JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Hundreds of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital Monday demanding that the government revoke its decision to raise fuel prices, saying it hurts people already reeling from the economic impact of the pandemic. Authorities blocked streets leading to the Presidential Palace as the demonstrators, many wearing white Islamic
Indonesia is mulling Russian oil imports to tame energy prices on the domestic market, the country’s President Joko Widodo told the Financial Times on Monday. Asked whether Indonesia would buy Russian oil, Widodo answered in the affirmative. “We always monitor all of the options. If there is the country [and]
The head of the Presidential Secretariat promised to follow up on the demands of workers from the All-Indonesia Workers Union Confederation (KSPSI) who staged a protest at the Arjuna Widjaja Monument here on Monday. The protesters rejected the hike in the price of subsidized fuel oil and called for an
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has appointed 43 public prosecutors to handle the case pertaining to the obstruction of justice following the murder of Brigadier J. Inspector General Ferdy Sambo and six other police officers have been named suspects in the case. “The Junior Attorney General for General Crimes has
The National Library is holding the 2022 Nusantara Local-Based Creative Content Workshop to improve literacy in the digital era. “The challenge is how libraries continue to play a role in improving people’s literacy in the current digital era. The digital platform is an unlimited space for people to cultivate the
The Ministry of Youth and Sports is targeting to secure the active participation of 70 percent of students in sports by 2045 to realize the vision of the Grand Design of National Sports (DBON). “The Ministry of Youth and Sports is currently working together to realize the DBON,” Head of the