(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot …
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Indonesia Says 2 Arrested for Burma Embassy Plot
(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Indonesia says its elite anti-terror squad seized five homemade bombs and arrested two militants who were planning to attack the Burma Embassy because of treatment of Muslims in that country.
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Friday the men were arrested in central Jakarta on a …
Easter Passion, Re-Enacting the Crucifixion in Indonesia
In a ceremony that mixes Christian devotion with Filipino folk tradition, Catholic believers throughout Indonesia re-enact the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday. Members of the Catholic church make up approximately 3% of the …
Movie, Books Push Indonesia to Confront Its Bloody Past
Three new works ask Indonesians to take another look at the killings of 1965-66.
For Bali’s Horse-Cart Drivers, an Uncertain Future
Once the main transportation mode in Denpasar, Indonesia, the horse cart known as dokar is at the point of extinction
Remembering the Bali Bombings, 10 Years On
It has now been ten years since the 2002 attacks that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, on the resort island of Bali
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In today’s required reading: another massacre in Syria, Japan plans to buy disputed South China Sea islands and communal violence rears its head again in Indonesia.
The Man in the Madras Shirt: An Outsider Campaigns for Jakarta’s Top Job
Joko Widodo only gets through a few bites of his chicken porridge. Over the course of a breakfast meeting, the mayor of Solo, who is now running for governor in Jakarta, must pause every few moments to pose for photographs
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Lady Gaga, Deemed Satanic by Conservative Groups, Is Bullied Out of Indonesia
The show won’t go on. Lady Gaga this weekend announced that she is canceling a sold-out concert in Jakarta because of threats of violence from religious hard-liners. The gig, scheduled for June 3, was staunchly opposed by …
