Drug raid
Officials from the Jakarta Police and the immigration office raid an apartment in Kalibata City, South Jakarta, on Thursday. A joint team from the…
Category: Local News
Ministry to report on PSSI within days
Supporters of the Bandung Soccer Club (Persib Bandung) demonstrate in Ciamis, West Java, on Thursday, demanding the government immediately revoke the suspension of the…
Jakarta election watchdog demands corrected voter database
Representatives of political parties verify draft ballots for the 2014 general election during a meeting at the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Jakarta in…
Clinton cruises to big win over Sanders in South Carolina
Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton (right) is embraced by an audience member while posing for a photo at a campaign event at Miles College…
Greater Jakarta: Police raise children’s awareness of crime
Kebon Jeruk Police held a workshop for children in neighborhood unit (RT) 01, community unit (RW) 08, on Jl. Kelapa Dua, West Jakarta, on…
10 fun facts about the 2016 Oscars
Host Chris Rock speaks at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Invision/AP/Chris Pizzello) The 88th Academy Awards…
Jakarta bids quiet farewell to Kalijodo
Over 6,000 military and police personnel and public-order officers have arrived to a mostly deserted Kalijodo for an eviction that ends the story of…
Govt cuts Suramadu bridge fee by 50 percent
People sometimes use boats instead of the Suramadu bridge to travel between Madura and Surabaya. (Tempo) The fee charged on the Surabaya-Madura (Suramadu) bridge…
Greater Jakarta: After Kalijodo, Dadap to be cleared
Inspired by the clearing of Jakarta’s oldest red-light district Kalijodo in North and West Jakarta, authorities in Tangerang Regency, Banten, have allocated Rp 10…
UN to vote Wednesday on new North Korea sanctions
In this July 28, 2015 file photo, under the portraits of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il,…
BIN’s request for extra power deemed unnecessary, unlawful
Mission accomplished: National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutiyoso gives details on the surrender of the notorious Acehnese armed group leader Din Minimi during a…
$1 million Turing Award winners advocate for encryption
This photo combination of images provided by Stanford University show Whitfield Diffie (left), and Martin Hellman. Diffie, a former chief security officer of Sun…
W.Kalimantan residents’ awareness of BPJS remains low
Seeking coverage: Residents of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, line up to register for the National Health Insurance (JKN) program at the Pontianak Social Security Agency…
Don’t expel LGBT people from society: Minister
Activists stage a rally in Jakarta against both violence toward children and what they see as negative influences, including the spread of lesbian, gay,…
'Path down' becomes a Twitter trending topic
A netizen uses a mobile phone. After being down since Thursday, social network Path was back online on Friday. (Shutterstock.com/Denys Prykhodov) After being down…
