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Indonesia to shift $1.6 billion portion of fuel subsidy budget to welfare programmes

Indonesia will reallocate 24.17 trillion rupiah ($1.62 billion), or nearly 5%, of its fuel subsidy budget to social spending, including cash handouts to 20.65 million households, its finance minister said on Monday.

Reuters

6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra island

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, the third tremor to rattle the area since early Monday, according to the country's geophysics agency.

Reuters

A new start after 60: ‘I’ve finally become the artist I always felt I was inside’

Anne Henriksen, 67, ran a crafts shop, worked in the theatre and spent 20 years driving taxis. But she only found her role in life after seeing some stone carvings in an Indonesian temple

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Ahead of parole, Indonesian militant regrets role in 2002 Bali bombing - media

An Indonesian militant has expressed regret for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, media reported on Monday, as news of his impending release sparks outrage in Australia.

Reuters

Special Report: Death penalty

Capital punishment remains one of the most divisive issues in global criminal justice. As more countries move to end the death penalty, some are doubling down.

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Finding certainty in an uncertain Indonesian death penalty

Indonesia is changing its approach to the death penalty, but half-measures won’t be enough to stop capital punishment outright.

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Indonesia’s death penalty ‘moderation’ a misnomer

As Indonesia moves to shed its colonial, undemocratic past, its so-called ‘moderate’ death penalty laws — riddled with ambiguity — undermines any move forward.

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Thai industry left at the altar

Heightened geopolitical tensions are tipped by some analysts and economists to trigger a spillover effect, with one possibility the relocation of industries to this region, including Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Bali bombmaker Umar Patek records on-camera interview from Indonesian jail

Facing imminent parole, convicted Bali bombmaker Umar Patek records an extraordinary on-camera interview from an Indonesian jail about his involvement in the 2002 nightclub bombings.

ABC News

Artists celebrate as Art Jakarta resumes after COVID hiatus

One of Southeast Asia’s largest and oldest art fairs is back in Jakarta after a two year COVID suspension.

Al Jazeera

LGBT activists question Peru's response to trans man's death in Indonesia

LGBT activists in Peru held a protest on Friday questioning how their government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier this month who was detained at the airport upon arriving to celebrate his honeymoon.

Reuters

Indonesia considers hiking fuel prices up to 40%

JAKARTA: Indonesia may raise heavily subsidised fuel prices by 30% to 40% to manage fiscal pressure from a ballooning subsidy budget, lawmakers from President Joko Widodo’s ruling coalition government told Reuters on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Iriana also plays roles: Indonesia's first lady diplomacy complements Jokowi's effort as G20 president

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attracted global attention when he paid a visit to Ukraine and Russia last month. But fewer observers and public noticed that his wife, First Lady Iriana Widodo, also accompanied him on the trip – including to Kyiv, the city currently deemed as the world’s most…

The Conversation

Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: Looking at the roles of Luhut, Rini Soemarno and Ridwan Kamil in securing China-Indonesia relationship

China and Indonesia have not always had smooth economic relations. One of the reasons is because there has been a history of hostility towards communism – the ideology adopted by China – in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation. Communism in Indonesia has been banned since an alleged…

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Young Socceroos pull out of AFC U20s

The Young Socceroos will not feature at next year's U20 World Cup in Indonesia after Football Australia announced it was withdrawing from Asia's qualifiers.

The Conversation

Baby manta rays: new light shed on their life in Indonesian aquatic playground

The early lives of manta rays remain a mystery. This is possibly because most researchers tend to pay more attention to large adult rays than their pups.

Reuters

Indonesia police deny violence in death of Harvard trans activist on Bali honeymoon

Indonesian police on Thursday denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who died after being arrested on his honeymoon on the tourist island of Bali.

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Aussie vaccine delivery lands in Indonesia

A gift of a million doses of foot and mouth disease vaccine have arrived in Indonesia, as Australia works to remain free of the devastating disease.

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Bali tourism continues to recover despite foot and mouth disease re-emergence

JAKARTA: The Indonesian popular resort island of Bali continued to revive its tourism sector from Covid-19 pandemic despite the ongoing foot and mouth disease (FMD) re-emergence in the Southeast Asian country.

The Guardian - UK

Terrawatch: how balloons could one day detect quakes in hard-to-reach places

Successful sensing of earthquake in Indonesia raises hopes for wider use across planet – and even Venus

Bangkok Post

Singapore, Vietnam ease anti-gay laws; Indonesia urged to look other way

Indonesia’s top Islamic scholars have urged Jakarta not to follow the lead of neighbouring countries in decriminalising gay sex, as many in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation continue to view same-sex relationships as deviant.

Reuters

Indonesia's Sumatra checks for damage from 6.3 magnitude earthquake

Indonesia's disaster agency is assessing the impact of a strong earthquake that hit off the southern coast of Sumatra island late on Tuesday, it said in a statement, noting there had been no reports of damage or casualties by near midnight.

ABC News

Indonesian boating tragedy off Kimberley coast triggers reflection on border policy

Survivors from a fishing tragedy off the Kimberley coast earlier this year say it's time to rethink Australia and Indonesia's maritime border policy.

The Independent UK

Indonesia considers objection to Bali bomber's early release

Indonesian authorities are considering an early release for the bombmaker in the 2002 Bali attack that killed 202 people, despite upsetting Australia’s leader who described him as “abhorrent.”

Bangkok Post

Bank Indonesia hikes benchmark rates for first time since 2018

JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2018 on Tuesday, stepping up monetary tightening to fight rising inflation.

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