Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An unidentified armed group launched a shooting attack in Papua on Wednesday, in the second attack in the region…
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June 28, 2018
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
The Guardian - June 28, 2018
Paul Karp and agencies – Criminal charges have been filed against the spy-turned-whistleblower who revealed Australia had bugged Timor-Leste's…
ABC News - June 28, 2018
Andrew Greene and Lucy Sweeney – A Canberra lawyer whose client exposed a secret Australian spying operation in East Timor has described the…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met Timor Leste President Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres during the latter's state visit…
Tempo - June 28, 2018
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Timor Leste President Fransisco Guterres urged has called on Indonesia to support his country to become a member…
Agence France Presse - June 28, 2018
Criminal charges have been filed against a spy-turned-whistleblower who exposed a secret Australian bugging operation in East Timor, parliament…
Coconuts Jakarta - June 28, 2018
Exit polling results from the Celebes Research Institute in Makassar showing mayoral candidate pair Munafri Arifuddin and Andi Rahmatika losing to…
Associated Press - June 28, 2018
Rod Mcguirk, Canberra, Australia – Australia's prime minister on Friday distanced his government from a decision to prosecute a former spy and his…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
Gemma Holliani Cahya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – In big cities in Indonesia, condoms, which can be as cheap as US$1.19 a dozen, are as…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
Jakarta – Quick-count results by various pollsters in 15 provinces holding gubernatorial elections are showing that NasDem Party hold…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
Suherdjoko and Apriadi Gunawan, Semarang/Medan – During this year's regional elections, voters found unique ways to make the monumental fiesta of…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected judicial review petitions challenging a provision in the 2017…
The Conversation - June 28, 2018
Tommy Soesmanto and Yenny Tjoe – The increasing level of Indonesia's government debt has become a hot topic ahead of the 2019 presidential…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2018
Jakarta – Director General of Taxation Robert Pakpahan says fiscal incentives granted to businesses to attract investment will adversely affect…
Coconuts Jakarta - June 28, 2018
Although Indonesia and Israel have no formal diplomatic ties, Indonesian tourists (mostly those going for religious pilgrimages) are a…
June 27, 2018
Reuters - June 27, 2018
Nilufar Rizki, Yuddy Cahya, Depok, Indonesia – Unofficial counts in Indonesia's regional elections on Wednesday put candidates favouring President…
Jakarta Post - June 27, 2018
Fachrul Sidiq, Tangerang – Most voters at polling station TPS 02 in Pinang, Tangerang, Banten, where Governor Wahidin Halim cast his…
Jakarta Post - June 27, 2018
Arya Dipa, Andi Hajramurni and Nethy Dharma Somba, Bandung/Makassar/Jayapura – Despite all the doom and gloom – from terror threats to communal…
Reuters - June 27, 2018
Michael Taylor, Celukan Bawang, Bali – Over the past three years, fisherman I Putu Gede Astawa has watched his daily catch off the northern tip of…
Nikkei Asian Review - June 27, 2018
Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – Candidates backed by ruling coalition parties look set to clinch Central and West Java in local elections, but opposition…
Asia Pacific Report - June 27, 2018
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an independent inquiry into the death in detention of Muhammad Yusuf, a reporter who was being held…
Sydney Morning Herald - June 27, 2018
Rod Yates – Karina Utomo was 16 years old and living in Canberra when she received an e-mail from Magic Dirt frontwoman Adalita. As an aspiring…
Jakarta Post - June 27, 2018
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Johan Budi Sapto Prabowo has said that there is no language requirement for foreign workers as…
Human Rights Watch Dispatches - June 27, 2018
Phelim Kine – The Indonesian government is seeking "creative ways" to boost the number of women in the police and military so it can meet its…
Coconuts Jakarta - June 27, 2018
Yesterday, Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) offered up some important advice for voters going to the polls today in the country…
Jakarta Post - June 27, 2018
Jakarta – Indonesia is set to begin mass producing special multipurpose vehicles in January 2019 to support the development of the country's…
Coconuts Jakarta - June 27, 2018
Today, Indonesia is holding simultaneous regional elections across the country, but the one being watched most closely is the governor's race is…
Tempo - June 27, 2018
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – A few days ago, Gerindra Party Chairman Prabowo Subianto raised a crowd-funding for the Election of Regional Head and the…
June 26, 2018
Eurasia Review - June 26, 2018
Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki – The highly anticipated third stage of the simultaneous regional executive elections (pilkada serentak) is set to take…
Reuters - June 26, 2018
Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – About 100 residents of a gritty commercial district of Indonesia's capital listen intently as…
Jakarta Post - June 26, 2018
Jakarta – Despite mostly safe and smooth travel during this year's Idul Fitri holiday season, some improvements, such as opening more rest areas…
Tempo - June 26, 2018
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) stated there were thousands of violations in the regional head election (Pilkada)…
Tempo - June 26, 2018
Jakarta – The police anti-terror squad Densus 88 has again arrested 13 suspected terrorists allegedly planning to commit terror acts ahead of the…
Straits Times - June 26, 2018
Jakarta – The heads of 122 state universities gathered at the Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry in Jakarta for a closed meeting…
ABC News - June 26, 2018
Indonesian police have named four people as suspects in a criminal probe into the sinking of an overloaded ferry on a volcanic lake in which it is…
The Guardian - June 26, 2018
Kate Lamb, Lombok – As a young girl, Julaeping Putri loved to play, even take naps, among the fresh mounds of tobacco leaves piled around her home…
Coconuts Jakarta - June 26, 2018
Back in April, over 100 people were reported to have died after drinking tainted bootleg alcohol in various parts of Indonesia including Jakarta.…
Asian Human Rights Commission Statement - June 26, 2018
[A Statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.]
Torture remains a serious problem in Indonesia,…
Human Rights Watch Dispatches - June 26, 2018
Michelle Winowatan – Indonesian journalist Muhammad Yusuf died in police custody earlier this month after being detained for more than five weeks…
Indonesia at Melbourne - June 26, 2018
Jess Melvin – As Indonesia commemorates 20 years since the fall of the New Order military dictatorship, the foundation myth of the regime (and,…
Jakarta Post - June 26, 2018
Jakarta – The South Sulawesi General Elections Commission (KPU South Sulawesi) has removed thousands of names from the voting roll after finding…
South China Morning Post - June 26, 2018
Karim Raslan – On Wednesday, the Indonesian province of West Java – with a population of 48 million – (crammed into an area smaller than the…
Dili Weekly - June 26, 2018
Paulina Quintao – Women's participation in the labor force in Timor-Leste is still limited to 21% compared to men's 40%, according to data from…
Dili Weekly - June 26, 2018
Celestina Soares – The Director of the Central Basic School (EBC) in Akadiru-hun, Dili, Mateus Pinto Tilman urged the Public Service Commission (…
Tempo - June 26, 2018
Syafiul Hadi and Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Papuan armed separatist group (KKSB) has again attacked civilians in Kenyam, Nduga, Papua on Monday,…
June 25, 2018
Coconuts Jakarta - June 25, 2018
While Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seem to have developed a very good working relationship (…
Jakarta Post - June 25, 2018
Jakarta – Chairman of the Palu chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), M. Iqbal, reported on Sunday several police officers to…
ABC News - June 25, 2018
Olivia Nicole Tasevski – This year marks the 20th anniversary of the resignation of Indonesia's authoritarian president, Suharto, who led…
Jakarta Post - June 25, 2018
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – A Twin Otter aircraft carrying election material and the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel…
Antara News - June 25, 2018
Evarianus Supar, Timika, Papua – Thousands of traditional gold prospectors in the Kali Kabur river of Timika, Papua, demanded the reopening of…