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Indonesia leader backs appeal against court ruling calling for poll delay

JAKARTA: Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Monday he supports the country's election commission in mounting an appeal against a controversial court ruling that calls for the 2024 presidential and general elections to be delayed.

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Indonesia to relocate residents or move fuel facility after fire

JAKARTA: Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday.

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Jakarta fuel depot inferno claims at least 19 lives

at least 19 people after the Plumpang fuel storage station in Jakarta, operated by state-run oil and gas company Pertamina, exploded in flames

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Indonesia to audit all oil depots after fire tragedy

 JAKARTA: Residents searched through the remains of their charred homes on Saturday after a fuel storage depot fire left at least 17 people dead, including two children.

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Indonesia firefighters extinguish deadly fuel storage depot fire

JAKARTA - At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured in Indonesia's capital Friday, after a massive blaze broke out at a state-run fuel storage depot before firefighters brought it under control, the military said.

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Former Jakarta governor a potential presidential favourite

Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan is close to becoming declared a presidential nominee after three major political parties backed him for Indonesia’s top office.

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Indonesian parents seek justice after cough syrup crisis

JAKARTA: Dinosaur-themed birthday decorations still hang on the walls of Safitri Puspa Rani's home, where the family celebrated their youngest son's birthday last year.

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Indonesian troops surround Papua hostage-takers

JAKARTA: Security forces in the restive Papua region of Indonesia have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his release continue, a top security official said on Tuesday.

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Indonesia tightens security in Papua after 9 killed in riot

JAKARTA: Indonesian security forces tightened security in the town of Wamena in the easternmost region of Papua, after nine people were killed during a riot triggered by rumours a child had been kidnapped, an official said on Friday.

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Vegan left shocked after being served up single banana for in-flight meal they paid for

A passenger onboard a Japan Airlines plane from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport ordered a vegan breakfast and was disappointed to see the soft fruit which arrived

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Indonesian football fans face police tear gas again

JAKARTA: Indonesian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of football fans who tried to attend a closed-doors match on Friday, four months after the country suffered one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes.

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Indonesia court sentences former police general to death over murder plot

An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a former police general to death for orchestrating the murder of his bodyguard, in a case that has gripped the Southeast Asian country for months.

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Indonesian court sentences former police general to death for murder

JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a former police general to death for orchestrating the murder of his bodyguard, in a case that has gripped the country for months.

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Gridlock unlocked: lessons from the world to beat road congestion

Traffic jams cost the world’s economies billions of dollars every year. These cities are exploring new ideas to help traffic flow more smoothly.

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Winning over Jakartans key to implementing congestion charging

Congestion charging might be unpopular, but other cities have shown it works to get traffic moving. The Indonesian government could take note.

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Change driver behaviour to beat Jakarta’s traffic jams

The relaxation of COVID policies adds momentum to tightening Jakarta’s traffic policy. Parking management might help if the public plays along.

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Rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Separatists in Indonesia's breakaway eastern region of Papua have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after attacking a small passenger plane and setting it on fire at an airport in a remote mountainous area, officials and a rebel group said.

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Indonesian video-on-demand films take world by storm

A series of Netflix Originals is helping cinema from Southeast Asia’s largest nation win global appreciation.

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ASEAN Ministers Urge Myanmar Junta to Implement Agreed Peace Plan

Southeast Asian ministers at the end of two-day talks in Indonesia on Saturday urged Myanmar's junta to implement a five-point peace plan agreed two years ago to create a path towards ending the country's political crisis. Indonesia -- Southeast Asia's biggest economy -- is the chair of the 10-member Association…

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Asean ministers hold ‘frank’ talks on Myanmar

JAKARTA: The conflict in Myanmar dominated the year’s first meeting of Asean foreign ministers on Friday, with Indonesia’s top diplomat saying that member states had “frank” discussions on the issue.

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'Frank' talks on Myanmar dominate ASEAN foreign ministers meeting

The conflict in Myanmar dominated the year's first meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Jakarta on Friday, with Indonesia's top diplomat saying that member states had "frank" discussions on the issue.

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Friday essay: how Blanche d'Alpuget's 'warts and all' biography of her lover Bob Hawke helped make him prime minister

Blanche D’Alpuget was born in 1944, the daughter of Lou d’Alpuget and Josie Stephenson, and grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. She attended Sydney Church of England Girls’ Grammar School and, briefly, the University of Sydney before becoming a journalist with the Daily Mirror, rival newspaper of the Sun where…

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Indonesia to send general to Myanmar to highlight transition, says Widodo

JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to send a top general to Myanmar to talk to its junta leaders in the hope of showing Myanmar's military rulers how Indonesia made a successful transition to democracy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

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Southeast Asia factories fire up as China reopens

JAKARTA: Asia’s manufacturers are improving at the start of the year as the region becomes more optimistic about how China’s re-opening might help offset an otherwise gloomy outlook for the rest of the world.

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Indonesia to offer 10 oil and gas blocks in 2023, including in S. China Sea

JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to offer 10 oil and gas working areas this year, including a block in the South China Sea, amid efforts to boost energy production and make new discoveries, a senior energy ministry official said on Monday.

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