Roni Toldanes and Arie Firdaus – The United States is taking steps to resume training with Indonesian special forces unit Kopassus, American…
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February 28, 2018
Eurasia Review - February 28, 2018
Straits Times - February 28, 2018
Jakarta – Authorities in Banda Aceh caned a non-Muslim married couple on Tuesday (Feb 27) after the two were arrested for gambling at an…
February 27, 2018
Straits Times - February 27, 2018
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Former general Prabowo Subianto is firming up as a candidate for Indonesia's presidential election, raising the prospect of…
Coconuts Jakarta - February 27, 2018
Last Friday, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) made no surprises by officially nominating President Joko Widodo to run for a…
The Daily Blog - February 27, 2018
Maire Leadbeater – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a snazzy theme to promote the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations…
Timor Sea Justice Campaign Media Release - February 27, 2018
East Timor's decision to drag the Australian Government to "compulsory conciliation" at the UN has paid off – a new and better treaty is set to be…
Australian Financial Review - February 27, 2018
Angela Macdonald-Smith – A deal struck between the Australian and Timor-Leste governments has opened the door for progress on Woodside Petroleum's…
Agence France Presse - February 27, 2018
Two Indonesian Christians were publicly flogged in conservative Aceh province Tuesday for playing a children's entertainment game seen as…
Tempo - February 27, 2018
Jakarta – Hutomo Mandala Putra, better known as Tommy Suharto, is grateful that the Berkarya Party was given number seven on the 2019 general…
Coconuts Jakarta - February 27, 2018
A recent fake news item shared on Facebook. It says "15 million members of the PKI armed to slaughter ulema (Muslim scholars)"
No,…
Kompas.com - February 27, 2018
Ambaranie Nadia, Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – The national police say that The Family Muslim Cyber Army (MCA) has not just been spreading…
February 26, 2018
Tempo - February 26, 2018
Chitra Paramesti, Jakarta – National Secretary of the Migrant Workers Network Savitri Wisnuwardhani said the number case of migrant workers abroad…
Reuters - February 26, 2018
David Lawder, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Monday called on Indonesia to boost its potential…
Jakarta Post - February 26, 2018
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde on Monday called on Indonesia…
Jakarta Post - February 26, 2018
Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is once again running for, well, president. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle…
Tempo - February 26, 2018
Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) along with the Press Council will work with the Elections Supervisory…
Jakarta Post - February 26, 2018
Jakarta – More than nine months after being convicted of blasphemy, former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has officially…
Coconuts Jakarta - February 26, 2018
Today was the first courtroom hearing in former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's judicial review (PK) of the guilty verdict in his…
Reuters - February 26, 2018
East Timor and Australia have reached an agreement for a treaty on their disputed maritime border and on a "pathway" to develop the giant Greater…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 26, 2018
Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – Australia and East Timor will sign a landmark agreement aimed at opening the way to share revenue from the $50 billion…
Coconuts Jakarta - February 26, 2018
Jakarta definitely has the some of the worst, most maddening traffic in the world – nobody is denying that. But does the Indonesian capital really…
February 25, 2018
Agence France Presse - February 25, 2018
Trafficked to Malaysia, forced to sleep outside with a dog before dying from serious injuries – the latest abuse case involving an Indonesian maid…
Jakarta Post - February 25, 2018
Margareth S. Aritonang, Denpasar – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has voiced its objection to a proposal that President Joko…
CNN - February 25, 2018
Ben Westcott – When Ael left home to go to school in Jakarta, his parents warned him to be careful in the big city. "Be a kind person," his mother…
Jakarta Post - February 25, 2018
Jakarta – Citra Langgeng Otomotif, Indonesia's authorized Ferrari distributor, is optimistic about its sales prospects this year as it continues…
February 24, 2018
Jakarta Post - February 24, 2018
Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – State-owned energy giant Pertamina aims to gradually increase its investment spending for renewable energy to around…
Tempo - February 24, 2018
Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – Alvara Research Institute Director Hasanuddin Ali said the age group with the highest level of satisfaction with the…
Tempo - February 24, 2018
Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stated that 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta…
New Mandala - February 24, 2018
Liam Gammon – In the past couple of months, a regular feature of the right wing (for lack of a better term) Indonesian Facebook groups I follow…
February 23, 2018
Jakarta Globe - February 23, 2018
Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia failed to address past human rights violations despite promises from top officials and commitments by President Joko "…
Indonesia at Melbourne - February 23, 2018
Robertus Robet – While most of Indonesian civil society was up in arms about controversial revisions to the Criminal Code (KUHP) last week, the…
Jakarta Globe - February 23, 2018
Sheany, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia on Thursday (22/02) pointed out that the government's approach to tackle hate speech in the…
The Guardian - February 23, 2018
Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Overwhelmed by tides of waste and decades of mass tourism, to some, the Indonesian island of Bali is a paradise long lost.…
Jakarta Post - February 23, 2018
Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – A top Indonesian marine scientist has said that Indonesia is planning to conduct a large-scale research study aimed at…
Straits Times - February 23, 2018
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo has won the backing of the nation's biggest political party for a second term in office…
Jakarta Globe - February 23, 2018
Sheany, Jakarta – The finalization of the current draft revisions to the criminal code, or KUHP, will have a serious impact on human rights in the…
Tempo - February 23, 2018
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Mardani Ali Sera has clarified a statement by sacked Alumni Presidium 212 founder Faizal Assegaf who said that…
Coconuts Jakarta - February 23, 2018
Faizal Assegaf would once have been considered an important ally of Rizieq Shihab, the fugitive founder of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (…
Jakarta Globe - February 23, 2018
Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Even though President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has not signed a recent amendment to the 2014 Legislative Law, it will still…
February 22, 2018
Tempo - February 22, 2018
Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Recently sacked founder of the Presidium Alumni 212, Faizal Assegaf, has accused Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan of…
Jakarta Globe - February 22, 2018
Sheany, Jakarta – Din Syamsuddin, chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council, or MUI, Advisory Board, said on Wednesday (21/02) that recent…
CNN Indonesia - February 22, 2018
Abi Sarwanto, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) chairperson Muhammad Romahurmuziy suspects that there is a "powerful individual" behind the…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2018
Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Air quality in Dumai regency, Riau has worsened, with the latest air quality index showing a moderate level of…
Tempo - February 22, 2018
M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The Human Rights Commission or Komnas HAM is still processing the report on the findings of 162 mass grave sites of…
Reuters - February 22, 2018
Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has delayed signing a draft law that would allow parliament to crack down on criticism aimed at its…
Tempo - February 22, 2018
Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – The People Conscience Party (Hanura) Chairman Oesman Sapto Odang announced the Board of Trustees Party…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2018
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 300 academicians, comprising lecturers, professors and students, from Yogyakarta have called on Arief…
February 21, 2018
Tempo - February 21, 2018
Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – General Secretary of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Jakarta Novel Bamukmin said that if God wills, FPI leader Rizieq…
Radio New Zealand International - February 21, 2018
The West Papua National Liberation Army's central command in the Papuan Highlands has made a fresh declaration of war against Indonesian military…
ABC News - February 21, 2018
Anne Barker – For a man held up as a national hero, relatively little is written about Nicolau dos Reis Lobato – especially outside East Timor.…