Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian gig drivers fear hardship after fuel price hike
A 30 percent hike in fuel prices spurred hundreds of drivers to hold protests across Indonesia as they struggle to make ends meet
Catholic bishop in Indonesia hits local authorities for fomenting religious intolerance
The bishop alleged that the governor of the district denied Christians access to a main road leading to Kupang
Indonesian Catholics mark 25th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death
Mother Teresa died on Sept. 5, 1997, at the age of 87, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II just 6 years later
Philippines seeks clemency for Filipino migrant worker on death row in...
Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo made a request for "executive clemency" for Veloso in a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart
Christian youth group joins calls for release of Filipino woman on...
Veloso is currently detained in Indonesia and is facing the death penalty after she was arrested in 2010 for drug trafficking
Collecting trash earns young Frenchman in Indonesia ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’
“The problem of plastic pollution is a huge one but if we have that dream, that conviction, and that passion, then things can happen”
Parents of Filipino woman on Indonesia’s death row appeal for help...
Veloso was convicted of drug trafficking in Jakarta in 2010 but she claimed that she was a victim of human trafficking
Mandatory wearing of hijab in Indonesian schools results in discrimination
An Education official admitted that some teachers have been imposing "discriminative acts”
Dressing the dead: Indonesian villagers clean corpses in afterlife ritual
In two small towns on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, residents are celebrating a days-long ceremony called the Manene
Indonesia’s vice president calls for ‘religious moderation’ amid Islamic radicalism
He said “religious moderation” plays a role in “providing an ideological foundation, providing a straight line of knowledge”
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