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Indonesia joins BRICS, boosting global south collaboration

Brazil has confirmed that Indonesia will join BRICS as a full member, marking an expansion of the emerging economies bloc. Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, views BRICS membership as a strategic move to enhance collaboration with other developing countries. This decision, reached by consensus, aligns with BRICS’ expansion goals outlined at the 2023 Johannesburg summit. Professor Christopher Isike, a Professor of African Politics and International Relations at the […]

10 January 2025

International

Indonesia boosts security in Papua after 9 killed in riot

At least nine people have been killed and 14 injured in rioting and clashes with police in Papua’s Wamena town after rumours circulated that a child had been kidnapped, local media and an official said. More than 200 security personnel, including police and the military, have been deployed to contain the situation in the restive Indonesian province, police said on Friday. There has been no further violence since Thursday’s attacks on […]

24 February 2023

International

Indonesia passes new criminal code, outlaws sex outside marriage

INTERNATIONAL Indonesia has passed a controversial new Criminal Code that includes outlawing sex outside marriage and cohabitation, in changes that critics contend could undermine freedoms in the Southeast Asian nation. The new laws apply to Indonesians and foreigners and also restore a ban on insulting the president, state institutions or Indonesia’s national ideology known as Pancasila. The new criminal code, which was approved unanimously by parliament on Tuesday, replaces a framework that had […]

6 December 2022

International

Indonesian rescue workers race to find victims of deadly quake

Indonesian rescue workers were racing on Tuesday to reach people still trapped in rubble a day after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds, as officials warned the death toll may rise. The epicentre of the shallow 5.6-magnitude quake hit on land close to the town of Cianjur in a mountainous area of Indonesia’s most populous province. The tremor on Monday afternoon […]

22 November 2022

International

Family of Indonesian soccer stampede victim recall proud fan

For more than three decades, Iwan Junaedi was a devoted fan of the Indonesian soccer side Arema FC, barely missing a game at the club in the country’s top-flight league. But Saturday’s match would be the last time the 43-year-old father of three would see his side play, as he became one of 125 victims caught up in a crowd stampede at the end of the game in the town of […]

4 October 2022

International

Stampede, riot at Indonesia soccer match kill 129, police say

At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appeared to be one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. When supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch in East Java province on Saturday night to express their frustration, officers fired tear gas […]

2 October 2022

International News

53 sailors presumed dead after sunken Indonesia submarine found

Indonesian officials say debris from a missing submarine was found after the vessel sank as hopes of rescuing 53 sailors on board faded on Saturday. The items located included a bottle of lubricant and a device that protects a torpedo, Air Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto said. “The objects found near the last location of the submarine are believed to be parts of the submarine,” he said. “These objects would have never […]

24 April 2021

International News

At least 76 killed in Indonesia, E Timor floods, landslides

At least 76 people have died and dozens more were missing after Cyclone Seroja hit Indonesia and East Timor, triggering flash floods and landslides that uprooted trees, blocked roads and turned small communities into wastelands of mud. Indonesia’s BNPB disaster agency, in a statement on Monday, said at least 55 people were dead and 40 were missing in the country’s East Nusa Tenggara province. More than 400 people were evacuated […]

5 April 2021

International News

Indonesian court issues guilty verdicts in West Papua trial

An Indonesian court issued on Wednesday guilty verdicts against the first three West Papuan defendants accused of treason, in a case that has drawn concern about deteriorating political freedoms in the world's third-largest democracy. Buchtar Tabuni, one of the leaders of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, was found guilty of treason and sentenced to 11 months in prison - significantly lower than the 17 years that prosecutors had […]

17 June 2020

Indonesia

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