Three Men Caned in Aceh
Three Christians had a sentence of caning carried out at Bustanussalatin Park, Banda Aceh, Aceh on Monday 8th February. They...
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Beer-Wine Prohibitions Will Not Apply in These Places
The Draft Law (RUU) on the prohibition of alcoholic drinks has recently become a hot topic in Indonesia. The bill,...
Indonesian Government Releases a Draft Law on Alcoholic Drinks
The draft law on the prohibition of alcoholic drinks (RUU Minol) will regulate criminal sanctions for people who consume alcoholic...
Surabaya Nightclub Assault Results in Death
An assault took place at Pentagon nightclub in Surabaya last Thursday, 6th February, leading to four victims and one person...
Prohibition of Alcohol in Tangerang and Bogor
Several regions in Indonesia have tightened the circulation of alcohol in their respective regions by issuing regional regulations that give...
Java Spirits
In Indonesia’s colonial period, alcohol was nothing new. When Raffles invited the local Muslim officials to drink wine with him,...
Thousands of Illegal Liquor Bottles Crushed by Steamroller in Jakarta
Approximately 18,000 bottles of bootleg alcohol were crushed by a steamroller in Jakarta on Monday 27th May 2019. The illegal...
Journey In Every Sip
Cape Discovery has been making wine in Bali since 2010. The grapes the company uses are imported from Australia, France...
More than 50 People Dead This Month After Consuming Bootleg Liquor
More than 50 people have died this month from drinking bootleg alcohol in Indonesia, police and health officials said, including...
Indonesia the Most “Sober” Country in Southeast Asia
According to the World Bank 2015 report, Indonesia consumes the least amount of alcohol in Southeast Asia, with its people...
No Bikinis and Alcohol Allowed in This Year’s Djakarta Warehouse Project, City Officials Warn
This year’s Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP), touted as one of the biggest electronic dance music festivals in Southeast Asia, may...
Authorities Slam Halal Whiskey Photos on Social Media
Pictures of “halal whiskey” have gone viral online in Indonesia, following the Indonesian government’s decision to revoke the authority of...
Will Indonesia Run Dry?
For most of 2017, distributors of imported alcohol have been met quietly with resistance by various ministries and the government...
NU Calls for Review as Bootleg Booze Thrives Among Jakarta Youths
A survey has found 65 percent of youths living in Jakarta and surrounding cities consume bootleg liquor, known as oplosan,...
The Trouble With Alcohol in Indonesia
Indonesia, being a Muslim majority country, is also a pluralist, democratic and secular nation. And with the rest of the...
Police Crackdown on Illegal Alcohol Sales Ahead of Ramadan
Ahead of the start of Ramadan next week, police across Indonesia have launched sweeps cracking down on illegal alcohol sales...
Indonesia’s Proposal to Ban Alcohol: What International Media are Saying
Indonesia is considering a national ban on the production, consumption and distribution of alcohol. The news came as a surprise...
The Perfect Brew: Primator in Indonesia
The Primator brewery was established in 1872 in the town of Náchod in the Eastern part of the Czech Republic....
Indonesia May Turn on a Bootleg Alcohol Tap by Banning the Legal One
The House of Representatives is deliberating an alcohol prohibition bill. But concerns have been raised, and many believe the move...
Surabaya to be the Second Alcohol-free City in Indonesia
Surabaya, the second-largest city in Indonesia, has approved a bylaw that forbids the production, consumption and distribution of alcoholic beverages,...
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Hatten Wines
Hatten Wines is 100 percent Balinese and owned by a prominent Sanur family. In 1968, Ida Bagus Oka Gotama...