updated Thu. April 11, 2024
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Global Indonesian Voices (GIVnews.com)
March 19, 2018
Context-wise, said Airlangga in his article, Sukarno can't be blamed for the '350 years' “because this [his] speech was a form of propaganda to ignite the spirit of patriotism and nationalism among Indonesian people against the Dutch that wanted to re-colonize Indonesia during the war for independenceÃâà...
smallwarsjournal (blog)
March 19, 2018
The Afghan Taliban say they are deeply skeptical that a proposed three-nation conference in Indonesia will be a step toward peace. Jakarta is preparing to host a trilateral conference where religious scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Indonesia would seek ways to bring peace to war-torn Afghanistan. But the AfghanÃâà...
Radio New Zealand
March 19, 2018
President Widodo received a 21-gun salute at Government House in Wellington this morning, before laying a wreath at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. He was met by a lone protester repeatedly yelling "Free West Papua". Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been urged to raise the issue of WestÃâà...
The Guardian
March 16, 2018
His story begins in the twilight of Indonesia's colonisation by the Dutch and the Japanese, and takes in the turbulent first two decades after its independence in the 1940s. He describes the military saturation of Indonesian society during the war with the Dutch, and explains the country's instability on the eveÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 16, 2018
JAKARTA • Indonesia is battling a wave of fake news and online hate speech ahead of next year's presidential election, as a string of arrests underscores fears that it could crack open social and religious fault lines in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. The pluralist nation's reputation as a bastion ofÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 11, 2018
Indonesia braces for looming US trade war, local industry players calling for govt help ... Indonesian Iron and Steel Industry Association executive director Hidayat Triseputro said the local industry might soon feel the impact of the US policy and, therefore, metal manufacturers would rely heavily on theÃâà...
Jakarta Globe
March 9, 2018
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Indonesia will not back away from a potential trade war with the United States, should US President Donald Trump ... as it can make investors lose interest in the Indonesian market due to the policy being not affirmative to the domestic market," Hidayat told the Jakarta Globe.
The Guardian
February 27, 2018
For the past year an irate Dutch government has been lobbying Indonesia in a series of joint meetings to try and determine how its celebrated war graves disappeared, while Britain has decried a breach of international law. Responding to reports by Indonesian news website Tirto.id that some of the humanÃâà...
South China Morning Post
February 17, 2018
Indonesian policemen guard Chinese nationals arrested for cyber fraud in Jakarta. ... Indonesia has unleashed a new cyber and encryption agency as a weapon in its long war on cybercrime, online radicalism and fake news, but the Southeast Asian nation still needs to define the office's scope of authorityÃâà...