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Again, reconciliation in dire need among Indonesia's elites

The deaths of eight civilians and injuries sustained by several hundreds in Jakarta's post-election riots that ...

Government to renovate two thousand schools, 300 madrasas in 2019

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry, is targeting to renovate two thousand schools and 300 madrasas, or ...

VP urges people to maintain composure in exercising democratic process

Ma'ruf Amin pair on early Tuesday. The KPU's final tally declared at around 1:28 a.m. local time showed the ...

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Ready to win but not prepared to taste defeat

The political atmosphere is all charged up, as May 22, 2019, draws closer, when Indonesia's General Election ...

Indonesian Ulema Council says no "people power" movement

Ma'ruf bagged 74,499,221 or 55.91 percent and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno got 58,753,681 or 44.09 percent. The ...

APEC to generate additional jobs across Asia-Pacific through tourism

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has endeavored to generate several million additional jobs across the ...

President to decide on Indonesia's new capital this year: Minister

Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency(Bappenas) Bambang ...

Jokowi listens to stories of palace journalists

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) listened to up and down stories of the journalists who are used to covering activities ...

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More forceful human rights mechanisms needed in ASEAN

Ten years since its establishment, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) has yet to fully ...

ASEAN should embody victims' rights' protection as core value: AICHR

The ASEAN community should uphold the dignity and rights of those falling victims to human rights violations as its ...

House plans to set up special committee on capital city relocation

The House of Representatives (DPR) has planned to set up a special committee to conduct a comprehensive study on the ...

Development plan includes relocation of state capital

National Development Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has confirmed that the technocratic draft of the 2020-2024 ...

Minister Marsudi, Egyptian official deliberate on situation in Gaza

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held a meeting with Egypt's Permanent Representative to the UN Mohamed ...

Government plans to establish vocational education committee

The government discussed a plan to establish a vocational education committee that would manage a number of matters ...

Ship sinking best deterrent to eradicate illegal fishing: minister

Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti strongly believes that the approach of sinking foreign fishing vessels ...