Category: Indonesia
Indonesian police regain control after demonstrators torch local parliament
Indonesia’s police chief said on Monday that authorities in the easternmost Papua region were regaining control after protesters set fire to tyres and torched a local [...]
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Despite bleak outlook, foreign investors flock to Indonesian stock market
The inflow of foreign funds into the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) remained high in the past few weeks despite the country’s bleak economic outlook as seen in the [...]
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Indonesia arrests dozens of West Papuans over claim flag was thrown in sewer
Indonesian authorities raided a university dormitory in Surabaya on Saturday and arrested dozens of West Papuan students after a standoff over allegations the Indonesian flag [...]
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Sarawak searches for Indonesian worker who jumped into croc-infested river
A search and rescue operation has kicked off in Lundu for Indonesian plantation worker Ridwan Jayadi who disappeared late yesterday in the crocodile-infested waters of Sungai [...]
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Seven killed in Indonesia ferry accident
Seven people, including two children, were killed and four others missing after a ferry carrying dozens of passengers caught fire off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early [...]
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Indonesian police shoot suspected militant after officer slashed
A suspected Islamic militant has launched an attack on an Indonesian police station in the country’s second-biggest city, slashing one officer with a sickle, before [...]
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Indonesian village wants Canada’s trash
Villagers say there’s more money in foreign trash than in farming Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste including from Canada has upset the village of [...]
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Indonesia president formally proposes relocating capital to Borneo
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday (August 16) formally proposed to parliament a plan to move the country’s capital from Jakarta, on the crowded island of Java, [...]
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Aussie corruption-buster humbled by Indonesians
Once David Ipp had finished conducting the Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry that sent Eddie Obeid and Co. on their way to jail, the top NSW graft-buster went [...]
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Indonesia’s Jokowi formally proposes relocating capital to Borneo
President proposes in state of the union speech to parliament on the eve of country’s 74th independence anniversary. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has formally [...]
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Cash for trash: Indonesia village banks on waste recycling
Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing [...]
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Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster
Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates [...]
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Indonesian president seeks people’s support for new capital
Indonesia’s president on Friday appealed for support to move the country’s capital from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta, in an annual national address [...]
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Mastercard, Indonesia’s Artajasa to collaborate on payment gateway
Mastercard Inc (MA.N) said on Thursday it signed an agreement with Indonesian payment switching firm Artajasa Pembayaran Elektronis to make a foray into the Southeast Asian [...]
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Refugees in West Java, Indonesia have no access to education so they established their own school
In West Java, a group of volunteer refugees established the Refugee Learning centre (RLC) to provide education and empower fellow refugees. According to UNHCR, there are [...]
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