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Dialog an important aspect of democracy: former Danish legislator

The culture of dialog is one of the most important aspects of democracy, despite the difficulty of it being conducted ...

KontraS presses for legal action against officers shooting students

Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) urged the Indonesian Police (Polri) to initiate ...

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan to attend Jokowi-Amin inauguration

Chinese President China Xi Jinping assigned Vice President Wang Qishan to attend the inauguration of Indonesian ...

27,000 security personnel to secure presidential inauguration

The Indonesian Police (Polri) and The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) will deploy some 27 thousand personnel to secure ...

Police disallows rallies ahead of presidential inauguration

The Jakarta Police will disallow rallies from October 15 to 20, ahead of the presidential inauguration, Jakarta Police ...

Students urged to not demonstrate prior to presidential inauguration

Research, Technology, and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir has put forth an appeal to university students to not ...

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Jokowi, Prabowo project reconciliation message to strengthen Indonesia

Incumbent President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his former strong contender in the recent presidential elections, Prabowo ...

Gerindra politician attests to Prabowo's pledge to help Jokowi govt

Ma'ruf Amin administration regardless of whether Gerindra will become the government’s critical or internal ...

Jokowi urged to order assessment of police's handling of protests

The Civil Society Coalition has urged President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to order an evaluation to delve into the manner in ...

MPR has new chairman and 10 deputy chairmen for 2019-2024

Bambang Soesatyo, a senior politician of the Golkar Party and former House Speaker, was announced as the Chairman of ...

Baswedan calls off trip to attend C40 Summit in Copenhagen

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has abandoned his planned trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, to attend the C40 Summit, ...

DPR obtains Rp5.11 trillion in 2020 state budget

The House of Representatives (DPR) acquired a budget totaling Rp5.11 trillion in the 2020 State Budget (APBN) to be ...

Some 2,000 anti-riot police officers safeguard Jakarta labor rally

Over two thousand police officers have been deployed to guard a demonstration held by Indonesian laborers in front of ...

House plenary endorses faction chiefs

The House of Representatives (DPR) endorsed the leadership line-up of nine factions in the DPR Tuesday ...

Students express rejection through theatrical demonstration

After Indonesia's Members of Parliament for the 2019-2024 period were inaugurated, university students again ...