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Indonesia is not obliged to comply with IPT`s ruling: House speaker

The Indonesian government is not obliged to comply with the International Peoples Tribunal (IPT) 1965s decision, which ...

House sets up working committee on fake vaccine control

The House of Representatives (DPRs) Commission IX has set up a working committee on spurious drug and vaccines issue ...

Circulation of fake vaccines constitutes crime against humanity

The circulation of fake vaccines should not recur in Indonesia as it constitutes crime against humanity. The ...

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 ...

House speaker condemns bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia

Indonesias House Speaker Ade Komarudin condemned the suicide bomb attacks in three cities in Saudi Arabia on Monday ...

Legislators question effectiveness of tax amnesty law

A number of legislators have questioned the effectiveness of the Tax Amnesty Law in facilitating repatriation of ...

Govt expects Rp165 trillion from tax amnesty program

The House of Representatives (DPR) enacted into law on Tuesday the governments tax amnesty bill which will provide tax ...

FM expresses deep condolences over death of ambassador Alex Litaay

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has expressed deep condolences over the death of Indonesian ambassador to Croatia ...

Candidates for police top post still a puzzle

Amid suggestions that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) should not extend the term of office of the outgoing Police Chief ...

House rejects policy to scrap electricity subsidy

Indonesian lawmaker Mercy Chriesty Barends has rejected the governments policy to scrap electricity subsidy, a move ...

Government maintains commodity prices in view of fasting month

The government continues to ensure that commodity prices remain stable in view of the fasting month of Ramadan, an ...

N. Korea says Trump isn`t screwy at all, a wise choice for president

North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as "a ...

Politicians, activists laud new govt regulation on child protection

Politicians and child protection activists have lauded the issuance of Government Regulation No. 1 of 2016, which is ...

House speaker supports Perppu issuance to protect children

House Speaker Ade Komarudin has said he supports the governments recent decision to issue a Perppu (a government ...

Knifeman kills one at Munich station; no evidence of Islamist motive

A man stabbed four people at a train station near Munich early on Tuesday, killing one and injuring three in an attack ...