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Wikimedia restriction sparks digital rights, free knowledge concerns

The government’s temporary restriction on platforms operated by nonprofit organization Wikimedia Foundation has raised concerns among digital rights advocates, who warn that arbitrary controls risk undermining citizens’ access to free knowledge and freedom of expression.

1 day ago
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Indonesia reports first health professional death amid measles outbreak

According to Health Ministry data, as of March 22, the country had recorded 16,355 confirmed measles cases since the start of the year, resulting in 10 deaths. ...

3 days ago
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Indonesia rolls out one-day remote work in push for energy efficiency

Business groups caution over risks of lower productivity and slower spending. ...

3 days ago

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Musk sees aliens, tunnels in a candlelit G20 vision of the future

Sitting in the dark, wearing a batik shirt and surrounded by candles, Elon Musk offered a vision for the future that includes aliens, deep tunnels and rocket tourism.

3 years ago
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Erdogan arrives at in Bali for G20 after Istanbul blast

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan touched down in Bali on Monday to attend the G20 summit, hours after his home city of Istanbul was rocked by an explosion that authorities blamed on Kurdish separatists.

3 years ago
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Leaders arrive in Bali for G20 Summit

World leaders have begun to arrive in Bali ahead of what are expected to be tense talks on a range of geopolitical issues at the Group of 20 Summit this week.

3 years ago
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Olympic committee promotes World Beach Games at G20 meetings

The Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) will promote the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games (AWBG) 2023 at the Group of 20 summits and meetings in Bali.

3 years ago
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Bali administration keeps an eye out for foreign protesters

The Immigration office in Bali has increased its supervision of visiting foreigners in Bali, in an effort to ensure that none of them would hold or participate in any protest during the G20 Summit and meetings in Nusa Dua.

3 years ago
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Two Chinese nationals arrested for allegedly attempting to hold a protest against G20

The authorities arrested two Chinese citizens in Jakarta on Friday night for allegedly attempting to stage a protest during the series of G20 summits and meetings in Bali.

3 years ago
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Airlangga wants G20 sherpa meeting to find effective solutions to global crises

The Group of 20 (G20) sherpas gather for the fourth meeting on Nov. 11-14 in Jimbaran, Bali with an aim of endorsing concrete deliverables for addressing global food insecurity and the energy crisis.

3 years ago
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Govt open to a more integrated, community-minded approach in solving slums

The government state ministries will consider implementing a more integrated and community-minded approach in reorganizing slums across the country, using the several successful community-run projects as a model.

3 years ago
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Timor Leste gets ASEAN nod as Myanmar inaction continues

ASEAN agreed in principle on Friday to admit Timor Leste as the group’s 11th member, as junta-led Myanmar continues to present stark challenges that have called the bloc’s relevance into question.

3 years ago
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Faulty system, poor pilot monitoring contributed to Sriwijaya Air crash: KNKT

The crash into the Java Sea after take-off from Jakarta, which killed all 62 people on board, was Indonesia's third major commercial plane crash in just over six years and shone a spotlight on its poor air safety record.

3 years ago
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Most recent COVID deaths from those with no booster jab: Govt

As COVID-19 cases increase in the past few weeks, the Health Ministry has recorded that 48 percent of the deaths from Oct. 4 to Nov. 8 are people who have received no vaccine.

3 years ago
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Two more drug companies have medicinal syrup licenses revoked

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) revoked two more pharmaceutical companies’ licenses to produce medicinal syrups on Wednesday, bringing to five the total number of firms sanctioned for the manufacture of toxic medicines linked to deadly cases of acute kidney injury (AKI).

3 years ago
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BPOM suspends licences of two more drug firms amid probe into child deaths

Indonesia temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications in October after it identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors for causing the illness.

3 years ago
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Investigators to publish findings on 2021 Sriwijaya Air crash this week

The Sriwijaya Air incident was Indonesia's third major commercial plane crash in just over six years and shone a spotlight on the country's poor air safety record.

3 years ago
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Kompolnas looks into police corruption rumor amidst 'star wars'

The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has vowed to investigate allegations of police links to illegal mining, after a former officer claimed to have been forced to implicate a high-ranking cop, part of what the commission chair has dubbed "star wars."

3 years ago
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KPK chief in spotlight after visit to graft suspect Lukas Enembe in Papua

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri got himself embroiled in yet another controversy last week after he flew to Papua to meet a high-profile governor under bribery investigation.

3 years ago
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Child deaths blamed on syrup medicines rise to 195 in Indonesia

Indonesia has seen a spike in cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) since August, prompting a probe and subsequent ban on all liquid medicine sales.

3 years ago
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COVID curbs continue as cases climb: Luhut

The government will maintain the four-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) level amid a new rise of COVID-19 cases and local transmissions of the new XBB strain of the Omicron variant.

3 years ago
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House scrutinizes no-lawsuit deal in Sriwijaya crash victims' compensation

More than a year after the Sriwijaya Air crash tragedy, some families of victims are still waiting for the compensation fund from the airline company. Lawmakers have highlighted that the compensation agreement that comes with a stipulation that prevents families from filing a lawsuit might be the culprit.

3 years ago
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R20 summit concludes with calls to modernize faith

As the Group of 20’s first Religion of 20 (R20) summit drew to a close on Thursday, religious leaders concluded that modern problems called for modern solutions, as pressure grows for a recontextualization of religious values.

3 years ago
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New COVID-19 cases on the rise

Health authorities reported 4,951 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the highest daily rise since August, following the detection of the country’s first local transmissions of the new XBB strain of the Omicron variant.

3 years ago
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Sriwijaya Air 2021 crash due to mechanical problems, final probe report says

The report by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) will be issued to the public soon, according to chief investigator Nurcahyo Utomo.

3 years ago
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Papuan activists to investigate Filep Karma’s death

A coalition of Papuan activists has formed a team to investigate the death of West Papuan independence activist Filep Karma, who was found dead on Base G Beach, Jayapura, on Tuesday morning.

3 years ago
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RI looks to religion to solve global problems as R20 kicks off

Indonesia kicked off on Wednesday the host-initiated Religion of 20 (R20) engagement group as part of its Group of 20 presidency, with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo calling on the world’s religious leaders to foster more collaboration and help religion become a source of inspiration for achieving world peace

3 years ago
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Komnas HAM blames use of tear gas for Kanjuruhan stampede

Officials from the human rights commission said 135 people had died in the stampede, mostly from asphyxiation, after the match at Kanjuruhan stadium on Oct. 1.

3 years ago
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Police mull over criminal case against companies in AKI deaths

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is considering criminal charges against two pharmaceutical companies for producing toxic medicines that have caused a spike in acute kidney injury (AKI) cases.

3 years ago
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Lawyers of ministry rape case victim to file pretrial motion

The rape victim identified only as N will have a legal team file a pretrial motion in an attempt to overturn a previous out-of-court settlement that saw the alleged perpetrators escape legal action.

3 years ago
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PSSI to hold extraordinary congress in next three months at clubs’ request

After an emergency meeting held on Friday evening, the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) announced that it had scheduled an extraordinary congress (KLB) in the next three months after receiving official written requests from several soccer clubs.

3 years ago
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BPOM revokes firms' fever syrup licences amid inquiry into 150 deaths

The decision by the BPOM agency came after the government temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications and identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors in the AKI deaths, most of which were of children under five.

3 years ago
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Iran’s situation is a warning against hijab mandates, experts say

They are calling for the continued preservation of democracy and feminist movements as a means to strengthen women’s rights and safety upon reflecting the death of Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died shortly after being captured by the Iranian moral police for “improper” wearing of the hijab.

3 years ago
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