Violence stems from inter-ethnic tensions

Liza Yosephine The Jakarta Post – Jakarta. Pre-existing inter-ethnic tensions could explain the looting and violence that broke out in majority Chinese-Indonesian areas in North Jakarta on Friday night. Police also say the violence had nothing to do with the...

Red tape hampers geothermal energy development

The Jakarta Post – Jakarta. Despite Indonesia’s abundant potential geothermal energy, industry players were discouraged from investing in the sector due to excessive red tape in the country, an energy analyst has suggested. Jakarta-based think-tank Institute for...

Dahlan Iskan to be Questioned Again Today

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – East Java Prosecutor’s Office continues interrogation of Dahlan Iskan on Monday, November 7, 2016. The former SOE minister has been named suspect in alleged corruption in asset sales of PT Panca Wira Usaha (PT PWU), an enterprise belonging to...