Mosque Mob Kills Young StudentIndonesia ExpatDecember 18, 2018December 18, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 18, 2018December 18, 201801756A student has died from an alleged mob beating in Gowa, South Sulawesi. The police have arrested 10 people in...
6.1 Magnitude Earthquake hits JayapuraIndonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 17, 201801499A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua on the capital city of Jayapura on Sunday after a volcano...
Lion Air to Cancel US$22 Billion of Orders with BoeingIndonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018December 17, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 17, 2018December 17, 201801129Lion Air’s most recent crash involving a Boeing plane that killed 189 people is now turning into a US$22 billion...
Papuan Villagers Flee to the Forest to Hide from FightingIndonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 16, 201801511At least 300 villagers have hidden in a forest in the Papua province on Friday. They fled due to the...
Sulawesi’s Mount Soputan EruptsIndonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018December 16, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 16, 2018December 16, 201801623A volcano in Minahasa, North Sulawesi has erupted on Sunday morning at 8.57am, spewing a 7,500-metre-high ash column and thick...
Turtle Found Dead at Beach with Plastic Waste Hanging from its RemainsIndonesia ExpatDecember 15, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 15, 201801205A turtle was found dead earlier this week at a beach in Yogyakarta with plastic waste hanging from its remains,...
Blackpink’s Shopee Ad Banned by IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatDecember 15, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 15, 201802457The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission has banned K-pop supergroup Blackpink’s television ad. The members of the group were wearing miniskirts in...
Indonesian Man Held Hostage in the Southern Philippines Arrives HomeIndonesia ExpatDecember 14, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 14, 201801088An Indonesian man who was kidnapped in Malaysia and later held hostage in the Southern Philippines was successfully released and...
Families of some Lion Air Crash Victims Holds Rally in JakartaIndonesia ExpatDecember 14, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 14, 20180912On Thursday, December 13, a protest was held by families of some of the 189 people killed in the recent...
Foreigners Arrested in Bali During Drug SweepIndonesia ExpatDecember 13, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 13, 201802371Five foreigners have been arrested for drug trafficking after being caught in Bali, authorities said Thursday, December 13. Two of...
Young Girl Dies from Electrocution After a Lightning StrikeIndonesia ExpatDecember 13, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 13, 201801612Lightning struck Sanja village in Bogor on Wednesday, December 12, killing a young girl while playing with a mobile phone...
Angry Mob Destroys East Jakarta Police StationIndonesia ExpatDecember 12, 2018December 14, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 12, 2018December 14, 201801103A crowd of angry people, allegedly military personnel, ravaged and set fire to the Ciracas Police Station in East Jakarta,...
Papuan Rebels Ignore Indonesia’s Call to SurrenderIndonesia ExpatDecember 12, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 12, 20180959Separatist Papuan rebels who killed at least 16 construction workers at a remote jungle camp refused Indonesia’s demand to surrender...
Jokowi Launches Geoportal One Map Policy for Infrastructure DevelopmentIndonesia ExpatDecember 11, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 11, 20180851President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo launched the Geoportal One Map Policy (KSP Geoportal) on Tuesday as a national information portal to...
Ahok to be Released from Prison in January 2019Indonesia ExpatDecember 11, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 11, 20180845Former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known by Ahok who is serving a two-year jail term for blasphemy, will...
Persija Football Club Fans Damage Minimarket, Attacks EmployeeIndonesia ExpatDecember 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 10, 2018December 10, 20180930Dozens of Jakmania, avid fans of the Persija Jakarta soccer club, have vandalised a convenience store in Depok, West Java,...
Earthquake hits Three Indonesian ProvincesIndonesia ExpatDecember 9, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 9, 20180820An earthquake rocked three provinces in Indonesia within 10 hours today since 12.45am, but there has been no report of...
Family Buried in Bali Landslides, Search for Bodies ContinuesIndonesia ExpatDecember 8, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 8, 20180904The Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Denpasar, supported by police, are still searching for missing victims of landslides in...
Padang Detains LGBT Couples and Performs “Exorcisms” On ThemIndonesia ExpatDecember 8, 2018December 8, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 8, 2018December 8, 201801234The city of Padang has detained 18 LGBT couples as part of a campaign to ‘cure’ LGBT people through religious...
Free Papua Movement Claims Accountability Over Shooting that Killed 31 WorkersIndonesia ExpatDecember 7, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 7, 201802004Sebby Sambom of The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), challenged President Joko Widodo to capture them. The military wing...
Bogor Tornado Kills One, Damages 850 HousesIndonesia ExpatDecember 7, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 7, 201801256The Bogor Police have reported that a tornado hit Bogor municipality in West Java on Thursday afternoon at around 3pm,...