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May 16, 2018

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2018

Jakarta – Officers from the Tangerang Police and the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested three men suspected…

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2018

Surabaya – Counterterrorism squad Densus 88 raided on Tuesday evening the residences of terror suspects believed to be linked to the recent…

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2018

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has intensified its effort to identify and block online content related to…

Tempo - May 16, 2018

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin urged Ulemas to spread the words of peace during the…

The Diplomat - May 16, 2018

Guteriano Neves – After nearly a year of political deadlock resulting from a minority government, and a divisive political campaign, Timor-Leste…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 16, 2018

Sidney Jones – Indonesia has again exploded in a paroxysm of terrorist violence, but with a new twist: family suicide bombers. This may be the…

Tempo - May 16, 2018

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) will monitor all media broadcasts, especially on television during Ramadan this year.…

Coconuts Jakarta - May 16, 2018

One of the details noted by witnesses of the suicide bombing on Sunday at the Gereja Kristian Indonesia (GKI) Church in Surabaya, committed by a…

May 15, 2018

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2018

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Kolegium Jurist Institute (KJI) said on Tuesday that law revisions on their own would not be able to fully…

Coconuts Jakarta - May 15, 2018

With tensions and fears running high in Indonesia following the terrorist attacks in East Java on Sunday and Monday, authorities have been urging…

Tempo - May 15, 2018

Jakarta (tabloidbintang.com) – Indonesian private-owned TV station Trans7 confirmed that they have cancelled the appearance of Maaher…

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2018

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Religious freedom watchdog Wahid Foundation has joined forces with 55 other organizations to form the Citizens…

Bloomberg - May 15, 2018

Harry Suhartono – Indonesian currency tumbled to a 31-month low and bonds fell for a second day as foreign investors dumped the nation's assets…

Tempo - May 15, 2018

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said that the ratification of the Law on…

Tempo - May 15, 2018

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Regional Council of Catholic Scholars Association (ISKA) Jabodetabek strongly condemns the acts of terrorism in…

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2018

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Political analyst Maksimus Ramses Lalongkoe has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to quickly issue a…

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2018

Safrin La Batu, Surabaya – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested another four suspected terrorists in different cities…

ABC Radio Australia - May 15, 2018

Mary Lloyd – If there is one thing that stands out about the attacks in Indonesia on Sunday and Monday it is that they were carried out by two…

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2018

Jakarta – The Jakarta Administration plans to hold mass iftar (breaking of the fast) events starting in June, in 223 community units (RW), funded…

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2018

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a US$1.63 billion trade deficit in April due to an "unusual" increase in imports,…

Asia Times - May 15, 2018

Erin Cook, Jakarta – As answers slowly come to light about the families behind the terror attacks in Indonesia's second city of Surabaya and…

May 14, 2018

Inside Story - May 14, 2018

Michael Leach – After nearly ten months of political uncertainty, Saturday's parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste delivered a decisive result.…

Asian Human Rights Commission Statement - May 14, 2018

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the terrorist attacks and suicide bombings which occurred in several churches in…

The Guardian - May 14, 2018

Helen Davidson – Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao is expected to be appointed prime minister again after the country's second…

Nikkei Asian Review - May 14, 2018

Simon Roughneen, Dili – A three-party alliance led by Timorese independence hero Xanana Gusmao ousted the short-lived Fretilin minority government…

The Conversation - May 14, 2018

Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun – Since becoming a democracy that supports freedom of speech, Indonesia, ironically, has seen an increase in people being…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted Syafruddin Arsyad Temenggung, former chairman of the…

Tempo - May 14, 2018

Friski Riana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has recently ordered the Indonesian National Police and Indonesian Military (…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Yogyakarta residents gathered at Tugu Monument on Sunday to pray and show their solidarity following…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Riza Roidila, Jakarta – Hundreds of Surabaya residents in East Java flocked to the city's Heroes Monument on Sunday night to hold a…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Security personnel reportedly thwarted on Sunday morning an attempted terror attack on Pniel…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Jakarta – State-owned railway operator PT KAI has heightened security at several train stations in Jakarta following Sunday's suicide bombings in…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad arrested six suspected terrorists…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 14, 2018

Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The family suspected of the trio of church suicide bombings in Indonesia had recently returned from Syria before the attack…

Jakarta Post - May 14, 2018

Jakarta – Moody's Investors Service has said that if the negative exchange rate pressure persists for the rupiah, the economy will be affected.…

The Guardian - May 14, 2018

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb – A family of five, including an eight-year-old child, has carried out a bomb attack on a police headquarters…

Bloomberg - May 14, 2018

Karlis Salna, Viriya Singgih and Rieka Rahadiana – A wave of deadly bombings in Indonesia has put the spotlight on lawmakers and anti-terrorism…

May 13, 2018

Sydney Morning Herald - May 13, 2018

Michael Sainsbury, Dili – Timor-Leste's national resistance hero Xanana Gusmao, a former president and prime minister, is headed back to power in…

Reuters - May 13, 2018

Nelson de la Cruz, Dili – A coalition of East Timor's opposition parties, including a party led by independence hero Xanana Gusmao, was heading…

The Guardian - May 13, 2018

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – At least eleven people have been killed and dozens injured in multiple suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya,…

Jakarta Post - May 13, 2018

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – No group has claimed responsibility so far for suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday…

Jakarta Post - May 13, 2018

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Four suspected terrorists shot dead by members of the nation's elite Densus 88 counterterrorism squad in Cianjur, West…

Jakarta Post - May 13, 2018

Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, the nation's largest Islamic organizations, have condemned a series of alleged suicide bombing…

Asia Times - May 13, 2018

David Hutt – Preliminary results from Timor-Leste's general election on Saturday indicate that an opposition coalition has clinched victory,…

Jakarta Globe - May 13, 2018

Sheany and Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian civil groups condemned the church bombings in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday (13/05), and called for…

UCAN News - May 13, 2018

Jose Belo – Timor-Leste's general election in 2018 will prove to be like no other.

This is the first time in East-Timorese history that a…

Tempo - May 13, 2018

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – General Secretary of the Indonesian Churches Alliance (PGI) Golmar Gultom urged all political and community elites to stop…

May 12, 2018

Nikkei Asian Review - May 12, 2018

Simon Roughneen, Dili, East Timor – Voting took place today in East Timor to choose 65 members of parliament, who Timorese hope will form a stable…

Jakarta Post - May 12, 2018

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has promised to improve the ministry's budget arrangement system, following the arrest of an official…

Jakarta Post - May 12, 2018

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has instructed all nightlife venues to shut down operations for Ramadhan one day before the…