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Fuel price hike may increase risk of political turbulence

The government’s recent decision to raise the prices of three brands of motor fuel may increase the risk of political turbulence as the prices of other products follow suit and low-income Indonesians feel sharpened financial strain.

3 years ago
Archipelago

Ministry, ITS develop electric trail motorcycles for Papua

The Social Affairs Ministry is working with the November 10 Institute of Technology (ITS) in Surabaya to develop electric dirt motorbikes as part of developing the electric vehicle ecosystem in Papua. ...

3 years ago
Society

Government hikes fuel prices to rein in ballooning subsidies

The government raised subsidized fuel prices by about 30 percent on Saturday, top officials said, as the it moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests. ...

3 years ago

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Peru probes into ‘suspicious death’, possible ‘torture’ of transgender activist in Bali

Peruvian government employs two international protocols to investigate the death of Rodrigo Ventocilla, while Balinese authorities state an openness to be ‘of service’.

3 years ago
Jakarta premium

Jakarta houseplant expo returns from pandemic slumber

Jakarta's annual Flona Festival has been revived after the COVID-19 pandemic stopped crowd-pulling events in their tracks. However, with mobility curbs lifted, the festival looks to benefit from the houseplant boom.

3 years ago
Society premium

Ministry denies role in 1.3 billion phone numbers' reported leak

The Communications and Information Ministry has denied that data on more than a billion registered Indonesian SIM cards, which have reportedly been compromised, was leaked from the ministry

3 years ago
Jakarta

First batch of Chinese-made high-speed trains arrives in Jakarta

Billed the first export case of a Chinese bullet train system, the project to connect the Indonesian capital and the West Java provincial capital of Bandung was about 80 percent completed in late August and commercial operations are expected to start in June next year.

3 years ago
Politics premium

Supporter group names Jokowi preferred candidate for 2024

ProJo, a supporter group for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, named him its favorite candidate for the 2024 presidential election in a conference held on Sunday in Bandung, West Java. Having served two terms, Jokowi is constitutionally barred from running for a third time.

3 years ago
Jakarta premium

Jakarta recommits to gender-based violence prevention at U20 summit

Jakarta has seen an almost tenfold rise in the number of gender-based violence cases over the past five years, Jakarta Health Agency head Widyastuti said on the margins of the U20 Mayor's Summit.

3 years ago
Archipelago premium

Jokowi visits Freeport, hails Southeast Asia's first 5G mining technology

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited the gold and copper mines of PT Freeport Indonesia in Mimika, Papua, on Thursday, where he inaugurated the company’s first 5G mining technology.

3 years ago
Jakarta

North Jakarta police officers arrested for ethics violation

Jakarta Police have arrested several officers from Penjaringan precinct in North Jakarta for abuse of authority. The police, however, did not explain the suspected violations.

3 years ago
Archipelago

Two Malaysians arrested upon arrival for carrying drugs

Customs officials arrested two Malaysian men upon arrival in Kualanamu International Airport (KNIA) in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, for carrying illegal drugs on Wednesday.

3 years ago
Jakarta

Ten people, including children, killed in Bekasi in truck crash outside school

The students were waiting at the bus stop after class when the truck veered toward them and crashed into two motorcycles and toppled a concrete communications tower, traffic policeman Latif Usman said.

3 years ago
Archipelago premium

Paniai trial set to start early this month in Makassar

A trial relating to a 2014 human rights violation that occurred in Paniai regency in Papua has been pushed back from August to sometime in the next few weeks, following a delay in the inauguration of ad hoc judges who will preside over the case.

3 years ago
Jakarta

Truck crashes through Bekasi school bus stop, kills 10, injures 20

Bekasi Police say at least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured, the majority schoolchildren, when a flatbed truck plowed through a bus stop outside an elementary school on Wednesday morning.

3 years ago
Archipelago

More than 1,900 arrested for drugs in Central Java so far this year

Central Java Police have arrested 1,991 people in drug crimes allegations from January to August – the majority of those arrested were allegedly drug mules.

3 years ago
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Nine suspects arrested, one at large in alleged brutal killings in Papua

Papua Police are still hunting another civilian after six army personnel and three civilians were detained for their alleged involvement in the brutal killing of four civilians last week

3 years ago
Politics premium

Executive pressure mounts on House to advance domestic workers bill

The government is putting pressure on the House of Representatives to expedite the domestic workers' protection bill, which has been stalled for nearly two decades.

3 years ago
Archipelago premium

Police hunt man suspected of controlling illegal Medan online gambling ring

Police are still hunting a man suspected of controlling an illegal online gambling ring based in North Sumatra, who is believed to have fled to Singapore.

3 years ago
Archipelago

10 percent of Cibodas Botanical Gardens trees in danger of falling

Decades-old rotten trees vulnerable to falling make up about 10 percent of 8,646 plants in collection at the Cibodas Botanical Gardens in Cianjur, West Java.

3 years ago
Politics premium

Munir’s widow unconvinced of 11th-hour scramble for ‘justice’

Suciwati has alleged the state-sponsored rights body of resorting to “stalling tactics” with its decision to form yet another ad hoc team to look into her husband's murder, on the day before the case's statute of limitations expires.

3 years ago
Society

Ahead of parole, Umar Patek regrets role in 2002 Bali bombing

Umar Patek was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 for his involvement in bombings that ripped through two Bali nightclubs, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians. He became eligible for parole this month after a series of remissions for good behaviour. 

3 years ago
Archipelago

TNI, Police to investigate army officers over Papua killings

Lt. Gen. Teguh Muji Angkasa, a senior military officer in Papua, told a televised news briefing the military and police would conduct a joint investigation.

3 years ago
Society premium

Uncertainty looms over plan to use local vaccines as booster shots

It remains unclear whether the public will be able to use the two locally developed vaccines for the much-needed booster doses with the government slashing the national economic recovery (PEN) budget for the pandemic response next year and possibly cutting funding for further research.

3 years ago
Society premium

COVID-19 booster now mandatory for domestic travel

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots have become mandatory for domestic travel as the government looks to get its slumping vaccine coverage up.

3 years ago
Archipelago

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Pariaman, West Sumatra: USGS

The quake was at a depth of 11.9 km (7.39 miles), USGS said.

3 years ago
Jakarta premium

Jakarta struggles as climate change disrupts water balance

Jakartans — especially those living in areas unreached by the city’s pipe network — are still struggling to access clean potable water as scientists predict that climate change will disrupt water balance and a harsher El Niño can potentially spell problems for the city’s water resources.

3 years ago
Society premium

Govt mulls more targeted COVID-19 vaccinations amid rollout slump, budget cuts

The government mulls winding down its mass vaccination drive after the 2023 COVID-19 budget was slashed, but experts insist any fixes should strive for the global target to protect 70 percent of the national population.

3 years ago
Archipelago

Family to send Portuguese climber's remains home to Israel

The body of Boaz Bar Anan, a 37-year-old Portuguese national who died from a fall on the Mount Rinjani in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), is scheduled to be returned on Friday to his country of origin, Israel, for burial.

3 years ago
Society premium

Disgraced police general dishonorably discharged

Following a day-long ethics hearing on Thursday, the National Police have dishonorably discharged former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo – the two-star general who has been charged with the premeditated murder of his own aide-de-camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

3 years ago
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