Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The central government had disbursed most of the Idul Fitri holiday bonuses (THR) for civil servants, including…
Indonesia & East Timor Digest
Displaying 42601-42650 of 110178 Documents
May 24, 2019
Jakarta – The area in front of the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in Central Jakarta saw a different crowd on Thursday night.
A…
Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has appointed four lawyers to challenge the election results at the Constitutional Court…
Jakarta – The government has pledged to boost spending in the second quarter to significantly boost gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
…
Jakarta – The two-day postelection riots in Jakarta have not only claimed eight lives and injured over 700 others but also taken a toll on the…
Benny Mawel, Jayapura – Angry residents in Wagethe in Deiyai regency, Papua, set fire to Tigi Police station on Tuesday, following the shooting…
Yustinus Paat & Christian Lee, Jakarta – The campaign team of newly re-elected president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he had already…
Carlos K.Y. Paath & Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Prominent political figures in Indonesia have expressed support for Prabowo Subianto and…
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) believes that the restrictions on social media, including WhatsApp messenger,…
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Incumbent President and 2019 presidential election winner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has again conveyed his hope to…
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A video showing a group of police officers beating an unarmed man near Al-Huda Mosque in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta…
Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election ticket rejects the results of the 2019 presidential election (pilpres), but accepts the…
May 23, 2019
Bogor – A number of student elements, initiated by the Indonesian Muslim Student Union (SEMMI), calls on the public to accept the 2019 Election…
A former Indonesian cop has vowed to fight for justice after he was dismissed from the police force for being gay, but he's already hit a legal…
Juli Hantoro, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Wiranto said that the government has already identified the…
Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh – In Indonesia, at least six people have died and hundreds have been injured after supporters of former military…
Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) chairperson Asfinawati has drawn a comparison between the May 21 and 22 riots in Jakarta, the…
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sampang – A mob reportedly attacked and set fire to Tambelangan Police station in Madura, East Java, on Wednesday night…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have confiscated an ambulance marked with a Gerindra Party logo after it was found filled with rocks instead of…
Sausan Atika, Jakarta – At least eight people were killed in two days of post-election riots in Central Jakarta, while hundreds required medical…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police have arrested another 185 suspected rioters during Wednesday night's clashes in Jakarta, bringing the total…
Arie Dwi Satrio, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) have slammed the…
Rangga Prakoso & Nurjoni, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has defended the government's decision to build the Batang Toru…
The Jakarta Metro Police have arrested 257 people alleged to have provoked and then taken part in violent riots during last night's post-election…
In the weeks since the April 17 presidential election, failed candidate Prabowo Subianto and his supporters have attempted to delegitimize not…
Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Two suspects affiliated with a radical Islamist group who were "intending to perform jihad" were arrested during the…
Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations (NGO) stated that May 22 riot was attributable to many remarks previously…
Andita Rahma and Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) has identified the owner of an ambulance suspected to be…
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Failing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto tweeted a video late on Wednesday evening, calling on his supporters to…
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto has called on his supporters to put their trust in the law…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) rose to 6,029.58 in the first trading session on Thursday, 1.51 percent or 89.95 points higher than…
Jakarta – Indonesia's second largest Islamic organization Muhammadiyah has spoken out against the rioting and violence that gripped Central and…
Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling on the political elite from the presidential election…
Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – Following the riots that took place in Jakarta on May 22, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and 15 LBH…
The pair allegedly behind the child sex trafficking case that was uncovered in Sanur earlier this year could be facing well over a decade in…
Jakarta – Four of the six people who were killed during post-election protests that turned into a full-fledged riot on Wednesday (May 22) had…
Dan McGarry, Port Vila – During his visit to Port Vila last weekend, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was confronted with…
David Lipson – The white toothpaste smeared in lines across their faces looked like war paint, but it was actually there to offer scant…
Kanupriya Kapoor and Tommy Ardiansyah, Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian police fired water cannon and rubber bullets at protesters setting fires…
Once again freedom of the press in Indonesia was marred as journalists were assaulted and threatened while reporting at the rally that turned…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on protesters and riot police who have been clashing for the past two days in the Indonesian capital,…
May 22, 2019
Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – Six people are dead and more than 200 are injured, according to Jakarta's governor, after mobs clashed with…
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has called on presidential contender Prabowo Subianto and running mate Sandiaga Uno…
Jakarta – The rupiah dropped to Rp 14,488 per US dollar on Wednesday from Rp 14,462 per dollar the previous day, according to the Jakarta…
Jakarta – A series of post-election protests escalated in Pontianak, West Kalimantan as an unknown party set fire to a police post on Wednesday…
Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The riot that followed a protest in front of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) headquarters in Central…
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The legislative complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta has been closed following unrest caused by a protest to…
Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The campaign team of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno has denied responsibility for the deadly riots that…
Feriawan Hidayat, Jakarta – The Mosque Management Organization of the Jakarta Chapter of Nahdlatul Ulama, known as LTM PWNU Jakarta, called on…
Dozens of college students in Bali gathered in Denpasar on Tuesday to represent a coalition of student alliances staging a protest rejecting the…




