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October 8, 2019
Indonesia at Melbourne - October 8, 2019
Radio New Zealand - October 8, 2019
Human Rights Watch is calling on Indonesia to investigate riots in West Papua, which killed dozens last month.
The clashes in…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 8, 2019
James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesia has taken the "unusual" step of blocking foreign diplomats from visiting strife-torn Papua, citing security…
Tempo - October 8, 2019
Jakarta (Bisnis) – Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) senior economist Aviliani said that Indonesia is facing an income…
Tempo - October 8, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – There are still around 5,000 people displaced by the riots in Wamena, Papua. They currently live in 22 temporary…
Tempo - October 8, 2019
Ester Arlin, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Bivitri Susanti argued that the plan to amend the 1945 Constitution (UUD 1945) is not backed by…
Tempo - October 8, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Expert on political affairs Pangi Syarwi Chaniago said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's lack of immediacy to…
Tempo - October 8, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Gerindra Party secretary-general Ahmad Muzani says a number of attempts have been made by the government in power…
Jakarta Post - October 8, 2019
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named North Lampung Regent Agung Ilmu Mangkunegara a suspect in a…
Jakarta Post - October 8, 2019
Jakarta – Thousands of residents of West Seram Regency in Maluku fled to nearby mountains and forests on Tuesday amid fears of an incoming…
October 7, 2019
Agence France Presse - October 7, 2019
Jakarta – Thousands of Ambon residents are still in shelters nearly two weeks after a deadly earthquake sparked a stream of fake news and hoaxes…
Australian Associated Press - October 7, 2019
Human rights lawyers say the case against a whistleblower at the centre of a bugging scandal involving East Timor should never have made it to…
Jakarta Post - October 7, 2019
Jakarta – Human rights activists who are part of the Papuan Civil Coalition condemned the Papua Police for transferring treason suspects from…
Inside Story - October 7, 2019
Nic Maclellan – When Vanuatu's prime minister, Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas, stood before the UN General Assembly last week, he would have known how…
Tech Wire Asia - October 7, 2019
Soumik Roy – Analysts believe that Indonesia's economy is accelerating its journey to digital, paving the way for economic success for…
Tempo - October 7, 2019
Mei Leandha, Jakarta – Human rights activist and the legal council coordinator for the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), Golfrid…
Coconuts Jakarta - October 7, 2019
Bandung was once seen as the ideal weekend getaway destination for Jakartans wanting to escape the capital's maddening macet, but a new study…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 7, 2019
James Massola, Jakarta – Scott Morrison will spend two days in Indonesia's capital to attend the second inauguration of President Joko Widodo,…
Thanh Nien News - October 7, 2019
Out of 56 companies that relocated their production out of China between April 2018 and August 2019, only three went to India and two to…
Radio New Zealand - October 7, 2019
Johnny Blades – Jihadis are being encouraged to go and fight in West Papua by Indonesian Muslim hardliners.
Front Jihad Islam, or FJI,…
Jakarta Globe - October 7, 2019
Dina Manafe, Jakarta – A whopping 82 percent of Indonesian households lead an unhealthy lifestyle, a huge factor in the swelling deficit of the…
Tempo - October 7, 2019
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Gerindra Party politician Supratman Andi Agtas suggested that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should invite the…
Tempo - October 7, 2019
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) will soon fix the draft of the revised Corruption Eradication Commission…
Tempo - October 7, 2019
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri is reportedly closely monitoring…
Tempo - October 7, 2019
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) suspects unfortunate motives from the Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna…
Jakarta Globe - October 7, 2019
Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A man known as a diehard supporter of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo testified to police that a group of men punched…
Jakarta Globe - October 7, 2019
Diana Mariska, Robert Isidorus, Telly Nathalia and Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Papua Police said on Monday that the situation in Wamena had returned…
Human Rights Watch News Release - October 7, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities should independently investigate recent riots in Wamena, Papua that resulted in 33 deaths, Human Rights Watch…
Jakarta Post - October 7, 2019
Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) during an operation on Sunday arrested North Lampung Regent Agung Ilmu Mangkunegara for…
October 6, 2019
CNN Indonesia - October 6, 2019
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and presidential confidant Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan admits that he is confused about the wave…
The Star - October 6, 2019
Karim Raslan – "A government should be the voice of God to the people, not Satan."
Hamzah Mustaffa, 22, an English literature student from…
South China Morning Post - October 6, 2019
Amy Chew – A series of bombs that two Indonesian men were assembling to "burn Chinese shops" in Jakarta were not filled with petrol as previously…
ABC News - October 6, 2019
David Lipson – My first story reporting from Indonesia was about a mob.
It was January 2018 and a group known as FPI – the Islamic…
Tempo - October 6, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has commended the hard work of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in maintaining public confidence…
ABC News - October 6, 2019
Alan Weedon – West Papua – an Indonesian region with closer cultural and ethnic ties to Melanesia – has been rocked by protests for more than a…
Detik News - October 6, 2019
Ibnu Hariyanto, Jakarta – the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has released a survey on the public's level of trust in the president, the…
October 5, 2019
CNN Indonesia - October 5, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) spokesperson Surya Anta, who has being detained at the Mobile Brigade Command…
Tempo - October 5, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – The West Java Manpower and Transmigration Agency revealed that from January 2018 until September 2019, a total of 188 textile…
Tempo - October 5, 2019
Jakarta (Bisnis) – The Riau Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Riau) continues to carry out efforts to extinguish forest and land fires in…
Jakarta Globe - October 5, 2019
Jakarta (Berita Satu) – The Indonesian Military, or TNI, will have four new bases in the country's eastern region to improve its combat readiness…
Channel News Asia - October 5, 2019
Kiki Siregar, Jambi – A man in Muaro Jambi regency wanted to clear his land to plant coffee, and the easiest way was to light a match and fling…
October 4, 2019
Jakarta Globe - October 4, 2019
Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The unanimous election of Golkar politician Bambang Soesatyo as speaker of the People's…
Jakarta Post - October 4, 2019
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Golkar Party politician and former House of Representatives speaker Bambang Soesatyo has been elected by acclamation as…
Jakarta Post - October 4, 2019
Made Anthony Iswara, Batu, East Java – The Trade Ministry will revise 18 ministerial regulations considered to be hampering exports and…
Jakarta Post - October 4, 2019
Made Anthony Iswara, Batu, East Java – The Trade Ministry is working with a special task force to audit producers' importer identification…
Jakarta Post - October 4, 2019
Jakarta – The National Police arrested 1,489 people during a series of student protests in Jakarta and intend to prosecute 380 of…
Reuters - October 4, 2019
Heru Asprihanto, Tangerang – After 13 years of happily unmarried life that has brought them three children, one middle-aged Indonesian couple is…
The Conversation - October 4, 2019
Luthfi T. Dzulfikar, Novi Poespita Candra and Syaikhu Usman – Scholars say semi-militaristic discipline techniques, and competition-based…
Straits Times - October 4, 2019
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A senior politician with Indonesia's second-largest party Golkar, Bambang Soesatyo, has been appointed Speaker…
Agence France Presse - October 4, 2019
Jakarta – Poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules in Indonesia's…