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Police's anti-terrorism unit arrests four terror suspects in Bekasi

Investigators of the Police's 88 Anti-terror Special Detachment took into custody four terror suspects in Bekasi, ...

Performance allowance cut for employees missing 1st day work: Minister

Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo emphasized that his ministry's state civil apparatus (ASN) skipping first day of office ...

Dardak urges people to remain calm following blast in Sukoharjo

East Java Deputy Governor Emil Elestianto Dardak urged locals to stay calm in response to an explosion at the Tugu Tani ...

Sri Mulyani remembers Ani Yudhoyono as a diligent figure

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani fondly recalled Ani Yudhoyono as a diligent figure, who remained heedful of the ...

Baswedan urges parties to stave off potential for security disorder

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has appealed to all parties to ward off the potential for security disorder after ...

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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 ...