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Minister Effendy precludes schools from expelling student protesters

Culture and Education Minister Muhadjir Effendy here, Friday, has barred school principals from expelling student ...

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Suppressing armed Papuan rebels paramount to saving innocent civilians

Two motorcycle taxi (Ojek) drivers dying near the Muara suspension bridge in Amnunggi Village, Ilaga Sub-district, ...

BPDPKS decides to suspend palm oil export levies until 2020

The Indonesia Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) will not collect palm oil export levies until late ...

Mary Kay, in collaboration with UN Agencies, launches women’s entrepreneurship accelerator

- Today, Mary Kay Inc., a leading advocate of women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, announced the Women’s ...

President orders postponement of criminal code bill vote

President Joko Widodo has ordered the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly to postpone a vote on the criminal ...

KMSP confirms two deaths, 27 wounded in recent Papua protests

Papua Chapter Sem Awom stated, on August 29, three civilians incurred shot wounds during a rally that the local ...

Rights activists in Papua urge govt to offer comprehensive solution

Papua Chapter Sem Awom told a press conference on behalf of the KMSP members in Jayapura on Tuesday (Sept 17). The ...

Hundreds march to prompt lawmakers to pass anti-rape bill

Hundreds of people comprising individuals and civil society groups marched in front of the House of Representatives ...

Malaysia supports Indonesia's proposed ASEAN identity narrative

The Malaysian delegation, at the 15th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts (SOMCA) and Related Meetings ...

Indonesia urges ASEAN members to promote shared values

Indonesia has invited ASEAN member nations to promote shared values to be encapsulated in the narrative on ASEAN ...

Indonesia suggests narrative of ASEAN identity at SOMCA

Indonesia has proposed the narrative of ASEAN identity at the 15th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts ...

NGO in Papua facilitates victims of violence to report incidents

The Papua Civil Society Coalition (KMSP) opened its command post in Jayapura on Monday afternoon to assist victims of ...

BPPT, Korea concur on cooperation for development of green technology

Indonesia's Agency for Technology Assessment and Application (BPPT) and Seoul-based Green Technology Center-Korea ...

PDIP's demand for more cabinet posts is related to Jokowi: analyst

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri's demand for more cabinet posts ...

Megawati's request for more cabinet posts is understandable: PKB

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) leader, Megawati Soekarnoputri, has requested more cabinet posts for ...