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August 23, 2024

Unwanted Legacy

Indonesian lawmakers on Thursday dropped plans to amend regional election laws after violent demonstrations gripped the country over the proposed revisions that critics say will undermine democracy in the Southeast Asian nation, Bloomberg reported. Protests erupted in a number of cities, including the capital Jakarta where...

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July 05, 2024

Turning Over a New Leaf

Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian militant group responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings, has dissolved itself, an Indonesia-based think tank confirmed Thursday, an announcement that analysts say could transform the group’s future activities, Reuters reported. In a video statement, 16 senior leaders confirmed the group’s dissolution...

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June 07, 2024

Muzzling Messengers

Indonesia is planning to revamp the country’s broadcasting laws, a proposal that has stirred controversy about plans to restrict investigative journalism and prompted concerns from free speech advocates, the Voice of America reported. Officials recently unveiled a draft bill that will amend Indonesia’s 2002 broadcasting law,...

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April 19, 2024

Blast Off

Indonesian authorities shut down a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people this week following the eruption Wednesday of Mount Ruang in the north of the archipelago, prompting officials to also issue tsunami warnings, the New York Times reported. The volcanic eruption on a remote island...

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February 16, 2024

Jumping the Gun

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto declared victory in Indonesia’s presidential election Thursday, after unofficial results showed him leading the race with enough votes to avoid a runoff, a victory that some analysts and voters see as a sign of democratic backsliding in the world’s third-largest democracy,...

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October 05, 2023

A Family Affair

Kaesang Pangarep, a 28-year-old YouTube influencer and entrepreneur who is also the youngest son of Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, recently became the head of the youth-oriented political organization, the Indonesian Solidarity Party. His rise to power is now raising questions about whether his father is...

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August 15, 2023

Swift Decisions

The Miss Universe Organization cut ties with its Indonesian partner and canceled this year’s Malaysia pageant after contestants accused local organizers of sexual harassment, Sky News reported. Last week, six women alleged that Indonesian organizers forced them to strip naked and undergo intimate “body checks” –...

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June 27, 2023

Fun By Fiat

Indonesian workers will enjoy a five-day weekend at the end of the month after the president ordered additional holidays in an effort to boost travel and consumption in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, Bloomberg reported. President Joko Widodo declared June 28 and 30 as collective leave days...

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May 17, 2023

No Fault Here

Energy giant ExxonMobil settled a decades-long lawsuit filed by villagers in the western Indonesian province of Aceh, who alleged that soldiers the company had hired to guard a natural gas facility in the area committed torture, murder, and other human rights abuses, Al Jazeera reported...

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October 10, 2022

Over The Top

Indonesian authorities brought criminal charges against six suspects, including three police officers, for their roles in last week’s stadium stampede that killed 131 people, considered one of the deadliest crowd disasters ever recorded, the Associated Press noted. The tragedy occurred on Oct. 1 during a soccer...

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August 04, 2022

Stinging Hikes

Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers launched a strike this week over the government’s decision to raise ticket prices to visit the country’s famous Komodo dragons, saying the move would impact their livelihood, the Independent reported. The demonstrations, which began on Tuesday, came a day after officials...

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