How Anti-Israel Protests Cost Indonesia a Prized FIFA Tournament—and Could Upend the Country’s Politics
Staging the FIFA Under-20 World Cup was meant to be a badge of pride for Indonesia. Now, it’s costing billions of dollars in lost investment.
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Indonesian Soccer Players and Fans Heartbroken After FIFA Pulls Tournament and Threatens Sanctions Over Political Turmoil
The youth event would have been a rare turn on the global soccer stage for Indonesia, but it was canceled after local officials said they would not host the Israeli team.
Indonesia’s Stance on Israel Overshadows International Soccer Tournament
Uncertainty over the timing and location of the Under-20 World Cup continues because of protests over Israel’s qualification and backlash from conservative Islamic groups.
Indonesia Is The Latest Country To Move Away From The US Dollar And Western Financial Institutions
Plastic money: An employer supervises the printing of Bank Mandiri credit cards at the state-owned lender’s headquarters in Jakarta in 2016.(Antara/Puspa Perwitasari) Indonesia Expat: Indonesian Government to Launch the Domestic Credit Card P…
Families dismayed as Indonesia court acquits two police over stadium crush that left 135 dead
Another officer jailed but sentence too light, say victims’ relatives, after police blamed for triggering crush last OctoberAn Indonesian court has acquitted two senior police officers charged with negligence over a stadium crowd crush last year that k…
Two Acquittals and One 18-Month Sentence in Indonesia Soccer Disaster
The defendants, all police officers, were charged with criminal negligence in connection with the October stampede that killed 135 people.
Parents in Indonesia outraged by 5.30am school start trial
Controversial pilot project in Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province, has twelfth-graders at 10 high schools starting classes in the darkEarly every morning in a city in Indonesia’s far east, sleepy teenagers can be seen trudging through t…
Bali to ban tourists from renting motorbikes
Governor says foreigners will only be allowed to rent cars, after series of road traffic offencesThe Indonesian island of Bali plans to ban tourists from renting motorbikes after a series of incidents in which foreigners have violated traffic rules.Bal…
‘They’re Disorderly and They Misbehave’: Tourists Banned From Motorcycling in Bali
“They’re disorderly and they misbehave,” said the governor of the popular holiday destination, which has been marred by motorcycle accidents recently.
Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts with avalanches of gas clouds, lava
Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, lava and gas that traveled up to 7 kilometers down its slopes.