The Grasberg copper and gold mining complex in Papua. Photographer: Dadang Tri/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) By Thomas Kutty Abraham and Rieka Rahadiana | Bloomberg April 12 at 12:25 PM As Indonesia’s April […]
April 9, 2019 Government Repression and Communal Attacks in Post-Suharto Era Print EXPAND Cover of Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia by Andreas Harsono, […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 11, 2019 FILE PHOTO: A man takes selfie pictures with a cutout of Indonesia’s presidential candidate for the upcoming election Prabowo Subianto during […]
Source: AT The Supreme Court in Indonesia has ruled in favor of upholding an 18-month prison sentence for a woman convicted of blasphemy charges last year. Meiliana, a 44-year-old ethnically Chinese Indonesian, was accused of making remarks about the loudspeakers of a mosque in Tanjung Balai in North Sumatra in 2016. […]
Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata and Ahmad Syamsudin Jakarta 2019-04-08 Supporters of Prabowo Subianto display a huge Indonesian flag during a rally for the opposition presidential candidate at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium […]
Source: PRI BY Juke Carolina In Indonesia, the rise of rock star clerics on social media has fueled a movement known as hijrah, capturing the attention of Muslim youth seeking new […]
News DeskThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Tue, April 2, 2019 / Surfboard rental shops and surf schools line Selong Belanak Beach, which is just a 30-minute […]
Indonesian authorities take action to protect endangered species after reports dozens had been sold on Facebook Kate Lyons @MsKateLyons Thu 4 Apr 2019 Action is being taken to protect […]
Indonesia As elections loom in one of south-east Asia’s only true democracies, some wonder whether the president has done enough Kate Lamb in Jakarta @_KateLamb Thu 4 Apr 2019 […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kate lamb The Indonesian foreign ministry has summoned the Australian ambassador in Jakarta to express strong condemnation of Australian senator Fraser’s Anning’s controversial response to the Christchurch massacre. […]
Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s vice-presidential candidate Ma’ruf Amin (left) walks with rival Prabowo Subianto’s running mate Sandiaga Uno during a debate among the No. 2 picks in Jakarta on March […]
Originally written by Lisa Wald for “The Green Frog News” What is an earthquake? An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. […]
Karina M. TehusijaranaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Wed, March 13, 2019 / President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay) President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s already buoyant reelection bid has received a further boost in the past few weeks with major mass organizations declaring their support for […]
Ivany Atina ArbiThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sun, February 24, 2019 / Visitors use the computer in an internet café. (Shutterstock/File) A study suggests that […]
Source: The New York Times By Eka Kurniawan, who is an Indonesian novelist. A poster in Jakarta last month showing the Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, left, and his running mate Ma’ruf […]
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Instagram account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia has disappeared following a frenzy […]
The study also found that social media-based sermons had reduced the influence of religious education in family, organisations or other formal educational institutions. JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – For centuries, mosques served as places where Muslims deepened their knowledge of Islamic teachings. The influence of mosques, however, […]
Feb 1, 2019 – 05:02 http://www.swissinfo.ch JAKARTA (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, pages and groups from its social network that the company has found […]
News Desk The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sat, February 2, 2019 / A respected Muslim cleric is in the spotlight after a video of him mistakenly praying for Prabowo Subianto to become “a leader” during an event attended by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo went viral on the web. The incident […]
Jason Thomas 30 January 2019 In this file photo tourists pose for a selfie as they gather outside the Jakarta History Museum in the Jakarta Kota Tua area on 18 August, 2018. (Aamir Qureshi / AFP Photo) The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the use of Augmented Reality (AR) […]