Tag: jakarta
South Korea backs shifting Indonesia’s capital to East Kalimantan
Jakarta: South Korea has lent its support to moving the capital of Indonesia from Jakarta to East Kalimantan. “I think we should look at the most important reason behind […]
Indonesia to shift capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan
Jakarta: Indonesia will build a new capital in sparsely populated East Kalimantan province on Borneo island. The decision taken by the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) government was based on a three-year […]
Greater Jakarta plunges into darkness following major blackout
Jakarta: A major blackout has darkened Indonesia’s Greater Jakarta and West Java where thousands of homes and public facilities as well as transportation lines were affected. The electricity outage […]
[Indonesia Report] Police detains 9 Al Qaeda Indonesia terrorist suspects
Indonesian police named 9 terror suspects declared themselves as group of Al Qaeda Indonesia, according to report by Kompas.com. They are now being detained in Indonesian Mobile Brigade Corps Headquarter, Kelapa Dua, […]
[Indonesia Report] Nine terrorist suspects arrested in major cities
Indonesia Counter-terrorism Squad, Detachment 88, arrested another terrorist suspect in Mondokan Village in Solo, Indonesia on Sunday (Sept 30). Indonesian police and army forces seized the location around 11 a.m. […]
[Indonesia Report] Protests against anti-Islam film cause closure of U.S. embassy
Friday (Sept 21) United States Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, was closed due to protest by some groups of Indonesians against the film of ‘Innocence of Muslims’. Indonesian’s faction of Justice […]