Indonesia News
Jakarta is Indonesia’s Most Intolerant City
We can’t decide wether or not it’s a surprise. According to a survey conducted by Setara Institute, Jakarta is the most intolerant city in Indonesia, even surpassing Banda Aceh, where Sharia law is enforced. Some of the survey’s indicators are local laws, city planning, government officials’ attitudes, and responses to violation of religious freedom. —Coconuts
A Power Pole Helped Police Catch Setya Novanto, But It’s Not Getting a Multimillion Reward
Yesterday, the anti-graft organization MAKI promised a reward of Rp 10 million ($738 USD) for anybody who could help the police and national anti-graft comission KPK find Setya Novanto. A few hours later, SetNov’s car crashed into a power pole while he was supposedly on the way to turn himself into KPK. At first MAKI wanted to deliver its reward, but changed its mind, because a power pole…is a power pole. —Tribunnews
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Police Evacuate Papuans Supposedly Held Hostage by Militia Group
The local police in Papua have evacuated some residents of Banti Village and Kimbely Village following a shoot-off between the police and the Free Papua Movement (OPM) army. Last week, police claimed that the OPM had taken 1,300 residents from the two village into hostage.—Tempo
President Joko Widodo Says We’re Losing More Than Half of All Jobs to Robots
Echoing the International Labor Organization, President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia will see 56 percent of its jobs taken over by robots. Thankfully, Jokowi still want humans thrive—he’s planning to improve rural infrastructure as an effort to anticipate this robot takeover. —Detik
International News
Japan Rail Operator ‘Deeply Sorry’ After Train Leaves 20 Seconds Early
It’s one of those things that only happens in Japan. The operator of a private railway company has issued an apology that a train from Minami Nagareyama station left at 09:44:20 am, or 20 seconds earlier than scheduled. Passengers who had missed the train due to the error waited four minutes for the next one to come. This seems like a minor inconvenience, but punctuality is a virtue in Japan, and it’s not uncommon for employers to be given punishments for being seconds late. —The Guardian
Notorious Sicilian Mafia Boss Salvatore Riina Dies at 87
Salvatore “Toto” Riina was once the most powerful and feared Sicilian Mafia boss. He died today, a day after his 87th birthday, in the prison ward of a hospital in a northern Italian city where he had been serving 26 life sentences. —Reuters
ISIS Encourage Attacks at Religious Gatherings in India
An audio clip with a message from an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighter encouraging attacks at major religious gatherings such as Kumbh Mela and Thirssur Pooram has been circulating in India. The message is in Malayalam, a language spoken in the state of Kerala in southern India. —The Straits Times
Everything Else
Chicco Jerikho Is Haunted By A PianoIn this episode of From The Other World, VICE speaks to actor Chicco Jerikho about the ghosts in his grandparents house and the piano that haunts him to this very day. —VICE
Aspiring Instagram Influencer? There’s Now a School For That
Condé Nast Italia is training influencers to use social media better. It’s the company’s “social responsibility,” Condé Nast Italia chief executive officer Fedele Usai said. —VICE
Munchies talked to Gaggan Anand about everything from his brief career in rock music and his plan to close his successful restaurant by 2020. —Munchies
