Indonesia

April 2015

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Kompas – April 25, 2015

Man: You’re in a really big hurry to become a minister aren’t you? (wheels read ‘problems inherited from the past’, ‘political uproar’)

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Kompas Newspaper – April 25, 2015

Indonesia’s foreign debt continues to rise, primarily because private sector debt is growing. Of the various issues related to private sector foreign debt, the composition of new debts to pay old debts needs to be given attention. The ‘nomenclature’ of this kind of foreign debt is referred to as ‘refinancing’.

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Solidarity Net – April 24, 2015

Jakarta – An announcement by the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) that the punk rock band Superman Is Dead (SID) will be performing at the May Day Fiesta on May 1 has been denied by the band.

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Viva News – April 23, 2015

Syahrul Ansyari, Foe Peace Simbolon – In the lead up to the commemoration of International Labour Day 2015 or May Day, the Indonesian Labour Movement (GBI), which is made up of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), the Confederation of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), the Confederation of Prosperity Labour Unions (KSBSI),

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Kompas.com – April 23, 2015

Jakarta – The Indonesia Labour Movement (GBI) has agreed to form its own political party following the commemoration of May Day 2015.

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Kompas – April 22, 2015

Sign reads: Airport

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MRB Media – April 20, 2015

Jakarta – As many as 18 people from the People’s Struggle Front (FPR) were arrested by the Metro Jaya police at a protest action in front of the US Embassy in Gambir, Central Jakarta.

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Kompas – April 18, 2015

Kid: Mr, are you a party official or...

Man: A state official stupid!

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Kompas – April 15, 2015

Fears that Indonesia is in the grip of a national ‘drugs emergency’ that is decimating the country’s youth were confirmed Monday after the National Narcotics Agency said it had busted an online operation selling marijuana brownies and arrested three people, one of whom attempted to justify the crime – for which they could receive the death penal

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Deutsche Welle – April 13, 2015

Hendra Pasuhuk – A seminar by the International People’s Tribunal (IPT1965) titled Indonesia’s 1965 Massacre: Unveiling The Truth, Demanding Justice that was held in the Den Haag on April 10 on the 1965 massacres in Indonesia, which resulted in the killing of hundreds of thousands of people, has raised several new aspects related to the