Samarinda Bomb Not Related to Christmas: Police

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The National Police Public Relations Bureau Brig. Gen. Agus Rianto said that police had yet to receive information that the bomb attack on a church in Samarinda was related to possible Christmas and new year bombings. An unidentified person...

Communism is Unlawful for Indonesia

By: Friska Ayu *) REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, The term communism is often affiliated to international communism. Communism or Marxism is a basic ideology that is generally used by communist parties around the world, while the international communist ideology was derived from...

The Politics of Intolerance and the Future of Jakarta

By Azhari Setiawan *) REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, Nowadays, we can see the video of Basuki Tjahaya Purnama’s statement at Pulau Seribu on his ‘Official Duty’ as Governor of DKI Jakarta Province becomes viral worldwide.  The statement has caused numbers of...