Asia News: Indonesia
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Nigeria has recalled Ambassador to Indonesia, Usman Ogah as the relationship between both countries grew sour over the assault of a Nigerian diplomat by immigration Read more
An officer of the Nigerian High Commission/Consulate in Indonesia, South East Asia has been tortured, suffocated, dehumanised, beaten and humiliated by the Indonesian police. 9News Read more
Four couples were caned in Indonesia for having sex outside marriage Four couples have been caned with up to 20 lashes for having sex outside Read more
An Indonesian commissioner for Child health and Protection, Sitti Hikmawatty, has said that women can get pregnant from swimming in the same pool as men Read more
Facebook has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, citing “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” aimed at Read more
JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – Joko Widodo appeared to be heading for victory in Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday as “quick count” results from polling stations Read more
JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – A tsunami killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater Read more
Lion Air plane flying over Sukarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, outside Jakarta. An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane went missing on October 29, 2018 shortly after Read more
JAKARTA (9News Nigeria) – An aircraft with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Read more
PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – At least 384 people were killed, many swept away by giant waves as they played on the beach, when a major Read more
JAKARTA: At least nine people were killed and 40 injured in a wave of blasts including a suicide bombing outside churches in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya on Sunday Read more
A Jakarta court has sentenced a female would-be suicide bomber to seven and a half years in prison, prosecutors and her lawyer said, the first Read more
According to report making the rounds online Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has warned those calling him ‘Okoroawusa’ to stop it or face his wrath. Read more
The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict in 2016, an official said on Read more
At least, eight people including a toddler died after a speedboat capsized off the coast of Borneo, Southeast Asia on Tuesday (July 25th). The boat Read more
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — According to followers of a popular Indonesian social movement, the country would be better off without dating. Writer La Ode Munafar, 26, started Read more
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has invited United States president Donald Trump to Indonesia during their first ever bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Read more
JAKARTA – Jakarta’s Christian governor was sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy against Islam on Tuesday, a harsher than expected ruling that is Read more
DENPASAR, Indonesia – A court in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali jailed a British man and his Australian girlfriend on Monday for their roles Read more
DENPASAR, Indonesia – An Indonesian court sentenced former Reuters journalist David Fox to seven months in prison on Thursday for possession of hashish, less than the Read more
Indonesians are voting Wednesday in more than 100 regional elections but Jakarta’s gubernatorial race is attracting most of the attention. It is a closely-watched contest Read more
(Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia’s Maluku archipelago on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake Read more
By Tom Allard and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo reproached his military chief in a meeting last week amid concerns the Read more
By Colin Packham and Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia expressed regret on Thursday and promised a thorough investigation of “insulting” teaching material found at Read more
Indonesia on Wednesday announced in Jakarta the suspension of all military cooperation with Australia over “technical” issues. The Indonesian armed forces noted that though there Read more
By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia suspended cooperation with the Australian military in December for “technical reasons”, a spokesman for the Indonesian defence forces Read more
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian air force transport plane has crashed into a mountain, killing all 13 people board, during a training exercise in the Read more
By Tommy Ardiansyah and Djohan Widjaya PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian officials said on Friday search and rescue operations were nearing an end three Read more
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Kanupriya Kapoor PIDIE JAYA/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit northern Indonesia’s Aceh Read more
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – When Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama had some of the capital’s sprawling slums levelled Read more
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