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The recent decision by President Joko Widodo, under pressure from Islamic groups, to reverse his decision to include alcohol production in the national positive investment list brings to the fore questions about alcohol drink in Indonesian society. HISTORIA – an online Indonesian language publication has explored the role of alcohol in the Indonesian archipelago’s history in an article titled “Alkohol dan Kenjeniusan Masyarakat Nusantara” (Alcohol and the Local Genius of the People of the Nusantara) published on 05 March 2021. The President’s 03 March 2021 decision to retract a planned deregulation of the alcohol sector has renewed discussions on the role alcoholic beverage plays in people’s daily lives in many Indonesia regions. In North Sumatra, people drink ....
JAKARTA, Feb 15 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Over the past few weeks, Indonesia’s language agency Badan Bahasa has managed to irk gender and women activists alike by refusing to remove derogatory definitions for “perempuan” (woman) in the Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language (KBBI), the primary reference book on the national language. The agency has defended itself by maintaining that the definitions contained in the KBBI simply reflected the word’s use in the common lexicon. “The explanation for the entry ‘perempuan’ [.] can be used as an example of how the greater public views women and what connotations are attached to being a woman,” it wrote in a statement on Feb. 2 in response to the furor. ....
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