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Jakarta bay reclamation to be hot topic in election campaign

Indonesias electorate is looking forward to a very exciting and fierce gubernatorial election campaign in Jakarta as ...

Agus-Sylviana seen as ideal pair for Jakarta

Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Sylviana Murni will prove to be a good pair of candidates to run for the Jakarta ...

President Jokowi pledges to settle Munir`s case

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) made a promise here on Thursday he would settle all unsettled cases of the past ...

Home affairs minister urged to dismiss Governor Nur Alam

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has been urged to sack Southeast Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam, who is facing ...

Students protest plan to raise salaries of lawmakers

Student protested plan by the government to raise the salaries of members of the district legislative assembly ...

Indonesian AG set to carry out third wave of executions

Any move to execute convicts on the death row continues to draw strong criticism since many NGOs strongly oppose and ...

Hugua, back as NGO activist again

Hugua is now back to his old passion, becoming an NGO activist, after completing his second term as district head of ...

Environmental activist`s murderers sentenced to 20 years in jail

The district court of Surabaya, East Java, has sentenced village Head Hariyono and Mat Dasir to 20 years in jail each, ...

Will Smith, Lenox Lewis to be pallbearers at Muhammad Ali funeral

Actor Will Smith and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will be among the pallbearers for Muhammad Alis funeral ...

Police detain eight people on way to protest against Ahok

The Jakarta Metro Jaya Police detained eight people, who were heading to a demonstration against Jakarta Governor ...

Indonesian senior security minister to inspect communist mass graves

Coordinating Minister of Law, Security and Political Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said he would inspect mass graves ...

Indonesia to be host for World Press Freedom Day 2017

Indonesia has been chosen as the host for the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in 2017, according to Indonesian ...

Indonesian women remain marginalized: Academician

When viewed from the health and educational aspects, Indonesian women remain in a marginal position, or continue to be ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Counterterrorism Actions Must Uphold Human Rights

The Indonesian government has been working to strengthen its Special Detachment (Densus) 88 counterterrorism squad by ...