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Pro-government disinformation floods Twitter debates on Papuan special autonomy: new study

Online discussion about the conflict over independence in Indonesia’s easternmost provinces — the Papua conflict — is a fiercely contested space.

The Conversation

Indonesia’s TikTok sellers do roaring trade in hijab, handbags

China’s social media platform has more than 106.9 million adult users in Indonesia.

Al Jazeera

A China-backed dam in Indonesia threatens a rare great ape – and that's just the tip of the iceberg

In 2017, scientists described a new species of great apes – the Tapanuli orangutan. The species, found in the Batang Toru ecosystem of North Sumatara, Indonesia was listed as critically endangered soon after.

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Piaggio Group Opens New Scooter Manufacturing Facility In Indonesia

Piaggio Group officially opened a brand-new manufacturing facility just outside Jakarta, Indonesia, which will concentrate on scooters for the local market.

RideApart

Why the G20 should defer debt from emerging economies like Indonesia and India – or risk an even worse global recession

When the pandemic hit the world in 2020, global debts reached US$226 trillion in 2020, the highest since the second world war. Meanwhile, government, household and private-sector debt in 31 emerging economies reached $98.8 trillion as of June this year, or 2.5 times their collective gross domestic product (GDP), according…

The Conversation

The G20 pandemic fund – and how Indonesia plays a key role in it

One major achievement during this year’s G20 Summit was the establishment of a global fund dedicated to the prevention and containment of future pandemic threats.

The Conversation

Families sue Indonesian govt over cough syrup deaths

JAKARTA: A dozen Indonesian families whose relatives died or were injured after consuming tainted cough syrups have sued the government and companies accused of supplying the products.

Bangkok Post

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Modi urges unity on 'greatest challenges' as India assumes G20 presidency

The world must cooperate to tackle the greatest challenges of climate change, terrorism, and pandemics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as India began its year-long presidency of the Group of 20 (G20).

Reuters

Indonesia takes 2023 Asean chair

Indonesia's 2023 chairmanship for Asean officially started earlier this month as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen symbolically handed over the hammer to Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Phnom Penh.

Bangkok Post

When New Zealanders get into trouble overseas

If you're arrested or detained overseas, who do you call for help back home - and can they really help you?

Newsroom.co.nz

Tropical paradise archipelago of 100 islands to be sold to highest 'billionaire' bidder

The decision to sell off an entire Indonesian archipelago in Bali has been slammed by worried environmentalists who say the development will "impact the local community"

Daily Mirror

Indonesian soldiers get 7 months' jail for gay sex

Two Indonesian soldiers have been given a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which is banned by the nation's military as "inappropriate behaviour".

Bangkok Post

Indonesia puts 100-island archipelago up for auction, sparking environmental concerns

Uninhabited Widi Reserve is in a marine-protected zone and being promoted as ‘one of the most intact coral atoll ecosystems left on Earth’

The Guardian - AU

Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted profiting from sale of abortion pills

MP acknowledged in 2017 benefitting from investment in pharmaceutical firm in ‘very roundabout way’

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Indonesia aims to vaccine 1.2 million children in Aceh province as four polio cases found

The widespread immunisation campaign comes after four cases of polio were found in the country less than a decade after the World Health Organization declared it free of the deadly virus.

Chicago Sun-Times

Heather Mack says she wants Stella back if judge lets her out of jail while awaiting trial

The future of Heather Mack’s daughter has been uncertain since her arrival with Mack in the United States a little more than a year ago. Mack spent seven years in Indonesian custody for helping murder her own mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack.

Bangkok Post

New world order starting in SE Asia

Right here, right now, the new international order is in the making. Because of the war in Ukraine, the divided world and its leaders had to rendezvous in Southeast Asia for nearly a week recently. Those with the stamina to last the duration have benefited the most from bilateral discussions,…

Bangkok Post

Indonesia proposes 30% budget top-up for construction of new capital

JAKARTA: Indonesia's public works ministry on Monday proposed around 12.7 trillion rupiah ($807.68 million) in extra funds over the next two years to speed up construction of the country's new capital city on Borneo island.

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Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign

Indonesia has begun vaccinating children for the polio virus in the country's conservative province after four were infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared eradicated less than a decade ago

ABC News

Four Indonesian men found fishing for sharks in Australian waters fined almost $20,000 in Darwin local court

A court has been told four men were charged after being seen in waters off the West Australian Kimberley coast just six days after Australian navy crew members had previously asked them to leave.

Al Jazeera

‘Very proud’: Indonesia makes mark in Qatar with official ball

Al Rihla, the official match ball for Qatar 2022, is being manufactured in Indonesia’s East Java province.

360info

Special Report: Combatting corruption in democracies

From corruption in public works to whether anti-corruption political movements work, we seek out solutions to this global problem.

360info

Oligarchs weaken Indonesia’s fight against corruption

Indonesia’s efforts to fight government corruption are being corrupted from within parliament, backed by big business.

Bangkok Post

Investors seen heading north, leaving SE Asia behind

The nascent revival in North Asian equities is being touted as the start of a potential bull run as bets for China’s gradual reopening as well as the bottoming out of the chip industry intensify.

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Edinburgh thug who fled to Indonesia after knifepoint gang attack jailed for 38 months

Connor Goldie and two other masked men invaded the home of a man and subjected him to a terrifying ordeal. The gang held a blade to his throat and demanded cash and drugs before making off with his mobile phone

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