Indonesian Muslim Wishes You A ‘Merry Christmas’ Through His Name
In the wake of the debates surrounding religious arrogance in the archipelago, one local Muslim man suggests that all Indonesians...
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Aceh Earthquake Cripples Education, Raises Major Concern
Disaster aid groups have raised their concern over the Aceh earthquake last December 7 that damaged several schools, which they...
Politicians Propose Criminalization of Sex Outside of Marriage
Legislators in the House of Representative (DPR) have discussed amendments and possible additions to Indonesia?s Criminal Code including criminalization of...
National Police Chief Bans Referring to MUI’ Fatwa as Law
National Police Chief Tito Karnavian has spoken out against those enforcing the Indonesian Ulema Council?s (MUI) fatwa as a national...
Miss Indonesia Places Third at Miss World 2016
Miss Indonesia Natasha Mannuela Halim bagged the third place in the prestigious Miss World competition held in in Oxon Hill,...
Traffic Police Launches e-Tilang App for Easier Traffic-Fine Paying
The National Police?s Traffic Corps launched the e-Tilang app across 17 provinces in the country, including Jakarta. First introduced in...
Survey Shows Ahok’ Increased Electability for His Positive Attitude Amidst Controversies
The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) released its latest survey showing the increased electability of candidate pair Basuki ?Ahok? Tjahaja Purnama...
Jokowi Orders Fast Distribution of Financial Aid to Aceh
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has been ordered by President Joko ?Jokowi? Widodo to immediately distribute aid allocated for...
Traffic Cop Keeps His Cool with Angry Citizen, Gets Professionalism Award
When a traffic police officer was attacked by a woman after being issued a ticket for a traffic violation, he...
Robbed and Stabbed, Cab Driver Runs After Perpetrators
After being robbed and stabbed by his perpetrators around 1 a.m. on Monday, December 12, M. Rokhim gathered all the...
Women’ Rights Activists Support Ahok’ Reelection
On Thursday, December 15, hundreds of women?s rights advocates visited Jakarta Governor Basuki ?Ahok? Tjahaja Purnama right at his campaign...
House Ends Sitting Session with Targets Unmet
The House of Representatives recently concluded a month-long sitting session, where two bills were passed into laws and leaving 40...
Blasphemy Case Could Have Ahok Temporarily Dismissed
With the ongoing trial that Jakarta Governor Basuki ?Ahok? Tjahaja Purnama is involved with for being a suspect in a...
Police Thwarts Militant Group’ Bombing Attack on Jakarta
Jakarta Police arrested four suspected Islamic militants and safely detonated a bomb on the outskirts of Jakarta last week, December...
MUI Issues Fatwa Banning Muslims Partaking in Christmas Festivities
On Wednesday, December 14, the nation?s independent clerical body, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims partaking...
Malaysian PM Asks Indonesians to Protest Myanmar’ Treatment of Rohingya
Earlier last week, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak urged Indonesians to come together and fight not only against Jakarta Governor...
Attorney General to Prioritize Drug Criminals in Next Round of Executions
While President Jokowi has mentioned the government?s move in the direction of abolishing the death penalty, Indonesia?s Attorney General HM...
Indonesians Made 4.1 Billion Tweets in 2016
Twitter Indonesia Country Head Roy Simangunsong reported at their end-of-year review event that Indonesians made around 4.1 billion tweets for...
Indonesia Falls Behind Malaysia and Vietnam in English Proficiency
Malaysia and Vietnam rank higher than Indonesia in an English Proficiency Survey done by international education company, Education First (EF)....
Indonesia Plans to Defend Papua Issue in New Zealand
The government has made serious efforts in settling the issue of Papua independence and would like NGOs in New Zealand...
Militant Islamic Group Forces Christian School to Remove Ad with Student in Hijab
After a Christmas service in Bandung was forcibly shut down by Islamic hardliners early last week, another militant Islamic group...