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Minister declares formation of team to review Indonesia's ITE Law

Indonesia's top security minister, Mahfud MD, announced the formation of an inter-ministerial team to review the ...

House Speaker: Support increased cooperation between Indonesia, Norway

Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, has said she supports heightened cooperation between ...

Need to make clean water, sanitation priority: Indrawati

Ensuring the availability of clean water and sanitation for all Indonesian people must become the government's ...

Indonesian, Singaporean foreign ministers discuss Myanmar issue

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held talks with her Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan in Singapore ...

Komnas HAM demands police inquiry into Ustadz Maaher's death

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)  has sought an inquiry by National Police ...

Jokowi presses for modern judicial reforms to offer legal certainty

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) voiced aspirations of the Supreme Court conducting modern judicial reforms to offer ...

Spotify announces addition to Board of Directors

Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) today announced that Mona Sutphen will join the Spotify Board of Directors in April of 2021, ...

Police chief orders speedy handling of FPI shooting case

Indonesian Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has ordered his staff to speed up the handling of the ...

Indonesia to contribute to settling Myanmar issue: Minister

Indonesia will unswervingly strive to contribute to settling the political conflict in Myanmar following a military ...

Tourism Minister mulling COVID-19 free corridor in Bali

Bali chapter have proposed a stimulus package of Rp1.5 billion to boost local tourism entrepreneurs' cash flows, he ...

Torture by security forces not normal, needs to be criminalized: LPSK

The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has highlighted a recurring trend in cases of torture committed by ...

A closer look at government's efforts to protect Indonesian seafarers

The news of three Indonesian sailors, who died aboard two Chinese fishing vessels, Long Xin 629 and Long Xin 604, ...

MUI expresses concern over Myanmar coup

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has voiced support for the government’s stand on the Myanmar military’s ...

Widodo, Muhyiddin call for ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on Myanmar

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin have sought an ASEAN foreign ...

Journalist body to hold discussion on media convergence rules

The Indonesian Journalists Association, in collaboration with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, will hold a ...