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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Max Walden |Erwin Renaldi
The decision by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to skip the G7 meeting in Canada and to visit Russia has raised eyebrows in Western capitals. The official reason provided was that his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was pre-planned. Prabowo, being a man of his word, had decided to skip the G7 meeting of wealthy liberal democracies in favour of attending the little-known St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Stephen Dziedzic |Erwin Renaldi
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Indonesia as he begins his first overseas trip since his smashing election victory on May 3. It won't be a long visit — Mr Albanese will only spend one full day on the ground in Jakarta before flying to Rome to meet European leaders and attend the pope's Inauguration Mass. But it will still have plenty of symbolic weight.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Hellena Yoranita Souisa |Max Walden |Erwin Renaldi
Read in Bahasa IndonesiaThis story contains images that readers may find confronting. Tempo, a weekly magazine known for its hard-hitting reporting and investigations into Indonesia's most powerful institutions, has received all sorts of threats: bomb scares, doxing, phone hijacking. Last week, they received a package containing a pig's head with its ears cut off.
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Feb 16, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Erwin Renaldi |Max Walden
Indonesia's deputy tourism minister says the government seeks to urgently address violent crimes committed by foreigners in Bali after several men, including at least one Australian national, were filmed allegedly assaulting security guards outside a popular beach club. A chaotic brawl took place outside Finns Beach Club in Canggu on Tuesday night, with footage posted to social media allegedly showing shirtless men beating security guards with wooden blocks.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Erwin Renaldi
Former drug user Jennifer Agatha was sentenced to two years in an Indonesian prison in 2021 after police found half a gram of methamphetamine on a friend. "At the time, I didn't feel any remorse or guilt, I blamed others," said Agatha, who served her time and now lives in Surabaya, a city on Java island. The 28-year-old said punishment for her drug offences was not effective because she lived in jail "alongside other drug addicts and dealers".
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Walden |Billy Adison |Erwin Renaldi
Read the story in Bahasa IndonesiaOne of the Top End's most elite schools will ditch the language of Australia's closest Asian neighbour in a move experts say flies in the face of preparing students for the future. Despite being located closer to Bali than Sydney, the Essington School in Darwin confirmed to the ABC that "after a long-standing history of teaching Indonesian", the school's board and executive had decided to cease teaching the language by the end of semester one in 2025.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Max Walden |Erwin Renaldi
The Indonesian president was in Washington to meet US President Joe Biden, but it was a phone call with president-elect Donald Trump that has made headlines. An effusive exchange shared across Prabowo Subianto's social media channels has raised eyebrows. "Wherever you are, I'm willing to fly to congratulate you personally, sir," Prabowo told Trump. "That's so nice," Trump responded. "Well we'll do that anytime you want but, ah, great job you're doing in Indonesia … proud of you, really amazing.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Erwin Renaldi |Toby Mann
He sells rice, oil, sugar and other daily essentials, but customers have been a relatively rare sight recently for Erick Saputra. Mr Saputra, from Bukittinggi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, said that for the past five months his small shop had made the equivalent of less than $30 per month. That's less than half of what he usually earns. "It seems people are not spending as much anymore," he told the ABC.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lachlan Bennett |Erwin Renaldi
Read the story in Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesia, a country of 275 million and one of Australia's closest neighbours, is stepping up efforts to enforce a global ban on nuclear weapons. This week, it officially joined the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — confirming its ratification of the pact along with Solomon Islands and Sierra Leone.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Erwin Renaldi
Pope Francis has just left Indonesia as part of his historic, ambitious tour of South-East Asia and the Pacific. A predominantly-Muslim nation was interestingly the first stop on his journey, the first papal visit in 35 years. And his visit to Indonesia left a lasting impression on the population — only about 3 per cent of who are Catholic. His main message was to promote tolerance by celebrating diversity and interfaith dialogue.
