The Nation

October 29, 2012

5,700 Indonesian Workers Repatriated

JAKARTA The Social Affairs Ministry has repatriated 5,700 troubled Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) since January 2012. “Thousands of our troubled – Read More...
October 13, 2012

Ba’asyir Transferred to Nusakambangan Jail

CILACAP Cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, sentenced to 15 years imprisonment early this year after he was found guilty of running – Read More...
October 13, 2012

Jakarta to Raise Parking Fee in Mid-October

JAKARTA The Jakarta Administration will raise off-street parking fee in the region from Rp2000 to Rp3000 per hour in mid-October, – Read More...
October 8, 2012

Two Pilots Killed in Air Show Crash

BANDUNG A plane crashed while performing acrobatic maneuvers at the Bandung Air Show (BAS) 2012 at the Husein Sastranegara airbase – Read More...
October 8, 2012

Bullying Triggers Inter-School Students Brawl

JAKARTA The Executive Board chairman of the Indonesian mosques council Jusuf Kalla who is also former Indonesian vice president said – Read More...
October 8, 2012

Towards Simultaneous Local and National Elections

JAKARTA Indonesia may have two simultaneous elections in 2019 – one at the national level for the election of legislators – Read More...
July 13, 2012

Smoking Orangutan Forced to Quit

JAKARTA An orangutan who became the star attraction of a zoo for her penchant for puffing on cigarettes is being – Read More...
June 11, 2012

‘Kingpin People-Smuggler’ Flees Australia

SYDNEY Australian police said an alleged people-smuggling kingpin who was granted a refugee visa fled the country this week after – Read More...
June 11, 2012

Mob Kills Soldier in Papua

TIMIKA A mob angered by a road accident stabbed a soldier to death in Papua on Wednesday. The road accident – Read More...
March 12, 2012

Two Jailed over Church Plot and Book Bombs

JAKARTA A court has sentenced the Islamist mastermind behind a foiled Easter church attack and several attempted parcel bombings to – Read More...