Three Men Caned in AcehIndonesia ExpatFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 20210454 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 PlacesIndonesia ExpatNovember 13, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatNovember 13, 202001309 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 DrinksIndonesia ExpatNovember 12, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatNovember 12, 202008472 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 DeathIndonesia ExpatFebruary 13, 2020February 14, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 13, 2020February 14, 202001365 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 BogorIndonesia ExpatSeptember 25, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 25, 201903508 Several regions in Indonesia have tightened the circulation of alcohol in their respective regions by issuing regional regulations that give...
Java SpiritsDaniel PopeAugust 1, 2019 by Daniel PopeAugust 1, 201901503 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 JakartaIndonesia ExpatMay 27, 2019May 29, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatMay 27, 2019May 29, 201901414 Approximately 18,000 bottles of bootleg alcohol were crushed by a steamroller in Jakarta on Monday 27th May 2019. The illegal...
Journey In Every SipIndonesia ExpatDecember 22, 2018January 12, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 22, 2018January 12, 202002186 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 LiquorIndonesia ExpatApril 10, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatApril 10, 201801257 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 AsiaIndonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 2018February 15, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 15, 2018February 15, 20180892 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 WarnIndonesia ExpatDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 14, 2017December 14, 201701210 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 MediaArdi WirdanaOctober 25, 2017October 25, 2017 by Ardi WirdanaOctober 25, 2017October 25, 20170718 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?Indonesia ExpatOctober 9, 2017October 10, 2017 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 9, 2017October 10, 201701060 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 YouthsIndonesia ExpatAugust 22, 2017October 18, 2017 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 22, 2017October 18, 20170379 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 IndonesiaKirstienne Ishia Marie ToledoJune 19, 2017November 12, 2020 by Kirstienne Ishia Marie ToledoJune 19, 2017November 12, 2020010185 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 RamadanOliviana HandayaniMay 22, 2017 by Oliviana HandayaniMay 22, 201701996 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 SayingIndonesia ExpatAugust 16, 2016 by Indonesia ExpatAugust 16, 20160610 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 IndonesiaAngela JelitaJune 14, 2016 by Angela JelitaJune 14, 20160815 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 OneLina NoviandariJune 14, 2016 by Lina NoviandariJune 14, 20160775 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 IndonesiaIndonesia ExpatMay 18, 2016May 18, 2016 by Indonesia ExpatMay 18, 2016May 18, 20164 1051 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 WinesAngela JelitaMay 2, 2016 by Angela JelitaMay 2, 201611673 Hatten Wines is 100 percent Balinese and owned by a prominent Sanur family. In 1968, Ida Bagus Oka Gotama...