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Government forms fact-finding team to probe Intan Jaya shooting

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has formed a joint fact-finding team to ...

Data shows 189,257 foreigners in Indonesia as of Sep 18

The number of foreign nationals in Indonesia as of September 18, 2020 has been recorded at 189,257, according to the ...

Two drug dealers nabbed in Riau; 13 kg drugs seized

The Pekanbaru city police arrested two drug dealers and confiscated 13 kg of drugs from them on Sunday (September 27, ...

NTT Com demonstration test to link GAIA-X platform’s “IDS Connector” technology and SDPF based on Data Trust®

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT ...

Statement on one-year anniversary of Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator

Please find the statement below from Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator leadership regarding the one-year ...

At least 66 foreigners deported from Bali in Jan-Sept

The Indonesian immigration authorities in Bali province have deported at least 66 foreign nationals over the last nine ...

SEPAHAM Indonesia presses for postponement of regional head elections

SEPAHAM Indonesia, a human rights teaching union, has staunchly sought the postponement of the 2020 regional head ...

COVID-19 casts cloud on regional elections

The year 2020 was set to be one of political contests, with regional figures across Indonesia gearing for the Pilkada, ...

Indonesia to nominate candidate for WIPO deputy director general post

Indonesia will nominate its candidate for the post of deputy director general of the World Intellectual Property ...

Kemendes PDTT, BNPT ink MoU on counterterrorism

The Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) and the National ...

Two suspected drug dealers shot dead in Surabaya

Two suspected drug dealers were shot dead after they assaulted Surabaya city police officers while trying to resist ...

Indonesian govt enforces stricter discipline on health protocols

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued a Presidential Instruction (Inpres) to tighten law enforcement and increase ...

Public prosecutors demand 20-year imprisonment for five drug couriers

Public prosecutors have demanded that five drug couriers be sentenced to 20 years in prison for transporting five ...

Mary Kay Inc. and the Mary Kay FoundationSM join forces with The UN Trust Fund to end violence against women and CARE USA on a global scale to eliminate gender-based violence

In an effort to support life-saving efforts to prevent and end violence against women, a global public health pandemic ...

East Java police seize 8.4-kg crystal meth smuggled from Malaysia

The East Java Police confiscated 8.4 kilograms (kg) of crystal methamphetamine from three drug couriers and dealers, ...