August 8, 2017 edition
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August 1, 2017 edition
The mission is carried out from a room very similar to an 'emergency post' on the second floor of State Secretariat on Jalan Veteran, Central Jakarta. Here Yudi Latif, 53, is crowded with 24 members of the Presidential Working Unit on the Implementation of Pancasila Ideology or UKP-PIP. The sign for the ministry-level institution is only a piece of white paper on the glass door. "If a demonstration is taking place in front of the State Palace, we have to leave because this room is used to welcome demonstrators," Yudi said laughing.
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July 25, 2017 edition
Whenever the failed military coup which took place in Turkey on July 15, 2016, is talked about, his name will also be mentioned. But Muhammad Fethullah Gulen, 79accused as being the brain behind the coupbelieves that event was in fact engineered to benefit Prime Minister (now President) Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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July 18, 2017 edition
IT seems that Erick Thohir, 47, barely has time to catch his breath. His days are filled with meetings with various parties to ensure that Indonesia is ready to host the 18th Asian Games to be held from August 18 to September 2, 2018. He only has less than one year to make sure everything is smooth as planned.
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July 11, 2017 edition
July 4, 2017 edition
Gunarti, a farmer and activist in the Kendeng Mountains Community Network, seems hesitant to be compared with Kartini, even though she shares the same birthday on April 21, as the inspiring national hero. She is now well-known for her leadership in the green movement to oppose the proposed construction of Semen Indonesia's cement plant in Rembang, Central Java. She believes the plant will endanger existing ground water springs and impact the larger issue of food security there. "It's better to have a cement shortage rather than a shortage of food," Gunarti, 43, says adamantly.
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June 27, 2017 edition