'Best Hoax Creator' Ratna Sarumpaet Freed After 15 Months in Prison

... prison term began from the day she was detained as a ... cuts on Idul Fitri and Independence Day. She has served around 15 ... broadcaster's most-watched show, Indonesia Lawyers Club. But police later ... Sept. 21 last year, the day the activist claimed she was ...

Christmas Joy in Prisons: Over 12,000 Inmates Get Sentence Cuts

... 629 Christian convicts on Christmas Day, with 166 of them being ... giving sentence cut on Christmas Day, we hope it can add ... major holidays, such as the Independence Day, Idul Fitri and Christmas. Only ... capacity of all prisons in Indonesia is 130,500 inmates, less ...

Youth Pledge Spirit Lives On

... one nation, one language: Indonesia," almost never fails to raise ... said. The Youth Pledge Day was also commemorated at ... and start fighting together for independence. Seventeen years later, ... was declared, announced Indonesia's independence from the Japanese.

Indonesia Risks Getting Old Before Becoming Rich

... 's economic journey, from independence to the present day. Faisal and Haris ... highlight the major obstacles to Indonesia's ... after gaining their independence around the same time as Indonesia. South Korea ...

Would Political Dialogue on Papua Be on Top of Jokowi's Agenda?

... damaged an Indonesian flag on Independence Day, Aug. 17. This ... Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in the early 1960s ... West Papua remained part of Indonesia. Many West Papuans then ... Indonesia. Consequently, there has been a long struggle for independence ...

Who Is JAD, the Group Blamed for Attacking Indonesia's Chief Security Minister?

... supporters of a caliphate in Indonesia and Syria. After the ... out of prison, thanks to Independence Day sentence cuts, Detachment 88, ... Islamic State sympathizers in Indonesia, to prepare for the ... Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid, East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) and even ...

Calm Returns to Papua, but Riot Death Toll Rises to 26

... Papua from other parts of Indonesia last month to escape racial ... . Police said the pro-Papua independence organization wanted to attract the ... for some time that pro-independence groups have been trying to ... allow Papua to secede from Indonesia.

Belarus Expects to Double Bilateral Trade With Indonesia

... the Belarus National Day celebration in Jakarta ... dump trucks to Indonesia. Meanwhile, Indonesia exports food products, ... Kolesnik also congratulated Indonesia for its highly- ... Indonesia and Belarus started 26 years ago when Belarus gained its independence ...

Development Continues Apace at Meikarta

... was advertised in the Indonesia International Property Expo hosted ... by Real Estate Indonesia (REI) at the ... ago on Aug. 17, Indonesia's Independence Day. "Property prices kept rising ... Meikarta was launched on Independence Day in 2017 in hopes that ...

Police Uncover Plot to Stage More Riots in Papua and West Papua

... series of violent pro-independence protests in Papua and ... August. The protests in Indonesia's two easternmost provinces were ... to gain support for an independence referendum for Papua. Police ... . 1, a day commemorated as Papua's independence day by supporters of ...