All Jakarta Holywings Branches to Close, 6 Staff Charged with Blasphemy
All 12 branches of Holywings in Jakarta will be shut down as of today, 28th June, by the DKI Jakarta...
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Holywings Indonesia Reported to Police Regarding Alcohol Promotion
The Young Indonesian Advocates Association (HAMI) has reported the management of Holywings Indonesia regarding an alleged blasphemy case. The report...
International Passengers Can Bring 2.25l Duty-Free Alcohol Starting 2022
Note: This report refers to a rule change by the Minister of Trade which was due to go into force...
Roll Out the Barrel
“I do not live in the world of sobriety,” remarked Oliver Reed. While most of us wouldn’t sink so permanently...
Sell Beer Shares, Anies Urged
DKI Jakarta’s Regional House of People’s Representatives (DPRD) Chairman Prasetio Edi Marsudi has urged the DKI Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan,...
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...
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...