JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s government on Tuesday rejected a demand by rebels in the country’s restive Papua province to hold negotiations on the territory’s self-determination, following a Dec. 2 attack on a construction site that […]
Presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto’s history has been the subject of many attacks from political opponents. A former Indonesian Military (TNI) general and son-in-law of former president Soeharto, Prabowo has been accused of being involved […]
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian soldiers on Thursday retrieved the bodies of nine construction workers killed by separatists in the province of Papua, where fresh fighting halted a search for the remaining dead, a military […]
Security forces in Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua are hunting for separatist fighters suspected of killing at least 19 workers building a bridge in the region, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. The killing of the […]
As part of the commemoration of International Anticorruption Day, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is building on its momentum to urge for internal reform within political parties, which are considered the Achilles’ heel of […]
A jailbreak in western Indonesia has left 90 inmates on the run after they escaped during prayer time, according to police. The mass escape took place on Thursday in Banda Aceh, although some inmates were promptly […]
SURABAYA, Indonesia – About 300 West Papuan demonstrators calling for independence for the restive Indonesian region faced off with counterprotesters Saturday in the country’s second-largest city. The demonstrators in Surabaya chanted “Freedom Papua” and held […]
Most historians of the Islamic State agree that the group emerged out of al-Qaeda in Iraq as a response to the U.S. invasion in 2003. They also agree that it was shaped primarily by a […]
Pressure from the business world forced the government last week to back off from its decision to open up more of the Indonesian economy to foreigners, which it had highlighted earlier as part of […]
The campaign team of incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and running mate Ma’ruf Amin has confirmed that tycoon Tomy Winata has thrown his support behind the ticket in next year’s presidential election. “It is […]
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