Eko Widianto, Malang – The ride-hailing app company Gojek has established a task force that will help to handle issues on sexual violence and…
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July 26, 2019
Tempo - July 26, 2019
Jakarta Globe - July 26, 2019
Beritasatu Team & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – South Solok district in West Sumatra has come under fire for disqualifying a dentist based on her…
Associated Press - July 26, 2019
Stephen Wright and Karin Laub, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in an interview Friday that he will push ahead with…
July 25, 2019
Radio New Zealand - July 25, 2019
Indonesian logger and palm oil producer, the Korindo Group, is challenging some of the claims by environmental NGO, Mighty Earth.
The NGO…
New Mandala - July 25, 2019
Dyah Ayu Kartika – When the votes were counted in Indonesia's 2019 elections, women activists had one thing to welcome: the number of women in…
Reuters - July 25, 2019
Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament approved on Thursday an amnesty for a woman who was jailed after recording lewd phone calls from…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has revived a special military force to strengthen Indonesia's fight against terrorism.
"To…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Yulia Savitri, Palembang, South Sumatra – Haze from forest and bush fires has long been a major problem, not only for locals, but also for people…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Jakarta – An outbreak of Leptosphaeria leaf spot (Pestalotiopsis spp) that has hit many rubber plantations in Indonesia is expected to…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Jakarta – Thousands of villagers in Tangerang regency, Banten, like many people across Indonesia, are suffering a shortage of clean water as the…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has completed the personal data protection bill, pushing closer to a more stringent…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise has raised a call for parents across the…
Jakarta Post - July 25, 2019
Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) sold less copper and gold in the first half of 2019, decreasing to almost half the…
Radio New Zealand - July 25, 2019
Major palm oil producer Korindo has been found guilty of rainforest destruction and human rights abuses in the Indonesian province of Papua by…
Reuters - July 25, 2019
Indonesia's Parliament has approved an amnesty for a woman who was jailed after recording lewd phone calls from her boss.
Indonesian…
Tempo - July 25, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Many experts projected Indonesian coastal areas (Jakarta, Semarang, and Demak) would face a serious threat on sea level hike…
Tempo - July 25, 2019
Pekanbaru (Antara) – A thick cloud of smog caused by land and forest fire covered Pekanbaru City, Riau Province on Thursday morning,…
The Diplomat - July 25, 2019
Olivia Tasevski – This year marks 50 years since West Papua was officially incorporated into Indonesia via 1969's ironically named Act of Free…
Global Risk Insights - July 25, 2019
Patrick Dupont – West Papuan separatist groups have recently united under a single banner. However, internal conflict and a determined Indonesian…
Jakarta Globe - July 25, 2019
Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Sri Mulyani Indrawati is widely expected to continue in her role as finance minister in the second-term…
July 24, 2019
The Diplomat - July 24, 2019
Ana Salva – Fajran Zain still remembers the days when young lovers from the province of Aceh, in Indonesia, could sit to enjoy the sunset…
Jakarta Post - July 24, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab…
Straits Times - July 24, 2019
Lim Min Zhang, Singapore – The navies of Singapore and Indonesia worked together to tackle a simulated terrorist threat involving commercial…
Jakarta Post - July 24, 2019
Jakarta – The Taxation Directorate General is now preparing a mechanism to collect taxes from all activities in the digital economy, not only…
Jakarta Globe - July 24, 2019
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – In a surprise move that could throw a wrench in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's recent effort at coalition-building,…
The Diplomat - July 24, 2019
Oki Raimundos – The parliament of Timor-Leste voted in favor Tuesday of ratifying a maritime boundary treaty with Australia that governs how the…
Australian Associated Press - July 24, 2019
Australia's attorney-general has shot down suggestions of dropping spy charges in a Commonwealth case involving East Timor.
The…
Dili Weekly - July 24, 2019
Paulina Quintao – Rede ba Rai is urging the government to temporarily stop the land registration process being conducted throughout the territory…
Dili Weekly - July 24, 2019
Celestina Soares – The Timorese government through the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MEJD) indicated it will include Tetum sign…
Dili Weekly - July 24, 2019
Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Veterinary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP), Joanita Bendita da Costa said she does…
Radio New Zealand - July 24, 2019
Eight members of Britain's House of Lords want to see their government take a strong stand on press freedom in West Papua.
In…
The Guardian - July 24, 2019
Kate Lamb, Jakarta – A man from a village in East Java has embarked on an unconventional mission to raise awareness about preserving forests: he…
'Men must care': MUI backs survey that says women get sexually harassed regardless of their clothing
Coconuts Jakarta - July 24, 2019
Recently, a coalition of Indonesian feminist groups released the results of a very important survey about sexual harassment in the country. One…
Jakarta Post - July 24, 2019
Jakarta – The Bogor regency administration in West Java is urging the central government to establish a new regency comprising the eastern part…
Jakarta Post - July 24, 2019
Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) administration has released a book on disaster mitigation in the hope of making religion…
Jakarta Globe - July 24, 2019
Lenny Tristia Tambun & Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, a niece of the Great Indonesia Movement Party chairman Prabowo…
UCA News - July 24, 2019
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – A church group in Papua has called on the Indonesian government to actively seek an end to clashes between the military…
Jakarta Post - July 24, 2019
Suherdjoko, Semarang – Civil servants who have been exposed to radicalism should resign, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo stated after…
Jakarta Globe - July 24, 2019
Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must streamline the bureaucracy and overhaul the relationship between the central and…
Jakarta Post - July 24, 2019
Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has called on the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to create a more transparent mechanism in the…
Jakarta Globe - July 24, 2019
Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto met Megawati Soekarnoputri on Wednesday, a move that many interpret as a further sign that the former general might be…
July 23, 2019
Jakarta Post - July 23, 2019
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A team tasked with selecting new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders has announced that 104 applicants…
Jakarta Post - July 23, 2019
Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said the government will reduce spending in the coming months as revenue growth was slow in…
Jakarta Post - July 23, 2019
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office has released 50 names on its wanted list (DPO). Among them are dozens of graft…
Tempo - July 23, 2019
Irsyan Hasyim, Depok – The Depok City government along with the Depok Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) are discussing a draft regional…
Gay Star News - July 23, 2019
Rik Glauert – An Indonesian city of nearly two million people is planning an anti-LGBT law.
The city council of Depok, not far from the…
Al Jezeera - July 23, 2019
Febriana Firdaus, Wamena, West Papua, Indonesia – Evidence is emerging that children are joining the long-running conflict in the restive…
Reuters - July 23, 2019
Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – Green groups have urged the Indonesian government to step up help for hundreds of thousands of people made sick by…
Mongabay - July 23, 2019
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Environmental activists say they fear for what's left of Indonesia's tropical rainforests, following a fiery call…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 23, 2019
Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesian police say its anti-terror squad has arrested a suspect and foiled a plan for terror attacks on August 17,…