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A series of mass protests led by students took place at major cities in Indonesia from 23 September 2019, to rally against new legislation that reduces the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), as well as several bills including a new criminal code that penalises extramarital sex and defamation against the president. [4]
Marines preparing for the 2019 Indonesian elections protests. In anticipation of protests, some 45,000 armed police were deployed to guard the KPU and the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) offices in Central Jakarta. [6] Members of the Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob) with rifles and armoured personnel carrier were also deployed. [22]
Koran Jakarta (The Jakarta Paper) is a daily newspaper published in Jakarta, Indonesia. Published by PT Berita Nusantara, the paper has an illustration of the iconic Hermes statue (which it was, and currently a replica is, located in Harmoni, Central Jakarta and moved off the Jakarta History Museum ) in its nameplate.
The presidential election, the fourth in the country's history, used a direct, simple majority system, with incumbent president Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, running for re-election with senior Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin as his running mate against former general Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta vice governor Sandiaga Uno for a five-year term ...
Antara was established on 13 December 1937 in Batavia (later Jakarta), the colonial capital of the Dutch East Indies. [4] Prior to its establishment, Dominique Willem Berretty had founded Aneta, the Indies' first news agency.
The man accused of killing a woman sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and arson at a court hearing on Tuesday. A grand jury has ...
Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the violent events of Jan. 6, 2021 -- a day President-elect Donald Trump has continually tried to recast as a "day of love." Trump is vowing to pardon Jan. 6 ...
The Jakarta Post is a daily English-language newspaper in Indonesia. The paper is owned by PT Bina Media Tenggara and based in the nation's capital, Jakarta. The Jakarta Post started as a collaboration between four Indonesian media groups at the urging of Information Minister Ali Murtopo and politician Jusuf Wanandi. After the first issue was ...