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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