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Indonesia’s Chinese-built bullet train delayed amid cost overruns

Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail service has been beset by cost overruns and delays since launch of the project in 2015.

Al Jazeera

TikTok stars clean up: the influencers saving Indonesia’s polluted rivers and beaches

Pandawara formed in 2022 after flooding caused by rivers clogged with rubbish damaged their homes – now they are national celebrities

The Guardian - AU

Indonesia's delayed China-funded rail project beset by fresh problems

Indonesia's transport ministry and three consultants have pushed back on a China-funded consortium's plan to start full commercial operations of the country's $7.3 billion first high-speed train service in August, an internal document shows.

Reuters

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Indonesia should reject China's request to put state budget as collateral for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train project

Indonesia’s high-speed train project connecting the country’s capital Jakarta and West Java’s capital, Bandung, has encountered another stumble. Following accidents, including one in December that claimed two lives, the China-backed project has hit financial problems. As a result, the cost of the project has swelled by US$ 1.2 billion from…

The Conversation

Australian man may face charges for spitting on Indonesian imam at mosque in Bandung

Indonesian police say 47-year-old Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur spat in the face of Imam M Basri Anwar to complain about the noise of Koran recitations coming through loudspeakers from a mosque, and could face more than a year in prison if convicted.

ABC News

Suicide bomber attacks police station in Indonesia, kills 1

A policeman was killed and 10 others were injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the compound of a police station on Indonesia's Java Island, police said.

Bangkok Post

Bombing at Indonesian Police Station Kills Officer, Hurts Several

A man blew himself up Wednesday at a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing an officer and wounding seven people, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of suicide attacks blamed on militants. The attacker entered the Astana Anyar police station with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Indonesian police station attacked in suspected suicide blast

One police officer was killed and eight people wounded after a man detonated a device during morning roll call.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia police say suspect Bandung blast a terrorist attack

The deputy head of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency said on Wednesday he suspected that a blast at a police station in West Java was carried out by a terrorist group

Reuters

China hustles on Summit sidelines to challenge US trade deals

When Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo sat together last week to watch a trial run of a new China-backed high-speed railway, it was a clear sign of their expanding economic involvement. “Begin,” was the command they gave, as the train pulled out of a Bandung…

Tribune News Service

2 China-made trains of Indonesia high-speed railway arrive in Jakarta

JAKARTA: A high-speed electric passenger train and an inspection train, made in China and customised for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project, arrived in the Jakarta Port from China's Qingdao Port on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: Looking at the roles of Luhut, Rini Soemarno and Ridwan Kamil in securing China-Indonesia relationship

China and Indonesia have not always had smooth economic relations. One of the reasons is because there has been a history of hostility towards communism – the ideology adopted by China – in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation. Communism in Indonesia has been banned since an alleged…

The Conversation

Report says Southeast Asia's first high-speed train project in Indonesia is not friendly for people with disabilities. What should the government do?

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Train (KCJB) has become the most-awaited mega project worth US$8 billion in Indonesia. The 142-kilometre rail line connecting the Indonesian capital Jakarta with Bandung, the capital of West Java province, is currently under construction and the project aims to start operating in June 2023.

The Conversation

Indonesia court jails Islamic school teacher for life for raping students

An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic school teacher to life in prison for raping 13 students in a case that has spotlighted the need to protect children from sexual violence in the country's religious boarding schools.

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Two Asian Films Explore Burden of past Violence at Berlin Film Festival

Two southeast Asian films competing at this year's Berlin Film Festival explore what violence does to human beings, one through painful historical narrative and one through fantasy. Indonesian director Kamila Andini's "Nana" shows the impact of years of war on the life of a woman in the Javan town of…

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