd – While relations with Timor-Leste remain strained over Australia's 2004 bugging of its cabinet office, the young nation, on half an…
Nikkei Asian Review - October 23, 2019
Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo brought key opposition leaders into his new look cabinet on Wednesday, as he…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – After keeping the public guessing with two days of visits from ministerial candidates at the State Palace,…
World Socialist Website - October 23, 2019
Owen Howell – After three weeks of improved air quality, the thick haze of smoke from deliberately lit forest fires, which began to spread across…
Straits Times - October 23, 2019
Singapore – Three Indonesian maids were charged in court on Wednesday (Oct 23) with financing terrorism, after being detained under the Internal…
New York Times - October 23, 2019
Richard C. Paddock, Jakarta, Indonesia – The president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, named a longtime political rival to his cabinet on Wednesday,…
Tempo - October 23, 2019
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia installed two giant banners at the Dirgantara Monument in Pancoran, and at Hotel Indonesia Roundabout'…
Mongabay - October 23, 2019
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Fires in Indonesia have razed an area the size of Puerto Rico, following a sharp spike in burning in September.…
The Conversation - October 23, 2019
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin have announced Indonesia's cabinet ministers for the 2019-2024 administration.
…ABC News - October 23, 2019
Erwin Renaldi and Wires – Indonesians have expressed disappointment after Indonesian President Joko Widodo has selected Opposition Leader Prabowo…
The Guardian - October 23, 2019
Jamie Fullerton – The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, has appointed as his defence minister his former bitter election rival Prabowo Subianto…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 23, 2019
James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is pressing ahead with plans to launch an overseas aid program for the…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 23, 2019
James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has cut the number of women in his cabinet, appointed a bitter political rival and…
Agence France Presse - October 23, 2019
Mechanical and design problems with a Boeing flight control system were key factors in the crash of a Lion Air plane last year, Indonesian…
ABC News - October 23, 2019
Tasha Wibawa – An outspoken lawyer wanted by Indonesian police has won a prestigious Australian human rights award for her work in exposing…
UCA News - October 23, 2019
Konradus Epa, Jakarta – Human rights lawyers have called for the immediate release of six detained activists from Indonesia's restive Papua…
Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Media Release - October 23, 2019
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has awarded the Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award to Indonesian lawyer and human…
Suara.com - October 23, 2019
Reza Gunadha and Novian Ardiansyah – The 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) is calling on Prabowo Subianto to repatriate Islamic Defenders Front (…
Tempo - October 23, 2019
M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Three environmental activists for Greenpeace Indonesia, who installed giant banners at Pancoran's Dirgantara Monument…
Suara.com - October 23, 2019
Reza Gunadha, Eleonora Padmasta Ekaristi Wijana – Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman has been awarded the Sir Ronald Wilson Human…
Indonesia at Melbourne - October 23, 2019
After two highly charged electoral contests between political rivals Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, relations between their…
Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Environment activists of Greenpeace Indonesia are determined not to leave the newly sworn Cabinet unchecked and are…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2019
Fana Suparman & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Newly appointed Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin denied links with any political parties on…
Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2019
Hotman Siregar & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Wednesday that Comr. Gen. Idham Azis, head of the Criminal…